Preliminary survey.

Appropriation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That a competent engineer be selected by the Governor of Iowa, for the purpose of making a preliminary survey westwardly from LaSalle, Illinois, of the nearest and best Ship Canal route to the Mississippi River, said engineer to report as soon as practicable to the Governor respecting the proper location of said route together with the estimated expense of said Canal, in order that the same may be laid before our Senators and Representatives in Congress at an early day.

SEC. 2. That the sum of one thousand dollars be and is hereby appropriated to defray the expense of said survey and estimate, or to supply the deficiency of expense occasioned by said survey and estimate, the same to be paid out of any money not otherwise appropriated in the State Treasury upon the warrant of the Auditor of State, who is hereby authorized to issue the same, when the certificate of the Governor is presented, that the service has been performed. Provided, That the State of Iowa shall not be held for the payment of the expense of said survey beyond the sum of money appropriated by this Act. Provided further, That the Conditions. survey contemplated by this Act shall be extended so as to embrace a survey by the nearest and most practicable route to the Mississippi River to a point above as well as below the Upper Rapids of the said River, and Provided further, That the improvement by Ship Canal of the Upper and Lower Rapids of the Mississippi River should, as an act of justice to the whole State, be made an indispensable condition in any bill for a Ship Canal from the Lakes to the Mississippi River, which is to receive the support of the Congressional delegation from Iowa, and Provided further, That in the event of the above contemplated route for a Ship Canal from La Salle to the Mississippi River being found impracticable, that we urge Congress that an examination shall be made of the Northern route, known and designated as the Wisconsin and Fox River Improvement.

SEC. 3. This Act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the State Register and Iowa Homestead, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved March 19th, 1864.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Daily State Register on the 25th day of March, A. D. 1864, and in the Iowa Homestead on the 30th day of March, A. D. 1864.

JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 59.

STATE UNIVERSITY.

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled an Act for the government and regulation of the State University of Iowa.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Objects of. of the State of Iowa, That the objects of the State University of Iowa, established by the Constitution at Iowa City, shall be to provide the best and most efficient means of imparting to the youth of the State of both sexes upon equal terms a liberal education and a thorough knowledge of the different branches of literature, the arts and sciences, with their various applica

tions.

SEC. 2. There shall be attached to the University a Collegiate Collegiate department, in which, as soon as may be Department. deemed expedient by the Board of Trustees hereinafter provided, regular College classes shall be formed or provided for, and a President and the necessary Professors and Tutors elected. There shall also be a Normal de- Normal. partment to the University, in which shall be taught the theory and practice of Teaching, and everything which enters into it as an art, including all the most approved methods and processes now in use in all the varieties of teaching.

The Trustees, as soon as the funds of the University Gymnasium will allow, shall make suitable provision for a system

of gymnastic exercises and physical training, and shall make such rules for the regulation of the same as they may deem expedient.

SEC. 3. The University shall be governed and man- Board of aged by a Board of Trustees, consisting of nine persons. Trustees. The Governor of the State shall be President ex President. officio, and the President of the Faculty a member ex officio of this Board. The remaining members shall be elected by the General Assembly, and shall be divided into two classes.

The four members elected at the last session of the Board of Education shall constitute the first class, and continue in office four years from the first day of January next after their election. The three members elected at the present session of the Legislature shall constitute the second class, and continue in office four years from the first day of January, 1864.

In the absence of the Governor the Board may elect its own presiding officer.

Classes.

Term.

Term.

Comp'nsat 'n.

Control.

Specimens.

Curator abolished.

Treasurer.

Departments.

Government.
Instruction.

SEC. 4. In all subsequent elections for filling a vacancy caused by the expiration of the official term of either class, the persons elected shall continue in office four years and until their successors are elected and qualified.

SEC. 5. The compensation of the Trustees shall be governed by the provisions of Sec. 1719 of the Revision of 1860.

SEC. 6. The University shall never be under the exclusive control of any religious denomination what

ever.

SEC. 7. In all cases where specimens of natural history, and geological, and mineralogical specimens which are or may be hereafter collected by the State Geologist of Iowa, or by any others appointed by the State to investigate its natural history and physical resources are found they shall belong to, and be the property of the State University, and shall form a part of its cabinet of natural history, which shall be under the charge of the Professor of that department.

SEC. 8. The office of Curator of Cabinet of Natural History is hereby abolished.

