OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 241 



entitled "An act donating public lands to the several States and 

 Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture 

 and the mechanic arts," is hereby extended so that the acceptance of 

 the benefits of the said act may be expressed within three years from 

 the passage of this act, and the colleges required by the said act may 

 be provided within five years from the date of the filing of such 

 acceptance with the commissioner of the general land office : Provided^ 

 That when anj' Territory shall become a State and be admitted into 

 the Union, such new State shall be entitled to the benefits of the 

 said act of July two, eighteen hundred and sixty-tw^o, by expressing 

 the acceptance therein required within three years from the date of 

 its admission into the Union, and providing the college or colleges 

 within five years after such acceptance, as prescribed in this act: 

 Provided further^ That anj'' State which has heretofore expressed 

 its acceptance of the act herein referred to shall have the period, 

 of five years within which to provide at least one college, as described 

 in the fourth section of said act, after the time for providing said 

 college, according to the act of July second, eighteen hundred and 

 sixty-two, shall have expired. 



Act July 23, 1866, c. 209, 14 Stat. 208. 



Act July 2, 1S62, c. 130, s. 5, amended by this act, is set forth above. 



ACT AUGUST 30, 1890, c. 841. An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of 

 the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the col- 

 leges fur the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established under 

 the provisions of an act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hun- 

 dred and sixty-two. (26 Stat. 417.) 



Increased appropriation, out of moneys arising from sales of public lands, for 

 agricultural colleges. 



That there shall be, and hereby is, annually appropriated, out of 

 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, arising from 

 the sales of public lands, to be paid as hereinafter provided, to each 

 State and Territory for the more complete endowment and mainte- 

 nance of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic 

 arts now established, or which may be hereafter established, in accord- 

 ance with an act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred 

 and sixty-two, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the year end- 

 ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and an annual 

 increase of the amount of such appropriation thereafter for ten 

 years by an additional sum of one thousand dollars over the pre- 

 ceding year, and the annual amount to be paid thereafter to each 

 State and Territory shall be twenty-five thousand dollars to be ap- 

 plied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the Eng- 

 lish language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, 

 natural and economic science, with special reference to their appli- 

 cations in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such in- 

 struction: Provided^ That no money shall be paid out under this act 

 to any State or Territory for the support and maintenance of a 

 college where a distinction of race or color is made in the admission 

 of students, but the establishment and maintenance of such colleges 

 separately for white and colored students shall be held to be a com- 



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