S4 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Third. x\ny State which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of 

 this act shall [)roviile, within five years, at least not less than one colleifo, as 

 prescribed in the fourth section of this act, or the grant to such State shall 

 cease; and said State shall be bound to pay the United States the amount 

 received of any lauds previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under 

 the State shall be valid; 



Fourtli. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each col- 

 lege, recording auy improvements and experiments made, with their cost and 

 results, and such other matters, including State industrial and economical 

 statistics, as may be supposed useful ; one copy of which shall be transmitted by 

 mail free, by each, to all the other colleges which uiay be endowed under the 

 provisions of this act, and also one copy to the Secretary of the Interior; 



Fifth. When lands shall be selected from those which have been raised to 

 double the minimum price in consequence of railroad grants, tliey shall be 

 computed to tlie States at the maximum price, and the number of acres pro- 

 portionally diminished; 



Sixth, No State, while in a condition of rebellion or insurrection against 

 the government of the United States, shall be entitled to the benefit of this 

 act ; 



Seventh. No State shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, unless it shall 

 express its acceptance thereof by its legislature within two years from the date 

 of its approval by the President. 



Sec. G. And he it further enacted. That land scrip issued under the pro- 

 visions of this act shall not be subject to location until after the first day of 

 January, 1803. 



Sec. 7. And he it further enacted. That land officers shall receive the same 

 fees for locating land scrip issued under the provisions of tliis act as is now 

 allowed for the location of military bounty land warrants under existing laws : 

 Provided, That maximum compensation shall not be thereby iucreascii. 



Sec. 8. And he it further enacted. That the governors of the several States 

 to which scrip shall be issued under this act shall be re([uireJ to rc[)ort annually 

 to Congress all sales made of such scrip until the whole shall be dispose I of, 

 the amount received for the same, and what appropriation has been made of 

 the proceeds. 



Approved July, 1 SGI. 



Note. — The time for accepting the provisions of this act was subsequently extended and provisions 

 made for new States. 



MILITARY OFFICEES. 

 Thirty-Ninth Congress, Session 1, Chapter 209. 



Sec tC). And he it further enacted, That for the purpose of promoting 

 knowledge of military science among the young men of the United States, 

 the President may, upon the application of an established college or uui\er- 

 sity, within the United States, with sufficient capacity to educate at one lime 

 not less than one hundred and fifty male students, detail an officer of the army 

 to act as president, superintendent, or professor of such college or univer.sity ; 

 that the number of officers so detailed shall not exceed * thirty at anytime, 

 and shall be apportioned through the United States as nearly as practicable 



* As amended Act approved July .5, 1876. 



