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The $500 annually appropriated by this section out of the general fund shall cease on and after two years from the passage of this act." (October 21, 1878.) Laws, 1882: SEC. 2. All moneys arising from the sale of school, university, and agricultural college lands, and all other moneys belonging to the * agricultural college fund, shall be loaned by the board of commissioners at 8 per cent per annum, payable semiannually on the 1st day of January and July of each year. The principal and interest shall be made payable in gold coin of the United States or its equivalent, and such loans shall be secured by note and mortgage to said board of commissioners on real estate in this State of not less than twice the value of the amount loaned, exclusive of perishable improvements, of unexceptionable title, and free from all incumbrances, or by a deposit of United States bonds, or the bonds or treasury warrants of this State, of a face value of not less than 25 per cent in excess of such loans. All the loans herein provided for shall be made for the period of one year: Provided, That in case the interest is promptly paid and security remains unimpaired the board may, in their discretion, permit the loan to stand for a period of not longer than ten years. Upon the payment of any loan the principal shall again be loaned in like manner as in this section provided. (October 17, 1882.)

Laws, 1882, act of October 20, 1882: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of the general fund in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,500 annually for the support of the State agricultural college of Oregon. [This appropriation was not paid since 1893.]

Laws, 1885: SECTION 1. [As amended November 21, 1885.] The permanent location of the State agricultural college at Corvallis, in Benton County, Oreg., be, and the same is hereby, ratified and confirmed: Provided, however, That the citizens of said county shall, on or before January 1, 1889, have caused to be erected on the farm containing 35 acres in the immediate vicinity of said city, known as the agricultural college farm, brick buildings for the accommodation of the said State agricultural college, at a cost of not less than $20,000: And provided further, That the said farm and buildings shall be, on or before January 1, 1889, free from all liens and incumbrances whatever.

SEC. 2. The general government of the said college shall be vested in and exercised by a board of regents, to be denominated the board of regents of the State agricultural college of the State of Oregon, who are hereby constituted a corporation for that purpose, with power to sue and be sued, to make contracts, and to enact and, from time to time, to vary and amend such by-laws and regulations as in their discretion shall seem necessary or proper for the benefit, development, and successful working of the said college.

SEC. 3. The said board of regents shall consist of 13 members, of whom the members of the State board of education and also the master of the State grange for the time being shall be ex officio members. The other 9 members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, not more than 5 of which 9 members appointed by the governor shall belong to the same political party. Such appointed members shall hold office as follows: Three of them shall go out of office at the end of the third year, 3 at the end of the sixth year, and the remaining 3 at the end of the ninth year from the time of the first appointment, the names of those to leave office being determined among themselves by lot. Thereafter every person appointed shall serve for the full period of nine years, or until their successors are appointed and qualified. All vacancies occurring in said board by death, resignation, or otherwise during the recess of the senate shall be filled by the governor until the next meeting of the legislature, or until their successors are appointed and qualified.

SEC. 4. At the first meeting of the board after their appointment the members present shall elect from their number a president, treasurer, and secretary, and shall prescribe their duties; and seven members shall constitute a quorum. The said board shall also appoint from its members an executive committee of five, of whom three shall constitute a quorum. The executive committee shall execute the powers and duties of the board during the recess thereof. Such committee shall keep a record of its proceedings, which shall be reported to each meeting of the board, and such record shall be at all times open to the inspection of any member of the board.

SEC. 5. The president of said board shall, once a year, make a written report to the governor, setting forth the condition of said college, financial and otherwise, with such recommendations touching the same as he may think proper.

SEC. 6. The course of instruction and studies at said college shall be prescribed by the board of regents, and shall be in accordance with the objects sought by Congress in the establishment of State agricultural colleges, namely, "instruction in agriculture and the mechanic arts."

SEC. 7. All funds applicable by law to the support of the State agricultural col lege shall be drawn on warrant, issued by the secretary of state, for the time being, on the written request of the treasurer of the board of regents, countersigned by the secretary.

SEC. 8. For the time being an admission fee and rates of tuition, such as the board of regents shall deem expedient, shall be required of each student, except as herein otherwise provided. Until the legislative assembly shall otherwise direct, each senatorial and representative district in this State shall be entitled to gratuitous instruction for as many pupils as said district now has of senators and representatives in the legislative assembly, and, also, each county in the State shall be entitled to one free scholarship in said college, all of whom shall be selected as follows: The school superintendent in each county shall receive and register the names of all applicants for admission nominated by the senators or representatives of that county and shall present the same to the county court sitting for the transaction of county business, and from the applicants found to possess the requisite qualifications the number of pupils to which such county is entitled shall be selected by lot. The persons so selected shall be residents of the county for which they are selected, and shall possess such educational and other qualifications as the board of regents may prescribe. Vacancies occurring shall also be filled by the county court as hereinbefore provided. In senatorial and representative districts composed of more than one county the senator or representative for that district shall have the power to nominate and appoint one student for such district, who shall be received in said college on the same terms as the students appointed by the county courts. One-third of said students appointed as aforesaid may be females.

