§ 4986. (3542.) SEC. 11. The secretary shall receive, as a compen- compensation. sation for his services, a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, to be paid quarterly from the State treasury, in the same manner as is provided by law for the payment of the salaries of State officers.

§ 4987. (3543.) SEC. 12. The sum of twelve hundred dollars Appropriation. per annum, for the years eighteen hundred and sixty-one and eighteen hundred and sixty-two, or so much thereof as may be esteemed necessary by the State board of agriculture, is also hereby appropriated, to meet the expenses which may be incurred in the purchase and transportation of seeds, postage, and the other contingent expenses of the office of the secretary, and also necessary to pay the expenses of the board in attendance upon their duties.

cultural col

institution.

§ 4988. (3544.) SEC. 13. The State agricultural school, estab- The State agrilished by act number one hundred thirty, session laws of eighteen lege. hundred and fifty-five, in obedience to section eleven, of article thirteen, of the constitution, shall be known by the name and style of "the State agricultural college;" the design of the institution, Design of the in fulfillment of the injunction of the constitution, is to afford thorough instruction in agriculture, and the natural sciences connected therewith; to effect that object most completely, the institution shall combine physical with intellectual education, and shall be a high seminary of learning, in which the graduate of the common school can commence, pursue and finish a course of study, terminating in thorough theoretic and practical instruction in those sciences and arts which bear directly upon agriculture and kindred industrial pursuits.

admission.

§ 4989. (3545.) SEC. 14. No student shall be admitted to the insti- Requisites for tution who is not fifteen years of age, and who does not pass a satisfactory examination in arithmetic, geography, grammar, reading, spelling and penmanship.

instruction.

§ 4990. (3546.) SEC. 15. The course of instruction shall embrace Course of the English language and literature, mathematics, civil engineering, agricultural chemistry, animal and vegetable anatomy and physiology, the veterinary art, entomology, geology, and such other natural sciences as may be prescribed, technology, political, rural and household economy, horticulture, moral philosophy, history, book-keeping, and especially the application of science and the mechanic arts to practical agriculture in the field.

of study.

§ 4991. (3547.) SEC. 16. A full course of study in the institution Full course shall embrace not less than four years. The State board of agriculture may institute winter courses of lectures, for others than students of the institution, under necessary rules and regulations. § 4992. (3548.) Am. 1871, p. 301, April 17, Act 180. SEC. 17. Academical The academical year shall consist of not less than nine calendar year. months. This academical year may be divided into such terms, by the State board of agriculture, as, in their judgment, will best secure the objects for which the college was founded; the board may, at any time, temporarily suspend the college in case of fire, suspension the prevalence of fatal diseases, or other unforeseen calamity. of college. § 4993. (3549.) SEC. 18. Three hours of each day shall be Hours of devoted by every student of the college to labor upon the farm, and

Temporary

labor.

Tuition.

Powers of board.

President and

professors of

no person shall be exempt except for physical disability. By a vote of the board of agriculture, at such seasons and in such exigencies as demand it, the hours of labor may be increased to four hours, or diminished to two and one-half hours.

$4994. (3550.) SEC. 19. The State board of agriculture shall be vested with discretion to charge tuition or not, as they may deem most conducive to the interests of the institution, unless acts of the legislature, making appropriations for its support, shall otherwise direct. The board may make discriminations in regard to tuition between students from this State and from other States. One-third of the tuition charged for the academic term shall be paid in advance, and shall be forfeited in case the student abandons the institution.

$4995. (3551.) SEC. 20. The State board of agriculture shall have the general control and supervision of the State agricultural college, the farm pertaining thereto, and lands which may be vested in the college by State legislation; of all appropriations made by the State, for the support of the same, and also the management of any lands that may hereafter be donated by the general government to this State, in trust for the promotion of agriculture and industrial pursuits The board shall have plenary power to adopt all such ordinances, by-laws and regulations, not in conflict with this act, as they may deem necessary to secure the successful operation of the college, and promote its designated objects.

§ 4996. (3552.) SEC. 21. It shall be the duty of the State board the institution. of agriculture to choose a president of the State agricultural college before the commencement of the next term of the institution; they shall then proceed to choose such professors, tutors, and employés, as the necessities of the institution demand. In case of vacancy in the office of president, or in case a suitable man cannot be selected, the president of the State board of agriculture, or such member of the board as shall be designated by them, shall be president pro tem. of the college, who shall receive such compensation for his services as the board shall determine.