SEC. 9. The Board of Trustees shall elect a Treasurer who shall hold his office at the pleasure of the Board. It shall be his duty as Treasurer to keep a true and faithful account of all moneys received and paid out by him, and before entering upon the duties of his office, he shall take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully perform the duties of Treasurer. And he shall also give a bond in the penalty of fifty thousand dollars conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as Treasurer, and that he will at all times keep and render a true account of moneys received by him as such Treasurer, and of the disposition he has made of the same, and that he will at all times be ready to discharge himself of the trust and to pay over when required, which bond shall have two or more good sureties, and shall be approved as to its form, and the sufficiency of its sureties by the Board of Trustees, and also the Auditor and Secretary of State, and shall be filed in the office of the latter.

SEC. 10. The University shall consist of such departments as the Board of Trustees shall determine, subject to the provisions of this Act, and the same may be altered or changed as they may prescribe.

The immediate government of the several departments shall be entrusted to the Faculty.

The method and course of instruction in each depart

ment shall be prescribed by the Board of Trustees, who shall also confer such degrees and grant such diplomas as are usually conferred and granted by other universi ties, or such other as they may think proper.

SEC. 11. The Board of Trustees shall have power Powers of and it shall be their duty to enact laws for the govern- Board. ment of the University, to appoint a Secretary of the Board, who shall hold his office at the pleasure of the Board, to elect a President and the requisite number of Professors and Tutors, together with such other officers as they may deem expedient, and to determine the amount of their respective salaries, also the compensation of the Treasurer.

They shall have power to remove any officer connect- Remove offic. ed with the Institution, when in their judgment the

good of the Institution requires, and to determine the Fix fees. amount of fees to be paid for tuition.

Treasurer.

SEC. 12. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to Duties of Secrecord all the proceedings of the Board of Trustees and retary and carefully to preserve all its books and papers. His books shall exhibit what of the University lands have been sold, when the same were sold, and at what price, and to whom, on what terms, what portion of the purchase money has been paid, and when paid on each sale; how the same has been invested and on what security; how much is due on each sale, by whom and how secured and when payable; what lands remain unsold, where situated and its appraised value, if appraised, or its estimated value if not appraised. His books shall also show how the permanent fund of the University has been invested, the amount of each kind of stocks if any, with the date thereof and when due, and the interest thereon, and when and where payable, the amount of each loan, if any, and when made and payable to whom, and how secured and at what interest and when and where payable. When any further sales of lands or further instruments shall be made, the Secretary shall enter the same upon his books as above set forth. The Secretary shall countersign and register all orders for money on the Treasurer, and the Treasurer shall not pay any order upon him for money unless the same be countersigned by the Secretary. On the first day of February of each year the Treasurer shall report to the Secretary all defaults of payment of either principal or interest, with the names and address of the persons so in default, and thereupon the Secretary shall immediately notify in writing each person so in default, urging payment.

Expend in

come.

First meeti'g.

SEC. 13. The Board of Trustees are authorized to expend such portion of the income of the University fund as it may deem expedient in the purchase of apparatus, library and cabinet of natural history, in providing suitable means to keep and preserve the same, and in the procurement of all other means and facilities for giving instruction.

SEC. 14. The first meeting of the Board of Trustees under this Act shall be on the last Tuesday in June, 1864, and at such time thereafter as the Board may appoint.

SEC. 15. The President of the Board may call speSpecial meet- cial meetings when he deems it expedient. The Board ings. of Trustees shall have power to fill all vacancies occurring therein, except when the Legislature is in session, and the person so appointed shall hold his office until the next session of the General Assembly.

Vacancies.

Treasurer.

SEC. 16. The Treasurer of the University shall have a set of books in which he shall keep an accurate account of all transactions relative to the sale and disposition of the University lands and the management of the fund arising therefrom, which books shall exhibit what parts and portions of lands have been sold, at what prices and to whom, and how the proceeds have been invested and in what securities, and what lands still remain unsold, where situated and what value respectively.

SEC. 17. No sales of lands belonging to the UniverLand sales. sity shall hereafter take place unless the same shall be decided upon at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees, or at one called for that particular purpose, and then only in the manner upon the notice and on the terms which the Board shall prescribe and no member of the Board shall be either directly or indirectly interested in any purchase of such lands upon sale. It shall be lawful for the Board to invest any portion of the permanent endowment fund not otherwise invested, as well as any surplus income which is not immediately required for the purpose of investment in United States Stocks or Stocks of the State of Iowa, and hold the same for the University, either as a permanent fund or as an income to defray current expenses as said Board of Trustees may deem expedient.

Investments.

Report.

SEC. 18. The Board of Trustees shall make a report through the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the General Assembly at every regular session on the second day thereof, which shall exhibit the state, condition and progress of the University in its several de