SEC. 9. For the endowment, maintenance, and support of said agricultural college there is hereby set apart and appropriated the interest on the fund which has arisen and which shall hereafter arise from the sale of all lands granted to the State of Oregon, or to which said State was entitled under the act of Congress to provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts to the several States and Territories, approved July 2, 1862, and the acts amendatory thereof, or so much thereof as may be necessary; but in no case shall the interest arising from said fund be applied to the purchase of sites or for buildings for said agricultural college, but only in the payment of the salaries of professors, officers, and other current expenses. The remainder of such interest remaining over at the close of each fiscal year after the payment of such expenses shall be added to and become a part of the principal or endowment fund forever.

SEC. 10. The board of regents provided for by this act shall be appointed by the governor during the present session of the legislature, but they shall not assume the government of said college until the buildings mentioned in this act shall have been completed as aforesaid and accepted by the governor on behalf of the State. SEC. 11. When and as soon as the governor has been notified that such building is completed he shall inspect the same, and if he shall find that the same is constructed as provided in this act, and he shall find that the said agricultural farm and buildings are free from all liens and incumbrances, he shall accept the same for and in behalf of this State: Provided, That the board of regents is authorized at any time after their appointment to accept provisionally on behalf of the State a conveyance to them of the said agricultural college farm.

SEC. 12. The State board of education is hereby constituted an advisory board to act in concert with the State Agricultural College Association, being an incorporation recently formed by the citizens of Benton County to carry out the intended purposes of this act on all matters connected with the design and construction of the said intended building.

SEC. 13. Corvallis College, in Benton County, having signified its intention and desire to relinquish to the State the control and management of the State agricultural college, the same is hereby accepted, to take effect at the time and in the manner provided in this act. (February 11, 1885.)

Laws, 1889: SECTION 1. There be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of $30,000. or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes hereinafter described, namely: (1) Purchasing additional land in the neighborhood of the college building at Corvallis. (2) For the erection and equipment of a building to be used for instruction in working in wood and metal. (3) For the erection and equipment of a model dairy and creamery. (4) For the erection and furnishing and stocking of a stock barn and veterinary buildings. (5) For the erection and furnishing of a students' hall and dormitories.

SEC. 2. There be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of $5,000 per annum in aid of the current expenses of the State agricultural college and for the payment of professors and instructors therein. [Not paid from 1894 to 1897, both inclusive.]

SEC. 3. There be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of $2,500 for payment of the legal expenses incurred by the board of regents of the State agricultural college in the current litigation by nominees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

SEC. 4. The sums appropriated by this act shall be set apart by the treasurer of the State out of the general fund, and shall be designated "the agricultural college improvement fund."

SEC. 5. The buildings provided for in section 1 of this act shall be erected on the farm or land to be purchased from the sums appropriated by this act.

SEC. 6. The said sums of money so appropriated shall be expended by and under the supervision and control of the board of regents of the State agricultural college for the purposes for which the same are hereby appropriated, and said board of regents are hereby authorized and empowered to adopt such plans and specifications for said buildings and equipments as they may think fit. (February 18, 1889.)

Laws, 1889: SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the chemist of the State agricultural college to correctly analyze any and all substances the said [food] commissioner may send him for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act [to prevent the production and sale of unwholesome foods, and to regulate sales of adulterated foods, drinks, and medicines]. (February 25, 1889.)

Laws, 1891: SECTION 1. The legislative assembly of the State of Oregon doth hereby irrevocably assent to the purpose of the said grants under and by virtue of the said act of Congress, approved August 30, 1890, * * and on behalf

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of the State of Oregon doth accept the same, and doth designate as the college to receive the same the State Agricultural College of Oregon, organized and existing under the act of the legislative assembly of the State of Oregon approved February 11, 1885, and the act amendatory thereof; and doth further designate and appoint the treasurer of the board of regents for the time being, appointed under and by virtue of section 4 of the last-mentioned act, approved February 11, 1885, as the officer to receive the said Congressional appropriations, under and by virtue of the said act of Congress, approved August 30, 1890.

SEC. 2. There be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of $3,483.80 in payment of the balance now due to the treasurer of the said State agricultural college for amounts expended by the said board of regents on the purchase of land and the erection, equipment, and furnishing of buildings for the said State agricultural college in excess of the sum of $30,000 appropriated therefor by the legislative assembly of the State of Oregon, under the said act approved February 18, 1889. SEC. 3. There be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purposes hereinafter described, namely: (1) The erection and furnishing of a building on the State agricultural farm at Corvallis, Benton County, Oreg., for the erection of the laboratories of the said college in connection with the experiment station and the storerooms and offices of the said college. (2) The erection and furnishing of a second students' hall and dormitory in connection with said college. (3) The erection and furnishing of a dairy and creamery and the outbuildings and appliances connected therewith for the purpose of the said State agricultural college. (February 19, 1891.)

Laws, 1893: SECTION 1. There be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of $4,226 in payment of the balance now due to the treasurer of the said State agricultural college for amounts expended by the board of regents in the erection and furnishing of the students' hall and dormitory provided for by said act, filed in the office of the secretary of state February 19, 1891, in excess of the sum of $25,000 appropriated by said act for that and other purposes.

SEC. 2. There be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of $26,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purposes hereinafter described, namely: (1) Mechanical department of said college-Enlarged building; additions to engine and boilers; lathes and other large tools; carpenters' tools, 25 sets; forges, 12; electrical apparatus. (2) Agricultural department of said college-Barn and silo; tile drainage; dairy and fittings; implements. (3) Horticultural department of said college-Barn; potting shed; tool room. (4) For the college building of said college-New heating apparatus; desks, chairs, tables, etc.; incidentals and architects' fees. Total, $26,100. (February 20, 1893.)

Laws, 1898, special session: SECTION 1. There be, and there is hereby, appropriated, out of the general funds not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $25,000, to be used by the board of regents of the Oregon State Agricultural College in the erection and construction of a suitable building on the grounds of said college at Corvallis, in Benton County, Oreg., to replace the buildings destroyed by fire on September 28, 1898. (October 12, 1898.)

Laws, 1899: SECTION 1. All agricultural college land now owned by the State of

Oregon which has been subject to sale for a period of twenty-five years shall hereafter be sold at a uniform price of $1.25 per acre. (February 17, 1899.)

Laws, 1899, act of February 18, 1899: SEC. 22 [as amended by act of February 25, 1901]. All moneys belonging to the irreducible school fund, university fund, or agricultural college fund shall be loaned by the State land board at 6 per cent per annum, payable semiannually, on the 1st day of January and 1st day of July of each year: Provided, however, That if at any time there be a surplus of either of these funds over and above all loans applied for the State land board may, in its discretion, invest such portion of said surplus as in their judgment they may deem proper in bonds issued by municipal corporations and school districts in the State of Oregon, the legality of such bonds to be approved by the attorney-general. The principal and interest of all loans shall be made payable in gold coin of the United States or its equivalent; and such loans shall be secured by note and mortgage to the State land board on real estate in this State of not less than thrice the value of the amount loaned, exclusive of perishable improvements, of unexceptionable title, and free from all incumbrances, or by a deposit of United States bonds or the bonds or treasury warrants of this State of a face value of not less than 25 per cent in excess of such loans. All the loans herein provided for shall be made for the period of one year: Provided, That in case the interest is promptly paid and the security remains unimpaired the board may, in their discretion, permit the loan to stand for a period of not longer than ten years. Upon the payment of any loan or of any bonds the principal shall again be loaned or invested in like manner as in this section provided.

Laws, 1901, act of February 6, 1901: SECTION 1. The sum of $20,000 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of the general fund in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for repairs, buildings, and improvements necessary and convenient for said State Agricultural College, and that the secretary of state be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to draw a warrant on the treasurer of state in favor of the treasurer of the board of regents of said State Agricultural College for said sum.

SEC. 2. In computing the amount of revenue necessary for State purposes the governor, secretary of state, and State treasurer, acting jointly, shall, in each year, at the time they compute the amount of revenue necessary for other State purposes, also compute the sum of $25,000 for the annual support and benefit of the State Agricultural College, which shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other taxes for State purposes are levied and collected; and the fund arising therefrom shall be paid into the State treasury and kept separate from other funds, and shall be known as the State Agricultural College fund. This fund shall be paid out only on warrants drawn by the secretary of state on the State treasurer against said fund. This fund shall be a continuing fund, and if the amount raised in any year shall not be used for current expenses, etc., as herein provided, during that year, the balance remaining in the hands of the treasurer shall be carried over to the next year and added to the fund for that year.

