superintendent of public instruction, and that officer shall imme diately notify the candidate next entitled to the vacant scholar

ship of his right to the same.

5. Any state student who shall make it appear to the satisfaction of the president of the university that he requires leave of absence, for the purpose of earning funds with which to defray his living expenses while in attendance, may, in the discretion of the president, be granted such leave of absence, and may be allowed a period not exceeding six years from the commencement thereof for the completion of his course at said university.

6. In certifying the qualifications of the candidates, preference shall be given (where other qualifications are equal) to the children of those who have died in the military or naval service of the United States.

7. Notices of the time and place of the examinations shall be given in all the schools having pupils eligible thereto, prior to the first day of January in each year, and shall be published once a week, for three weeks, in at least two newspapers in each county immediately prior to the holding of such examinations. The state superintendent of public instruction shall attend to the giv. ing and publishing of the notices hereinbefore provided for. He may, in his discretion, direct that the examination in any county may be held at some other time and place than that above speci. fied, in which case it shall be held as directed by him. He shall keep full records in his department of the reports of the different

examiners, showing the age, post-office address and standing of each candidate, and shall notify candidates of their rights under this chapter. He shall determine any controversies which may arise under the provisions of this chapter. He is hereby charged with the general supervision and direction of all matters in connection with the filling of such scholarships. Students enjoying the privileges of free scholarships shall, in common with the other students of said university, be subject to all of the examinations, rules and requirements of the board of trustees or faculty of said university, except as herein provided.

[Con. School Law, tit. XIII, part of § 1, rewritten without intended change.]

(Page 91, § 1.)

§ 567. State veterinary college continued.-The state veterinary college heretofore established and located at Ithaca is continued, and shall be known as the New York State Veterinary College.

[L. 1897, chap. 689, part of § 1.]

§ 568. Object of the New York State Veterinary College. The object of the state veterinary college shall be:

1. To conduct investigations as to the nature, prevention and cure of all diseases of animals, including such as are communica ble to man, and such as cause epizootics among live stock.

2. To investigate economical questions which will contribute to the more profitable breeding, rearing and utilization of animals.

3. To produce reliable standard preparations of toxins, anti

toxins and other products to be used in the diagnosis, prevention and cure of all diseases, and in conducting sanitary work by

approved modern methods.

4. To give instruction in the normal structure and functions of the animal body, in the pathology, prevention and treatment of animal diseases, and in all matters pertaining to sanitary science as applied to live stock and correlatively to the human family, and in such other subjects as may be prescribed or authorized by

law.

[L. 1897, chap. 689, part of § 1.]

§ 569. Tuition fees.-No tuition fee shall be required of a student pursuing the regular veterinary course, and who, for one year immediately preceding his admission to such veterinary college, shall have been a resident of this state. The tuition fees charged to other students and all other fees and charges in such veterinary college shall be fixed by the trustees of Cornell Uni versity, and the moneys so received shall be expended for the current expenses of said veterinary college.

[L. 1897, chap. 689, part of § 1.]

§ 570. Property to be owned by the state; custody thereof.-All buildings, furniture, apparatus and other property heretofore or hereafter erected and furnished by the state for such veterinary college shall be and remain the property of the state. 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 veterinary college, and may appoint investigators, teachers and other officers, lay out lines of investigation, prescribe the requirements for admission and the course of study, and exercise such other power and authority as may be necessary and proper for the due administration of such veterinary college.

[L. 1897, chap. 689, part of § 1.]

§ 571. Use of appropriations.-Cornell University shall receive no income, profit or compensation from the veterinary college, but all moneys received from appropriations therefor or derived from other sources in the course of the administration

thereof, shall be kept by said university, in a fund separate from the moneys of the university, and shall be used exclusively for the New York State Veterinary College. Such appropriations shall be payable to the treasurer of Cornell University in three equal payments, to be made on the first days of October, January and April in each year. Within each such month the university shall furnish to the comptroller satisfactory vouchers for the expenditures made during the period ending on the first day of the month.

[L. 1897, chap. 689, part of § 1.]

§ 572. Report to the legislature. The trustees of Cornell University shall, during the month of January in each year, make report to the legislature, containing a detailed statement of the expenditures of the moneys appropriated by the state for the

veterinary college and of the general operations thereof during

the preceding college year.

[L. 1897, chap. 689, part of § 1, rewritten and changed so that the report must be made directly to the Legislature instead of to the governor, as provided by present law.]

§ 573. Special policemen for Cornell University. The mayor of the city of Ithaca shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the trustees of Cornell University, not more than three special policemen of such city for the purpose of protecting the university, and preserving peace and order upon its grounds and by its students. Such special policemen shall have all the powers of policemen of such city and of constables of any town in such county, but the compensation of such special policemen shall be paid by the university.

[L. 1865, chap. 585, part of § 3, as amended by L. 1882, chap. 147, rewritten and extended.]

§ 574. Instruction in agriculture.-Money appropriated for the promotion of agricultural knowledge throughout the state by Cornell University shall be expended as follows:

1. In giving instruction in agriculture throughout the state by means of schools, lectures and other university extension methods

or otherwise.

2. In conducting agricultural investigations and experiments. 3. In discovering the diseases of plants and remedies therefor. 4. In ascertaining the best method of fertilization in agricultural and horticultural operations.