Arts, shall be used solely for the endowment of said Kansas State Agricultural College of the State of Kansas, and for no other purpose whatever; and the interest of the fund arising from the sale of said lands shall be used exclusively for the salaries of the president, professors and teachers of this college; but the principal on the moneys arising from the sale of said lands shall be invested according to law, and be a fund to remain forever undiminished. KENTUCKY. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE IN KENTUCKY. (Approved February 22, 1865.) WHEREAS, The curators of the Kentucky University propose to locate their university in Fayette county, in or near the city of Lexington, and said curators and the trustees of Transylvania University propose to consolidate the two universities, and all the funds and property of each, into one corporation, under the name of the Kentucky University; and it appearing that said curators have a cash endowment of two hundred thousand dollars, yielding an annual income of about twelve thousand dollars, and that there are cash funds of Transylvania University to be united with them, of fifty-nine thousand dollars, besides the grounds, buildings, library, apparatus, and other property of Transylvania University, of the value and cost exceeding one hundred thousand dollars; and said institution, when so consolidated, proposes to raise an additional hundred thousand dollars to purchase a farm and erect all the necessary buildings and improvements to carry on the operations of an agricultural and mechanical college, and connect therewith a model or experimental farm, with industrial pursuits, to enable such pupils as choose to do so to sustain themselves, in whole or in part, while acquiring their education; and further propose, that the State of Kentucky shall establish the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky as one of the colleges of Kentucky University, thus consolidated, and endow the same with the income of the fund which shall arise from the sale of land scrip granted to Kentucky by the Congress of the United States, for the purpose of establishing said college; and upon the State of Kentucky, so establishing and endowing said college, the curators of Kentucky University will furnish, in reasonable time, all the necessary lands, buildings, apparatus, etc., for such college, and proceed at once to organize said college, and put the same in operation in accordance with this act and the act of Congress, and subject to the visitorial control of the State of Kentucky in its organization and general management, and with the sole control, by the State, of its said fund, in keeping the principal of the same perpetually secure. Now, therefore, Be it enacted, etc., SECTION 1. That there shall be, and is hereby, established, the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, located in the county of Fayette, in or near the city of Lexington, which shall be a college of Kentucky University. § 2. That the leading object in said college shall be to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanical Arts, including military tactics, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life. § 3. That to effect the said leading object of said college, there shall be etablished therein the competent number of professorships for teaching the sciences related to agriculture and the mechanical arts, including military tactics, which professorships shall be filled by able and competent professors, aided by such assistants, tutors, and other instructors as shall, from time to time, be necessary; and, as a part of said college, there shall be conducted an experimental or model farm, with the usual accessories thereto, and of size proportioned to the number of students; and on said farm, and in the mechanical arts, there shall be provided to the students opportunities for industrial pursuits, at stated times, whereby agriculture and the mechanical arts may be practically learned, and the student enabled to earn his support while being educated, in whole or part, by his labor and industry. § 4. That in the appointment of professors, instructors, and other officers and assistants of said college, and in prescribing the studies and exercises thereof, and in every part of the management and government thereof, no partiality or preference shall be shown to one sect or religious denomination over another, nor shall anything sectarian be taught therein; and persons engaged in the conducting, governing, managing, or controlling said college and its studies and exercises, in all its parts, are hereby constituted officers and agents of the whole commonwealth, in faithfully and impartially carrying out the provisions of this act for the common good, irrespective of sects or parties, political or religious. § 5. That the curators of Kentucky University shall organize said Agricultural and Mechanical College, by establishing the proper professorships and officers, with the salaries and compensation thereof, and filling the same, from time to time, by their appointments; provide the necessary grounds, buildings and improvements, and conduct, carry on, and manage the said college as provided in this act; and said curators, to aid them in conducting said college and defraying the expenses thereof, shall receive all the income of the fund which shall arise from the sale of the land scrip granted to the State of Kentucky by the act of Congress, entitled "An Act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanical arts," approved July 2, 1862, and which income shall be appropriated by said curators to the payment of the salaries of the professors and other officers and employees of said college, and other expenses of conducting the same, and the farm and industrial pursuits incidental thereto, and to no other purpose whatsoever; Provided, that a majority of the professors of said college shall not at any one time belong to the same ecclesiastical denomination. § 6. That the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint six visitors of said college, who shall constitute the board of visitors thereof, and appoint one of their number chairman of the board; and said board shall have, at all times, full power to inspect and examine into all the details of the managing and conducting of said college, and to see that all the provisions of this act are carried into complete effect, according to their true meaning and intent; and it shall be the duty of said board to report to the curators of Kentucky University all defects or departures from this act, in conducting or managing said college, and suggest the proper mode of correcting them; and said curators shall proceed to correct them; and it shall be further the duty of said board of visitors to report to every biennial meeting of the general assembly the condition and management of said college; and if, at any time, it shall appear to the general assembly that the curators have persisted in not carrying the provisions of this act into effect, according to their true object and spirit, and in disregarding the requirements of the board of visitors, it shall be lawful to deprive, either temporarily or permanently, said college of the endowment of the income of the fund aforesaid. The visitors shall hold their office for two years, and until their successors are appointed. Vacancies in said board by death, resignation, or expiration of term of office, during the recess of the general assembly, shall be filled by the governor until the end of the next succeeding session. § 7. That so soon as the said college is organized for the reception and proper instruction of pupils, the curators shall make known the same to the governor and president of the board of education; and, thereupon, each representative district of the State shall be entitled to send to said college, free of charge for tuition, one properly prepared pupil for each member said district is entitled to elect to the general assembly; and when the whole of the land scrip shall be sold or invested, each district shall be entitled to send three such properly prepared pupils to said college for each member the district is authorized to elect. Said pupils shall have the right of receiving, free of charge for tuition, the benefit of any instruction given in any of the colleges or classes of the university, except those of law and medicine. The pupils shall be selected by the majority of the justices of the peace in said districts. § 8. The provisions of this act shall not go into effect until Transylvania University and Kentucky University shall be consolidated into one corporation, under the name of the Kentucky University, and the funds, property, etc., of Transylvania University shall be vested in the curators of Kentucky University, as successors of the trustees of Transylvania University; nor until the curators of Kentucky University shall, by resolution, assent to all the provisions of this act, and accept this act as part of its charter. A copy of said resolution, and of the action of the trustees of Transylvania University, and the curators of the Kentucky University, in accepting said consolidation, shall be laid before the governor; whereupon, he shall, by writing, signed by him and under the seal of the State, authorize the curators of the Kentucky University to organize the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, in pursuance of this act. § 9. The general assembly reserves the right to modify and repeal, at pleasure, so much of this act as refers to the establishment of the Agricultural and Mechanical College. AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. SECTION 1. That the auditor of public accounts be, and he is hereby, authorized to draw his warrant upon the treasury in favor of the treasurer of the board of curators of the Kentucky University, for the sum of twenty thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to aid in putting the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky into immediate operation. Upon the payment of the foregoing sum, the State shall be entitled to send to said college, free of charge, three pupils for each representative district: Provided, however, the State reserves the right, hereafter, to reimburse itself for the amount herein appropriated out of the interest arising from the sale of the land scrip donated by Congress And provided further, the money herein appropriated shall not be drawn from the treasury until the curators of Kentucky University shall certify to the governor that said agricultural college is ready to go into immediate operation, in accordance with the provisions of the act establishing the same. § 2. Before the auditor shall draw his warrant upon the treasurer, in accordance with this act, the curators of said university shall accept the provisions of this act, and shall transmit to the governor a certified copy of the order of their board, showing said acceptance. § 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. |