Agriculture of Maine: Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture, Volume 9, Part 1864 |
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Page 177
... scrip for the number of acres before named was issued and forwarded to the Executive of the State , in whose pos- session it still remains . In 1863 , March 25 , the Legislature provided by resolve for the election of thirteen persons ...
... scrip for the number of acres before named was issued and forwarded to the Executive of the State , in whose pos- session it still remains . In 1863 , March 25 , the Legislature provided by resolve for the election of thirteen persons ...
Page 178
... one third of the interest on the fund derivable from the sale of the land scrip to the " Institute of Technology , " practically to the promo- tion of the mechanic arts ; the balance to the 178 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE .
... one third of the interest on the fund derivable from the sale of the land scrip to the " Institute of Technology , " practically to the promo- tion of the mechanic arts ; the balance to the 178 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE .
Page 179
... scrip held by that State is for 824,000 acres ; of that , 100,000 acres were put in the market in June last , and one third of that amount sold for eighty - five cents per acre ; of the amount sold recently we are not informed . In NEW ...
... scrip held by that State is for 824,000 acres ; of that , 100,000 acres were put in the market in June last , and one third of that amount sold for eighty - five cents per acre ; of the amount sold recently we are not informed . In NEW ...
Page 180
... scrip of this State was sold some time ago ; a portion at eighty cents per acre , and the remainder at eighty - two . The proceeds were invested in bonds of the State . In NEW HAMPSHIRE , under a resolve similar in purpose to the one ...
... scrip of this State was sold some time ago ; a portion at eighty cents per acre , and the remainder at eighty - two . The proceeds were invested in bonds of the State . In NEW HAMPSHIRE , under a resolve similar in purpose to the one ...
Page 187
... scrip of the estimated value of two hundred thousand dollars for the endowment , under certain conditions , of an institution " to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts . " And whereas , it ...
... scrip of the estimated value of two hundred thousand dollars for the endowment , under certain conditions , of an institution " to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts . " And whereas , it ...
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Page 184 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretence whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation or repair of any building or buildings.
Page 178 - 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...
Page 203 - States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied without any diminution whatever to the purposes hereinafter mentioned. SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, that all moneys derived from the sale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the lands are apportioned, and from the sales of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be invested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some other safe stocks...
Page 203 - ... 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...
Page 202 - 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...
Page 202 - States in sections or subdivisions of sections, not less than onequarter of a section; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twentyfive cents per acre, the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State...
Page 202 - ... 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...
Page 203 - 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 hereinbefore contained, the previous assent of the several States shall be signified by legislative acts: First.
Page 204 - 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.
Page 203 - That all moneys derived from the sale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the lands are apportioned, and from the sales of land scrip hereinbefore 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...