scribe an oath that he will faithfully perform the duties of treasurer, and he shall also give a bond in the penalty of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as treasurer, and that he will at all times keep and render a true account of all moneys and other valuables received by him as such treasurer, and of the disposition he has made of the same, and that he will at all times be ready to discharge himself of the trust and to deliver up when required by said board all moneys, notes, bonds and other valuables intrusted to him, which bond shall have two or more good sureties and shall be approved as to its form and the sufficiency of its sureties by the board of regents, and also by the attorney general and secretary of state, who shall endorse their approval on the same, and it shall be filed in the office of the latter. 2762. SEC. 16. The board of regents shall determine Co pensatton the compensation of the secretary and treasurer of the uni- of secretary and versity, and the regents shall be ineligible to the office of treasurer. treasurer. Auditing and claims against 2763. SEC. 17. The board of regents shall audit all claims against the university, and the president shall draw payment of all warrants upon the treasurer for approved claims; but the university. before payment such warrants shall be countersigned by the secretary, who shall keep a specific and complete record of all matters involving the expenditure of money, which record shall be submitted to the board of regents at each regular meeting of the same. In what manner the funds now belonging to the university may 2764. SEC. 18. The board of regents is hereby authorzed and empowered to use the funds now belonging to the university, including any balance of the appropriation of be used. he territorial legislature, made by the act, approved Febuary 11, A. D. 1876, in such manner and for such puroses as will in their judgment best subserve the interests of the institution. of university. 2765. SEC. 19. There shall be assessed upon all tax- Tax of one-fifth ble property of the state in each year, beginning with the mill for support ear A. D. 1877, for the support of the university of Coloado, one-fifth of one mill on each and every dollar of the ssessed value of said taxable property, to be assessed and ollected in the same manner, and at the same time, as is Disposition of now or may be, prescribed by law for the assessment and collection of state taxes. 2766. SEC. 20. The several county treasurers of the taxes collected. state shall keep a separate account of all taxes collected in pursuance of this act, and shall transmit the same to the state treasurer as a separate fund, and the auditor of state shall, upon the order of the president of the board of regents, countersigned by its secretary, draw his warrant upon said fund in favor of the treasurer of the university. The tax so collected and paid into the treasury of the university shall be for the support of the same, but if in any year the whole of the proceeds of said tax are not required for the ordinary purposes and expenses of the university, the said balance shall be added to and forever remain a part of the permanent fund of the said university. Permanent fund. Annual report of president to board of regents; forth. 2767. SEC. 21. The president of the university shall make a report on the first day of September of each year what it shall set to the board of regents, which shall exhibit the condition and progress of the institution in its several departments, the different courses of study pursued therein, the branches taught, the means and methods of instruction adopted, the number of students, with their names, classes and residences, and such other matters as he may deem communicate. Biennial report proper to 2768. SEC. 22. The board of regents shall, on the first of regents to su- day of October preceding each meeting of the general aspublic instruc- sembly, make a report to the superintendent of public in perintendent of tion; what it shall contain, Report of lands donated by the United States for university purposes. struction, which report, with that of the president, shall be embodied in the said superintendent's report to the general assembly. The report of the board of regents shall contain the number of professors, tutors and other officers, with the compensation of each; the condition of the university fund, and the income received therefrom and from all other sources; the amount of expenditures and the items thereof, and such other information and recommendations as may be expedient to lay before the general assembly. 2769. SEC. 23. The state board of land commissioners are hereby authorized and required to locate all the lands that have been donated by the United States to the state of sale of lands. Colorado for the benefit of the university, and report to the next general assembly the number of acres so located, where situated, their character and estimated value. 