342 Memorial of George Brown Goode. 



which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each State which may take and claim the 

 l)enefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one col- 

 lege where the leading object shall be, without excluding other. scientific and classical 

 studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are 

 related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of 

 the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical 

 education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life. 



vSec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the grant of land and land scrip hereby 

 authorized shall be made on the following conditions, to which, as well as to the 

 provisions hereinbefore contained, the previous assent of the several States shall be 

 signified by legislative acts : 



First. If any portion of the fund invested, as provided by the foregoing section, or 

 any portion of the interest thereon, shall, bj-any action or contingency be diminished 

 or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs, so that the capital of the 

 fund shall remain forever undiminished; and the annual interest shall be regularly 

 applied without diminution to the purposes mentioned in the foinlh section of this 

 act, except that a sum, not exceeding ten per centum upon the amount received by 

 any State under the provisions of this act, may be expended for the purchase of lands 

 for sites or experimental farms, whenever authorized by the respective legislatures 

 of said States. 



Second. No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly 

 or indirectly, under any pretence whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, 

 or repair of any building or buildings. 



Third. Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of this 

 act shall provide, within five years, at least not less than one college, as described 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 lands previously 

 sold, and that the title to purchasers under the State shall be valid. 



Fourth. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, 

 recording any improvements and experiments made, with their costs 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 may 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, they shall be computed to the 

 States at the maximum price, and the number of acres proportionally diminished. 



Sixth. No State while in a condition of rebellion or insurrection against the gov- 

 ernment 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. 6. And be it further enacted. That land scrip issued under the provisions of 

 this act shall not be stibject to location until after the first day of January, one thou- 

 sand eight hundred and sixty-three. 



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

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

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

 Their maximum compensation shall not be thereby increased. 



Sec. 8. And be it Jnrther enacted, That the Governors of the several States to 

 which scrip shall be issued imder this act shall be required to report annually to 

 Congress all sales made of such scrip until the whole shall be disposed of, the amount 

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



Approved, July 2, 1862. 



