National Legislation Concerning Education: Its Influence and Effect in the Public Land States East of the Mississippi River Admitted Prior to 1820 |
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... February 22 , 1867 , a resolution was agreed to , directing the Committee on Ways and Means to inquire into the expe- diency of bringing in a bill to establish a National School of Science . During the following Congress , Mr. Stewart ...
... February 22 , 1867 , a resolution was agreed to , directing the Committee on Ways and Means to inquire into the expe- diency of bringing in a bill to establish a National School of Science . During the following Congress , Mr. Stewart ...
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... ( February 28 , 1820 ) , a resolution to inquire into the ex- pediency of making appropriations of land for the support of literary institutions in the old States , was referred to the Senate Committee on Public Lands . On the preceding ...
... ( February 28 , 1820 ) , a resolution to inquire into the ex- pediency of making appropriations of land for the support of literary institutions in the old States , was referred to the Senate Committee on Public Lands . On the preceding ...
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... February 24 , 1826 , the House Committee on Public Lands , in an elaborate report , passed favorably on a resolution of the preceding December , instructing them " to inquire into the expediency of appropriating a portion of the net ...
... February 24 , 1826 , the House Committee on Public Lands , in an elaborate report , passed favorably on a resolution of the preceding December , instructing them " to inquire into the expediency of appropriating a portion of the net ...
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... February 28 , 1856 , Mr. Justin Morrill ( Ver . ) offered a resolution to the effect " that the Committee on Agriculture be requested to inquire into the expediency of establishing one or more national agricultural schools upon the ...
... February 28 , 1856 , Mr. Justin Morrill ( Ver . ) offered a resolution to the effect " that the Committee on Agriculture be requested to inquire into the expediency of establishing one or more national agricultural schools upon the ...
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... February 29 , 1806 , reserved from sale the sixteenth sections in the public land districts of Ohio . " An act of April 26 , 1816 , provided for the reservation of sufficient lands for the support of schools in a tract of land at the ...
... February 29 , 1806 , reserved from sale the sixteenth sections in the public land districts of Ohio . " An act of April 26 , 1816 , provided for the reservation of sufficient lands for the support of schools in a tract of land at the ...
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Page 47 - 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 the mechanic arts...
Page 50 - An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two...
Page 48 - That in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science...
Page 14 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States...
Page 23 - Nor am I less persuaded that you will agree with me in opinion, that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. In one in which the measures of government receive their impressions so immediately from the sense of the community as in ours, it is proportionably essential.
Page 41 - That sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in every township of public lands in said State, and where either of said sections, or any part thereof, has been sold or otherwise disposed of, other lands, equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to said State for the use of schools.
Page 47 - ... 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 the 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 of life.
Page 42 - That the section numbered sixteen in every township, and when such section has been sold, granted, or disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto, and most contiguous to the same, shall be granted to the inhabitants of such townships for the use of schools.
Page 50 - ... to be applied only to Instruction in agriculture, the mechanic art-s the English language, and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural, and economic science, with special reference to their application in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction...
Page 21 - To establish public institutions, rewards and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, commerce, trades and manufactures.