shall be to improve the agricultural methods of the state, to develop the agricultural resources of the state in the production of crops of all kinds, in the rearing and breeding of live-stock, in the manufacture of dairy and other products, in determining better methods of handling and marketing such products, and in other ways; and to increase intelligence and elevate the standards of living in the rural districts. For the attainment of these objects the college is authorized to give instruction in the sciences, arts and practices relating thereto, in such courses and in such manner as shall best serve the interests of the state; to conduct extension work in disseminating agricultural knowledge throughout the state by means of experiments and demonstrations on farms and gardens, investigations of the economic and social status of agriculture, lectures, publication of bulletins and reports, and in such other ways as may be deemed advisable in the furtherance of the aforesaid objects; to make researches in the physical, chemical, biological and other problems of agriculture, the application of such investigations to the agriculture of New York, and the. publication of the results thereof. All buildings, furniture, apparatus and other property heretofore or hereafter erected or furnished by the state for such college of agriculture shall be and remain the property of the state. The Cornell university shall have the custody and control of said property, and shall, with whatever state moneys may be received for the purpose, administer the said college of agriculture, with authority to appoint investigators, teachers and other officers and employees, to lay out lines of investigation, to prescribe the requirements for admission and the course of study and with such other power and authority as may be necessary and proper for the due administration of such college of agriculture. Said university shall receive no income, profit or compensation therefor, but all moneys received from state appropriations for the said college of agriculture or derived from other sources in the course of the administration thereof, shall be credited by said university to a separate fund, and shall be used exclusively for said New York state college of agriculture. Such moneys as may be appropriated to be paid to the Cornell university by the state in any year, to be expended by said university in the administration of said college of agriculture, shall be payable to the treasurer of Cornell university in three equal payments to be made on the first day of October, the first day of January, and the first day of April in such year, and within sixty days after the expiration of the period for which each instalment is received the said university shall furnish the comptroller vouchers approved by the commissioner of agriculture for the expenditures of such instalment. The said university shall expend such moneys and use such property of the state in administering said college of agriculture as above provided, and shall report to the commissioner of agriculture in each year on or before the first day of December, a detailed statement of such expenditures and of the general operations of the said college of agriculture for the year ending the thirtieth day of September then next preceding. Fees and charges in said college of agriculture shall be fixed by Cornell university, and the moneys received from these sources and from the sales of products shall be credited to a separate fund and shall be used for the current expenses of the said college of agriculture. ARTICLE 41 State School of Agriculture at Saint Lawrence University Section 1050. Corporate name. 1051. Objects and purposes of school. § 1050. Corporate name. The school of agriculture established by chapter six hundred and eighty-two of the laws of nineteen hundred and six shall continue to be known as the New York State School of Agriculture of The St. Lawrence University. [Thus amended by L. 1910, ch. 413, in effect June 8, 1910.] § 1051. Objects and purposes of school. Such school shall have for its objects and purposes: 1. The elementary and practical instruction of pupils attending such school in agriculture and allied subjects. 2. The giving of instruction by means of schools, lectures and other university extension methods for the promotion of agricultural knowledge. 3. The conducting of investigations and experiments for the purpose of ascertaining the best method of fertilization of fields, gardens and plantations and the best modes of tillage and farm management and improvement of live-stock. 4. The printing of leaflets and the dissemination of agricultural knowledge by means of lectures and otherwise; the printing and free distribution of the results of such investigations and experiments, and the publication of bulletins containing such information as may be deemed desirable and profitable in promoting the agricultural interests of the state, such work to be conducted as far as practicable in harmony with the college of agriculture at Cornell university. § 1052. Supervision and control of school. The board of trustees of The St. Lawrence university shall have the general care, supervision and control of such school, and of all its affairs, and to carry out its object and purposes shall: 1. Employ and at pleasure remove officers, teachers, clerks, assistants and such other persons as it shall deem necessary to the proper conduct of said school; and fix their compensation. 2. Adopt rules not inconsistent with law controlling the affairs of such school. 3. Prescribe the courses of instruction and the methods of investigation and experiments to be followed in such school. 