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Legislative Axatmblf, were rend, ami on motion, adopted: U'mkkw, The Is-gislativc Awmbly of the State of Oregon did, on the twenty-fifth (tar of OctoixT, A. D. 1 S8$, |mM an Act entitled “An Act to « -cure the location of the lands donated to the State for an Agricultural College and to establish such College,” the Mine having been approved October 17th; and Whereat, Said Legislative Assembly did designate ami adopt Corvallis College as the Agricultural College, in which all students sent under the provisions of said Act shall be instructed in all the Arts, Sciences, and other studies, in accordance with tie- requirement of the Act of Congress making such donations; therefore He it resolved by the Trustees of Corvallis College, That said Act. with nil its privileges and requirements, is hereby Acccpt.il, and we promise on our |.ort faithfully t » carry out the provisions of said Act. W. II. Bryan, Prescient pro tern. II. II. Ilmiu.K. Secretary. At a ul cqurnt meeting this Hoard of Trustees ap|M int il a c mmittee to prepare a two year course of study in Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. “Ko doubt we are making a grv.it experiment and taking a leap in the dark” said the conservative Karl of Derby during the discussion upon the Reform Hill of 1X»»7 in the English Parliament. Similar remarks, it seems, were heard on the floor of the state hours- in Salem, when Section 2 of the above named Act was under debate. Rut just two years after the passage of the Act the Assembly was ready to make another leap, not now in the dark, however. This leap was made in the form of An Act to Permanently Locate the Agricultural Coll«-go of Oregon. He it enacted by the legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon: SECTION ]. That Corvallis College, in Benton County, is hereby designated and permanently adopted as the Agricultural College oft la? State of Oregon, in which all students sent under the provisions of law shall Is- instructed in accordance with the requirements of the Act of Congress approves! on the 2nd day of July, 1862, granting public lands to the several States and Territories which might provide Colleges for the twnefil of agriculture and mechanic arts, and the Acts amendatory thereof. Section 2. The following (a-rsons, towit: J.C. Awry. I,. K. C.rover and N. II. Cranor, an hereby constituted a B ml f Commissioners to pnq» w a plan for the instruction and education of the students in Mid Agricultural College, and to prepare rules, regulations, and by-laws for the government of the same, all of which shall lie submitted to the legislative Assembly at its next regular session for its adoption or rejection, and in the mean time the said College shall b? governed by and under the provisions of the Act of the Legislative Assembly, approved the 27th day of Octol«cr, ISftS, in relation to said College. Skihox 3. That the Board of Trust of Corvallis College shall, by resolution, accept the provisions of this Act, and agree to bo bound by the same within thirty days nfler its passage, and cause a copy of said resolution to Is til.il with the Secretary of State; and U|»on their failure to do so, they shall l e deemed to have rejected its provisions. Secno.N 4. Inasmuch as there is no provision of law permanently locating the Agricultural College of Oregon, this Act shall take effect and lc in force from and after its approval by the Governor. Arrmoved, October 21, A. I). 1X70. At a special mu-ting of the B »ard of Trustors of Corvallis ColK-g« , eight days after, we find on the minutes the following resolutions: Whereas, The State of Oregon, through its representatives, offers to |n-rmnnently locate the Agricultural College with Corvallis College. Is it therefore Peso I red by the Ho.ml of Trustees of Corvallis College. That said Board does accept the provisions of said Act of the Ixgislntivc AsM-mhly aforesaid, and they do agree to l»e bound by the same. Kcsolvcfl. That the Secretary of the Board is hereby directed forthwith to forward to the Secretary of the State of Oregon a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions. R. S. Straiian, I resident. Attest: B. R. Biddle, Secretary. Tins document, we find, was filed in the otlice of the Secretary of State, November 2, 1X70. A committee of the Board aided l»y the faculty, consisting of President W. A. Finley, A. M., I . I .; l’rof. Joseph Kraery, A. M., Mathematics; Prof. II. McN. Finley. A. B.. Intermediate Hrp’t., immediately e t to work to plan a courts of study that should conform to the new conditions. l t it be understood that the task was not w ithout its difficulties. This VMt new field. There wen then practically no guide |« ts. not even a trail blazed that might direct tin searchers for information on their way. Tin first attempts
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