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three, and the sum of eight thousand three hundred and eighty-five dollars for the 

 year one thousand eight hundred and eighty four, for the use and support of the 

 State Agricultural College. 



Sec. 2. There shall be and is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury the sum 

 of three thousand dollars, for a house for the professor of horticulture, five thousand 

 dollars for the erection of a boiler house and chimney, four thousand two hundred 

 and sixty-seven dollars for steam pump, pipes, hose, etc., for a system of water- 

 works, and one thousand dollars for the purchase of mechanical tools. 



Sec. 3. There shall be and is hereby appropriated out of the State Treasury the 

 sum of six hundred dollars for farmers' institutes, three thousand one hundred and 

 twenty-five dollars for the library, seven hundred dollars for the department of 

 mathematics and engineering, one thousand dollars for the chemical department, one 

 thousand nine hundred and forty-five dollars for the zoological department, one 

 thousand three hundred and forty-two dollars for the horticultural department, 

 three thousand three hundred and eighty-nine dollars for the farm department, two 

 thousand two hundred and thirty-one dollars for the botanical department, six 

 thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars for repairs of buildings, said amounts 

 embraced in this section aggregating twenty-one thousand and fifty-two dollars to 

 to be paid, one-half of the same in the year one thousand eight hundred and eightj'- 

 three, and one-half in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, which 

 said moneys, provided for in this act, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall 

 be expended under the direction of the State Board of Agriculture for the purposes 

 aforesaid, and shall be drawn from the treasury on the presentation of the proper 

 certificates of said Board to the Auditor General, and on his warrant to the State 

 Treasurer. 



Sec. 4. There shall be .assessed upon the taxable property of the State in the 

 year one thousand eight hundred and "eighty-three the sum of thirty-two thousand 

 one hundred and seventy-eight dollars, and in the year one thousand eight hundred 

 and eighty-four the sum of eighteen thousand and nine hundred and eleven dollars 

 to be assessed and levied in like manner as other taxes are by law assessed, levied, 

 and paid, which tax, when collected, shall be credited up to the general fund to 

 reimburse to the same the sum to be drawn therefrom as provided in this act, and 

 any sums drawn under the provisions of this act before the taxes herein authorized 

 are collected shall be returned when sucli taxes are collected, which said moneys pro- 

 vided for in this act, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended 

 under the direction of the State Board of Agriculture for the purposes aforesaid, and 

 shall be drawn from the treasury on the presentation of the proper certificates of 

 said Board to the Auditor General, and on his warrant to the State Treasurer. 

 This act is ordered to take immediate effect. 

 Approved May 18, 1883. 



THE 130ARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



With the appointments upon the Board of Governor Begole, the terms of 

 office of the Hon. H. G. Wells of Kalamazoo, and of the Hon. Geo. W. Phil- 

 lips of llomeo, expired. Up to the time of the new appointments the Hon. 

 H. G. Wells had been identified with the college from the time of its reor- 

 ganization in 1861. He was named in the law, as one of the first members of 

 the Board. On the drawing of lots for terms of office Mr. Wells drew for 

 four years, and he has been three times reappointed by as many different 

 Governors for additional terms of six years each. From the spring of 18G9 up 

 to within a few months, Judge Wells has been the president of the Board ; 

 and previous to that time he acted as vice president, it being customary to 

 elect the Governor of the State to be president, until it was seen that his many 

 official duties did not leave the Governor time to attend to the details of col- 

 lege business. 



When Judge Wells was appointed by Gen. Grant, President of the United 

 States, to be presiding Judge of the Alabama claims court, he sent to the 

 president of the college a resignation of his place upon the Board, but at the 

 earnest request of every one of his colleagues he retained his membership, and 

 bis resignation was never formally presented. Similar representations were 



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