§ 301. Land grant aid of colleges

There is granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned in this subchapter, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of 1860: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of said sections. (July 2, 1862, ch. 130, § 1, 12 Stat. 503.)

CODIFICATION

Act July 2, 1862, with the exception of section 7, was not incorporated into the Revised Statutes, probably because the grants made thereby were regarded as executed, and the provisions incidental thereto as temporary. By act Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 102, 22 Stat. 484, however, section 4 of the original act was amended to read as set out under section 304 of this title.

SHORT TITLE

The act of July 2, 1862, ch. 130, as amended, which is classified to this subchapter, is popularly known as the "Morrill Act" and also as the "First Morrill Act".

LAND GRANT COLLEGES IN AMERICAN SAMOA AND
MICRONESIA

Pub. L. 96-374, title XIII, § 1361(c), (d), Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1502, provided that:

"(c) Any provision of any Act of Congress relating to the operation of or provision of assistance to a land grant college in the Virgin Islands or Guam shall apply to the land grant college in American Samoa and in Micronesia in the same manner and to the same extent.

"(d) Nothing in this section [amending section 326a of this title and provisions set out as a note below] shall be construed to interfere with or affect any of the provisions of the April 17, 1900 Treaty of Cession of Tutuila and Aunu'u Islands or the July 16, 1904 Treaty of Cession of the Manu'a Islands as ratified by the Act of February 20, 1929 (45 Stat. 1253) and the Act of May 22, 1929 (46 Stat. 4) [48 U.S.C. 1431a]." COLLEGE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF AMERICAN SAMOA, COLLEGE OF MICRONESIA, AND UNIVERSITY OF GUAM; LAND-GRANT STatus; AuthoRIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Section 506(a), (b) of Pub. L. 92-318, title V, June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 350, as amended by Pub. L. 96-374, title XIII, § 1361(a), Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1501, provided that:

"(a) The College of the Virgin Islands, the Community College of American Samoa, the College of Micronesia, and the University of Guam shall be considered land-grant colleges established for the benefit or agriculture and mechanic arts in accordance with the provisions of the Act of July 2, 1862, as amended (12 Stat. 503; 7 U.S.C. 301-305, 307, 308).

"(b) In lieu of extending to the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Micronesia those provisions of the Act of July 2, 1862, as amended, relating to donations of public land or land scrip for the endownment and maintenance of colleges or the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, there is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 to the Virgin Islands and $3,000,000 to Guam and an equal amount to American Samoa and to Micronesia. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall be held and considered to have been granted to the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Micronesia subject to the provisions of that Act applicable to the proceeds from the sale of land or land scrip."

EXCHANGE OF LAND IN MISSOURI

Pub. L. 85-262, Sept. 4, 1957, 71 Stat. 607, provided: "That, notwithstanding the provisions of the Act entitled 'An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts', approved July 2, 1862 (7 U.S.C. secs. 301-308), the State of Missouri is authorized to convey to the United States all right, title, and interest of such State in and to any land granted to such State under authority of such Act of July 2, 1862, which is located within the exterior boundaries of the national forests situated within such State, and, in exchange therefor, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to convey to the State of Missouri all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to not to exceed an equal value of national forest lands (as determined by the Secretary) situated within such State.

"SEC. 2. Any exchange authorized by the first section of this Act shall be made in accordance with the applicable provisions of section 7 of the Act of March 1, 1911, commonly referred to as the Weeks Law (16 U.S.C., sec. 516), and the applicable provisions of the Act entitled 'An Act to consolidate national forest

lands', approved March 20, 1922 (16 U.S.C., secs. 485 and 486).

"SEC. 3. Any land conveyed to the State of Missouri under authority of this Act shall, upon acceptance of such conveyance by such State, be held and considered to be granted to such State subject to the provisions of the Act of July 2, 1862, referred to in the first section of this Act.”

