§ 5712. New York state college of agriculture and life sciences. 1.
The state college of agriculture, established by chapter six hundred
fifty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred four, shall hereafter be
known as the New York state college of agriculture and life sciences at
Cornell university and shall continue to be under the supervision of the
state university trustees. The object of said college of agriculture and
life sciences shall be to improve the agricultural methods of the state,
to develop the agricultural resources of the state in the production of
crops of all kinds, in the rearing and breeding of livestock, in the
manufacture of dairy and other products in determining better methods of
handling and marketing such products, and in other ways; and to increase
intelligence and elevate the standards of living in the rural districts.
For the attainment of these objects the college is authorized to give
instruction in the sciences, arts and practices relating thereto, in
such courses and in such manner as shall best serve the interests of the
state; to conduct extension work in disseminating agricultural knowledge
throughout the state by means of experiments and demonstrations on farms
and gardens, investigations of the economic and social status of
agriculture, lectures, publication of bulletins and reports, and in such
other ways as may be deemed advisable in the furtherance of the
aforesaid objects; to make researches in the physical, chemical,
biological and other problems of agriculture, the application of such
investigations to the agriculture of New York, and the publication of
the results thereof.

2. All buildings, furniture, apparatus and other property heretofore
or hereafter erected or furnished by the state for such college of
agriculture and life sciences shall be and remain the property of the
state. The Cornell university shall have the custody and control of
said property, and, as the representative of the state university
trustees, shall, with whatever state moneys may be received for the
purpose, administer the said college of agriculture and life sciences as
to the establishment of courses of study, the creation of departments
and positions, the determination of the number and salaries of members
of the faculty and other employees thereof, the appointment and
employment thereof, the maintenance of discipline and as to all other
matters pertaining to its educational policies, activities and
operations, including research work.

3. The state university trustees shall maintain general supervision
over the requests for appropriations, budgets, estimates and
expenditures of such college. Cornell university shall receive no
income, profit or compensation for the exercise and performance of the
powers and duties conferred and imposed by this section, but all moneys
received from state appropriations for the said college of agriculture
and life sciences or derived from other sources in the course of the
administration thereof, shall be credited by said university to a
separate fund, and shall be used exclusively for said New York state
college of agriculture and life sciences. Such moneys as may be
appropriated to be paid to the Cornell university by the state in any
year, to be expended by said university in the administration of said
college of agriculture and life sciences, shall be payable to the
treasurer of Cornell university in three equal payments to be made on
the first day of October, the first day of January, and the first day of
April in such year, and shall be expended upon vouchers approved by the
chancellor of the state university, as the chief administrative officer
of the state university, or by such authority or authorities in the
state university as shall be designated by the chancellor by a rule or
written direction filed with the comptroller, when and in the manner
authorized by the state university trustees.

4. The said university shall expend such moneys and use such property
of the state in administering said college of agriculture and life
sciences as above provided, and shall submit to the state university
trustees during the month of September in each year, a detailed
statement of such expenditures and of the general operations of the said
college of agriculture and life sciences.

5. The tuition fees charged to students shall be regulated by Cornell
university after prior consultation with the state university trustees
and all other fees and charges in said college of agriculture and life
sciences shall be fixed by Cornell university, and the moneys received
from these sources and from the sales of products shall be credited to a
separate fund and shall be used for the current expenses of the said
college of agriculture and life sciences.

6. There shall be established in said college of agriculture and life
sciences courses of instruction in the fundamentals, theory and practice
of nursery work, including the propagation and growth of nursery stock,
and in gardening and planting.