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least one college where the leading object shall be without excluding 

 other scientific and chissical studies, and including militar^^ 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 prac- 

 tical education ot the industrial classes in the several pursuits and 

 professions in life. 



Act July 2. 1862. c. 130. s. 4, 12 Stat. 504, as ameuded by act March 3, 

 1883, c. 102. 22 Stat. 484. entitled "An act to amend an act donating public 

 lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges 

 for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts." 



A.n annual appropriation of $15,000 from moneys arising from sales of 

 public lands, for the more complete endowment and maintenance of agri- 

 cultural colleges, is made, with a further annual increase for ten years, 

 by act August 30, ISOO. c. 841, set forth on p. 241. post; and an annual 

 appropriation for the same puriw.ses in addition to the suras named in 

 that act, is made, with a further annual increase for five years, the 

 annual sum to be paid thereafter to be $50,000, by provisions of act March 

 4, 1907, c. 2907, set forth on p. 244. post. 



Conditions of grant of land and land scrip. 



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 contained, the previous assent of the several 



^tates shall be signified by legislative acts : 



Diminution of fund to be restored by State; interest to be applied to purposes 

 mentioned in section 4. 



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 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 regu- 

 larly 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 be expended for the purchase of lands for sites or 

 experimental farms, whenever authorized by the respective legisla- 

 tures of said States. 

 Fund not to be used for buildings. 



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. 



Limitation on time for claiming benefi^t of provisions of act; payment by State 

 to United States of amounts received for lands previously sold. 



Third. Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the pro- 

 visions 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. 

 Annual report of progress, etc.. of colleges. 



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 



