AID TO MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

MCL ch. 390, subtit. Act 232 of 1901

in effect

MCL 390.222 Agricultural college interest fund; use; excess; maintenance of certain departments.

390.222. Agricultural college interest fund; use; excess; maintenance of certain departments. Sec. 2. Any amount standing to the credit of the college in the agricultural college interest fund, June 30, 1901, may, in the discretion of the Michigan state board of agriculture, be used for building or other extraordinary expenses, and any amount raised by this act in excess of the amount needed for current expenses during any fiscal year may be used for building and other extraordinary purposes in the discretion of the said board: Provided, That no building or other extraordinary outlay shall be commenced until the accumulation under this act is sufficient to complete the building or other extraordinary undertaking: Provided further, That the Michigan state board of agriculture shall maintain at all times a sufficient corps of instructors in all the courses of study of the agricultural college as at present constituted, so as to afford proper means and facilities for instruction and graduation in each of the courses of study of the said agricultural college, the same being known as the agricultural department, the mechanical department and the woman's department; shall support and maintain the upper peninsula experiment station, and such other experiment stations as have been established, including the printing and binding of all bulletins as at present provided by law, and shall make a fair and equitable division of the funds provided by this act in accord with the wants and needs of said courses of study and said experiment stations as they shall become apparent. Should the state board of agriculture fail at any time to maintain any of said departments as herein provided, the terms of this act shall be suspended until further action by the legislature. 1901, Act 232, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901; CL 1915, 1258; CL 1929, 7885; CL 1948, 390.222

MCL 390.223 Agriculture and related sciences; institutes, reading courses and lectures; establishment.

390.223. Agriculture and related sciences; institutes, reading courses and lectures; establishment. Sec. 3. The state board of agriculture is hereby authorized to hold institutes and to establish and maintain courses of reading and lectures for instruction in the various branches of agriculture, mechanic arts, domestic economy, and the related sciences, which courses of reading, instruction and lectures shall be conducted, governed and controlled by Act No. 137 of the Public Acts of 1899 providing for the same: Provided, That the number of one-day institutes shall be determined by said state board of agriculture. 1901, Act 232, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901; CL 1915, 1259; CL 1929, 7886; Am. 1933, Act 19, Imd. Eff. Feb. 28, 1933; CL 1948, 390.223 [Compiler] Act 137 of 1899, referred to in this section, was repealed by Act 85 of 1957.

MCL 390.224 Appropriation; disbursement.

390.224. Appropriation; disbursement. Sec. 4. The appropriation made by the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the general fund in the state treasury to the treasurer of the board of trustees of Michigan state university at the times and in the amounts as the general accounting laws of the state prescribe, and the disbursing officer shall render his or her accounts to the state treasurer. 1901, Act 232, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901; CL 1915, 1260; CL 1929, 7887; CL 1948, 390.224; Am. 2002, Act 170, Imd. Eff. Apr. 23, 2002

MCL 390.225 Repealed. 2002, Act 170, Imd. Eff. Apr. 23, 2002.

Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/mcl/Chapter%20390.xmlFetched: 10/20/2026