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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 thous and 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

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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 universities, or such other as they may think proper.

Board.

SEC. 11. The Board of Trustees shall have power Powers of and it shall be their duty to enact laws for the government 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.

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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 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.

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Treasurer.

Land sales.

Investments.

Report.

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 University 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.

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

partments, the different courses of study pursued therein, the branches taught, the means and methods of instruction adopted, the number of Professors with the compensation of each, and the number of students with their names, ages, studies, sex and residence, the situation and condition of the University fund, the income derived therefrom, the amount of expenditures and the items thereof, and such other matters as such other Board of Trustees may deem proper to communicate.

SEC. 19. An Act to amend an Act entitled "an Act for the government and regulation of the State Univer- Repealed. iity of Iowa, passed by the Board of Education, December 17th, 1861," together with all other acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 20. This Act being deemed of immediate importance by the General Assembly, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Statesman.

Approved March 21st, 1864.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Act was published in the Iowa State Register on the 24th day of March, A. D. 1864, and in the Iowa Statesman on the 23d day of March, A. D. 1864.

JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 60.

BOUNTY ON SCALPS.

AN ACT empowering Counties to offer additional bounties on
Scalps of wild animals.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Board of Suof the State of Iowa, That the Board of Supervisors of pervisors to determine each County in this State, are hereby authorized and amount. empowered to determine what bounties, in addition to those already provided by law, if any, shall be offered and paid by their County on the scalps of such wild animals taken and killed within their County, as they may deem it expedient to exterminate. Provided that Ho bounty on any animal shall exceed five dollars. Approved March 21st, 1864.

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CHAPTER 61.

WAR AND DEFENSE AND FIVE PER CENT. FUNDS.

AN ACT to provide for the redemption of War and Defense Fund Warrants, and authorizing the Governor to settle claims against the United States, and fixing his compensation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the State Treasurer is hereby authorized to redeem War and Defense Fund Warrants out of moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same as he redeems general fund warrants, and his acts in heretofore redeeming such warrants from such moneys are hereby legalized.

SEC. 2. The Governor is hereby authorized at as settle claims. early a day as possible to settle with the authorities of the United States, and collect therefrom all claims made by this State for expenses incurred in raising and equipping troops, and sending them to the field, and for other purposes growing out of the Rebellion; and all claims of the State for expenses incurred in the protection of the frontier after the massacre by Inkpadutah and his band, and if he shall find it necessary, he is hereby authorized to associate with him, in the above settlements, John N. Dewey; and the Governor is also authorized to settle and collect the amount claimed by this State as a deficit in the payment to this State of the proceeds of the five per cent. on the sales of public land in this State; and if he shall find it necessary, he is hereby authorized to arrange by suit or reference in the Court of Claims or otherwise, for a decision upon the said five per cent. fund claim.

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SEC. 3. The moneys collected from the war claims shall be paid into the State Treasury, to the credit of the general fund, to replace, as far as may be, the moneys paid out in redemption of the War and Defense Fund Warrants; and the Treasurer shall invest the same in United States Bonds bearing not less than six per cent. interest, to be held as a sinking fund, and set apart for the payments of the Bonds of this State falling due January 1st, 1868.

SEC. 4. The moneys collected from the five per cent. on said sales, shall be paid into the same Treasury to the credit of the permanent School Fund, to be invested by the Treasurer as other moneys belonging to such Fund are invested.

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