APPENDIX A.

[For easy reference, it has been considered proper to publish some of the laws relating to the University and the Agricultural Experiment Station of Nevada.]

AN ACT DONATING PUBLIC LANDS TO THE SEVERAL STATES AND TERRITORIES WHICH MAY PROVIDE COLLEGES FOR THE BENEFIT OF AGRICULTURE, MECHANIC ARTS AND MILITARY TACTICS, KNOWN AS THE MORRILL ACT.

[Passed by the Congress of the United States July 2, 1862.]

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be granted to the several States for the purposes herein mentioned an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State, a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of eighteen hundred and sixty; provided, that no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land aforesaid, after being surveyed, shall be apportioned to the several States in sections or subdivisions of sections not less than one-quarter of a section; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the quantity to which the State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to issue to each of the States in which there is not the quantity of public lands subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, to which said State may be entitled under the provisions of this Act, land scrip to the amount in acres for the deficiency of its distributive share, said script to be sold by said State and the proceeds thereof applied to the uses and purposes prescribed in this Act, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever; provided, that in no case shall any State to which the land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State, or of any Territory of the United States; but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale of private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents or less per acre; and provided, further, that not more than one million acres shall be located by assignees in any one of the States; and provided, further, that no such location shall be made before one year from the passage of this Act.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the expenses of management, superintendence and taxes from the date of selection of said lands previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of the moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they may belong, out of the Treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied, without diminution whatever, to the purposes hereinafter mentioned.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all moneys derived from the sale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the lands are apportioned, and from the sale of land scrip hereinbefore mentioned provided for, shall be invested in stocks of the United States, or of the State, or some other safe stocks, yielding not less than per centum per annum upon the par value of said stocks, and that the moneys so invested shall constitute a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished (except so far as may be provided in Section 5 of this Act), and the interest of which shall be invoilably appropriated by each State which may take and claim the benefit of the Act to the endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and mechanic arts, in such manner as the Legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the

liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, 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 herein before contained, the previous assent of the several States shall be signified by legislative Acts.

First-If any portion of the funds 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 regularly applied, without dimunition, 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 Legislatures of said States.

Second-No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation or repair of any building or buildings.

Third-Any State which may take or claim the benefit of the provisions 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 purchase under the State shall be valid.

Fourth-An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their costs and results, and such other matters, including State, industrial and economical statistics, as may be supposed useful, one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail free, by each to all other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of this Act, and one copy to the Secretary of the Interior.

Fifth-When lands shall be selected from those which have been raised to double the minimum in price, in consequence of railroad grants, they shall be computed to the States at the maximum price, and the number of acres proportionately diminished.

Sixth-No State, while in a condition of rebellion or insurrection against the Government of the United States, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Act.

Seventh-No State shall be entitled to the benefits of this Act unless it shall express its acceptance thereof, by its Legislature, within two years from the date of its approval by the President.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the land scrip issued under the provisions of this Act shall not be subject to location until after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the land officers shall receive the same for locating land scrip, issued under the provisions of this Act, as is now allowed for the location of military bounty land warrants under existing laws; provided, their maximum compensation shall not be thereby increased.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Governors of the several States to which scrip shall be issued under this Act shall be required to report annually to Congress all sales made of such scrip, until the whole amount shall be disposed of, the amount received for the same and what appropriation has been made of the proceeds. [Approved July 2, 1862.]

APPENDIX B.

CONSTITUTION OF NEVADA, ARTICLE XI.-EDUCATION.

SECTION 1. The Legislature shall provide for the establishment of a State University, which shall embrace departments for Agriculture, Mechanic Arts and Mining, to be controlled by a Board of Regents, whose duties shall be prescribed by law.

GENERAL STATUTES OF NEVADA, CHAPTER XI.-STATE

INSTITUTIONS.

SECTION 3. The Board of Regents [of the State University] shall have entire control and management of the affairs of the institution hereby established. They shall by and with the advice of the Principal [President], arrange a course of study to be pursued in said institution, and shall designate the text-books to be employed. They shall determine and publish throughout the State the terms of admission to said institution; provided, that the course of study shall be such as is appropriate to an Academic or Preparatory Department; that tuition shall be free and that none shall be excluded on account of sex, race or color.

[Act of March 5, 1869.]

SECTION 3. The Board of Regents, elected under the provisions of this Act, shall manage and control all funds accruing or belonging to The State University Fund," and also the affairs of the State University, whenever the erection thereof shall have been authorized by law. They shall also perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law. Before entering upon their duties they shall take and prescribe [to] the official oath and file the same in the office of the Secretary of State. They shall hold stated meetings at least once in three months, in such place as may be provided by the Secretary of State. They shall receive no compensation for their services, but their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, duly certified by them, shall be examined, and so far as found correct allowed to them by the Board of Examiners.

APPENDIX C.

AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE UNIVERSITY AND MATTERS

PROPERLY CONNECTED

THEREWITH.

[Approved February 7, 1887.]

The People of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. There shall be established in the State University of Nevada, a school for the instruction of teachers, in which shall be taught all the branches of instruction which are taught in the common schools of this State, together with the theory and practice of teaching, school law, botany, psychology and geology. There shall also be taught in said University chemistry, assaying, mineralogy, surveying and geology, so far as they relate to the theory and practice of mining, agriculture and the mechanic arts. There shall also be taught in the preparatory department of said University, typewriting, shorthand, telegraphy, bookkeeping and commercial law so far as they relate to the practical affairs of life.

