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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... paid by the respective States , so that the proceeds may be applied to the specified purpose without any diminution . Sec . 4. All moneys derived from the grant shall be in- vested in stocks of the United States , of the States , or ...
... paid by the respective States , so that the proceeds may be applied to the specified purpose without any diminution . Sec . 4. All moneys derived from the grant shall be in- vested in stocks of the United States , of the States , or ...
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... paid for the year ending June 30 , 1890 ; that the sum so paid shall be annually increased by an additional sum of $ 1,000 for each succeeding year during a period of ten years , and that " the annual amount to be paid thereafter to ...
... paid for the year ending June 30 , 1890 ; that the sum so paid shall be annually increased by an additional sum of $ 1,000 for each succeeding year during a period of ten years , and that " the annual amount to be paid thereafter to ...
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... paid , nor has the General Government attempted to recall the deposits , and probably never will . The interesting thing about this whole matter is , that twenty - one States 25 devoted varying amounts of their distributive shares to ...
... paid , nor has the General Government attempted to recall the deposits , and probably never will . The interesting thing about this whole matter is , that twenty - one States 25 devoted varying amounts of their distributive shares to ...
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... paid to the States of Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Ala- bama , Missouri , Mississippi , Louisiana , Arkansas and Michi- gan , in addition to the five per centum of public land sales granted on admission , the sum of ten per cent . of the ...
... paid to the States of Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Ala- bama , Missouri , Mississippi , Louisiana , Arkansas and Michi- gan , in addition to the five per centum of public land sales granted on admission , the sum of ten per cent . of the ...
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... paid into the State treasury . A peculiar provision of this law allowed lessees to exchange their leases for sales at prices current when the leases were executed . This provistion of the law of 1827 15 13 From 1803 to 1820 the General ...
... paid into the State treasury . A peculiar provision of this law allowed lessees to exchange their leases for sales at prices current when the leases were executed . This provistion of the law of 1827 15 13 From 1803 to 1820 the General ...
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academies accrued acres act of Congress act of March Agricultural and Mechanical agricultural college Agricultural Experiment Stations Alabama Alabama Territory amount annual interest appropriated April April 20 auditor authorized the selection bank Bourne cession college fund commissioners common school fund congressional act congressional grant December directed educational purposes eight per cent enabling act enacted established February February 20 Furthermore Government Endowment Haywood and Cobbs Ibid Illinois Indiana Territory institution internal improvement invested June 22 Knight Land Grants lease legislation Legislature lieu loaned Mississippi Normal University Northwest Territory Ohio School Report ordinance Pillsbury proceeds public lands received reserved from sale school lands school purposes scrip Secretary section numbered sixteen sell seminary lands seminary township six per cent sixteenth section funds sold support of schools surplus revenue tion township of land Treasury trustees United Univ University Land University of Nashville unsold various vested Vincennes University
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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.