2770. SEC. 24. None of the lands located as required Disposition of n the preceding section of this act shall be sold except as the proceeds of nay be provided by the general assembly, and whenever he said lands are sold the proceeds of such sale, being for he whole or a part of said lands, shall be paid over to the aid regents by an order drawn by the president of the board, having been so authorized by the board of regents, upon the state treasurer, said order being first countersigned ›y the secretary of the university. Said money so paid shall be forever kept as a fund of the university, no part of the >rincipal of which shall ever be expended for any purpose vhatever, but the income of said fund may be used under he direction of the board of regents for the general puroses of the university, at the discretion of the board of egents. How fund to be 2771. SEC. 25. The funds arising from the sale of 2772. SEC. 26. All donations of money, securities, or Disposition of Attorney general nated a legal 2773. SEC. 27. The attorney general of the state shall e the legal adviser of the president and board of regents of state desigthe university, and he shall institute and prosecute or adviser. efend, all suits in behalf of the same. 2774. SEC. 28. The board of regents are hereby pro bited from creating any debt as against the university, or be incurred in excess of annual income. Expenses not to in any manner incumbering the same, or of incurring any expense beyond their ability to pay from the annual income of the university, for the then current year. Compensation of university. 2775. SEC. 29. The regents of the university shall regents of the severally receive as compensation.four dollars for each day actually employed in the business of the university, including time necessarily spent in going to and from the meetings of the board, and mileage for traveling to and from the meetings of the board, which shall be at the same rate, and computed in the same manner as the mileage allowed to members of the general assembly, and they shall receive no other pay, fees or allowance whatever. The claims of the regents shall be submitted under oath to the auditor of state, who is hereby authorized to audit and allow the same for such attendance and mileage. Emergency. 2776. SEC. 30. Inasmuch as it is important that the regents of the university should have power to act in the interests of the same, without delay, it is the opinion of the general assembly that an emergency exists as contemplated in section 19 of article 5 of the constitution, therefore this act shall be in force from and after its approval by the governor. Approved, March 15, 1877. What deemed to be lawful standard. The ton defined. CHAPTER CII. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. [Revised Statutes, Chapter LXXXIX.] 2777. SECTION I. The weights and measures accepted and used by the government of the United States at the present time, except as hereinafter provided, shall be deemed the lawful standard of weights and measures of the people of this state. 2778. SEC. 2. The ton shall be twenty hundred pounds weight, avoirdupois. 2779. SEC. 3. Sixty pounds of wheat, fifty-six pounds of rye, fifty-six pounds of Indian corn, seventy pounds of corn in the ear, forty-eight pounds of barley, thirty-two defined. " mason work and Size of common pounds of oats, sixty pounds of potatoes, sixty pounds of The bushel beans, sixty pounds of clover seed, forty-five pounds of timothy seed, forty-four pounds of hemp seed, fifty-two pounds of buckwheat, fourteen pounds of blue grass seed, fifty pounds of corn meal, fifty-seven pounds of onions, eighty pounds of salt, eighty pounds of lime, eighty pounds of mineral coal, respectively, shall be the standard. weight of a bushel of each of the foregoing articles; and twenty-five hundred cubic inches of charcoal shall be the standard measure of a bushel; and a perch of stone in mason Measurement of work shall be considered sixteen and one-half cubic feet; brick work. and for brick work measure, when laid up in wall, shall be counted twenty-two brick per cubic foot for foot wall, and fifteen brick for what is known as eight inch wall; a common brick to be eight and one-half inches in length, four brick. and one-quarter inches in width and two and three-eights. inches in thickness; and water sold by the inch by any individual or corporation, shall be measured as follows, Measurement of to wit: every inch shall be considered equal to an inch square orifice under a five inch pressure, and a five inch pressure shall be from the top of the orifice of the box put into the banks of the ditch, to the surface of water; said boxes or any dot or aperture through which such water may be measured, shall in all cases be six inches perpendicular inside measurement, except boxes delivering less than twelve inches which may be square, with or without slides; all slides for the same shall move horizontally and not otherwise; and said box put into the banks of ditch shall have a descending grade from the water in ditch of not less than one-eighth of an inch to the foot. standard weights from the federal 2780. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of Procurement of his state to procure as soon as possible from the proper and measures epartment of the federal government, all necessary weights government. nd measures for the use of the state, and as soon as he hall receive them, to give public notice through two or more newspapers, for thirty days, to each and every board of county commissioners in the state, to obtain copies or luplicates of said weights and measures. 2781. SEC. 5. That all venders and traders in goods, wares and merchandise, gold-dust and other articles of |