CHAPTER 91.

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

AN ACT to provide for the establishment of a State Agricultural College and Farm, with a Board of Trustees which shall be connected with the entire Agricultural Interests of the State of Iowa.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That there is hereby established a college estabState Agricultural College and Model Farm, to be connected with the entire Agricultural Interests of the State.

lished.

SEC. 2. Said College and Farm shall be under the management of a board of eleven trustees, and the Gov- Board of manaernor, the President of the State Agricultural Society, who shall be ex-officio members of said board.

gers.

Terms of office.

Vacancies filled.

SEC. 3. The board of Trustees shall at their first meeting under this act determine by lot their several periods of service, five of whom serving for two years, and six serving for four years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. At the annual Trustees chosen. meetings in the fall before vacancies occur in this board, each county agricultural society in the State may nominate one person for trustee, from whom the General Assembly shall choose trustees to fill vacancies every two years as they occur, discriminating so as to give, if possible, one trustee to each judicial district in the State. Any vacancy in the board of trustees, caused by death, resignation or removal from the State, may be filled by a vote of the majority of the members of said board. Each Official bond. trustee is required to give a satisfactory bond to the State in such sum as may be required by the Governor, for the faithful discharge of the duties imposed upon them. SEC. 4. The President of the college shall be presi- President of Co!dent of the board of trustees. It shall be his duty to preside at all meetings of the board. He shall control, manage and direct the affairs of the college and farm herein established, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the trustees.

SEC. 5. Said board shall have power:

1st. To elect a President for the State Agricultural College and farm, and in the absence of the President,

lege.

Powers of Trus

tees.

Elect officers.

Establish rules.

Parchase lands.

Keep a record.

Compensation of
Trustees.

First session.

Purchas suitable land.

Proposals of sule

of location,

a President pro tempore, a Secretary, and such other officers as may be required in the transactions of the business of the board.

2d. To make all necessary rules and regulations for the government of the college and farm.

3d. To purchase lands and erect buildings thereon, in accordance with the further provisions of this act.

4th. To keep a full and complete record of all their proceedings, and do such other things as may be found necessary to carry out the intent and meaning of this

act.

SEC. 6. The trustees shall receive no compensation except for mileage in 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 the Auditor of State is hereby authorized to audit and allow the claims for such attendance, upon not more than three meetings annually.

SEC. 7. The first session of the board of trustees shall be held at the Capitol of the State, on the second Monday in January, 1859.

SEC. 8. A majority of the board of trustees shall be a quorum for the traction of business.

SEC. 9. Said board of trustees are hereby authorized to select and purchase suitable lands, not less than six hundred and forty acres, for the use and purposes of the college herein established.

SEO. 10. Said board shall receive proposals for sale and advantages of lands for the use of said college before purchasing the same, and in the purchase, the price, location, quality and variety of soil, advantages of water, timber, stone, et cetera, shall be considered.

Land appropria

SEC. 11. There is hereby appropriated the proceeds bed for building of the sale of five sections of land heretofore granted to the State of Iowa by Congress for the erection of Capitol buildings, for the use and benefit of the college herein established: Provided Congress diverts the same for this purpose; and also the proceed of the sale of all other lands granted or which may be granted by Con

gress to the State of Iowa for the purposes contemplated by this act.

priated.

SEC. 12. There is hereby appropriated out of any $10,000 appromonies in the treasury of the State, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dollars for the purchase of lands as provided in section nine of this act, and the improvement of the same.

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Auditor's

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SEC. 13. Upon the execution and delivery to the peed of conveySecretary of State of the proper conveyance or convey. ances of the land purchased as hereinbefore provided, with a certificate of the Attorney General of the State, that he has examined the title to the same and finds it unencumbered and perfect and in accordance with this act, and that the location has been approved by the trustees, the Auditor of State shall draw his warrant or warrants on the State Treasurer for the amount of such Purchase pleted. purchase in favor of the party or parties to whom such sun or suns may be due; said purchase or purchases to be made in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-nine previous to the first day of July of that year.

SEC. 14. If any monies remain unexpended after the purchase of said farm or lands, the trustees are hereby

autharized to appropriate the same, or so much thereof Buildings erect'd as is needed for the erection of the necessary buildings

for the college on the farm, and otherwise improving

the same.

