48 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



in section lirth of this act), and the interest of which shall l>e inviolably appropri- 

 ated, by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endow- 

 ment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leadinj^ object shall 

 be, without excluding other scientihc 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 res])ectively 

 prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial 

 classes in the several pursuits and professions in life. 



Sec. 5. 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 con- 

 tained the previous assent of the several States shall be signiiied 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, by any action or contingency, be 

 diminished or lost, it shall bo 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 fourth 

 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 bo expended for the pur- 

 chase of lands for sites or exjierimental 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 pretense whatever, to the piirchase, erection, preservation, 

 or repair of any building or buildings. 



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

 act shall provide, within live 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 bo 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 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 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 proportionately diminished. 



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

 Government of the Uniteil 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. That land scrip issued under the provisions of tliis act shall not be subject 

 to location until after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and 

 sixty-three. 



Sec. 7. 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 laud warrants under existing laws : Provided, Their maximum compensation 

 shall not be thereby increased. 



Sec. 8. That the governors of the several States to which scrip shall be issued 

 under this act shall be required to report annually to Congress all sales made of 

 Buch 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. 



