December i, 1906. 



The Governor of the State of Nezv York, Albany, N. Y., 

 The Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C, 

 The Secretary of Agriculture, Wa^shington, D. C, 

 The Commissioner of Agriculture, Albany, N. Y.: 



The Act of Congress, approved March 2, 1887, establishing Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Stations in connection with the Land Grant 

 Colleges, contains the following provision : " It shall be the duty of 

 each of said stations, annually, on or before the first day of February, 

 to make to the governor of the state or territory in which it is 

 located, a full and detailed report of its operations, including a state- 

 ment of receipts and expenditures, a copy of which report shall be 

 sent to each of said stations, to the commissioner of agriculture, and 

 to the secretary of the treasury of the United States." 



And the Act of the Legislature of the State of New York, ap- 

 proved April 12, 1906, providing for the administration of the New 

 York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, contains 

 the following provision : " The said University shall expend such 

 moneys and use such property of the State in administering said 

 College of Agriculture as above provided, and shall report to the 

 commissioner of agriculture in each year on or before the first day 

 of December, a detailed statement of such expenditures and of the 

 general operations of the said College of Agriculture for the year 

 ending the thirtieth day of September then next preceding." 



In conformity with these mandates I have the honor to submit on 

 behalf of Cornell University the following report : 



The law quoted above calls for an annual report on the State Col- 

 lege of Agriculture for the year ending the thirtieth day of Septem- 

 ber. By chapter 655 of the Laws of 1904, the State appropriated 

 $250,000 for the purpose of constructing and equipping buildings for 

 the State College of Agriculture at Cornell University. But funds 

 for the maintenance of the College were not provided until 1906 

 when the above mentioned law for the administration of the College 

 was also enacted. The clause in the Appropriation Act of 1906 is 

 as follows: 



" For the State College of Agriculture at Cornell University for 

 the promotion of agricultural knowledge throughout the State as 

 provided by chapter four hundred and thirty of the laws of eighteen 

 hundred and ninety-nine, and for the maintenance, equipment and 

 necessary material to conduct the College of Agriculture, one 



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