4. Acquire by deed, gift, devise, or lease, real property suitable for practical and experimental agriculture, horticulture and forestry, and manage the same for the benefit of said school, devoting any income that may be derived therefrom to the maintenance thereof, provided, however, that no land shall be purchased with funds furnished by the state, unless a special appropriation is made therefor. [Thus amended by L. 1910, ch. 443, in effect June 8, 1910.] § 1053. Maintenance. ber in each year the treasurer of The St. Lawrence university shall file with the comptroller his bond, with an incorporated surety company authorized to do business in the state of New York as surety, in a penalty equal to one-fourth of the amount appropriated by the legislature for the maintenance of said agricultural school for the succeeding year, conditioned that he will faithfully account for all moneys received by him during the next state fiscal year. After the filing of said bond, the comptroller shall pay over to the said treasurer on the first days of each of the months of October, January, April and July next succeeding, one-fourth part of said appropriation. 1. Prior to the first day of Octo 2. All bills for the maintenance of said school shall be examined and audited by the executive committee of said board of trustees; and when so audited and properly certified by the president and secretary of said board, and the audit approved by the commissioner of agriculture, the amount thereof shall be credited by the comptroller against the funds theretofore advanced to said treasurer as above provided. [Added by L. 1910, ch. 443, in effect June 8, 1910.] ARTICLE 42 State School of Agriculture at Alfred Section 1070. Corporate name. 1071. Objects and purposes of school. 1072. Supervision and maintenance of school. § 1070. Corporate name. The school of agriculture established by chapter two hundred of the laws of nineteen hundred and eight shall continue to be known as the New York state school of agriculture at Alfred university. § 1071. Objects and purposes of school. The objects of the New York state school of agriculture at Alfred university shall be to give elementary and practical instruction in agriculture and kindred subjects; to conduct, for the improvement of such instruction, investigations and experiments in agricultural methods and resources in western New York, and in means and methods for the care and improvement of live stock; to stimulate agricultural pursuits, and to increase knowledge by which such industry may be successfully carried on; such work shall be co-ordinated so far as practicable with that at the New York state college of agriculture at Cornell university; and furnish both a practical training for the pursuit of agriculture, and complemental training, preliminary to advanced courses in said state college of agriculture at Cornell university. § 1072. Supervision and maintenance of school. Alfred university shall have the custody and control of the property of said New York state school of agriculture, and shall, with whatever moneys may be received for the purpose, administer the said school of agriculture with authority to appoint teachers, investigators, and other officers and employees, to prescribe the requirements for admission, and the courses of study to be pursued, and with such other power and authority as will secure necessary and adequate administration of such school. And in order to secure unity and harmony in education in agriculture in the state of New York, the state commissioner of agriculture, the director of the New York state college of agriculture at Cornell university, and a person to be annually elected or appointed by the state grange, shall be ex officio members of the board of managers to be appointed annually by the trustees of Alfred university, to have immediate management of the said state school of agriculture. Alfred university shall receive no income, profit or compensation therefor, but all moneys received from appropriations for the said school of agriculture shall be credited by said university to a separate fund, and shall be used exclusively for said New York state school of agriculture. Such moneys as may be appropriated by the state to Alfred university, for said state school of agriculture, shall be payable to the treasurer of Alfred university upon vouchers furnished to the comptroller. The said university shall expend such moneys and use such property of the state in administering said school of agriculture as above provided, and shall report to the commissioner of agriculture annually, on or before the first day of December, a detailed statement of such expenditures and of the general operations of the said school of agriculture for the year ending the thirtieth day of September then next preceding; and a copy of such report shall be transmitted to the legislature. Students bona fide residents of the state of New York for one year preceding the date of their admission shall be entitled to free tuition. Other fees and charges if any in the said school of agriculture, and any moneys received from tuitions paid by students not residents of the state of New York, and from the sales of products shall be reported and forwarded monthly to the state treasurer as required by the state finance law, and may be reappropriated toward the maintenance of said school of agriculture. ARTICLE 42-A. State School of Agriculture at Cobleskill. [Article inserted by L. 1911, ch. 852.] Section 1075. Establishment and corporate name. 1076. Objects and purposes of school. |