Federal City College as a Land Grant College: Hearing Before Subcommittee No. 5, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 15280, H.R. 15886, and S. 1999 ... March 13, 1968U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968 - 38 pages Considers H.R. 15280, identical H.R. 15886 and companion S. 1999, to amend the D.C. Public Education Act to qualify Federal City College as a land grant college. |
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Page 1 - An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two...
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Page 2 - An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight", approved March 4.
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Page 2 - Act shall be considered to be a college established for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts in accordance with the provisions of the Act of July 2, 1862 (12 -Stat. 503; 7 USC 301-305, 307, 308), and the term "State" as used in the aforementioned laws or provisions of laws shall include the District of Columbia.
Page 2 - Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall be held and considered to have been granted to the District of Columbia subject to those provisions of that Act applicable to the proceeds from the sale of land or land scrip.
Page 2 - ... and inserting in lieu thereof "$4.320,000". (b) In lieu of extending to the District of Columbia those provisions of the Act of July 2, 1862 (12 Stat. 503; 7 USC 301-305, 307, 308), relating to donations of public lands or land scrip for the endowment and maintenance of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, there is authorized to be appropriated to the District of Columbia the sum of $7,241,708.
Page 2 - The enactment of this title, shall, as respects the District of Columbia, be deemed to satisfy any requirement of State consent contained in any of the laws or provisions of law referred to in this title.
Page 31 - I have a brief statement in addition to the letter which you have made a part of the record. Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, thank you for giving the District Government an opportunity to testify on HR 15280 and S.
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| Title | Federal City College as a Land Grant College: Hearing Before Subcommittee No. 5, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 15280, H.R. 15886, and S. 1999 ... March 13, 1968 |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 27 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 38 pages |
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