Salaries.

Board may regulate the

course.

Faculty.

Faculty to pass rules, etc.

$4997. (3553.) SEC. 22. The board shall fix the salaries of the president, professors and other employés, and prescribe their respective duties. The board may remove the president or subordinate officers, and supply all vacancies.

4998. (3554.) SEC. 23. The board shall have power to regulate the course of instruction, and prescribe, with the advice of the faculty, the books to be used in the institution; and also to confer, for similar or equal attainments, similar degrees or testimonials to those conferred by the university of Michigan.

$4999. (3555.) SEC. 24. The president, professors, farm manager and tutors, shall constitute the faculty of the State agricultural college. The president of the college shall be the president of the faculty. The secretary of the State board of agriculture shall be a member and secretary of the faculty.

§ 5000. (3556.) SEC. 25. The faculty shall pass all needful rules and regulations necessary to the government and discipline of the college, regulating the routine of labor, study, meals, and the duties

and exercises, and all such rules and regulations as are necessary

to the preservation of morals, decorum and health.

§ 5001. (3557.) SEC. 26. The faculty shall have charge of the To have charge laboratories, library, and museums of the institution.

of library, etc.

§ 5002. (3558.) SEC. 27. The faculty shall make an annual Annual report. report by the first Wednesday of December of each year, to the State board of agriculture, signed by the president and secretary, containing such information and recommendations as the welfare of the institution, in their opinion, demands. Any members of the faculty may make a minority report if they disagree with the conclusions of the majority, which the faculty shall communicate to the board. No communication at any other time, from members of the faculty, shall be entertained by the board, unless they have been submitted to a meeting of the faculty, and sanctioned by a majority.

§ 5003. (3559.) SEC. 28. The president shall be the chief exec- Duty of presi utive officer of the State agricultural college, and it shall be his dent. duty to see that the rules and regulations of the State board of agriculture, and the rules and regulations of the faculty be observed and executed.

officers.

§ 5004. (3560.) SEC. 29. The subordinate officers and employés, Subordinate not members of the faculty, shall be under the direction of the president, and in the recess of the board, removable at his discretion, and he may supply vacancies that may be thus or otherwise created; his action in these respects shall be submitted to the approval of the State board of agriculture at their next meeting.

of farm.

5005. (3561.) SEC. 30. The president may or may not perform Superintendent the duties of a professor, as the State board of agriculture shall determine. If he performs the duties of a professor, or in case the duties of president are exercised by a president pro tem., a superintendent of the farm may be appointed, who shall have the general superintendence of the business pertaining to the farm, the land, and other property of the institution, and who shall be a member of the faculty.

fix students'

§ 5006. (3562.) SEC. 31. The president and secretary, together Committee to with the superintendent of the farm, if there be one, and in case wages. there is not one, then one of the professors to be elected by the faculty, shall constitute a committee to fix the rate of wages allowed to students, and rate of board. In assessing the board, it shall be so estimated that no profit shall be saved to the institution, and as near as possible at the actual cost. The rates of wages allowed, and rate of charge for board, shall, if practicable, be submitted to the State board of agriculture before they take effect.

§ 5007. (3563.) SEC. 32. For current expenditures at the State Current agricultural college, specific sums shall be set aside, in the hands of expenses. their treasurer, by the State board of agriculture, which shall be subject to the warrants of the president of the college, countersigned by the secretary. All moneys due to the institution or received in its behalf, shall be collected and received by the secretary, and deposited by him with the treasurer of the State board of agriculture. The secretary shall, with his annual report, render a full and complete account of all moneys received and all warrants

Annual reports of the several departments to be filed with secretary of the board.

Agricultural

operations to be carried on

drawn on the treasurer, as secretary of the college, and shall file and preserve all vouchers, receipts, correspondence, or other papers relating thereto.

