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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Proceeds of 

 sale. Iiow 

 applied. 



Commlsstoner 

 of Srate la d 

 office iiulliorlsed 

 to sell tlic 

 lauds. 



Commissioner 

 to issue certifi- 

 cates. 



EflFect of cer- 

 tificate. 



Patents. 



How money 

 received from 

 sale of lands to 

 be dlspobed of. 



How Interest 

 shall be dis- 

 posed of. 



Leading object 

 of college. 



Proceedings 

 in case tht^re is 

 not Hu amount 

 of land in th« 

 State equal to 

 the gram. 



shall be applied aud used accordiug to the conditions of the act of 

 congress grautiiio- the same to the State. 



§ 5372. (3931.) Sec. 5. Whenever said lauds, or any part of 

 tlictii, shall have been selected, certified to the commissioner of the 

 State land office, \rithdrawu from market, and so marked on the 

 plats, and certified by the register of any United States land office 

 for the pro]icr district, by authority of the commissioner of the 

 general land office of the United States, the commissioner of the 

 State land office may, by direction of said land grant board, sell 

 said lands in quantities of not less than any legal subdivision, 

 according to the original United States survey; and on such sale 

 being made, tlie commissioner of the State land office shall issue 

 his certificate of sale in the usual form, setting forth the quantity 

 and description of the land sold, the price per acre, the amount 

 paid fit the time of purchase, the balance due, with the annual rate 

 of interest, and the time the interest is jiayable, as is required by law 

 for the payment of interest on contracts for the purchase of pri- 

 mary school lands, and that the purchaser will be entitled to a 

 patent from this State on payment in full of the principal and 

 interest, together with all taxes assessed on such land. 



§ 53T3. (3932.) Sec. t!. Certificates of purchase issued pursuant 

 to the provisions of law, shall entitle the purchaser to the posses- 

 sion of the lands therein described, and shall be sufficient evidence 

 of title to enable the purchaser, his heirs, or assigns, to maintain 

 actions of trespass for injuries done to the same, or ejectment, or 

 any other proper action or proceeding to recover possession thereof, 

 unless such certificate shall have become void by forfeiture; and 

 all certificates of purchase in force may be recorded in the same 

 manner that deeds of conveyance are authorized to be recorded. 



§ 5374. (3933.) Sec. 7. The governor of this State shall sign 

 and cause to be issued, patents for said lands, as soon as i)racti- 

 cable after payment is made in full of principal, interest, and all 

 taxes, as aforesaid. 



§ 5375. (3934.) Atn. 1871, p. 87, Mar. 31, Act 68; 1875, p. 

 55, Mar. 26, Act 60. Sec. -8. The money received from the sale of 

 said land shall be paid into the State treasury, and shall be placed 

 in the general fund, but the amount thereof shall be placed lo the 

 credit of the agricultural college fund upon the books of the auditor 

 general, and the annual interest thereon computed at seven per 

 cent., shall be regularly applied under the direction of the State 

 board of agriculture to the support and maintenance of the State 

 agricultural college, where the leading object shall be — without 

 excluding other scientific aud classical studies, and iucludino; mili- 

 tary tactics — to teach such branches of learning as are related to 

 agriculture aud mechanic arts, in order to promote the liberal and 

 practical education of industrial classes in the several pursuits and 

 professions of life. 



§ 5376. (3935.) Sec. 9. Tiie said land grant board shall, on 

 finding that there is not in this State a sufficient amount of land 

 belonging to the United States, subject to private entry, to make 

 up the full amount of the land granted by said act of congress, 

 notify the commissioner of the United States land office of the fact^ 



