come teachers. teach in some high or other school, for a term of time. equal to that for which he shall have enjoyed such schol- Scholars to bearship, and there shall be deducted from his compensation, seventy-five dollars each year for the same term, and the money thus deducted shall be paid into the State Treasury; and in case he shall refuse so to teach, if in competent health, he shall pay into the State Treasury at the rate of seventy-five dollars each year, for the time he shall refuse to teach, with interest from the time he received the money by virtue of his scholarship, which may be recovered by the Treasurer in action at law. SEC. 70. When any University scholarship shall be- Vencies to be come vacant during the term for which its scholar was selected, or by the expiration thereof, the vacancy may be filled in the same manner provided in section 66, for the original selection, and the board of trustees of the High School in which such vacancy shall occur, together with the Professors thereof, shall take all necessary measures for filling such vacancy in the manner therein provided. SEC. 71. The State University established at Iowa City, is hereby constituted a corporation under that name, possessing all the common law corporate powers, and also those conferred upon it by this act. University; granted to the SEC. 72. The public buildings at Iowa City, together Building and lot with the ten acres of land on which the same are situa- University. ted, are granted to the "State University of Iowa," to be used and appropriated only to University purposes, and to revert to the State whenever the same shall cease to be used for such purposes. Two Townships priated to the SEC. 73. The two townships of land granted by act of Congress of July 20th, 1840, for the support of a Uni- of land approversity, and all proceeds and investments derived from University. the same, are hereby donated to the said State University, to be and constitute a perpetual fund, the interest and income of which shall be applied exclusively to the support of said University. University. SEC. 74. The object of the University shall be to objects of the provide the best and most effectual means of acquiring a thorough education, and a perfect knowledge of the Government of different branches of literature, the arts and the sciences, with their various applications. SEC. 75. The government of the University shall be the University vested exclusively in a board of trustees, to consist of the Chancellor of the University, who shall be President of the Board, the Governor, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and twelve trustees, who shall be elected as hereinafter provided. SEC. 76. The trustees shall be divided into clasTerms of first ses, numbered "one," "two," and "three." Trustees. First Trustees. Board of Trus Class numbered "one" shall hold their offices for two years; class numbered "two" for four years, and, class numbered "three" for six years, from the first Monday of January, 1858; and every two years thereafter there shall be elected by the General Assembly, four trustees to supply the vacancies made by the provisions of this section, and who shall hold their offices for six years respectively--Lauren Dewey, of Henry County; Edgar Wright, of Cedar County; Wm. Burris, of Scott County; W. F. Brannan, of Muscatine County; E. C. Lyon, Morgan Reno, H. D. Downey, W. H. Barris, of Johnson County; Lincoln Clarke, of Dubuque County; J. B. Grinnell, of Poweshiek County; Geo. W. Drake, of Mahaska County and W. P. Davis, of Polk County—be and they are hereby appointed the first twelve trustees under this act, four of whom shall hold their offices for two years, four for four years, and four for six years, their several terms of office to be determined by lot, at the time of the first organization of the board under this act. SEC. 77. Whenever there shall be a vacancy in the Vacancies in the office of trustee of the University, except in that of Govtrees to be filld. ernor, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Chancellor of the University, the board shall have the power, at any regular meeting, or at a special meeting called for that purpose, to fill any such vacancy for the unexpired term thereof. Trustees to re SEC. 78. The trustees of the University shall receive celve mileage- no compensation for their services as such trustees, but pensation. they shall be entitled to receive from the income of the no other com University fund, mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile for the distance necessarily traveled in attending any general or special meeting of the board. be Sectarian. SEC. 79. The University shall never be under the University not to exclusive control of any religious denomination what ever. SEC. 80. In all cases where duplicates of specimens of Natural History, and Geological and Mineralogical Cablet. specimens which are, or may hereafter be collected by the State Geologist of Iowa, or by any others appointed by the State to investigate its natural history, and physical resources are procured, one shall belong to and be the property of the State University, and shall form a part of its Cabinet of Natural History, and its means of giving instruction in that department. point Secretary, Treas'r and Li brarian. SEC. 81. The board of trustees shall appoint a Sec- Trustees to a pretary, a Treasurer and Librarian, and Curator of the Cabinet of Natural History, who shall hold their respective offices during the pleasure of the board. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to record all the proceedings of the board, and carefully to preserve all its books and papers. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to keep a true and faithful account of all moneys received and paid out by him, and before entering upon the discharge of any of his duties, he shall take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully perform the duties of Treasurer, and he shall also give a bond in the penalty of twenty-five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as Treasurer, and that he will at all times keep and render a true account of all moneys 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 pay over when required; which bond shall have two good sureties, and shall be approved, as to its form and the sufficiency of its sureties, by the board of trustees, and also by the Governor and Secretary of State, and shall be filed in the office of the latter. The Librarian and Curator shall have charge of the Library and Cabinet of Natural History. the goveanment ty. SEC. 82. The board of trustees shall have power and it shall be their duty to enact laws for the government Enact laws for of the University, to elect a Chancellor, and shall also of the Universi- appoint, on the nomination of the Chancellor, the requisite number of Professors and tutors, and also such other officers as they may deem expedient, also to determine the amount of their respective salaries. Faculty. SEC. 83. The University shall consist of such deDepartments. partments as the board of trustees shall determine, subject to the provisions of this act, and the same may be altered or changed, as the board may prescribe. The immediate government of the several departments shall be entrusted to the faculty. The method and manner of instruction in each department shall be provided by the board of trustees, who shall also confer such degrees and grant such diplomas as are usually conferred and granted by other Universities, or such others as it may think right and fitting. Power of remov'l Fees for tuition. Library and apparatus. Meeting of the Dnties of Treasu rer. SEC. 84. The board of trustees shall have power to remove any officer connected with the institution, when in their judgment the interests of the institution require it. SEC. 85. The board of trustees shall determine the amount of fees to be paid for tuition, subject to the provisions of this act. SEC. 86. The board of trustees are authorized to expend such portion of the income of the University fund as it may deem expedient in the purchase of Apparatus, Library, and Cabinets of Natural History, in providing suitable means to keep and preserve the same, and in the procurement of all other means and facilities for giving instruction. SEC. 87. Meetings of the board may be called in such manner and at such times as the board shall prescribe, and any seven of them, at any meeting regularly called, shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. SEC. 88. The Treasurer of the University shall keep a set of books, in which he shall keep an accurate account of all transactions relative to the sale and disposition of the University lands and the management of the fund arising therefrom, which said books shall exhibit what parts and portions of land have been sold, and at what prices, and to whom, and how the proceeds have been invested, and on what securities, and what land still remains unsold, and where situated, and of what value, respectively. SEC. 89. The Secretary shall keep a book or books Duties of Sec'y. in which shall be entered all minutes of meetings, and all proceedings of the board, which shall always be open for inspection by all the trustees, at any time. investment of SEC. 90. No sales of lands belonging to the Univer- Sale of land and sity shall hereafter take place, unless the same shall be funds." decided upon at a regualar meeting of the board, or at one called for that particular purpose, and then only in the manner, upon the notice and on the terms which the board shall prescribe, and no member of the board shall be either directly or indirectly interested in any pur chase of such lands upon such sale. And it shall be lawful for the board to invest any surplus income which is not immediately required for the purposes of instruction, in the United States, or other interest paying State Stocks, and to hold the same for the University, either as a perpetual fund, or as an an income to defray current expenses, as said board may deem expedient. ment. Trustees to rep't to the Gen'l As SEC. 91. There shall be a Normal Department to the Normal DepartUniversity, in which shall be taught the theory and practice of teaching, and everything which enters into it as an art, including all the most approved methods and processes now in use in all the varieties of teaching. SEC. 92. The board of Trustees shall make a report to the General Assembly, and Board of Education at their sessions, which shall exhibit the State, condition and progress of the University in its several departments, the different courses of study pursued therein, the branches taught, the means and methods of instruction adopted, the number of Professors and students, the situation and condition of the University fund, the income derived from the same, the amount of expenditures, and such other matters and things as the said board may deem proper to communicate. embly and tion the condi versity. Board of Educa tion of the Uni |