Salt Spring Lands appropriated for

erection of Build

ings, etc.

(2233.) SEC. 2. That there is hereby appropriated twentypurchase of Land, two sections of salt spring lands, or the money arising from the sale thereof, referred to in article thirteen, section eleven, of the Constitution of the State of Michigan, for the purchase of land for such site and location, and the preparation thereof, the erection of buildings, the purchase of furniture, apparatus, library and implements, payment of Professors and Teachers, and other necessary expenses, to be incurred in the establishment and successful operation of said school; which sum shall be drawn from the State Treasury on the presentation of the proper certificates of the Board of Education to the Auditor General, and on his warrant to the State Treasurer; but not to exceed in the whole amount the sum of fifty-six thousand, three hundred and twenty dollars, the minimum price of said twenty-two sections, unless the whole proceeds of the sales of said sections shall exceed that sum, and then not to exceed the amount of such proceeds. (a)

On execution and approval of con

General to draw

for same.

(2234.) SEC. 3. Upon the execution and delivery to the veyance, Auditor Secretary of State of the proper conveyance or conveyances of Warrant to pay the land, the purchase of which is provided for in the first section of this act, and the certificate of the Attorney General that he has examined the title to the same, and finds it unencumbered, and that the conveyance or conveyances are executed in due form, and a certificate from the President and Secretary of the Board of Education, that the same is in accordance with the contract or contracts for the purchase of the same, and that the location has been approved by them, the Auditor General shall draw his warrant or warrants on the State Treasurer for the amount of such purchase, in favor of the party or parties to whom such sum or sums shall be due, payable out of said salt spring lands, or money accruing from the sale of the same; and the said certificates in this section mentioned, shall be filed and preserved in the office of the Secretary of State.

Agricultural College to be es

purpose and

(2235.) SEC. 4. Upon the purchase of such location and site, tablished, its there shall be established on such site, under the direction and design. supervision of the State Board of Education, an Agricultural School, by the name and style of the Agricultural College of

(a) As Amended by "An Act making an Appropriation for the State Agricultural School, and to Amend the Act entitled, 'An Act for the Establishment of a State Agricultural School, A; proved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.'" Approved February 16, 1857, Laws of 1857, p. 385.

the State of Michigan, and the chief purpose and design of which shall be, to improve and teach the science and practice of agriculture.

tion.

Professors.

(2236.) SEC. 5. The course of instruction in said college course of Instrucshall include the following branches of education, viz.: an English and scientific course, natural philosophy, chemistry, botany, animal and vegetable anatomy and physiology, geology, mineralogy, meteoralogy, entomology, veterinary art, mensuration, leveling and political economy, with book-keeping and the mechanic arts, which are directly connected with agriculture, and such others as the Board of Education may from time to time see fit to prescribe, having reference to the objects specified in the previous section; and the said board may Professorships, establish such professorships, and employ such Professors and Teachers, to be called the Board of Instruction of said college, for the instruction aforesaid, as they may judge best for such object: Provided, The sum paid such Professors and Teachers Compensation of for the first year after said college shall go into operation, shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars, and for the next year, not exceeding the sum of six thousand dollars, and for any years thereafter, such a sum as the State Board of Education may deem necessary, for the successful operation of the institution. Tuition in said institution shall be forever free Pupils and Tuito pupils from this State, and any number of pupils may be admitted who shall apply from any part of this State: Provided, That in case more pupils apply than can be accommodated or taught, then said board shall adopt some equitable plan, giving to each county a number according to the ratio of population, as it shall appear from the census last taken; and in that case, those from each county shall be admitted in the order in which they shall apply, until the quota of such county be full.

tion.

(2237.) SEC. 6. There shall be two scholastic terms in each Terms of School. year, the first term commencing on the first Wednesday in April, and ending on the last Wednesday in October; the second term commencing the first Wednesday in Décember, and ending on the last Wednesday in February; and no pupil Pupils net to be shall be received for less than one term, unless by special than term, ex permission from the Board of Instruction.

received for less

cept by special permission.

