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 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 to be applied to the uses and purposes described in this act, and for no other purpose whatever; 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 twenty-five 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.

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

Sec. 4. That all moneys derived from the sale of the lands. aforesaid by the states to which the lands are apportioned, and from the sale of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be invested in the stocks of the United States, or of the states, or of some other safe stocks, yielding not less than five per centum upon the par value of said stocks; and that the money 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 of life.

[Chapter 108. Statutes at Large, 47th Congress, approved April 26, 1882, amends this section "so as to permit the state of Iowa, which has provided a college in accordance with this act, to loan endowment fund belonging to said college, upon real estate security, under such rules and regulations as the general assembly shall hereafter provide."]

Sec. 5. 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 hereinbefore 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.

Sec. 2645. Grant accepted. Legislative assent is given to the purposes of the various congressional grants to the state for the endowment and support of a college of agriculture and mechanic arts, and an agricultural experiment station as a department thereof, upon the terms, conditions and restrictions contained in all acts of congress relating thereto, and the state assumes the duties, obligations and responsibilities thereby imposed. All moneys appropriated by the state because of the obligations thus assumed, and all funds arising from said congressional grants, shall be invested or expended in accordance with the provisions of such grant, for the use and support of said college located at Ames. [24 G. A., ch. 6; 20 G. A., ch. 76, § 1; C. '73, § 1604; R., § 1714.]

Sec. 2648. Courses of study. There shall be adopted and taught practical courses of study embracing in their leading branches such as relate to agriculture and the mechanic arts, and such other branches as are best calculated to thoroughly educate the agricultural and industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life, including military tactics, and, as a separate department, a school of mines, in which a complete course in theoretical and practical mining in its different branches shall be taught. [25 G. A., ch. 107; 20 G. A., ch. 27; C. '73, § 1621.]

Sec. 2649. Tuition-admission. Tuition in the college herein established shall be forever free to pupils from the state over sixteen years of age, who have been residents of this state six months previous to their admission. Each county in this state shall have a prior right to tuition for three scholars from such county; the remainder, equal to the capacity of the college, shall be by the trustees distributed among the counties in proportion. to the population, subject to the above rule. Transient scholars otherwise qualified, may at all times receive tuition. [C. '73, § 1619.]

Sec. 2673. Sale of liquors. No person shall open, maintain or conduct any shop or other place for the sale of wine, beer or spirituous liquors, or sell the same at any place within a distance. of three miles from the agracultural college and farm; provided, that the same may be sold for sacramental, mechanical, medical or culinary purposes; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished on conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction, by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for each offense, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. [C. '73, § 1620.]

THE NORMAL SCHOOL.

Sec. 2675. Board of trustees-officers. The normal school at Cedar Falls, for the special instruction and training of teachers for the common schools, shall be officially designated and known as the Iowa State Teachers' College. The treasurer shall give bond in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, with good and sufficient sureties, to be filed with and approved by the secretary of state, which bond shall be conditioned for the safe keeping and proper disbursement of all money coming into his hands by virtue of his office. [33 G. A., ch. 171, § 1; 16 G. A., ch. 129, §§ 1, 4.]

The board

Sec. 2676. Powers of board-admission-fees. shall have power to employ a sufficient number of suitable and competent teachers and other assistants; fix their compensation; make all necessary rules and regulations for the management of the school, the admission of pupils from the several counties in the state, giving to each county its proper representation therein in proportion to the population thereof, and to all teachers in the state equal rights, requiring that each one received as a pupil shall furnish satisfactory evidence of good moral character and the honest intention of following the business of teaching school in the state; and make such arrangements as it may for the lodging and boarding of pupils, which shall be paid for by them. It may charge a fee for contingent expenses not to exceed one dollar monthly, and a tuition fee of not more than six dollars a term, if necessary for the proper support of the institution, and shall determine what part of the year the school shall be open, its sessions to continue, however, for at least twenty-six weeks of each year. [17 G. A., ch. 142, § 2; 16 G. A., ch. 129, § 5.]

Sec. 2677. Branches of study. Physiology and hygiene shall be included in the branches of study regularly taught to and studied by all pupils in the school, and special reference shall be made to the effect of alcoholic drinks, stimulants and narcotics upon the human system, and the board shall provide the means for the enforcement of the provisions of this section and see that they are obeyed. [25 G. A., ch. 1, § 1.]

Sec. 2678. Contract with school districts. The board may contract with the board of directors of the school township or independent district in which the school is situated, and those contiguous thereto, for a period not exceeding two years at a time, to receive the pupils thereof into the State Teachers' College and furnish them with instruction, payment therefor to be made out of the teachers' fund of such townships or districts, which shall not exceed fifty cents, weekly, for each pupil; the contract to be in writing, and a copy filed with the county superintendent. [25 G. A., ch. 40, §§ 1-3.]

Sec. 2679. Teachers' reports-tuition. If such a contract is entered into, all reports required by law to be made to the board of directors of such township or districts and the county superintendent, by the teachers thereof, shall be made by the principal of the normal school, and all sums paid for tuition shall go to its contingent fund. [Same, §§ 3, 4.]

Sec. 2680. Report to governor. The board shall biennially, through its secretary, make a detailed report to the governor of its proceedings during the preceding two years, which report shall show the number of teachers employed, the compensation of each, the number of pupils and classification, an itemized statement of receipts and expenditures, and such further information with such recommendations. [31 G. A., ch. 125; 22 G. A., ch. 64, § 2; 16 G. A., ch. 129, § 9.]

Sec. 2682-b. Reports what to contain. That the secretary of the state university, the secretary of the state college of agriculture and mechanic arts, and the secretary of the State Teachers' College be required hereafter to make report to each general assembly within three days after the said general assembly shall have convened. Said reports shall show in plain manner the amount available each fiscal year from state appropriations and all other sources, for the erection, equipment, improvement and repair of buildings, also the funds received from state appropriations, interest on endowment funds, tuition, laboratory fees, janitor fees, donations, rent of lands and from all sources whatsoever, going to affect the annual income of the support funds of said institutions. Any appropriation of funds received for any special purpose whatsoever shall also be reported. Hospital receipts and sales of departments shall be listed separately. The report shall show how the moneys thus received were expended, giving under separate heads the cost of instruction, administration, maintenance and equipment of departments, and the general expenses of the institutions. It shall clearly state the number of professors, instructors, fellows and tutors, and the number of students enrolled in each course during each year of the biennial period. Students attending the short courses shall be reported separately. The amount of unexpended balances of departments, remaining in the hands of the treasurer, and the amounts undrawn from the

state treasury on the thirtieth of June of the last year of the biennial period shall be given. The report of the secretary of the state college of agriculture and mechanic arts shall also show the receipts of the experiment station from all sources for each fiscal year and how such funds were expended. [33 G. A., ch. 170; 30 G. A., ch. 104.]