as shall obligate itself for the largest donation: Provided, first, That said donation shall not be less in cash value than fifty thousand dollars; second, That such place shall possess reasonable facilities for the success of said school.

1. An Act of 1867 (p. 177) appropriated fifty thousand dollars out of the common school library fund and State Treasury in aid of the erection of the buildings, with a condition precedent that no part thereof should be paid until the city of Terre Haute had vested in the board of trustees of the Normal School the title to the land donated by her as a site for the school, by a good and sufficient deed in fee-simple, and had also bound herself, by an agreement filed with the Auditor of State, to forever maintain one-half of the necessary repairs incident to keeping the buildings and grounds in proper order.

4548. Contract for building. 7. Said board shall, immediately after the selection of place of location, proceed to let a contract or contracts for the erection of a building to the lowest responsible bidder: Provided, That no member of the board be a contractor for building or for furnishing any material therefor.

4549. Model school. 8. Said board shall organize, in connection with the Normal School, in the same building with the Normal School or in a separate building, as it shall decide, a Model School, wherein such pupils of the Normal School as shall be of sufficient advancement shall be trained in the practice of organizing, teaching, and managing schools.

4550. Duty of trustees. 9. Said board shall prescribe the course of study for the Normal School; shall elect the instructors and fix their salaries; and shall determine the conditions, subject to limitations hereinafter specified, on which pupils shall be admitted to the privileges of the school.

4551. Conditions of admission. 1o. The following conditions shall be requisite to admission to the privileges of instruction in the Normal School:

First. Sixteen years of age, if females, and eighteen, if males.
Second. Good health.

Third. Satisfactory evidence of undoubted moral character.

Fourth. A written pledge on the part of the applicant, filed with the principal, that said applicant will, so far as may be practicable, teach in the common schools of Indiana a period equal to twice the time spent as a pupil in the Normal School; together with such other conditions as the board may, from time to time, impose.

4552. Tuition free. 11. Tuition in the Normal School shall be free to all residents of Indiana who fulfill the four conditions set forth in the preceding section, and such other conditions as the board may require.

4553. Principle of management. 12. A high standard of Christian morality shall be observed in the management of the school, and, as far as practicable, be inculcated in the minds of the pupils; yet no religious sec tarian tenets shall be taught.

· 4554. Report. 13. Said board of trustees shall, biennially, make a report to the Legislature, setting forth the financial and scholastic condition of the school; also making such suggestions as, in their judgment, will tend to the improvement of the same; and in the years in which there is no session of the Legislature, it shall make a report of the scholastic condition of the school to the Governor, on or before the first Monday in January.

[1873, p. 199. In force March 5, 1873.]

4555. Board of visitors. 14. The State Board of Education shall appoint, annually, in the month of June or at its first meeting thereafter, a committee of three, who shall constitute a board of visitors, and shall, in a body or by one of its number, visit said school once during each term, and witness the exercises and otherwise inspect the condition of the school; and, by the close of the Normal School year, they shall make a report to the board of trustees. The members of said board of visitors shall be allowed five dollars for each day's service rendered and also traveling expenses, to be paid out of the State Treasury.

4556. Fund. 15. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, in his next apportionment of school revenue for the State, deduct fifteen thousand dollars; and, semi-annually thereafter he shall deduct the same amount; which shall be set apart and be known as the Normal School Fund. These moneys shall be paid out only on the warrant of the Auditor of State, drawn upon the order of the board of trustees of said normal school. [As amended, 1891 S., p. 311. In force March 6, 1891.

4557. Certificates - Diplomas. 2. The board of trustees is authorized to grant, from time to time, certificates of proficiency to such teachers as shall have completed any of the prescribed courses of study, and whose moral character and disciplinary relations to the school shall be satisfactory. At the expiration of two years after graduation, satisfactory evidence of professional ability to instruct and manage a school having been received, they shall be entitled to diplomas appropriate to such professional degrees as the trustees shall confer upon them; which diplomas shall be considered sufficient evidence of qualification to teach in any of the schools of this State.

4558. Annual appropriation. 3. There shall be appropriated out of the State Treasury, from funds not otherwise appropriated, three thousand two hundred and six dollars and eighty-three cents, to liquidate the indebtedness of the Normal School; also an amount annually, not exceeding two thousand dollars in any one year, for warming, lighting, janitor's fees, repairs, and for actual expenses of said institution.

[1865 S., p. 140. In force December 20, 1865.]

4559. Pay of trustees. 16. The members of the board of trustees shall each be allowed five dollars for each day's service rendered, also traveling expenses, to be paid out of the State Treasury.

4560. Pay of treasurer and agent. 17. Said board shall pay its treasurer, and its agent, if such be appointed, as provided for in this act, such sums for their services as shall be reasonable and just.

4561. Recognized. 1. The institution established by an act entitled "An act to establish a college in the State of Indiana," approved January 28, 1828, is hereby recognized as the University of the State.

[1855 S., p. 201. In force March 3, 1855.]

4562. Trustees - Corporate name Officers

Powers. 2.

The board of trustees of the State University shall be eight in number,

4659.