COOPERATION IN PLACEMENT OF DOMESTIC FARM LABOR

Section 2(b) of act Apr. 28, 1947, ch. 43, 61 Stat. 55, provided: "The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Labor shall take such action as may be necessary to assure maximum cooperation between the agricultural extension services of the land-grant colleges and the State public employment agencies in the recruitment and placement of domestic farm labor and in the keeping of such records and information with respect thereto as may be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the State unemployment compensation laws and of title V of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended (58 Stat. 295)."

ADMISSION OF ALASKA AS State; GraNTS NOT TO EXTEND TO ALASKA

Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, upon issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85-508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

Land grant under Alaska Statehood provisions as being in lieu of grant of acreage under sections 301 to 305, 307, 308 of this title (declared not to extend to Alaska), see section 6(1) of Pub. L. 85-508, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 48.

CROSS REFERENCES

Agricultural experiment stations, see section 361a et seq. of this title.

Agricultural extension work appropriation, see sections 341 to 343, 344 to 346, and 348 of this title.

College-aid annual appropriation, see sections 321 to 326 and 328 of this title.

Research and study grants to land-grant colleges for farm housing research, see note set out under section 1476 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

§ 302. Method of apportionment and selection; issuance of land scrip

The land aforesaid, after being surveyed, shall be apportioned to the several States in sections or subdivisions of sections, not less than one-quarter of a section; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at $1.25 per acre, the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State, and the Secretary of the Interior is directed to issue to each of the States in which there is not the quantity of public lands subject to sale at private entry at $1.25 per acre, to which said State may be entitled under the provisions of this subchapter, land scrip to the amount in acres for the deficiency of its distributive share; said scrip to be sold by said States and the proceeds thereof applied to the uses and purposes prescribed in said sections, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever: Provided, That in no case shall any State to which land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State, or of any Territory of the United States, but their assignees may thus locate said land

scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry at $1.25, or less, per acre: And provided further, That not more than one million acres shall be located by such assignees in any one of the States: And provided further, That no such location shall be made before July 2, 1863. (July 2, 1862, ch. 130, § 2, 12 Stat. 503.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 304 of this title.

§ 303. Management expenses paid by State

All the expenses of management, superintendence, and taxes from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of the moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they may belong, out of the treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied without any diminution whatever to the purposes in sections 304, 305, 307 and 308 of this title mentioned.

(July 2, 1862, ch. 130, § 3, 12 Stat. 504.)

§ 304. Investment of proceeds of sale of land or scrip All moneys derived from the sale of lands as provided in section 302 of this title by the States to which lands are apportioned and from the sales of land scrip provided for in said section shall be invested in bonds of the United States or of the States or some other safe bonds; or the same may be invested by the States having no State bonds, in any manner after the legislatures of such States shall have assented thereto and engaged that such funds shall yield a fair and reasonable rate of return, to be fixed by the State legislatures, and that the principal thereof shall forever remain unimpaired: Provided, That the moneys so invested or loaned shall constitute a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished (except so far as may be provided in section 305 of this title), and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this subchapter, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.

(July 2, 1862, ch. 130, § 4, 12 Stat. 504; Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 102, 22 Stat. 484; Apr. 13, 1926, ch. 130, 44 Stat. 247.)

AMENDMENTS

1926-Act Apr. 13, 1926, substituted "bonds" for "stocks" and "a fair and reasonable rate of return, to be fixed by the State Legislatures" for "not less than 5 per centum upon the amount so invested", before proviso.

1883-Act Mar. 3, 1883, added after words "other safe stocks" words "or the same may be invested by the States having no State stocks, in any other manner after the legislatures of such States shall have assented thereto, and engaged that such funds shall" and substituted "yield" for "yielding", "principal" for "capital" and "unimpaired" for "undiminished".

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 305 of this title.

