WHEREAS, By virtue of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act concerning certain land grants to the State of Nevada, approved July fourth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, said grant was continued on condition that at least one college of agriculture and mechanic arts shall be built within five years from the date of the acceptance of said grant by said State; and

WHEREAS, The time in which such college must be provided or established, in order to secure said grant of land, will expire by limitation on the ninth day of April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventytwo: therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and Assembly conjointly, That our Senators and Representative in Congress be requested to use every effort in their power to obtain an extension of the time, not less than five years, in which this State may provide or establish said college.

CHAP. LXXXV-An Act to locate the State University, and to provide for the control and maintenance of the same.

Approved March 7, 1873

SECTION 1 (original). The State University, as described in section four of article eleven of the Constitution of Nevada, is hereby located at the town of Elko, in the State of Nevada; provided, that the people of said town do, within one year from the passage hereof, convey or cause to be conveyed to the Board of Regents of the State University of Nevada, in trust, for the use and benefit of said University, title to a tract of land of not less than twenty acres, eligibly located within said town, having thereon at least one building furnished and ready for occupancy, suitable for the uses of a preparatory department of the University, costing not less than ten thousand dollars, and adapted for the accommodation of not less than one hundred pupils.

SECTION 1 (Amended; 4652, Rev. Laws). The State University, as described in section 4 of article 11 of the Constitution of the State, is hereby located at the town of Reno, Washoe County, State of Nevada.

[Secs. 2 and 3 of the original Act repealed by Stats. 1887.]

SECTIONS FROM REVISED LAWS OF NEVADA

An Act to fix the name of the State University of Nevada.
Approved March 29, 1907, 433

4638. Legal Corporate Name.

SECTION 1. The legal and corporate name of the state university shall be the University of Nevada.

4639. Normal School, Mining, Agriculture and Mechanic Arts EstablishedPreparatory Department.

SECTION 1. There shall be established in the State University of Nevada, a school for the instruction of teachers, in which shall be taught all the branches of instruction which are taught in the common schools of this State, together with the theory and practice of teaching, school

law, botany, psychology, and geology. There shall also be taught in said University, chemistry, assaying, mineralogy, surveying, and geology, so far as they relate to the theory and practice of mining, agriculture, and mechanic arts. There shall also be taught in the preparatory department of said University, typewriting, shorthand, telegraphy, bookkeeping and commercial law so far as they relate to the practical affairs of life. As amended, Stats. 1891, 92.

[See constitutional provisions, art. 11, secs. 356-360, Rev. Laws. State Hygienic Laboratory established at University, secs. 3941-3945, Rev. Laws.] 4640. Board of Regents-Number-Term-Vacancy, Governor to Fill.

SEC. 2. From and after the first day of January, A. D. 1907, the Board of Regents of the State University shall consist of five members; those who are elected for the term of four years to be known as "longterm Regents," and those who are elected for the term of two years to be known as "short-term Regents," and to hold their offices for the several periods for which they are elected, and until their successors are elected and qualified. At the general election held in 1906 there shall be elected two long-term Regents, who shall hold their office for the term of four years, and two short-term Regents, who shall hold their office for a period of two years. Thereafter, at each general election, there shall be elected two Regents for the long term and one Regent for the short term in the same manner as other state officers are elected. The persons elected as Regents under the provisions of this Act, before entering upon the discharge of their office, shall take and subscribe to the official oath and file the same in the office of the Secretary of State. In case of vacancy in said Board of Regents, the Governor shall fill the same by appointment until the next general election, when such vacancy shall be filled by election. The term of office of each Regent shall begin on the first Monday of January after his election. As amended, Stats. 1905, 190.

SEC. 3. The powers and duties of the Board of Regents are as follows: First-To prescribe rules for their own government, and for the government of the University.

Second-To prescribe rules for the reports of officers and teachers of the University.

Third-To prescribe the course of study, the time and standard of graduation and the commencement and duration of the terms and the length of the vacations of the University.

Fourth-To prescribe the text-books, and provide apparatus and furniture for the use of pupils.

Fifth-To appoint a President of the University, who shall have a diploma from some recognized college of learning of good standing, or some state normal school, who has had at least five years of practical experience as an instructor, who is familiar with the modern methods of imparting instruction generally approved in the United States, and who shall be indorsed as to moral character and qualifications as an instructor by the president and faculty of three institutions of learning authorized by law to confer degrees.

Sixth-To prescribe the duties of the President, and fix his salary, and the salaries of all other teachers in the University.

Seventh-To require the President, under their direction, to establish

and maintain training or model schools, and require the pupils of the University to teach and instruct classes therein.

Eighth-To control the expenditures of all moneys appropriated for the support and maintenance of the University, and all moneys received from any source whatsoever.

Ninth-To keep open to public inspection an account of receipts and expenditures.

Tenth-To annually report to the Governor a statement of all their transactions, and of all other matters pertaining to the University.

Eleventh-To transmit with such report a copy of the President's annual report.

Twelfth-To revoke any diploma by them granted, on receiving satisfactory evidence that the holder thereof is addicted to drunkenness, is guilty of gross immorality, or is reputably dishonest in his or her dealings; provided, that such person shall have at least thirty days' previous notice of such contemplated action, and shall, if he or she asks it, be heard in his or her own defense.

4642. No Compensation - Expenses Clerk, Qualifications, Salary - Records

Public.

SEC. 4. The Board of Regents shall have the power to appoint a chairman, who shall receive no compensation therefor, nor shall any member of the Board of Regents receive any compensation for his services, except necessary expenses in attending meetings of the board. The Board of Regents may employ a clerk of said board, who shall receive a salary of twenty-five dollars per month, and who shall keep a full record of all proceedings of the board, which shall at all times be open to public inspection, and said clerk shall not be a teacher in said University.