SEC. 3. The said fund shall be drawn quarterly by the treasurer of the board of regents, and may be used for the purposes of paying the current expenses of said college, the salaries of professors and instructors, and wages of employees; of making additions to the library and apparatus, for buildings, improvements, and repairs, and for the purchase of additional land needed for the use of said college. SEC. 4. An act of the legislative assembly of the State of Oregon, approved October 20, 1882 [laws of 1882, above], be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

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SEC. 5. Section 2 of an act of the legislative assembly of the State of Oregon, * * * approved February 18, 1889 [laws of 1889, above], be, and the same is hereby, repealed, but this repeal shall not affect the appropriation of $10,000 [for the years 1901 and 1902] made at the present session under and by virtue of the provisions of said section of said act.

Laws, 1901, act of February 23, 1901: SECTION 1. The State land board * * * be, and they are hereby, authorized, empowered, and directed to transfer and convey, by a good and sufficient deed of conveyance, to the State Agricultural College all of the right, title, and interest of the State of Oregon of, in, and to the followingdescribed premises, to wit: All of the east half of the northeast quarter of section 23 and the west half of the northwest quarter of section 24, lying and being south of the Union Railway Company's railroad, except a strip of land 1 rod wide along the east side of the west half of the northwest quarter of said section 24 reserved as a roadway; also all the east half of the west half and the west half of the east half of said section 24, and the west half of the northeast quarter and the east half of the northwest quarter of section 25, all of said tracts of land lying and

being in township 4 south of range 39 east of the Willamette meridian, in Union County, Oreg., together with the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances thereunto belonging.

SEC. 2. The board of regents of the State Agricultural College shall, as soon as possible after the passage and approval of this act, select a site on said land for the erection of an experiment station, and shall immediately thereafter erect and construct thereon the buildings requisite and necessary for an experiment station and furnish and equip the same ready for use: Provided, however, That the amount expended to erect, construct, furnish, and equip such buildings, and for agricultural experiments in eastern Oregon, shall in no event be in excess of the sum appropriated for such purposes.

SEC. 3. There is hereby appropriated out of the general fund the sum of $10,000 for the purpose of erecting, constructing, furnishing, and equipping the said buildings, and the secretary of state be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to audit all claims presented by the board of regents of the State Agricultural College for the expenses incurred in the said erection, construction, furnishing, and equipping of said buildings and for agricultural experiments in eastern Oregon, and, if allowed, to draw a warrant therefor in favor of the treasurer of said agricultural college: Provided, however, That the warrant or warrants drawn for these purposes shall not singly nor in the aggregate exceed the sum of $10,000, and no claim shall be allowed by the secretary of state in excess of said sum of $10,000.

SEC. 4. All revenues derived from said lands not necessarily used in connection with said experiment station may be used by the board of regents of said agricultural college in the improvement of the property herein referred to, and for repairs thereto, and for the use and benefit of said experiment station, its buildings, furniture, and equipment, and for agricultural experiments in eastern Oregon, and not otherwise.

Laws, 1903, act of February 21, 1903: SECTION 1. There be, and is hereby, appropriated out of the general fund the sum of $20,000 for the purchase of such stock as may be necessary for experimental feeding purposes; for the erection of buildings; for the provision of scientific apparatus and tools; for draining, tiling, and improving land, and for all other purposes necessary for the conducting and developing of agricultural experiments in eastern Oregon, to be expended under the authority and authorization of the board of regents of the State Agricultural College of Oregon.

Laws, 1903, act of February 24, 1903: SECTION 1. [Appropriates] for the payment of the deficiency incurred in the maintenance of the State Agricultural College during the years 1901 and 1902, for which the past appropriation was insufficient, for finishing and furnishing new buildings, and for the general repairs, improvements, etc., at the State Agricultural College at Corvallis, $15,000.

SEC. 3. No indebtedness shall be incurred or warrants drawn in excess of the amounts herein specified, and in the case of the university [of Oregon], State Agricultural College, and normal schools the boards of regents of said institutions, respectively, are hereby severally and collectively made responsible and shall be held personally liable in an action therefor to the State of Oregon for any expenditures in excess of the sums hereby appropriated for their respective institutions: Provided, The State officers, being ex officio members of said boards of regents, are hereby exempted from such personal liability.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Laws, 1855, No. 50: SECTION 1. There be, and is hereby, erected and established, at the place which shall be designated by the authority and as hereinafter provided, an institution for the education of youth in the various branches of science, learning, and practical agriculture, as they are connected with each other, by the name, style, and title of the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania. "

SEC. 2. The said institution shall be under the management and government of a board of trustees, of whom there shall be 13, and 7 of whom shall be a quorum, competent to perform the duties hereinafter authorized and required.

SEC. 3. The governor, secretary of the Commonwealth, the president of the

a The name was changed to Agricultural College of Pennsylvania May 1, 1862, by order of the court of quarter sessions of Center County, Pa., and to Pennsylvania State College January 26, 1874, by order of the court of common pleas of Center County, Pa.