Links to pdfs showing land grant institutions as of 1862, 1890, and 1994. Text and pdf of original 1862 manuscript of morrill act. Officially titled an act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, the morrill act provided each state with 30,000 acres of federal land for each member in their. Transcript of morrill act 1862 printfriendly version. How did the morrill act of 1862 affect american education. How the morrill act of 1862 came aboutthe morrill act follows the namesake of its main legislator. Highresolution pdfs of morrill act 1862 please note that these files are quite large 23 megabytes and may take over an hour to download on a 28.
Intentions and misinterpretations of land grant joseph a. On july 2, 1862, president abraham lincoln signed into law the morrill act 0f 1862, or the land grant colleges act. Shultz honors research project for the degree bachelor of science in agriculture department of agricultural, environmental and development economics fae hon. Search this collection in the 37th congress using the phrase donating public lands. Agc 2003 8584 the ohio state university spring quarter 2003 bernard l.
A brief history of the department of biological and. Sponsored by senator justin morrill of vermont, an act donating public. The new landgrant institutions, which emphasized agriculture and mechanic arts, opened opportunities to thousands of farmers and working people previously excluded from higher education. Provided, that when any territory shall become a state and be admitted into the union, such new state shall shall be entitled to the benefits of the said act of july two, eighteen hundred and sixty. Morrill act of 1862the morrill act of 1862 was a significant piece of legislation passed during the civil war congress. His most notable legacy, the 1862 landgrant college act, extended the possibility of higher education to the masses including such traditionally disenfranchised. An act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts. Justin morrill, the major proponent of the act, intended these colleges to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the states may respectively prescribe, in order to promote. Colleges of agriculture, the morrill acts, and the. Sponsored by vermont congressman justin morrill, the morrill act was signed into law by president abraham lincoln on july 2, 1862.
The original mission of these institutions, as set forth in the. Chapter 2 justin morrill, the landgrant act of 1862, and the birth of the. Chapter i chapter ii chapter iii chapter iv chapter v. Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america in congress assembled, that there be granted to the several states, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount.
For multipage documents such as this one, we offer the first and last pages for download below. Act morrill act was passed by congress in 1862 to provide equal access to higher education and employment in agriculture and industry. It is still a significant piece of legislation today because of its effects and the continuing legacy it has left to modern day america in the field of higher education. The original morrill act provided for public lands to be granted to the various states in the amount of thirty thousand. Justin morrill, the major proponent of the act, intended these colleges to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the states may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and.
No state shall be entitled to the benefits of this act unless it shall express its acceptance thereof by its legislature within three years from july 23, 1866. Justin smith morrill and the politics and legacy of the land g. Passed on july 2, 1862, this act made it possible for new western states to establish colleges for their citizens. It is the purpose of this bibliography to present sources containing information on this development, through general references and histories of the individual landgrant institutions. Moreover, the acts of 1965 were not even a conceptual breakthrough. Enrolled acts and resolutions of congress, 17891996. Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america in congress assembled, that there be granted to the. Act of july 2, 1862 morrill act, public law 37108, which established land grant colleges, 07021862. Morrill act of 1862 act of 1862 donating lands for colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts thirtyseventh congress. The morrill landgrant acts are united states statutes that allowed for the creation of landgrant colleges in u.
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