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CHAPTER 132.

EXPERIMENT STATION.

An Act providing for the establishment of a Central Utah experiment station, and placing the same, with the Southern Utah experiment farm, under the direction and management of the Agricultural College experiment station of Utah, and repealing chapter 85, laws of Utah, 1899.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah:

SECTION 1. Central Utah experiment station established. An ex-. periment station, to be known as the Central Utah experiment station, is hereby established. This station shall be a branch of the State experiment station established as a department of the Agricultural College of Utah.

Sec. 2. Southern Utah experiment farm. The southern Utah experiment farm, located near St. George, Washington county, is hereby made a branch station of the State experiment station established as a department of the Agricultural College of Utah.

Sec. 3. Class of experiments to be conducted. Such experiments and demonstrations are to be undertaken and continued on the said stations and farms as bear on the development of the agricultural and horticultural interests of all sections having climatic conditions similar to those prevailing at the sites of the said stations or farms.

Sec. 4. Central station, how located. The location of the central Utah experiment station shall be determined under the supervision of the director of the experiment station, together with the State Board of Land Commissioners and the Board of Trustees of the Agricultural College, in Davis, Salt Lake, Utah, or Weber counties.

Sec. 5. Site to be furnished. The county or counties in which the station mentioned in section 4 is located, shall furnish to the State a clear title to sixty acres or more of good land, with sufficient water right, free, which shall be the site of the said experiment station. The Trustees of the Agricultural College shall together with the State Board of Land Commissioners be empowered to accept or reject any parcel of land offered for this purpose by any county; provided, that the Attorney General of the State shall pass upon the title of said land and water right before acceptance by said Trustees and State Board of Land Commissioners.

Sec. 6.

What experiments to be conducted. The experiments shall be conducted on the said stations and farms with orchard, garden and field crops to determine the most profitable kinds; the best varieties of each kind; the best cultural methods; the proper use of irrigation

water; the possibility of improving promising varieties; the possibility of adapting imported varieties to Utah conditions; the possibility of improving their quality; their proper preparation for market; and their preservation by drying, canning and other means; and such other experiments shall be undertaken as will assist in establishing on a safe and profitable basis the agricultural and horticultural industry in the districts represented by the said stations and farms.

Sec. 7. Reports to be published and distributed. At least one repor of the operations of the said stations and farms shall be printed annually. Six thousand copies or more of this report shall be distributed free of charge to interested citizens of the State, upon application.

Sec. 8. Duties of director. The director of the Utah Agricultural College experiment station under the direction of the Board of Trustees of the college, is hereby empowered and directed to prepare the stations and farms referred to in sections one and two for experimental purposes; to construct buildings, fences, flumes, drains and other necessary appliances for the inauguration and conducting of the investigations of the said stations and farms.

Sec. 9. Appropriation. The sum of eight thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the establishment of the Central Utah experiment farm and the sum of six thousand dollars to be used on the Southern Utah experiment farm, for the years 1905 and 1906, out of any money in the State Treasurey not otherwise apropriated, or as much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act, provided however, that in no event shall the sums hereinbefore appropriated, be excccded, and that no part of the sum арpropriated to either of said experiment farms, shall be used for the support or maintenance of the other.

Sec. 10. Chapter 85, laws of Utah, 1899, is hereby repealed.
Approved this 18th day of March, 1905.

CHAPTER 133.

LIMITING COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN UNIVERSITY.

An Act prescribing and limiting courses of instruction in the University of Utah, and amending section 2292 of the Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah:

SECTION 1. That section 2292, Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

2292. Courses of study in the University. The University, until otherwise provided for by law, shall be the highest branch of the system of public education. As far as practicable its courses and methods shall be arranged to supplement the instruction of the subordinate branches of such system, with a view to afford a thorough education to students of both sexes in the arts, the sciences, literature, and the civil professions, including engineering; but the University must not include in its courses agriculture, horticulture, animal industry, veterinary science, domestic science and art (except as is or may be prescribed in the Normal course), and instruction in irrigation as applied to the. measurement, distribution and application of water for agricultural purposes.