(2238.) SEC. 7. The Board of Education, upon consultation Hours for labor, with the Board of Instruction, shall, from time to time, fix and study, etc. establish rules as to the number of hours which shall be devoted to manual labor and to study, which may be different in different terms or seasons; but during the first term in

Board of Education to appoint

Lege.

and Regulations,

ete.

such year, the time devoted to labor shall not be less than three, nor more than four hours each day; and no student or pupil of said college shall be exempt from such labor, except in case of sickness or other infirmity.

(2239.) Sec. 8. The Board of Education shall appoint one Officers of Col of the Professors in said college to be the President thereof, and one to be its Secretary, and one to be its Treasurer; and Establish Rules the Board of Instruction may establish such rules and regulations from time to time, for the government of said college and instruction therein, as they may deem proper in any matter not regulated by the Board of Education; and the rules and regulations adopted by such Board of Instruction, shall remain in full force until altered by said Board of Education. And said Board of Instruction shall have power, subject to the approval of the Board of Education, to establish by-laws for the government and discipline of the pupils of said college, in regard to conduct and behavior, and to affix such pecuniary penalties as they may deem proper, and to prescribe the causes for expulsion or dismissal of any such pupil, which by-laws shall have the force of law, unless altered, modified or repealed by the Board of Education or To compensar the Legislature; and the Board of Education shall fix the compensation to be credited or paid for the labor performed by pupils, under the provisions of section seven of this act.

tion of Pupils.

Duties of President.

Duties of Secretary.

(2240.) SEC. 9. The President of said Board of Instruction shall preside at all meetings of said board, except in case of sickness or absence; in which case the board may elect one of their number President pro tempore; and it shall be the duty of the President to see that all the regulations established by this act by the Board of Education and by the Board of Instruction, in regard to the government and instruction in said college, be enforced.

(2241.) SEC. 10. The Secretary of said Board of Instruction shall record all the proceedings of said board, and all regulations and by-laws for the government of said college, and shall publish the same, and furnish a copy thereof to the Governor of this State, to each member of the Board of Education, to the County Clerk of each county, and to the Clerk of each organized township in this State. He shall also keep a full record of all improvements and experiments made on said lands, their cost and results. He shall also keep a careful account with each field, in connection with a plan of the farming lands or farm, exhibiting the position of each, in

which shall be shown the manner and cost of preparing the ground, the kind of crop, time of planting or sowing, the after condition, the time and manner of harvesting, the labor devoted to each process, and its cost price, with the cost of preparing the matured crop for market, and the price for which it was sold, and of such other matters as the Board of Education and of Instruction, or either of them, may require of him; and he shall furnish a copy thereof at the end of each term to the President of the Board of Education; and the said record shall, at all reasonable hours, be open to the inspection of any citizen of this State.

urer.

(2242.) SEC. 11. The Treasurer shall receive and keep all Duties of Treas moneys arising from the sale of products of the farm, and from fines and penalties that may be imposed; and shall give bonds in such sum as the Board of Education may require. He shall pay over all moneys upon the warrant of the President, countersigned by the Secretary, on account of such contingent expenses of the institution as may arise. He shall render annually, in the month of December, to the Board of Education, and as often as required by said board, a full and true account of all moneys received and disbursed by him; stating for what received and paid, and shall produce vouchers for such payments. The surplus money, if any remain in his hands at the time of rendering such account, shall, if required by said board, be paid over to the State Treasurer, to be placed to the credit of said institution.

pointed.

(2243.) SEC. 12. After said College shall have commenced Visitors to be apits first term, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall appoint Visitors for the same, who shall perform the like Their duties. duties required of such Visitors by law, in reference to the State Normal School.

SEC. 13. This act shall take effect immediately. (b)

(b) For an Act making appropriations for this School for 1857 and 1858, see Laws of 1857, p. 385.