Commonwealth for publication; the same to be furnished monthly, or immediately after the results of the investigations are known.

APPROVED-The 20th day of May, A. D. 1857.

An Act relating to the trustees of the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That at all future meetings of the board of trustees of the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, five members thereof shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. SECTION 2. That it shall be unlawful for the court of quarter sessions of Centre county to grant a license to any person or persons for the sale of ardent spirits or malt liquors, at any place within two miles of the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, located in the said county.

SECTION 3. That the superintendent of the Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital be and is hereby directed to deliver to the trustees of the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania. to be arranged for exhibition and use in the museum of the said school, the cabinets of mineralogical and geological specimens belonging to the State, which were placed in the care of the said superintendent by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, in compliance with the resolution, approved the fifteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.

APPROVED-The 17th day of March, A. D. 1859.

· An Act making an appropriation from the State Treasury in the further aid of the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, and to enable the trustees to complete the college buildings.

WHEREAS, The Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, combining manual labor with the acquisition of scientific knowledge, has been in operation for two years, with over one hundred students, demonstrating by actual results the practicability and expediency of the union:

And whereas, The trustees, for want of the funds required to complete the whole, were compelled to suspend the work upon the center building, east wing, and curtain, constituting two thirds of the college structure, leaving the walls of the same at the height of one story, and much of the material prepared for the construction thereof in an exposed condition :

And whereas, Until the completion of the entire buildings, designed for the accommodation of four hundred students, this great enterprise of our age and country, now exciting a deep interest in many States, cannot be fairly tested; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the sum of forty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars be and is hereby appropriated to the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, to be paid in eight quarterly payments, as the work progresses, out of moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That before any part of this appropriation be drawn from the treasury, satisfactory evidence shall be produced to the Auditor General that the managers have entered into a contract, with suffi

cient sureties, that the buildings shall all be finished for the amount herein appropriated.

SECTION 2. That for the purpose of having the sum appropriated by the provisions of this act properly applied to the completion of the buildings of the Farmers' High School, that Frederick Watts, Henry D. Moore, H. N. McAlister, Isaac W. Van Lear, and Gideon J. Ball, be appointed commissioners, with instructions to report to the next Legislature. APPROVED-The 18th day of April, A. D. 1861.

Petition of the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania.

To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Centre county:

The petition of the Board of Trustees of the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania respectfully represents "that their institution was incorporated by the act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania the 22d of February, 1855, by the name, style, and title of the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania,' and that they are desirous to change the name of the institution as incorporated, whereby the same shall be forever hereafter called and known by the name, style, and title of 'The Agricultural College of Pennsylvania. They, therefore, pray the court to make such order and decree in the premises as that the name of the corporation may be thus changed, in pursuance of the twelfth section of the act of 4th of April, 1843. And we, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c." By order of the board.

And now, May 1, 1862, the within petition being read in open court, it is ordered in accordance with the prayer of the petitioners, that the name of the corporation within mentioned be changed to "The Agricultural College of Pennsylvania," and it is further ordered that the petition and this decree be filed in the office of the clerk of this court, and that it be entered at length upon the record of said court.

BY THE COURT.

An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be granted to the several States, for the purpose hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be appropriated to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each senator and representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of eighteen hundred and sixty: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of this act.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the land aforesaid, after being surveyed, shall be apportioned to the several States, in sections or sub

divisions of sections, not less than one quarter of a section; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to issue to each of the States in which there is not the quantity of public lands subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, to which said State may be entitled under the provisions of this act, land scrip to the amount in acres for the deficiency of its distributive share; said scrip to be sold by said States, and the proceeds thereof applied to the uses and purposes prescribed in this act, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever: Provided, That in no case shall any State to which land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State, or of any Territory of the United States, but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twentyfive cents, or less, per acre: And provided further, That not more than one million acres shall be located by such assignees in any one of the States: And provided further, That no such location shall be made before one year from the passage of this act.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That all the expenses of management, superintendence, and taxes from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of the moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they belong, out of the treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied, without any diminution whatever, to the purposes hereinafter mentioned.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That all the moneys derived from the sale of the lands aforesaid, by the States to which the lands are apportioned, and from the sales of the land scrip herein before provided for, shall be invested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some other safe stocks, yielding not less than five per centum upon the par value of said stocks; and that the moneys so invested shall constitute a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished, (except so far as may be provided in section fifth of this act,) and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the Legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.

