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that end the Administration Act (chapter 218 of the Laws of 1906) 

 authorized it to give instruction, to conduct research, and to dis- 

 seminate agricultural knowledge throughout the State by publi- 

 cations, lectures, demonstrations, " and in such other ways as may 

 by deemed advisable." The entire control of the College is vested 

 in the Board of Trustees of Cornell University. But it is specifically 

 provided that " said University shall receive no income, profit 

 or compensation therefor, but all moneys received from state appro- 

 priations for said college of agriculture or derived from other 

 sources in the course of the administration thereof, shall be credited 

 by said University to a separate fund, and shall be used exclu- 

 sively for said New York State College of Agriculture." 



With the enlarged stafi: of instruction which the State appro- 

 priation has made it possible to appoint, the College is now conduct- 

 ing extensive and thorough courses of instruction for students in 

 agriculture who come to Ithaca and also disseminating agricultural 

 knowledge throughout the State in a manner which is command- 

 ing not only the favorable comment of the people of New York but 

 also attracting the attention of other States and countries. 



The Act (chapter 655 of the Laws of 1904) appropriating 

 $250,000 for buildmgs for the New York State College of Agricul- 

 ture at Cornell University contains the following provision : 

 " Nothing in this act shall be construed to relieve Cornell University 

 of any of its obligations to the State to provide for instruction in 

 agriculture or otherwise and the provisions of this act are intended to 

 provide additional facilities therefor." This clause forbids Cornell 

 University to shift to the State any obligations that may be imposed 

 upon it by law to provide for instruction in agriculture. That is to 

 say, the University must in the future, as a matter of good faith with 

 the State which now co-operates with it, continue to do not less than 

 it has done in the past for the maintenance and support of instruc- 

 tion in agriculture. The clause just cited makes no reference to 

 research, and properly so because the work of research in agriculture 

 at Cornell University is conducted by an Experiment Station main- 

 tained by Federal appropriations. But whatever the University 

 has in the past done to support instruction in agriculture it must 

 continue to do in the future. 



Recognizing this obligation, the Trustees of Cornell University 

 called on the Treasurer to make a report upon the regular appro- 

 priations and moneys expended for the College of Agriculture for 

 the year 1903-4, the year of the passage of the Act in question, and 

 also for the seven preceding years, together with the sources thereof. 

 That report is as follows : — 