4643. Quarterly and Special Meetings.

SEC. 5. The board must hold four regular meetings in each year, and may hold special meetings at the call of the chairman of the board.

SEC. 6. The President of the University must make a detailed annual report to the Board of Regents, with a catalogue of pupils, and such other particulars as the board may require or he may think useful. 4645. Academic Degree, How Issued-Normal School-Teachers' CertificatesReports to President-Cause for Revocation-Diploma of Graduation. SEC. 7. Upon the recommendation of the President of the University, the Board of Regents shall issue to those who worthily complete the full course of study in the School of Mines or in the School of Agriculture, or in the School of Liberal Arts, or in any equivalent course that may hereafter be prescribed, a diploma of graduation, conferring the proper academic degree, from the Nevada State University; and no diploma bearing the distinctive title, "Nevada State University," shall be issued to any one who has not completed the full course of study as above set forth. Upon the recommendation of the President of the University, the Board of Regents shall issue to those who worthily complete the full four years' course of study prescribed in the Nevada State Normal School, a department of the State University, a diploma of graduation,

and said diploma shall bear the heading, "The Nevada State Normal School," and to all persons receiving this diploma, the State Board of Education shall issue a state high-school certificate of the first grade, good for five years. To the holders of the above state high-school certificates of the first grade, the State Board of Education shall grant a life diploma when said graduates of the Nevada State Normal School shall have completed at least five years of successful instruction in the public schools of Nevada, or of any other State. Upon the recommendation of the President of the University, the Board of Regents shall issue to those who worthily complete the three years' course of study prescribed in the Nevada State Normal School, a grammar-grade diploma of graduation, and said diploma shall bear the heading, "Nevada State Normal School, Grammar-Grade Diploma," and to all persons receiving this grammar-grade diploma, the State Board of Education shall grant a grammar-grade certificate, good for five years. The Board of Regents may require said normal-school graduates, before granting the diplomas herein provided for, to sign the following obligation: "I hereby agree to report to the President of the University by letter at least twice a year for three years after my graduation and once a year thereafter, so long as I continue in the profession of teaching, and when I shall leave the profession I will report the fact to him with the cause therefor. A failure to make such reports may be considered sufficient cause for the revocation of my diploma," And further, it is hereby expressly provided that the graduates of the Nevada State Normal School for the year 1895 shall receive their diplomas and state certificates according to the Act of March 19, 1891, hereby amended. Upon the recommendation of the President of the University the Board of Regents shall issue to those who worthily complete the full course of study in any other department of the University, not equivalent to a regular university course, a diploma of graduation, but said diploma shall bear the name of the department from which it is issued, and in no case to bear the heading of the regular university diploma. As amended, Stats. 1891, 93; 1895, 89.

4646. President to Manage Affairs-Monthly Statements to Regents-Employ Assistants.

SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the President of the University to instruct in the University, and, under the direction of the Board of Regents, to manage all matters connected with the institution, to employ assistant teachers and servants, purchase supplies, and make monthly statements to the Board of Regents of all receipts and expenditures, supported by vouchers.

4647. No Discrimination as to Students-Qualifications Of.

SEC. 9. There shall be no discrimination in the admission of pupils on account of sex, race, or color; but no person shall be admitted who is not of good moral character, and who has not arrived at the age of fifteen years, and passed such an examination as shall be prescribed by the Board of Regents, and no person under said age shall hereafter be taught in said institution.

4648. Tuition Free.

SEC. 10. Tuition shall be free.

4649. Superintendent of Public Instruction Must Visit Quarterly and Report to Regents.

SEC. 11. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction must visit the University at least every three months, inquire into its condition and management, and report to the Board of Regents quarter-yearly the condition of the institution, with such suggestions as he may deem proper. 4650. Board of Examiners to Pass Upon Expenses.

SEC. 12. All expenses incurred, of every name and nature, involving the payment of money by or under the direction of the Board of Regents of the University, shall be passed upon by the Board of Examiners, as other accounts against the State, and be paid out of the moneys appropriated for the University.

4651. Regents Not To Be Interested in Contracts-Penalty.

SEC. 4. No member of said board shall be interested, directly or indirectly, as principal, copartner, agent, or otherwise, in any contract or expenditure created by the board, or in the profits or results thereof. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months. 4653. Irreducible University Fund Created-Land Grant, Sale Of.

SEC. 4. Immediate selection and sale of the seventy-two sections of land granted this State by Act of Congress, approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, for the establishment and maintenance of a university, is hereby ordered. The moneys arising from the sale of said lands shall be and constitute a fund to be known as the Irreducible University Fund. Whenever there shall be a sum in said fund sufficient for investment the Board of Regents shall direct the State Treasurer to negotiate for investment of the same in United States securities, or in bonds of this State, at the lowest purchasable rates, and the board shall then draw their order upon the State Controller, in favor of the State Treasurer, for the amount to be invested. Said Controller shall thereupon draw his warrant as directed, and the Treasurer shall complete the purchase of the securities negotiated for by him in pursuance of this Act. The interest derived from said fund, together with all moneys paid as interest on deferred installments on purchase of lands named in this Act which may be sold under contract as provided in section 9 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the selection and sale of lands," etc., approved March fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, shall be and constitute a fund to be known as the Contingent University Fund. [Secs. 5, 6, original Act, repealed by Stats. 1887, 42.]

4654. Permanent Establishment of-Effect of Removal.

SEC. 7. In consideration of the conveyance of lands having thereon a building as provided in this Act, the State University designed ultimately to embrace departments of agriculture, mechanic arts, and mining, shall be considered permanently established as here provided, and if removed for any cause, title to the property named shall revert to the people donating the same.