Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3416: Langston University experiment station

Langston University, located at Langston, Oklahoma, is hereby

authorized to devote and use all or any part of suitable farm lands

belonging to or leased or rented by said institution in the

establishment of and conducting and carrying on an agricultural

experiment station for the purpose of conducting experiments in

agriculture. It is further provided that said station shall be

maintained in cooperation with the Oklahoma State University of

Agriculture and Applied Science of the State of Oklahoma in

accordance with the terms of the Acts of Congress establishing

agricultural colleges or universities and experiment stations.

The authority herein granted shall be construed to be

supplemental to and in conformity with Section 403 of this Code and

other applicable statutes under which said Langston University of

the State of Oklahoma was created and established and to carry into

full and complete effect the purpose and intent of said statutes. In

recognition of the designation of Langston University as an

agricultural research institution by federal and state law, and as

an institution offering graduate programs by the Oklahoma State

Regents for Higher Education, it is the intent of the Legislature

that the State Regents for Higher Education provide the appropriate

funding to enable Langston University to fulfill its role in

agricultural research as provided for in this section.

The Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and

Mechanical Colleges shall name a director of said experiment station

who shall have charge and supervision thereof, and said Board of

Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges shall

provide rules and regulations for the maintenance and operation of

said station. Provided, all of such rules and regulations and the

management of said station shall be in coordination with and

pursuant to the plan and requirements of the Board of Regents in its

operation and conduct of agricultural experiments as now conducted

at Oklahoma State University of Agriculture and Applied Science.