SEC. 2. The Governor, Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction shall constitute the Board of Regents of the State University until the first day of January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and until their successors are elected and qualifled. There shall be elected at the next general election, in the same manner as other State officers are elected, three qualified electors, who shall constitute the Board of Regents of the State University. The term of office of two of the Regents so elected shall be four years from the first day of January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The term of office of one of the Regents so elected shall be two years from and after the first day of January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and until his successor is elected and qualified. And thereafter at each general election preceding the expiration of the term of office of any member of the Board of Regents, a successor shall be elected in the same manner as other State officers are elected. The persons elected as Regents under the provisions of this Act, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe [to] the official oath and file the same in the office of the Secretary of State. In case of vacancy in said Board of Regents, after the same shall have been filled by election as herein provided, the Governor shall fill the same by appointment until the next general election, when such vacancy shall be filled by election as herein provided.

SEC. 3. The powers and duties of the Board of Regents are as follows: First-To prescribe rules for their own government and for the government of the University.

Second-To prescribe rules for the reports of officers and teachers of the Uni

versity.

Third-To prescribe the course of study, the time and standard of graduation and the commencement and duration of the terms and the length of the vacations of the University.

Fourth-To prescribe the text books, and provide apparatus and furniture for use of pupils.

Fifth-To appoint a President of the University, who shall have a diploma from some recognized college of learning of good standing, or some State Normal School, who has had at least five years practical experience as an instructor; who is familiar with the modern methods of instruction generally approved in the United States, and who shall be indorsed as to moral character and qualifications as an instructor by the President and Faculty of three institutions of learning authorized by law to confer degrees.

Sixth-To prescribe the duties of the President and fix his salary, and the salaries of all other teachers in the University.

Seventh-To require the President, under their direction, to establish and maintain training or model schools, and require the pupils of the University to teach and instruct classes therein.

Eighth-To control the expenditures of all moneys appropriated for the support and maintenance of the University, and all moneys received from any source what

ever.

Ninth-To keep open to public inspection an account of receipts and expendi

tures.

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Tenth-To annually report to the Governor a statement of all their transactions and of all other matters pertaining to the University.

Eleventh (To transmit with such report a copy of the President's annual report.) Twelfth-To revoke any diplomas by them granted, on receiving satisfactory evidence that the holder thereof is addicted to drunkenness, is guilty of gross immorality, or is reputably dishonest in his or her dealings; provided, that such person shall have at least thirty (30) days' notice of such contemplated action, and shall, if he or she asks it, be heard in his or her own defense.

SEC. 4. The Board of Regents shall have power to appoint a Chairman, who shall receive no compensation therefor, nor shall any member of the Board of Regents receive any compensation for his services, except necessary expenses in attending meetings of the Board. The Board of Regents may employ a Clerk of said Board, who shall receive a salary of twenty-five dollars per month, and who shall keep a full and complete record of all proceedings of the Board, which shall at all times be open to inspection, and said clerk shall not be a teacher in said University. SEC. 5. The Board must hold four regular meetings in each year, and may hold special meetings at the call of the Chairman of the Board.

SEC. 6. The President of the University must make a detailed annual report to the Board of Regents, with a catalogue of pupils, and such other particulars as the Board may require or may think useful.

SEC. 7. Upon the recommendation of the President of the University, the Board of Regents shall issue to those who worthily complete the full course of study prescribed in the School of Mines, or in the School of Agriculture, or in the School of Liberal Arts, or in any equivalent course of study that may hereafter be prescribed, a diploma of graduation from the University of Nevada, and no diploma bearing the distinctive title "State University of Nevada," shall be issued to any one who has not completed the full course of study as above set forth Upon the recommendation of the President, the Board of Regents shall issue to those who worthily complete the full course of study prescribed in the normal department of the University, a diploma of graduation, and said diploma shal! bear the heading "Nevada State Normal School," and to all persons receiving this diploma the State Board of Education shall issue a first grade State certificate, good for five years. To the holders of these State certificates, the State Board of Education shall grant a life diploma, when said normal graduates have completed at least four years of successful instruction in the public schools of this or any other State. To those who have completed at least two-thirds of the course prescribed in the normal department of the State University, the Board of Regents may, upon proper recommendation, issue elementary diplomas. To the persons receiving this elementary diploma the State Board of Education shall grant a second grade State certificate, to be effectual for such period as they, in their discretion, may deem proper. Upon proper recommendation the Board of Regents shall issue to those who worthily complete the full course of study in any other department of the University, not equivalent to a full University course, a diploma of graduation, but said diploma shall bear the name of the department it is issued from, and in no case to bear the heading of the full University diploma.

SEC. 8 It shall be the duty of the President of the University to instruct in the University, and, under the direction of the Board of Regents to manage all matters connected with the institution, to employ assistant teachers and servants, purchase supplies and make monthly statements to the Board of Regents of all receipts and expenditures, supported by vouchers.

SEC. 9. There shall be no discrimination in the admission of pupils on account of sex, race or color, but no person shall be admitted who is not of good moral character and who has not arrived at the age of fifteen years, and passed such an examination as shall be prescribed by the Board of Regents, and no person under said age shall hereafter be taught in said institution.

SEC. 10. Tuition shall be free.

SEC. 11. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction must visit the University at least every three months, inquire into its condition and management, and report to the Board of Regents quarter-yearly the condition of the institution, with such suggestions as he may deem proper.

SEC. 12. All expenses incurred, of every name and nature, involving the payment of money by or under the direction of the Board of Regents of the University, shall be passed on by the Board of Examiners, as other accounts against the State, and be paid out of the moneys appropriated for the University.

SEC. 13. Sections one, two, three and five of the Act of March fifth, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, entitled "An Act to provide for the election of the Board of Regents, to fix their term of office and prescribe their duties;" sections two, three, five and six of the Act of March seventh, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An Act to locate the State University, and to provide for the control and maintenance of the same;" section three of the Act of March seventh, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to locate the State University and to provide for the control and maintenance of the same,'" approved March seventh, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and all other Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.