Approved this 20th day of March, 1905.

CHAPTER 134.

LIMITING COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

An Act prescribing and limiting courses of instruction in the Agricultural College and amending section 2087 of the Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah:

SECTION 1. That section 2087, Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

2087. Courses of study in Agricultural college. The courses of instruction in the Agricultural College, until otherwise provided for by law, shall comprise agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal industry, veterinary science, domestic science and arts, elementary commerce, elementary surveying, instructions in irrigation as applied to the aneasurement, distribution and application of water for agriculturai

purposes, military science and tactics, history, language, and the various branches of mathematics, physical and natural science and mechanic arts, with special reference to the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes. But the Agricultural College shall not offer courses in engineering, liberal arts, pedagogy, or the profession of law or medicine.

Approved this 20th day of March, 1905.

CHAPTER 135.

GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS.

An Act making appropriations for general purposes.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah:

SECTION 1. That the following sums of money are hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purposes hereinafter expressed; for the calendar years 1905 and 1906:

STATE OFFICERS.

To the Governor:

For salary for the calendar years 1905 and 1906. .$ 8,000.00 To the Governor's Private Secretary:

For salary for the calendar years 1905 and 1906. . . . . . To the Governor's Office:

For contingent expenses for the calendar years 1905 and 1906, or so much thereof as may be necessary.... To the Governor's Office:

For capture or extermination of outlaws in Utah for the calendar years 1905 and 1906, or so much thereof as may be necessary

To the Governor's Office:

3,000.00

2,000.00

1,500.00

For the extradition of fugitives from justice, for the calendar years 1905 and 1906, or so much thereof as may be necessary ...

3,000.00

To the Secretary of State:

For salary for the calendar years 1905 and 1906..... To the Office of Secretary of State: .

6,000.00

For clerical assistance for the calendar years 1905 and
1906, or so much thereof as may be necessary

7,500.00

To the Office of the Secretary of State:

For contingent expenses for the calendar years 1905 and
1906, or so much thereof as may be necessary

3,000.00

To the State Auditor:

For salary for the calendar years 1905 and 1906.

4,000.00

To the Office of the State Auditor:

For salary of bookkeeper, who shall also act as deputy

for the calendar years 1905 and 1906

2.400.00

To the Office of the State Auditor:

For salary of clerk for marks and brands department
for the calendar years 1905 and 1906 ...

1,200.00

To the Office of the State Auditor:

For salary of special deputies for the calendar years
1905 and 1906

2,400.0

To the Office of the State Auditor:

For necessary traveling expenses of special deputies for
the calendar years 1905 and 1906, or so much thereof as
may be necessary ..

1.000.00

To the Office of the State Auditor:

For contingent expenses for the calendar years 1905 and
1906, or so much thereof as may be necessary

850.00

To the Office of the State Auditor:

For the purchase of additional steel filing cases, or so
much thereof as may be necessary

400.00

To the State Treasurer:

For salary for the calendar years 1905 and 1906......

3,000.00

To the Office of the State Treasurer:

For clerical assistance for the calendar years 1905 and
1906, or so much thereof as may be necessary

1,200.00

To the Office of the State Treasurer:

For contingent expenses for the calendar years 1905
and 1906, or so much thereof as may be necessary. .....

300.00

To the Attorney General:

For salary for the calendar years 1905 and 1906 ... To the Office of the Attorney General:

4,000.00

For assistant or stenographer, who shall also be clerk of the Board of Pardons, for the calendar years 1905 and 1906, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

2.400.00

To the Office of the Attorney General:

For contingent expenses for the calendar years 1905 and
1906, or so much thereof as may be necessary

1,200,0

To the State Fish and Game Commissioner:

For salary for the calendar years 1905 and 1906.......

2,000.0

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