76-409. Location of college in Riley county; site ceded to state.
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76-409. Location of college in Riley county; site ceded to state. Laws 1863, chapter 3, sections 1 and 2, included by reference. [The preamble to the act cites the title to an act of congress approved July 2, 1862, "An act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts" and alludes to the acceptance of that act by the legislature. Section 1 of the act establishes such a college and permanently locates same on a certain tract of land in Riley county, describing same by metes and bounds, with the provision that the location of the college is on the express condition that the Bluemont central college association cede to the state the real estate described, together with the other property of that association.
Section 2 authorizes the governor to receive and cause to be recorded and filed the title papers to the property.]