And be it further enacted, That the grant of land and land scrip hereby authorized shall be made on the following conditions, to which, as well as to the provisions herein before contained, the previous assent of the several States shall be signified by legislative acts:

First. If any portion of the fund invested, as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall, by any action or contingency, be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs, so that the capital of the fund shall remain forever undiminished; and the annual interest shall be regularly applied, without diminution, to the purposes mentioned in the fourth section of this act, except that a sum, not exceeding ten per centum upon the amount received by any State under the provisions of this act, may be expended for the purchase of lands for

sites or experimental farms, whenever authorized by the respective Legislatures of said States.

Second. No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.

Third. Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of this act shall provide, within five years, at least not less than one college, as described in the fourth section of this act, or the grant to such State shall cease; and said State shall be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the State shall be valid.

Fourth. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements or experiments made, with their cost and results, and such other matters, including State industrial and economical statistics, as may be supposed useful; one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail free, by each, to all the other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of this act, and also one copy to the Secretary of the Interior.

Fifth. When lands shall be selected from those which have been raised to double the minimum price, in consequence of railroad grants, they shall be computed to the States at the maximum price, and the number of acres proportionally diminished.

Sixth. No State while in a condition of rebellion or insurrection against the Government of the United States shall be entitled to the benefit of this act.

Seventh. No State shall be entitled to the benefits of this act unless it shall express its acceptance thereof by its Legislature within two years from the date of its approval by the President.

SECTION 6. And be it further enacted, That land scrip issued under the provisions of this act shall not be subject to location until after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

SECTION 7. And be it further enacted, That the land officers shall receive the same fees for locating land scrip issued under the provisions of this act as is now allowed for the location of military bounty land warrants under existing laws: Provided, Their maximum compensation shall not be thereby increased.

SECTION 8. And be it further enacted, That the Governors of the several States to which scrip shall be issued under this act, shall be required to report annually to Congress all sales made of such scrip until the whole shall be disposed of, the amount received for the same, and what appropriation has been made of the proceeds.

APPROVED July 2, 1862.

An Act to accept the grant of public lands by the United States to the several States, for the endowment of agricultural colleges.

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WE WHEREAS, By an act of Congress, passed the second day of July, thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a grant of land was made to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts equal to thirty thousand acres for each senator and representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of one thousand eight hundred and sixty, which act of Congress requires that the several States, in order to entitle them to the benefit of said grant, should, within two years from the date of this act, express their acceptance of the same :

And whereas, The Legislature of Pennsylvania has already shown its high regard for the agricultural interests of the State by the establishment of the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, and by making liberal appropriations thereto; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the act of Congress of the United States, passed the second day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An act donating lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts," be and the same is hereby accepted by the State of Pennsylvania, with all its provisions and conditions, and the faith of the State is hereby pledged to carry the same into effect.

SECTION 2. That the Surveyor General of the State of Pennsylvania is hereby authorized and required to do every act and thing necessary to entitle this State to its distributive share of land scrip under the provisions of the said act of Congress, and when the said scrip is received by him to dispose of the same under such regulations as the board of commissioners hereafter appointed by this act shall prescribe.

SECTION 3. That the Governor, the Auditor General, and the Surveyor General are hereby constituted a board of commissioners, with full power and authority to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the manner in which the Surveyor General aforesaid shall dispose of the said land scrip, the investment of the proceeds thereof in the State stocks of this State, and apply interest arising therefrom as herein directed; and in general to do all and every act or acts necessary to carry into full effect the said act of Congress: Provided, That no investment shall be made in any other stocks than those of the United States or of this Commonwealth. SECTION 4. That until otherwise ordered by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, the annual interest accruing from any investment of the funds acquired under the said act of Congress is hereby appropriated, and the said commissioners are directed to pay the same to the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania for the endowment, support, and maintenance of said institution, which college is now in full and successful operation, and where the leading object is, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts.

SECTION 5. That the said Agricultural College of Pennsylvania shall, on or before the first day of February of each year, make a report to the Legislature of the receipts and expenditures of the said institution for the preceding year.

APPROVED-The 1st day of April, A. D. 1863.

A supplement to the act to accept the grant of public lands by the United States to the several States, for the endowment of agricultural colleges, passed the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the third section of the act, entitled "An act to accept the grant of public lands, by the United States to the several States, for the endowment of agricultural colleges," passed the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, shall be so construed as to authorize the Governor, Auditor General, and