SEC. 15. The course of instruction in said college studies pursued, shall include the following branches, to wit: Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Botany, Horticulture, Fruit Growing, Forestry, Animal and Vegetable Anatomy, Geology, Mineralogy, Meteorology, Entymology, Zoology, the Veterinary Art, plain Mensuration, Levelling, Surveying, Book Keeping, and such mechanic arts as are directly connected with Agriculture. Also, such other studies as the trustees may from time to time prescribe, not inconsistent with the purposes of this act.

SEC. 16. The board of trustees shall establish such Professorships. Professorships as they may deem best to carry into ef fect the provisions of this act.

SEC. 17. Tuition in the college herein established

Tuition free.

shall be forever free to pupils from this State over fourteen years of age and who have been resident of the State six months previous to their admission. Appli cants for admission must be of good moral character, Qualification for able to read and write the English language with ease and correctness, and also to pass a satisfactory examination in the fundamental rules of arithmetic.

admission.

Hours of laber.

ted.

SEC. 18. The trustees upon consultation with the professors and teachers shall, from time to time, establish rules regulating the number of hours, to be not less than two in winter and three in summer, which shall be devoted to manual labor and the compensation therefor; and no student shall be exempt from such labor except in case of sickness or other infirmity.

SEC. 19. The board shall elect annually from the Book keep'r elec- teachers or more advanced pupils, a competent book keeper, who shall keep an accurate account of the receipts and disbursements of said college and farm from all sources; he shall also keep a minute and accurate account with each field and of each crop, which shall embrace the time and manner of cultivation, the amount of seed and the product, condition of the field before planting and sowing, and after harvesting, and kind and amount of fertilizers used; also, a list of animals and the value thereof, kept on the farm and the treatment of the same; also, a daily register of the weather; of all of which he shall make an annual statement or synopsis of the same, to the Secretary of the board or trus

Record of crops, &c..

Account with farm.;

tees.

SEC. 20. Said college and farm shall be charged with the amount of crops, the proceeds of sales, and the increase of animals raised on the farm.

SEC. 21. The trustees shall elect at their first annual meeting in January, 1859, and every two years thereSecretary chosen after, a Secretary from their own number, who shall hold his office two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. He shall reside at the Capital of the State and have an office in the legislative building. It shall be his duty to keep a record of the transactions of the board of trustees and college and farm, which shall

He keeps miLutes.

ments.

Bncourage age

be open at all times to the inspection of any citizen of this State. He shall also have the custody of all books, papers, documents and other property which may be deposited in his office, including specimens of the vegeta- Preserves docuble and animal kingdom of the State or country; also, keep and file all reports which may be made from time to time by county and State agricultural and horticultural societies, and all correspondence of the office from other persons and societies appertaining to the general business of husbandry; address circulars to societies and the Attend to correspondence. best practical farmers in the State and elsewhere, with the view of eliciting information upon the newest and best mode of culture of those products, vegetables, trees, etc., adapted to the soil and climate of this State; also, on all subjects connected with field culture, horticulture, stock raising, and the dairy. He shall encourage the formation of agricultural societies throughout enttur societies the State, and purchase, receive and distribute such rare and valuable seeds, plants, shrubbery and trees, as may be in his power to procure from the general government and other sources, as may be adapted to our climate and soils. He shall also encourage the importation of improved breeds of horses, asses, cattle, sheep, hogs and other livestock, the invention and improvement of labor saving implements of husbandry and diffuse information in relation to the same; and the manufacture of woolen and cotten yarns and cloths, and domestic industry in weaving, spinning, knitting, sewing, and such other household arts as are calculated to promote the general thrift, wealth and resources of the State. He shall make factures. a report in writing to the General Assembly at every session thereof, and to the Governor in each year when the Legislature is not in session, on the first day of February, of all the transactions of his office of a public character, including a full statement of the receipts and expenditures of the college and farm and of his own office, and at such other times as the Governor or Legislature may require. He shall give a bond in the sum of thirty thonsand dollars, with good security, for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office.

Imported breeds,

Domestic maro

Annual report.