of the weather; of all of which he shall make an annual statement or synopsis of the same, to the secretary of the board of trustees.

§ 1733. (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.

§ 1734. (21.) The trustees shall elect at their first annual meeting in January, 1859, and every two years thereafter, 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 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 vegetable 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 pertaining to the general business of husbandry; address circulars to societies and the 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 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 live stock, the invention and improvement of labor-saving implements of husbandry and diffuse information in relation to the same; and the manufacture of woolen and cotton yarns and cloths, and domestic industry in weaving, spinning, knitting, sewing, and other household arts as are calculated to promote the general thrift, wealth and resources of the State. He shall make 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 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 thousand dollars, with good security, for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office.

§ 1735. (22.) The seeds, plants, trees and shrubbery received by the secretary, shall be, as far as possible, distributed equally throughout the State, and placed only in the hands of those farmers and others, who will cultivate them properly and return to the secretary's office a reasonable proportion of the products thereof with a full statement of the mode of cultivation and such other information as may be necessary to ascertain their value for general cultivation in the State. All information in regard to agriculture, obtained by the secretary, of an important character, may be published by him from time to time in the newspapers of the State, provided it does not involve any expense to the State.

§ 1736. (23.) The secretary shall collect and file in his office the agricultural statistics of each organized county in the State.

§ 1737. (24.) That the farming interest of the State may derive immediate benefit from the duties imposed upon the secretary, the governor is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a secretary on the passage of this act, from among the board of trustees named in this act, who shall hold his office for one year, and until his successor is elected and qualified, as provided in section twenty-one of this act.

§ 1738. (25.) The secretary shall receive as a compensation for his services, a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, to be paid quarterly from the State treasury in the same manner as is provided by law for the payment of the salaries of other state officers, and the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby annually appropriated for that purpose; and the additional sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be esteemed necessary by the governor, is also hereby annually appropriated to meet the expenses which may be incurred in the purchase and transportation of seeds, postage, stationery, and the other contingent expenses of the office of the secretary, to be paid out of the State treasury on the requisition of the governor through the auditor of State.

§ 1739. (26.) The board of trustees shall elect a treasurer from their own number annually, at their meeting in January, who shall receive and keep all moneys arising from the sale of products of the farm or other source, and give bonds in such sum as the board of trustees may require. He shall pay over all moneys upon the warrant of the president, countersigned by the secretary. He shall render annually in the month of January, to the board of trustees, and as often as may be required by said board a full and true account of all moneys received and disbursed by him.

§ 1740. (27.) That M. W. Robinson, of Desmoine county, Timothy Day, of Van Buren county, John D. Wright, of Union county, G. W. F. Sherwin, of Woodbury county, William Duane Wilson, of Polk county, Richard Gaines, of Jefferson county, Suel Foster of Muscatine county, J. W. Henderson, of Linn county, Clermont Coffin, of Delaware County, E. H. Williams, of Clayton county, E. G. Day, of Story county, are hereby appointed and constituted the first board of trustees of the agricultural college and farm, who shall hold their office as may be determined under the provisions of the third section of this

act.

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AND DIRECTING THE ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

(Approved March 22, 1864.)

[This act, (chap. 72, laws of 1864,) appropriates $26,000 to aid in the erection of a permanent building on the college farm as definitely fixed by the trustees of the agricultural college and farm, after plans and estimates to be approved by the governor, under the immediate supervision of the executive committee of the trustees.]

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATION TO COMPLETE THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

BUILDING.

(Approved April 2, 1866.)

[This act (chap. 61, laws of 1864,) appropriates the sum of $91,000 for the purpose of completing the agricultural college building, and for the payment of the indebtedness against the same-to be expended under the direction and supervision of a building committee of not less than three persons, to be appointed by the trustees of said college, and of a superintendent, who shall not be a member of said board-each of said building committee and the superintendent, to give bond in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of their respective duties.]

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LOAN OF PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.
(Approved March 29, 1864.)

[This act, (chap. 117, laws of 1864,) fixes the rate of interest on school fund loans at 8 per cent., the price of school lands at $1.25 per acre-makes each county responsible for the collection of annual interest on loans within the same, as well as for misapplication of school moneys, and withholds the distribution share of the State appropriation as a penalty, and imposes a special tax to replace the sum thus misapplied.)

ACT TO PROVIDE FOR APPOINTMENT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF AGRICULTURAL

COLLEGE.

(Approved April 5, 1864.)