§ 305. Conditions of grant

The grant of land and land scrip hereby authorized shall be made on the following conditions, to which, as well as to the provisions contained in said sections, the previous assent of the several States shall be signified by legislative acts:

First. If any portion of the fund invested, as provided by section 304 of this title, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall, by any action or contingency, be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs, so that the capital of the fund shall remain forever undiminished; and the annual interest shall be regularly applied without diminution to the purposes mentioned in section 304 of this title, except that a sum, not exceeding 10 per centum upon the amount received by any State under the provisions of this subchapter, may be expended for the purchase of lands for sites or experimental farms, whenever authorized by the respective legislatures of said States.

Second. No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.

Third. Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of this subchapter shall provide, within five years from the time of its acceptance as provided in subdivision seven of this section, at least not less than one college, as described in section 304 of this title, or the grant to such State shall cease; and said State shall be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and the title to purchasers under the State shall be valid.

Fourth. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results, and such other matters, including State industrial and economical statistics, as may be supposed useful; one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail, by each, to all the other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of this subchapter, and also one copy to the Secretary of the Interior.

Fifth. When lands shall be selected from those which have been raised to double the minimum price, in consequence of railroad grants, they shall be computed to the States at the maximum price, and the number of acres proportionally diminished.

Sixth. No State while in a condition of rebellion or insurrection against the Government of the United States shall be entitled to the benefit of the provisions of this subchapter.

Seventh. No State shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of this subchapter

unless it shall express its acceptance thereof by its legislature within three years from July 23, 1866: Provided, That when any Territory shall become a State and be admitted into the Union, such new State shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of said sections, by expressing the acceptance therein required within three years from the date of its admission into the Union, and providing the college or colleges within five years after such acceptance, as heretofore prescribed in this chapter.

(July 2, 1862, ch. 130, § 5, 12 Stat. 504; July 23, 1866, ch. 209, 14 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 231, § 3, 17 Stat. 559.)

REPEALS

Subd. fourth was repealed in part by act March 3, 1873, which provided in part: "That all laws and parts of laws permitting the transmission by mail of any free matter whatever be, and the same are hereby, repealed from and after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three."

Subd. seventh formerly contained a proviso which read as follows: "Provided further, That any State which has prior to July 23, 1866, expressed its acceptance of the foregoing provisions of this chapter shall have the period of five years within which to provide at least one college, as described in the fourth section of said act, after the time for providing said college, according to the act of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two shall have expired."

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 304 of this title. § 306. Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1, 46 Stat. 1028 Section, act July 2, 1862, ch. 130, § 6, 12 Stat. 505, related to time of location of land scrip.

§ 307. Fees for locating land scrip

The land officers shall receive the same fees for locating land scrip issued under the provisions of this subchapter as was on July 2, 1862, allowed for the location of military bounty land warrants under laws existing at that time: Provided, That their maximum compensation shall not be thereby increased.

(July 2, 1862, ch. 130, § 7, 12 Stat. 505.)

§ 308. Reports by State governors of sale of scrip

The governors of the several States to which scrip shall be issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall be required to report annually to Congress all sales made of such scrip until the whole shall be disposed of, the amount received for the same, and what appropriation has been made of the proceeds. (July 2, 1862, ch. 130, § 8, 12 Stat. 505.)

SUBCHAPTER II-COLLEGE-AID ANNUAL APPROPRIATION

SUBCHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This subchapter is referred to in sections 331, 341, 390b, 390c, 450i, 1926, 2663, 2664, 3103, 3124a, 3221, 3222, 3223, 3261, 3703 of this title; title 16 sections 1672, 1673; title 20 section 3441; title 22 section 2220a; title 42 section 1788; title 43 section 179.

§ 321. Secretary of Agriculture to administer annual college-aid appropriation

The Secretary of Agriculture is charged with the proper administration of this subchapter. (Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, § 4, 26 Stat. 419; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 201, 204, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Oct. 17, 1979, Pub. L. 96-88, title III, § 301(a)(2)(E), 93 Stat. 677; Dec. 22, 1981, Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, § 1419, 95 Stat. 1306.)

CODIFICATION

Section constitutes part of section 4 of act Aug. 30, 1890. Remainder of section 4 is classified to section 326 of this title.

