78 TRUST FUNDS INVIOLATE mon schools of the state. State v. Haworth, 122 Ind. 462, 23 N. E. 946. Township trustees may levy taxes to build schoolhouses. Adamson v. Auditor, 9 Ind. 174; Rose v. Bath Tp., 10 Ind. 18. Statutes authorizing the levy of school taxes must be general, but the exercise of the authority given need not be uniform throughout the state. Adamson v. Auditor, 9 Ind. 174. The enactment of laws granting the power to the various subdivisions of the state to levy and collect taxes for the support of their public schools, which applies to all local subdivisions of that class, is a general and uniform system, within the meaning of the constitution. Shepardson v. Gillette, 133 Ind. 125, 31 N. E. 788. The legislature, under this section of the constitution, had authority to enact the statute of 1913, known as "the vocational education law." State ex rel v. Meeker, 182 Ind. 240, 105 N. E. 906. The legislature has power under the provisions of the constitution concerning schools to authorize local authorities to levy taxes for the support of public libraries. School City v. Forrest, 168 Ind. 94, 78 N. E. 187. The power of the legislature to name the electorate for school elections does not of necessity extend to general elections. Board v. Knight, 187 Ind. 108, 117 N. E. 565, 650. 195. Trust funds inviolate.-7. All trust funds held by the state shall remain inviolate, and be faithfully and exclusively applied to the purposes for which the trust was created. PROVISIONS FROM THE STATUTES OF THE STATE OF INDIANA EDUCATION, NORMAL SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARTICLE 3.—EDUCATION-PURDUE UNIVERSITY. GENERAL PROVISIONS [Acts 1865, p. 106. In force March 6, 1865.] 7250. Agricultural college scrip.-1. The State of Indiana accepts and claims the benefits of the provisions of the acts of congress, approved July 2, 1862, and April 14, 1864, and assents to all the conditions and provisions in said acts contained. The acts of congress referred to in this section will be found in the acts of 1865 (p. 106), set out at length in the preamble. [The act of 1862, the First Morrill Act, may be found on page 7 of this Code. The act of 1864 merely extended the time of acceptance.] 7251. The first trustees, and original name.-2. The governor of this state, for the time being, and Alfred Pollard of Gibson, Smith Vawter of Jennings, Henry Taylor of Tippecanoe, and Lewis Burk of Wayne, and their successors, are created a body corporate, under the name of "the trustees of the Indiana Agricultural College." 7252. Sale and investment of scrip.-5. Said trustees shall, by the hand of their treasurer, claim and receive from the secretary of the interior the land scrip to which this state is entitled by the provisions of said acts of congress; and, under their direction, said treasurer shall sell the same, in such manner and at such times as shall be most advantageous to the state, and shall invest the proceeds thereof, and any interest that may accrue thereon, in the stocks of the United States or of this state yielding not less than five per cent. per annum upon the par value of the stocks; and said principal and interest shall continue to be so invested, until further provision shall be made by the general assembly of this state for fulfilling the requirements of said acts of congress. 82 PERMANENT NAME [Acts 1869, special session, p. 24. In force May 6, 1869.] 7253. Donations accepted.-1. The donation offered by John Purdue, as set forth and communicated to the present general assembly in the message of the governor, on the sixteenth day of April, 1869, and the donations offered by the county of Tippecanoe, the trustees of the Battle-Ground Institute, and the trustees of the Battle-Ground Institute of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as set forth and communicated to the general assembly, at its last session, in the message of the governor, of the twenty-seventh day of January, 1869, are hereby accepted by the State of Indiana. 7254. Location.-2. The college contemplated and provided by the act of congress, approved July 2, 1862, entitled "An act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts," is hereby located in Tippecanoe County, at such point as may be determined before the first day of January, 1870, by a majority vote of the trustees of the Indiana Agricultural College; and the faith of the state is hereby pledged that the location so made shall be permanent. 7255. Purdue University—Permanent name.-3. In consideration of the said donation by John Purdue, amounting to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and of the further donation of one hundred acres of land appurtenant to the institution, and on condition that the same be made effectual, the said institution, from and after the date of its location as aforesaid, shall have the name and style of "Purdue University"; and the faith of the state is hereby pledged that said name and style shall be the permanent designation of said institution, without addition thereto or modification hereof. 7256. Corporate name-Powers and duties of trustees. —4. From and after the date of the location made as aforesaid, the corporate name of the trustees of the Indiana Agricultural College shall be "the trustees of Purdue University"; and they shall take in charge, have, hold, possess and manage, all and singular, the property and moneys comprehended in said donations, as also the fund derived from the sale of the land scrip donated under said acts of congress, and the increase thereof, and all moneys or other property which may hereafter at any time be donated to and for the use of said |