[This act, (chap. 121, laws of 1864,) authorizes board of trustees of State Agricultural College to appoint a superintendent of the State Agricultural College Farm, who shall also be secretary of the board, who shall have charge of the farm, and other property, at a salary of $1,000.]

KANSAS.

AN ACT FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KANSAS STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC ARTS.

(Approved March 3, 1863.)

SECTION 1. The College for the benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, which was located by an act of the Legislature of the State of Kansas, entitled, "An Act to locate and establish a College for the benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts," approved February 16th, 1863, shall be known as the Kansas State Agricultural College.

§ 2. The government of such college is vested in a board of regents, to consist of the Governor, Secretary of State, Superintendent of Public Instruction and the president of the college, ex-officio, and nine others, who shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate; Provided, That not more than three of those selected shall be members of the same religious denomination. Three of those appointed shall hold their office until the second Monday in January, A. D. 1865, and three until 1867, and three until 1869; and their several successors shall hold their office for the term of six years.

§ 3. The board of regents shall constitute the body corporate, with the right to sue and be sued, to use a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure.

4. The regents shall have the power to enact ordinances, by-laws and regulations for the government of said college; to elect a president to fix, increase and diminish the regular number of professors and teachers, and to appoint the same, and to determine the amount of their salaries. They shall have the power to remove the president and any professor or teacher, whenever the interest of the college shall require.

The college shall consist of four departments: 1st, The department of Agriculture 2d, Mechanic Arts. 3d, Military Science and Tactics. 4th, Literature and Science.

§ 6. The immediate government of the several departments shall be intrusted to the president and the respective professors and teachers, but the regents shall have the power to regulate the course of instruction, and to prescribe, under the advice of the faculty, the books and authorities to be used in the several departments; also to confer such degrees and grant such diplomas as are conferred by institutions of the highest grade.

7. The college shall be opened to all persons, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the regents: Provided, That no student shall be refused admittance to this college, simply because he has been expelled from some other college.

8. The board of regents shall make an exhibit of the affairs of the college, in each year, to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, setting forth the condition of the college, the amount of receipts and expenditures, the number of professors and teachers and other officers, and the compensation of each; the (161)

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number of students in the several departments and in the different classes, the books of instruction used, an estimate of the expenses of the ensuing year, a full transcript of the journal of the proceedings for the year, together with such other information and suggestions as they may deem important, or the Superintendent of Public Instruction may require to embrace in his report, which shall be reported by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the Legislature in his annual report.

§ 9. The board of regents shall report annually the progress of said college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results, and such other matters, including State and industrial and economical statistics, as may be supposed useful, one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail, free, to all other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of the act of Congress, entitled "An Act donating public lands to the several States which may provide colleges for the benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts," approved July 2d, 1862, and also one copy to the Secretary of the Interior.

§ 10. A board of visitors, to consist of three persons, shall be appointed by the Governor, to hold their offices severally for one, two and three years, but their successors shall hold their office for three years. It shall be their duty to make a personal examination into the state and condition of the college, in all its departments and branches, once at least in each year, and report the result to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, suggesting such improvements as they may deem important, which said report shail be embodied in the report of the Superintendent.

§ 11. The regents shall have power to appoint a secretary, librarian treasurer, and such other officers as the interests of the college may require, who, shall hold their offices at the pleasure of the board, and shall receive such compensation as the board shall prescribe.

12. The board of regents shall have the general supervision of the college, and the direction and control of all expenditures.

§ 13. It shall be the duty of the board of regents, at their earliest convenience, to secure a collection of specimens in mineralogy, geology, zoology, botany, and other specimens pertaining to natural history; and whenever a geological survey of the State may be made, a complete set of specimens collected shall be deposited in the cabinet of the college. The said board shall make provision for increasing and preserving the library and apparatus belonging to said college, and the apparatus and library that may be transferred to the State by the Beaumont Central College Association.

§ 14. The first meeting of the board of regents shall be called by the Superintendent of Public Instruction as soon as may be after the fulfillment by the Beaumont Central College Association, of an act, entitled "An Act to locate and establish a college for the benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts," approved February 16, 1863, but all succeeding meetings shall be calied in such manner as the said board may prescribe, and shall be held at the college building, and at least once annually.

§ 15. A majority of the board of regents shall constitute a quorum to do

business.

16. The ninety thousand acres of land granted to the State of Kansas by Congress, to endow a college for the benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic