THE STATE UNIVERSITY. " ~; il.
Iiistory. ;   ;
AGRICULTURAL and Mechanical colleges in the;  
United States owe their origin t0 an act of Coné. j
gress entitled "An Act Donating Public Lands to the I
several States and Territories which may provide Col-
leges for the benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic
Arts," approved July 2, 1802. The amount of land do-
' nated was 30,000 acres tor each Representative in the
National Congress. Under this allotment Kentucky
received 330,000 amgegg.; :SGY€;`l·&lj‘§’Q7:t.1.'(%'f€l€l}}S(°tl before
the Commonwealilri estiglflislieglf`·an'_`— Eigricnltural and
Mechanical College _uiuler.t.liis_a.ctt. §\§lrengestal»lished it
was not placed rrpciiiari iriclirpen{le;itib_a:?.i_s,§but`5ivas made
one of the Colleges of Ker_iti_i_cky U11iy.ei:sij;y, to whichin·
stitution the annual inierésftjbii·,'tl;e'·pi5c5cee¤_ls of the Con~
gressional land—grant wasto beigiven for the purpose of
carrying on its operations. The land-scrip had mean-
while been sold for fifty cents per acre, and the amount
reeeived—$l€i5,000—inve;ll1ll10ll\\`G£1llll reqriircd.