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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Trustees to be
elected.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That as soon as two
thousand shares of the stock aforesaid has been as
aforesaid subscribed lor, and one-half thereof has
been in cash paid in, and the other half thereof
secured to be paid when required, the said stock
holders upon sufficient notice of the time and place
of meeting being given, shall or a majority of them
shall meet and elect by ballot twenty-two trustees,
one from each county, and one from the city of
Baltimore, any five of whom shall constitute a
quorum capable of transacting business.

Term of of-
fice.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the trustees so
as aforesaid by the stockholders as aforesaid, first
elected shall continue in office for five years and un-
til their successors are in manner aforesaid elected,
and all subsequent elections and continuation in of-
fice of trustees shall be for two years and until their
successors are in manner aforesaid elected.

Trustees to
appoint.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the board of
trustees aforesaid or a quorum of them shall have
full power and authority to appoint professors and
teachers in the college aforesaid, prescribe their du-
ties, salaries, and fix and determine the duties, wages,
cost and charge of all other officers and servants,
tuition and board of students, course of study, vaca-
tions, examinations, exhibitions and control and
manage all persons and things in and belonging to
the said Agricultural College, and do and perform
and cause to be done and performed all things neces-
sary and proper to continue in successful operation
the said Agricultural College and Model Farm, as
fully as if herein set forth and mentioned.

Duty of the
Board of Trus-
tees.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the said board of trustees to order and direct
to be made and instituted on said model farm annu-
ally a series of experiments upon the cultivation of
cereal and other plants adapted to the latitude and
climate of the State of Maryland, and cause to be
carefully noticed upon the records of said institution
the character of said experiments, the kind of soil,
upon which they were undertaken, the system of
cultivation adopted, the state of the atmosphere and
all other particulars which may be necessary to a fair
and complete understanding of the result of said ex-
periments, and they shall also require the instructor
of chemistry as far as may be consistent with his
other duties in said institution to carefully analyze all
specimens of soil that may be submitted to him by