N.Y. Education Law § 5712: New York state college of agriculture and life sciences

§ 5712. New York state college of agriculture and life sciences. 1.

The state college of agriculture, established by chapter six hundred

fifty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred four, shall hereafter be

known as the New York state college of agriculture and life sciences at

Cornell university and shall continue to be under the supervision of the

state university trustees. The object of said college of agriculture and

life sciences shall be to improve the agricultural methods of the state,

to develop the agricultural resources of the state in the production of

crops of all kinds, in the rearing and breeding of livestock, in the

manufacture of dairy and other products in determining better methods of

handling and marketing such products, and in other ways; and to increase

intelligence and elevate the standards of living in the rural districts.

For the attainment of these objects the college is authorized to give

instruction in the sciences, arts and practices relating thereto, in

such courses and in such manner as shall best serve the interests of the

state; to conduct extension work in disseminating agricultural knowledge

throughout the state by means of experiments and demonstrations on farms

and gardens, investigations of the economic and social status of

agriculture, lectures, publication of bulletins and reports, and in such

other ways as may be deemed advisable in the furtherance of the

aforesaid objects; to make researches in the physical, chemical,

biological and other problems of agriculture, the application of such

investigations to the agriculture of New York, and the publication of

the results thereof.

2. All buildings, furniture, apparatus and other property heretofore

or hereafter erected or furnished by the state for such college of

agriculture and life sciences shall be and remain the property of the

state. The Cornell university shall have the custody and control of

said property, and, as the representative of the state university

trustees, shall, with whatever state moneys may be received for the

purpose, administer the said college of agriculture and life sciences as

to the establishment of courses of study, the creation of departments

and positions, the determination of the number and salaries of members

of the faculty and other employees thereof, the appointment and

employment thereof, the maintenance of discipline and as to all other

matters pertaining to its educational policies, activities and

operations, including research work.

3. The state university trustees shall maintain general supervision

over the requests for appropriations, budgets, estimates and

expenditures of such college. Cornell university shall receive no

income, profit or compensation for the exercise and performance of the

powers and duties conferred and imposed by this section, but all moneys

received from state appropriations for the said college of agriculture

and life sciences or derived from other sources in the course of the

administration thereof, shall be credited by said university to a

separate fund, and shall be used exclusively for said New York state

college of agriculture and life sciences. Such moneys as may be

appropriated to be paid to the Cornell university by the state in any

year, to be expended by said university in the administration of said

college of agriculture and life sciences, shall be payable to the

treasurer of Cornell university in three equal payments to be made on

the first day of October, the first day of January, and the first day of

April in such year, and shall be expended upon vouchers approved by the

chancellor of the state university, as the chief administrative officer

of the state university, or by such authority or authorities in the

state university as shall be designated by the chancellor by a rule or

written direction filed with the comptroller, when and in the manner

authorized by the state university trustees.

4. The said university shall expend such moneys and use such property

of the state in administering said college of agriculture and life

sciences as above provided, and shall submit to the state university

trustees during the month of September in each year, a detailed

statement of such expenditures and of the general operations of the said

college of agriculture and life sciences.

5. The tuition fees charged to students shall be regulated by Cornell

university after prior consultation with the state university trustees

and all other fees and charges in said college of agriculture and life

sciences shall be fixed by Cornell university, and the moneys received

from these sources and from the sales of products shall be credited to a

separate fund and shall be used for the current expenses of the said

college of agriculture and life sciences.

6. There shall be established in said college of agriculture and life

sciences courses of instruction in the fundamentals, theory and practice

of nursery work, including the propagation and growth of nursery stock,

and in gardening and planting.