$5008. (3564.) Am. 1871, p. 301, April 17, Act 180; 1873, p. 194, April 24, July 31, Act 145; 1875, p. 267, May 3, Aug. 3, Act 221. SEC. 33. The superintendents of the farm, horticultural, and other departments, the curators of the museums, and each of the professors, shall make a written and detailed report of the workings of their several departments annually to the president of the college, which said reports shall be kept on file in the office of the secretary of the State board of agriculture. Agricultural operations on the farm shall be carried on experimentally. Careexperimentally. ful experiment shall be made annually in field crops, in keeping, feeding, and fattening stock, and in the preparation and application of barn-yard and commercial manures, and a detailed account of them shall be published in the annual report of the board. The college shall serve also as an experimental station. making trial from time to time of new varieties of fruits, grains and vegetables. The reports shall contain an account of the management of all the several fields, pastures, orchards, and gardens of the college, as designated by permanent names or numbers, and shall give an account of the preparation and enriching of the land, the planting, cultivation, harvesting, and yield of the crops and disposition of the same; the management of the stock, with a careful comparison of the cost of keeping, growth, and profit of the several breeds kept on the farm; also an account of the students' labor, specifying the amount used in each of the several departments of the college, with other details, in such a way that the reports, as issued from year to year, shall contain a continuous history of the college, farm, and garden: Provided, That the State board of agriculture shall deem the same practicable or advisable.

What reports to contain.

Proviso.

Grant of

swamp lands.

Board may sell the lands.

Deeds thereof.

§ 5009. (3565.) SEC. 34. All the swamp lands granted to the State of Michigan by act of congress, approved September twentyeight, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, situate in the townships of Lansing and Meridian, in the county of Ingham, and Dewitt and Bath, in the county of Clinton, of which no sale has been made, or for which no certificates of sale have been issued by the commissioner of the land office, are hereby granted and vested in the State board of agriclture and placed in the possession of the State agricultural college for the exclusive use and benefit of the institution, subject only to the provisions relating to drainage and reclamation of the act of congress donating the same to the State. § 5010. (3566.) SEC. 35. The State board of agriculture shall have authority to sell and dispose of any portions of the swamp lands mentioned in the preceding section of this act, and use the same, or the proceeds thereof, for the purpose of draining, fencing or in any manner improving such other portions of said lands, as it may be deemed advisable to bring under a high state of cultivation for the promotion of the objects of the State agricultural college. The terms and conditions of the sale of the portions of the above described lands thus disposed of, shall be prescribed by the State board of agriculture, and deeds of the same, executed and

acknowledged, in their official capacity, by the president and secretary of the State board of agriculture, shall be good and valid in law.

of board.

§ 5011. (3567.) SEC. 36. David Carpenter, of Lenawee county; First members Justus Gage, of Cass county; Philo Parsons, of Wayne county; Hezekiah G. Wells, of Kalamazoo county; Silas A. Yerkes, of Kent county, and Charles Rich, of Lapeer county, are hereby constituted and appointed the first State board of agriculture. At their first meeting, which the governor of the State is hereby authorized and Terms. directed to call at as early a day as practicable, they shall determine by lot their several periods of service, two of whom shall serve for two years, two of whom shall serve for four years, and two of whom shall serve for six years respectively, from the third Wednesday of January last past, when they are superseded by appointments, in accordance with the provisions of section one of this act, or until their successors are chosen.

§ 5012. (3568.) SEC. 37. Act number one hundred and thirty, Repeal. session laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-five, being an act for the establishment of a State agricultural school, and all other acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

MILITARY SCHOOL.

established.

§ 5013. (3569.) 1863, p. 364, Mar. 20, June 22, Act 211. SEC- Military school TION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That in addition to the course of instruction already provided by law for the agricultural college of this State, there shall be added military tactics and military engineering.

regulations.

5014. (3570). SEC. 2. The State board of agriculture are Rules and hereby authorized and required to make such additional rules and regulations for the government and control of the agricultural college as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of sec

tion one of this act.

ments, etc.

§ 5015. (3571.) SEC. 3. The State board of agriculture shall, Arms, accoutreby and with the advice and consent of the governor, the adjutant general and quartermaster general, procure, at the expense of the State, all such arms, accoutrements, books and instruments, and appoint such additional professors and instructors, as, in their discretion, may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to Proviso. authorize the incurring of any indebtedness against the State, or the expenditure of money beyond the appropriations made to the agricultural college.

college.

1883, No. 165, SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan Arms, etc, to enact, That the quartermaster general be authorized, with the be deposited at advice and consent of the military board, to deposit with the State board of agriculture at the agricultural college, arms and accoutrements for the use of said college.

$5013. "An act to establish a military school in connection with the agricultural college:" No. 211, Mar. 20, 1863, p. 364.