4661.

of whom not more than one shall reside in the same county, excepting the county of Monroe, from which two may be selected. They and their successors shall be a body politic, with the style of "The Trustees of Indiana University"; in that name to sue and be sued; to elect one of their number president; to elect a treasurer, secretary, and such other officers as they may deem necessary; to prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of such officers; to possess all the real and personal property of such University for its benefit; to take and hold, in their corporate name, any real or personal property for the benefit of such institution; to expend the income of the University for its benefit; to declare vacant the seat of any trustee who shall absent himself from two successive meetings of the board, or be guilty of any gross immorality or breach. of the by-laws of the institution; to elect a president, such professors and other officers for such University as shall be necessary, and prescribe their duties and salaries; to prescribe the course of study and discipline and price of tuition in such University; and make all by-laws necessary to carry into effect the powers hereby conferred.

[1891 S., p. 65. In force March 3, 1891.]

4562a. University trustees - Terms expire, when - Election. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the trustees of Indiana University shall hereafter be elected for such terms of service, and in such manner as is herein provided, and the terms of service of the trustees now in office, and of those hereafter elected, shall expire on the first day of July of the year in which such terms are to end.

4562b. Election of 1891. 2. Successors to three trustees whose terms of service expire in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one (1891) shall be elected by the alumni of the university at the college commencement of the year 1891; one of the trustees so elected shall serve for one year, one for two years, and one for three years. At the first meeting of the board of trustees after July 1, 1891, the several terms of service of such three trustees shall be determined by lot. At the annual commencement of the year in which their terms expire successors to such three trustees shall be elected by the alumni of the university, each to serve for three years. When vacancies in the board of trustees arise from the death, resignation, removal from the state, expiration of term of service, or otherwise, of any of the three trustees to be elected in 1891, or of any of their successors, such vacancies shall be filled by the alumni.

4562c. Elections of 1893, 1894 — Vacancies. 3. Successors to the two trustees whose terms of service expire in 1893 shall be elected by the State board of education and one of such two successors shall be elected for a term of two years, and the other for a term of three years. Successors to the three trustees whose terms expire in 1894 shall be elected by the State board of education, one for a term of two years, and the other two trustees for terms of three years. Successors to the five trustees herein provided to be elected by the State board of education, shall be elected by said State board of education, each trustee so elected to serve for three years: Provided, that trustees elected by the alumni or the State board of education, to fill vacancies caused otherwise than

by expiration of terms of service, shall be elected for such unexpired terms only. When vacancies in the board of trustees arise from the death, resignation, removal from the State, expiration of term of service, or otherwise, of any of the five trustees or their successors herein provided to be elected by the State board of education, such vacancies shall be filled by said State board of education.

4562d. Alumni constituted, how-Registry of. 4. A registry of the name and address of each alumnus of Indiana University residing in the State of Indiana shall be kept by the librarian of said university, who shall correct such addresses when notified by the alumni so to do. The alumni of the university shall be those persons who have been awarded and on whom have been conferred any of the following degrees: Bachelor of Arts (A. B.), Bachelor of Letters (B. L.), Bachelor of Science (B. S.), Bachelor of Philosophy (B. Ph.), Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Master of Arts (A. M.), Master of Science (M. S.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.).

4562e. Nomination by alumni. 5. Any ten or more alumni may file with the librarian of the university, on or before the first day of April in each year, a written nomination for the trustee or trustees to be elected by the alumni at the next college commencement. Forthwith after such first day of April a list of all such candidates shall be mailed by said librarian to each alumnus at his address.

4562f. Alumni — Annual meeting. 6. The annual meeting of the alumni for the election of trustees shall be held at the university on the Tuesday before the annual commencement day of the said university, at the hour of nine o'clock A. M., at which meeting a trustee shall be elected to serve for three years from the first day of July of such year, and any trustee or trustees which the alumni may be entitled to elect to complete any unexpired term or terms.

4562g. Alumni's vote - Mode of casting-Effect. 7. alumnus, resident in the State of Indiana, may send to said librarian, over his signature, at any time before the meeting of the alumni for the election of such trustee or trustees, the vote for such trustee or trustees which he would be entitled to cast if personally present at such meeting, which vote such librarian shall deliver to such meeting to be opened and counted at said election, together with the votes of those who are personally present; but no person shall have more than one vote. The person or persons having the highest number of votes upon the first ballot shall be declared the trustee or trustees, according as there may be one or more than one trustee to be elected: Provided, the votes received by said person or by each of said persons, are at least fifty per cent. of all the votes cast. Otherwise, the alumni personally present at said meeting shall, from the two having the highest pluralities elect a trustee, unless their pluralities shall aggregate less than fifty per cent. of the votes cast, in which case there shall be included in the number of those to be voted for, so many of those coming after such two highest in order of pluralities as will bring the aggregate of such pluralities of those to be voted for to fifty per cent. of the votes cast.

1. The courts will take judicial knowledge of the act of congress, approved February 23, 1854, which authorized the governor of Indiana to select out of the lands of the United States, within the State of Indiana, a certain number of acres of