prescribed in the act of Congress, to such institutions as were respectively designated to receive it. January 19, 1891, a circular letter was sent by the Commissioner of Education to the presidents of the colleges which had received the first installment, in which attention was especially called to the limitations placed by the act upon the use of the money received, and accompanied by a blank form for making a provisional report of the receipt and expenditure of the first installment. This report called for a statement of the date of receipt of the first installment and the amount thereof received by the college, the amount expended up to date and for what purposes, and the specific purposes to which the balance was to be applied. On September 20, 1891, a circular letter was sent to the college presidents, accompanied by a form for the statistics to be forwarded with the president's report, which form had been recommended by the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, in session in Washington during the summer of 1891. This statistical report shows the receipts and expenditures of the college for and during the year; for the college and the experiment station; the condition of the college library; and the classified record of students and instructors and of officers of the station. At the same time blank forms were furnished for the financial statement of the college treasurer, showing receipt and detailed expenditure of the fund received under the act of 1890. On June 30, 1892, still another circular letter from the Commissioner of Education called attention to several important clauses of the act of 1890 and laid especial stress upon that section which relates to the uses to which the fund could be applied. The statistical reports for this year include, besides the matter of information furnished in 1891, statistics of farm lands, buildings, and general equipment of the college. The following is an extract from the Commissioner's letter of June 30, 1892: The fact that it has already been necessary to require several institutions to replace sums of money erroneously expended from this fund, makes it advisable to call attention again to the limitations placed by the act of Congress of August 30, 1890, upon the use of the money appropriated by it, which is "to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language, and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural, and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction." It is held that this language authorizes the purchase from this money of apparatus, machinery, text-books, reference books, stock, and material used in instruction or for purposes of illustration in connection with any of the branches enumerated, and the payment of salaries of instructors in said branches only. The erection of buildings is specifically prohibited by the act, and the Assistant Attorney-General has decided that the purchase of land is not allowable. It should not be expended for repairs, furniture, cases, shelving, or the like, or (as in one instance) for musical instruments, the salary of a music teacher, an outfit of tableware and cooking utensils, etc. In short, the plant-the land, buildings, and ordinary appliances of a school-must be provided from other sources, and this particular fund must be applied exclusively to the sub jects named in the act and the facilities especially required for those subjects. In closing his report the treasurer should certify that his statement is correct and true and that no part of said fund has been applied to any subject not contemplated in the act of Congress. The reports of the presidents and treasurers, prepared in the manner suggested by the Commissioner, are subjected to careful scrutiny at the Bureau. Three copies of each report are required, one being retained by the Bureau for its own use, the others being sent to the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture. Certification to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment is made when all reports are found to be correctly stated and show no illegal or improper use of the funds. This detailed account of the manner in which the law is administered will show that no effort is neglected on the part of the Executive Department to fully and equitably carry out the provisions of the act. ED 91-38 Name. Receipts and Disbursements Under the Act of August 30, 1890, to June 30, 1892. 12345678 Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Alabama State Colored Normal School.. University of Arizona.... Arkansas Industrial University. E. T. Glenn.. S. L. Ross S. M. Franklin J. L. Cravens. Arkansas Branch Normal College, Col. University of California. Delaware Colored Agricultural College. Florida Colored Normal School. University of Illinois. Purdue University of Indiana. Iowa Agricultural College.. Kansas Agricultural College Kentucky Agricultural and Mechanical College. Maine State Agricultural and Mechanical College. 28 Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College. of Mississippi Lincoln Colored Institute of Missouri. 32 University of Nebraska. Nevada State University. D. M. Ridgely E. J. Friay. E. J. Friay. F. L. Richardson. 4, 090.91 15,000.00 Fiscal year ended June 30, 1891. Receipts. Expenditures. Balance. Receipts. Expenditures. $31,000,00 $8,000. 13 10, 909.09 Balance. 31,000.00 9,323.37 4,090.91 2.435.20 12, 564.80. 33,000.00 17, 295.68 13, 704.32 17,000.00 19, 793. 51 11, 206.49 17,000.00 15,000.00 10, 024. 49 4,975. 51 23,400.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 5,676.63 33,000.00 45, 262.82 33,000.00 34, 112.52 34 Agricultural and Mechanical College of New Hamp. Frederick Smyth Fred Frelinghuysen. 14, 160. 80 839.20 31,000.00 3,407.99 2,209.08 14. 160. 80 839.20 13, 454.75 16, 000, 00 19, 209.00 30, 842.72 8,653. 31 14, 481. 19 13, 362. 63 1,770.54 1 University of Georgia for both colleges for white and colored students. Maryland Agricultural College for its "Eastern Branch" for colored students, located at Salsbury. * Idaho and Montana had not established and opened their colleges till after the close of the fiscal year 1892. As has already been stated, the receipt of the aid provided for by the Congressional acts above cited is made dependent upon the partial maintenance of agricultural and mechanical colleges by the States themselves. It would be extremely difficult, if not really impossible, to estimate the total amount of the State aid given to all of these colleges. The following table will, however, show the amount appropriated in each case for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1892, including the income from State endowments, the annual appropriation, and the special State appropriations for buildings and all other purposes: State aid to colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts for the year ended June 30, 1892. |