SHORT TITLE

The act of Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, as amended, which is classified to this subchapter, is popularly known as the "Agricultural College Act of 1890" and also as the "Second Morrill Act”.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions and duties of the Secretary of Education under this subchapter were transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture by section 1419 of Pub. L. 97-98.

All functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under this subchapter were transferred to the Secretary of Education by section 301(a)(2)(E) of Pub. L. 96-88, which is classified to section 3441(a)(2)(E) of Title 20, Education.

All functions of the Federal Security Administrator were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of the Federal Security Agency were transferred to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Federal Security Agency and the office of Administrator were abolished by section 8 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1. Prior to July 1, 1939, functions of the Secretary of the Interior under this subchapter were carried out through Office of Education of the Department of the Interior. The Office of Education and its functions were transferred to the Federal Security Administrator by section 204 of 1939 Reorg. Plan No. 1, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.

RECLAMATION FUND

Moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories were appropriated to a "reclamation fund", for the reclamation of arid and semi-arid lands, by the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 1, 32 Stat. 388, and, by a proviso annexed to that section, in case the receipts from the sale and disposal of other public lands are insufficient to meet the requirements for the support of agricultural colleges under this act, the sum necessary is to be provided from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. See section 391 et seq. of Title 43, Public Lands.

CROSS REFERENCES

Additional aid for agricultural college extension work, see sections 341 to 343, 344 to 346, and 347a to 349 of this title.

College land-aid appropriation, see sections 301 to 305, 307, and 308 of this title.

§ 322. Annual appropriation

There is annually appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid as provided in section 324 of

this title, to each State and Territory for the more complete endowment and maintenance of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established in accordance with the provisions of subchapter I of this chapter, $50,000 to be applied only to instruction in food and agricultural sciences, and to the facilities for such instruction: Provided, That said colleges may use a portion of this money for providing courses for the special preparation of instructors for teaching the elements of food and agricultural sciences.

(Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, § 1, 26 Stat. 417; Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1281, 1282; Dec. 22, 1981, Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, § 1421, 95 Stat. 1306.)

CODIFICATION

Section is based on a part of section 1 of act Aug. 30, 1890, and the tenth and eleventh pars. under the heading "Emergency Appropriations" of act Mar. 4, 1907. Remainder of section 1 of act Aug. 30, 1890, is classified to section 323 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1981-Pub. L. 97-98 substituted "food and agricultural sciences" for "agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language, and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural, and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life" and "the elements of food and agricultural sciences" for "the elements of agriculture and the mechanic arts".

1907-Act Mar. 4, 1907, increased the amount from “$25,000” to “$50,000”, and added the proviso.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

For transfer of functions under this section to the Secretary of Agriculture, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 321 of this title.

EFFECTIVE Date of 1981 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 97-98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97-98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 of this title.

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS TO LAND-GRANT COLLEGES FOR FISCAL YEARS 1982, 1983, AND 1984 Pub. L. 97-35, title I, § 123, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 368, provided that: "There are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of providing assistance to land-grant colleges under the Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly referred to as the 'Second Morrill Act') [this subchapter] and the Act of March 4, 1907 (7 U.S.C. 322), not to exceed $2,800,000 for the fiscal year 1981; not to exceed $2,800,000 for the fiscal year 1982; not to exceed $2,800,000 for the fiscal year 1983; and not to exceed $2,800,000 for the fiscal year 1984."

CROSS REFERENCES

Additional appropriation for agricultural colleges, see section 329 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 326a of this title.

§ 323. Racial discrimination by colleges restricted No money shall be paid out under this subchapter to any State or Territory for the support or maintenance of a college where a distinction of race or color is made in the admission of students, but the establishment and maintenance of such colleges separately for

white and colored students shall be held to be a compliance with the provisions of said sections if the funds received in such State or Territory be equitably divided as hereinafter set forth: Provided, That in any State in which there has been one college established in pursuance of subchapter I of this chapter, and also in which an educational institution of like character has been established, or may be hereafter established, and is on August 30, 1890, aided by such State from its own revenue, for the education of colored students in agriculture and the mechanic arts, however named or styled, or whether or not it has received money prior to August 30, 1890, under said subchapter I, the legislature of such State may propose and report to the Secretary of Agriculture a just and equitable division of the fund to be received under this subchapter between one college for white students and one institution for colored students established as aforesaid, which shall be divided into two parts and paid accordingly, and thereupon such institution for colored students shall be entitled to the benefits of said sections and subject to their provisions, as much as it would have been if it had been included under subchapter I of this chapter, and the fulfillment of the foregoing provisions shall be taken as a compliance with the provision in reference to separate colleges for white and colored students.

(Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, § 1, 26 Stat. 417; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 201, 204, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Oct. 17, 1979, Pub. L. 96-88, title III, § 301(a)(2)(E), 93 Stat. 677; Dec. 22, 1981, Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, § 1419, 95 Stat. 1306.)

CODIFICATION

Section constitutes part of section 1 of act Aug. 30, 1890. Remainder of section 1 is classified to section 322 of this title.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

For transfer of functions under this section to the Secretary of Agriculture, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 321 of this title.

§ 324. Time, manner, etc., of annual payments

The sums appropriated by this subchapter to the States and Territories for the further endowment and support of colleges shall be annually paid on or before the 31st day of October of each year, by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the warrant of the Secretary of Agriculture, out of the Treasury of the United States, to the State or Territorial treasurer, or to such officer as shall be designated by the laws of such State or Territory to receive the same, who shall, upon the order of the trustees of the college, or the institution for colored students, immediately pay over said sums to the treasurers of the respective colleges or other institutions entitled to receive the same, and such treasurers shall be required to report to the Secretary of Agriculture, on or before the 1st day of December of each year, a detailed statement of the amount so received and of its disbursement. The grants of moneys authorized by this subchapter are made subject to the leg

islative assent of the several States and Territories to the purpose of said grants.

(Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, § 2, 26 Stat. 418; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 204, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Apr. 21, 1976, Pub. L. 94-273, § 9(1), 90 Stat. 378; Oct. 17, 1979, Pub. L. 96-88, title III, § 301(a)(2)(E), 93 Stat. 677; Dec. 22, 1981, Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, § 1419, 95 Stat. 1306.)

AMENDMENTS

1976-Pub. L. 94-273 substituted "October" for "July" and "December" for "September".

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

For transfer of functions under this section to the Secretary of Agriculture, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 321 of this title.

All functions of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Secretary thereof under this subchapter were transferred to the Secretary of Education by section 301(a)(2)(E) of Pub. L. 96-88, which is classified to section 3441(a)(2)(E) of Title 20, Education.

Transfer of functions from Secretary of the Interior to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 321 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 322 of this title. § 325. State to replace funds misapplied, etc.; restrictions on use of funds; reports by colleges

If any portion of the moneys received by the designated officer of the State or Territory for the further and more complete endowment, support, and maintenance of colleges, or of institutions for colored students, as provided in this subchapter, shall, by any action or contingency, be diminished or lost, or be misapplied, it shall be replaced by the State or Territory to which it belongs, and until so replaced no subsequent appropriation shall be apportioned or paid to such State or Territory; and no portion of said moneys shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings. An annual report by the president of each of said colleges shall be made to the Secretary of Agriculture, regarding the condition and progress of each college, including statistical information in relation to its receipts and expenditures, its library, the number of its students and professors, and also as to any improvements and experiments made under the direction of any experiment stations attached to said colleges, with their cost and results, and such other industrial and economical statistics as may be regarded as useful, one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail free to all other colleges further endowed under this subchapter.

(Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 841, § 3, 26 Stat. 418; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 204, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Oct. 17, 1979, Pub. L. 96-88, title III, § 301(a)(2)(E), 93 Stat. 677; Dec. 22, 1981, Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, § 1419, 95 Stat. 1306.)