Pennsylvania Act 1867-9 — AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

Act text

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA
                   Act of Feb. 19, 1867, P.L. 28, No. 9               Cl. 24
                                  AN ACT

     Relating to the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, and to the
        establishment of experimental farms in connection therewith.

        WHEREAS, The trustees of the Agricultural College of
     Pennsylvania, from the want of adequate funds, have deferred the
     establishment of the experimental farm, contemplated in the
     original plan of the institution:
        And whereas, The farm is essential to the success of the
     college:
        And whereas, To secure greater diversity of soil and climate,
     and add to the interest and importance of the experiments, it is
     thought best that three experimental farms should be established
     in Pennsylvania:

        Section 2.  Purchase of experimental farms with part of
     proceeds of lands donated
        That the one-tenth part of the entire proceeds of the lands
     donated, by Congress, to the State of Pennsylvania, by the act
     of the second day of July, 1862, in trust, and accepted by the
     act of April 1, 1863, to which this is a supplement, be and is
     hereby appropriated, and the commissioners under the said act of
     April, 1863, are directed to pay the same to the Agricultural
     College of Pennsylvania, to be expended in the purchase of lands
     for experimental farms.  1867, Feb. 19, P.L. 28, Sec. 2.
        Section 3.  Disposition of interest and residue of proceeds
        The interest and income of the entire residue of the proceeds
     of the said lands be, and are hereby appropriated, and the
     commissioners under the said act, are also hereby directed to
     pay the same, as it shall accrue, to the Agricultural College of
     Pennsylvania, for the endowment, support and maintenance
     thereof, on condition that the trustees establish, conduct and
     maintain, in connection with the college, three experimental
     farms; one near the college, under the immediate supervision of
     the professor of agriculture in the institution, another east,
     and the other west, upon lands of diversified quality, under the
     immediate supervision, respectively, of an assistant professor
     of agriculture.  1867, Feb. 19, P.L. 28, Sec. 3.