custody of all books, papers, documents and other property which may be deposited in his office, including specimens of the vegetable and animal kingdoms of the State or counties; also, keep and file all reports which may be made from time to time by county and State agricultural and horticultural societies, and all correspondence of the office from other persons and societies appertaining to the general business of busbandry; address circulars to societies, and the best practical farmers in the State and elsewhere, with the view of eliciting information upon the newest and best mode of culture of those products, vegetables, trees, &c., adapted to the soil and climate of this State; also, on all subjects connected with field culture, horticulture, stock-raising and the dairy. He shall encourage the formation of agricultural societies throughout the State, and purchase, receive and distribute such rare and valuable seeds, plants, shrubbery and trees, as it may be in his power to procure from the general government and other sources, as may be adapted to our climate and soils. He shall also encourage the importation of improved breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, and other live stock, and the invention and improvement of labor saving implements of husbandry, and diffuse information in relation to the same. He shall encourage such domestic industry and household arts as are calculated to promote the general thrift, wealth and resources of the State. To effect these objects he shall correspond with the patent office at Washington, snd representatives of our national government abroad, and if possible procure valuable contributions to agriculture. from these sources. He shall aid, as far as possible, in obtaining contributions to the museums and the library of the State agricultural college, and thus aid in the promotion of agriculture, science and literature.

Sec. 9. The seeds, plants, trees and shrubbery received by the secretary, and not needed by the college, shall be, so far as possible, distributed equally throughout the State, and placed in the hands of those farmers and others who will agree to cultivate them properly, and return to the secretary's office a

reasonable proportion of the products thereof, with a full statement of the mode of cultivation, and such other information as may be necessary to ascertain their value for general cultivation in the State. Information in regard to agriculture may be published by him, from time to time, in the newspapers of the State, provided it does not involve any expense to the State. Sec. 10. The secretary shall report to the legislature, at every regular session thereof, and to the Governor on the first Wednesday in January in each year, when the legislature is not in session, which report shall embrace all such statements, accounts, statistics, prize essays, and other informotion relative to agriculture in general, proceedings of the State board of agriculture, of the State agricultural college and farm, and of the State agricultural society, and county societies, to be approved of by the board.

Sec. 11. The secretary shall receive, as a compensation 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.

Sec. 12. The sum of twelve hundred dollars 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.

Sec. 13. The State agricultural school, established by act number one hundred and thirty, session laws of eighteen 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, 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 com.

pletely, 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 práctical instruction in those sciences and arts which bear directly upon agriculture and kindred industrial pursuits.

Sec. 14. No student shall be admitted to the institution who is not fifteen years of age, and who does not pass a satisfactory examination in arithmetic, geography, grammar, reading, spelling and penmanship.

Sec. 15. The course of instruction shall embrace the English language and literature, mathematics, civil engineering, agricultural chemistry, animal and vegetable, anatomy and physi ology, the veterinary art, etomolog,, geology, and such other natural sciences as may be prescribed, technology, political, rural and household economy, horticulture, moral philosophy, history, book-keeping, and esp cially the application of science and the mechanic arts to practical agriculture in the field.

Sec. 16. A full course of study in the institution 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.

Sec. 17. The academical term shall extend from the last Wednesday in Fe' ruary to the last Wednesday of November, in each year; th vacation shall extend from the last Wednesday in Novem er to the last Wednesday of February, and there shall be no other vacation whatever. The next term of the institution may commence at such time as the State board of agriculture shall determine. The board may at any time temporarily suspend the college in cases of fire, the prevalence of fatal diseases, or other unforeseen calamity.

Sec. 18. Three hours of each day shall be devoted by every student of the college to labor upon the farm, and 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.

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.

Ses. 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 regu lations, not in conflict with this act, as they may deem necessary to secure the successful operation of the college, and promote its designed objects.

Sec. 21. It shall be the duty of the State board 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 employees, 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.

Sec. 22. The board shall fix the salaries of the president, pro fessors and other employees, and prescribe their respective

duties. The board may remove the president or subordinate officers, and supply all vacancies.

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.

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.

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.

Sec. 26. The faculty shall have charge of the laboratories, library and museums of the institution.

Sec. 27. The faculty shall make an annual 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.

Sec. 28. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the State agricultural college, and it shall be his 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.

Sec. 29. The subordinate officers and employees, not members