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832 HISTORY OF TEXAS.
SEC. 8. The Governor, Comptroller, and Secretary of State shall constitute
a Board of Education, who shall distribute said funds to the several
counties, and perform such other duties concerning' public schools as may
be prescribed by law.
ASYLUMS.
SEc. 9. All lands heretofore granted for the benefit of the Lunatic, Blind,
Deaf and Dumb, and Orphan Asylums, together with such donations as
may have been made or may hereafter be made to either of them, respectively,
as indicated in the several grants, are hereby set apart to provide a
permanent fund for the support, maintenance, and improvement of said
asylums. And the Legislature may provide for the sale of the lands and
investment of the proceeds in manner as provided for the sale and investment
of school lands in Section 4 of this Article.
UNIVERSITY.
SEC. 10. The Legislature shall, as soon as practicable, establish, organize,
and provide for the maintenance, support, and direction of a university of
the first class, to be located by a vote of the people of the State, and styled
"The University of Texas," for the promotion of literature, and the arts
and sciences, including an agricultural and mechanical department.
SEi. 11. In order to enable the Legislature to perform the duties set forth
in the foregoing section, it is hereby declared that all lands and other property
heretofore set apart and appropriated for the establishment and maintenance
of 1" The University of Texas," together with all the proceeds of
sales of the same, heretofore made or hereafter to be made, and all grants,
donations, and appropriations that may hereafter be made by the State of
Texas, or from any other source, shall constitute and become a permanent
university fund. And the same as realized and received illto the Treasury
of the State (together with such sums, belonging to the fund, as may now
be in the Treasury), shall be invested in bonds of the State of Texas, if the
same can be obtained; if not, then in United States bonds; and the interest
accruing thereon shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature to
accomplish the purpose declared in the foregoing section; provided, that
one-tenth of the alternate sections of the lands granted to railroads,reserved
by the State, which were set apart and appropriated to the establishment of
" The University of Texas," by an act of the Legislature of February 11,
1858, entitled "' An act to establish ' The University of Texas,'" shall not be
included in or constitute a part of the permanent university fund.
SEC. 12. The land herein set apart to the university fund shall be sold
under such regulations, at such times, and on such terms, as may be provided
by law; and the Legislature shall provide for the prompt collection,
at maturity, of all debts due on account of university lands, heretofore sold,
or that may hereafter be sold, and shall in neither event have the power to
grant relief to the purchasers.
SEC. 13. The Agricultural stid MAechanical College of Texas, established
by an act of the Legislature, passed April 17, 1871, located in the county of
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Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894. A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879., book, 1879; St. Louis, Missouri. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5828/m1/832/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .