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  Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act
The Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Acts are pieces of US legislation which allowed for the creation land-grant universities, which would be funded by the grant of federally-controlled land to each of the states.
The initial act of 1859 granted 30,000 acres, or $ equivalent, to the state of each Senator.
This act also required each state to show that race was not an admissions criteria, or else designate a separate and segregate land-grant university.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mo/Morrill_Act.html   (170 words)

  
 NASULGC:  The Land-Grant Tradition Hatch Act   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Hatch Act of 1887 authorized federal-grant funds for direct payment to each state that would establish an agricultural experiment station in connection with the land-grant college established under the provisions of the Morrill Act of July 2, 1862, and of all supplementary acts.
In 1955 the Hatch Act of 1887 was amended to bring about consolidation of the several federal laws relating to the appropriation of federal-grant funds for the support of agricultural experiment stations in the states, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
With this amendment the Adams Act of 1906 and the Purnell Act of 1925, as well as the Bankhead-Jones Act of 1935 and title I, section 9, of the amendment of 1945 to the Bankhead-Jones Act, as the latter two laws applied to agricultural experiment stations, were repealed.
www.nasulgc.org /publications/Land_Grant/Hatch.htm   (968 words)

  
 Land-Grant Colleges
The Hatch Act authorized direct payment of federal grant funds to each state to establish an agricultural experiment station in connection with the land-grant institution there.
This act authorized ongoing federal support for extension services, using a formula similar to the Hatch Act's to determine the amount of the appropriation.
The Morrill Act was intended to provide a broad segment of the population with a practical education that had direct relevance to their daily lives.
www.cals.cornell.edu /cals/about/overview/land-grant.cfm   (975 words)

  
 Land-grant Background
Three acts signed by President Lincoln in 1862 shaped the U.S. Agricultural history: the act authorizing a U.S. Department of Agriculture; the Homestead Act, encouraging settlement of public domain lands; and the Morrill Act establishing land grant colleges in every state and placing instruction in agriculture and home economics in higher education.
The Homestead Act caused a stampede for land (which was practically for free) and new problems arose.
The history and formation of the cooperative extension dates back to The Hatch Act of 1887 which established a cooperative bond between USDA and the nation's land grant colleges allocating annual federal funding for research.
are.berkeley.edu /extension/bkground.html   (787 words)

  
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Hatch funds, combined with required State matching dollars, supported the Experiment Stations and were used at the discretion of SAES Directors to support teaching and research.
Modern Hatch Act appropriations were distributed to the States according to a formula based on the current decennial census.
Hatch competitive multistate research funding allocations will be made to individual SAES' based on their total participation commitment (as documented in project proposals) in all multistate projects approved for funding.
www.wisc.edu /ncra/july2006-HatchRFAfinalversion.doc   (8630 words)

  
 Hatch Act Formula Fund
SAES’s are expected to propose and conduct research projects, supported with Hatch formula and matching funds, which comply with the purposes of the Hatch Act and the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended, which have relevance to the special conditions and needs of the respective states.
Each 1862 and 1890 land-grant institution is required to submit every five years a plan of work for their agricultural research and extension formula funds authorized under the Hatch Act, Smith-Lever Act, and sections 1444 and 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act.
Hatch research projects are submitted for approval to CSREES by the state agricultural experiment stations (SAES).
www.csrees.usda.gov /business/awards/formula/hatch.html   (431 words)

  
 Hatch, William Henry - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Hatch devoted himself to agricultural legislation and became chairman of the Committee on Agriculture.
He successfully pushed through Congress the act (1884) that created the Bureau of Animal Industry, the Hatch Act (1887), which provided for direct federal aid for the study of scientific agriculture, and the act (1889) that elevated the Dept. of Agriculture to the status of an executive department in the cabinet.
Approaching the Hatch jasper quarry from a technological perspective: a study of prehistoric stone tool production in Central Pennsylvania.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-hatch-w1i.html   (341 words)

  
 IAHEES History-Hatch Act
Such bulletins or reports and the annual reports of said stations shall be transmitted in the mails of the United States free of charge for postage, under such regulations as the Postmaster General may from time to time prescribe.
That nothing in this act shall be construed to impair or modify the legal relation existing between any of the said colleges and the government of the States or Territories In which they are respectively located.
Nothing in this act shall be held or construed as binding the United States to continue any payments from the Treasury to any or all the States or institutions mentioned in this act, but Congress may at any time amend, suspend, or repeal any or all the provisions of this act.
www.ag.iastate.edu /iaexp/projects/hatch.html   (170 words)

  
 Hatch Act, 1887 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Sec.5.(12) Sums available for allotment to the States under the terms of this Act, excluding the regional research fund authorized by subsection 3(c)3, shall be paid to each State agricultural experiment station in equal quarterly payments beginning on the first day of October of each fiscal year upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Sec.8.(15) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair or modify the legal relation existing between any of the colleges or universities under whose direction State agricultural experiment stations have been established and the government of the States in which they are respectively located.
(1) The Hatch Act was amended in its entirety by the Act of August 11, 1955, ch.
www.higher-ed.org.cob-web.org:8888 /resources/hatch.htm   (866 words)

  
 Essays.cc - The Hatch Act Of 1939
The Hatch Act of 1939 Under Hatch Act of 1939, federal employees, employees of the District of Columbia (D.C.) government, and certain state and local government employees faced significant restrictions on their ability to participate in political activities and placing ceilings on campaign expenditures.
The Hatch Act was amended in 1940 to put a $5000 ceiling on annual individual contributions to campaigns for any one candidate for election to federal office and to limit the contributions received and expended by political committees to $3 million a year.
Violations of Hatch Act provisions applicable to covered state and local employees are punishable by removal, or, if the agency refuses to remove the employee, by forfeiture by the affected state or locality of federal assistance equal to two years of the charged employee's salary.
www.essays.cc /free_essays/d2/aie250.shtml   (860 words)

  
 Land-Grant and Sea-Grant Information
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.
An act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and the Acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture.
An act authorizing the establishment and operation of sea grant colleges and programs by initiating and supporting programs of education and research in the various fields relating to the development of marine resources, and for other purposes.
www.ifas.ufl.edu /ls_grant/index.htm   (1053 words)

  
 The Hatch Act - OAES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Hatch Act can be likened to a sturdy bridge between the Morrill Act, signed by President Lincoln in 1862, and the Smith-Lever Act of 1914.
The Smith-Lever Act resulted in the Cooperative Extension Service, which ultimately took the findings of researchers from the universities to the fields of farmers in the respective states.
The Hatch Act of 1887, revised in 1955, states that experiment stations should, "conduct original and other research, investigations and experiments bearing directly on and contributing to the establishment and maintenance of a permanent and effective agricultural industry.
www.dasnr.okstate.edu /oaes/hatch.htm   (303 words)

  
 Research Policies
The Hatch Act of 1887 as amended, McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962 as amended, and Animal Health Act are important sources of Federal funding under a set of legislated formulas which determines how much each Experiment Station receives each year.
Twenty five percent of the Hatch Act Funds must be spent for multistate research and 25 percent for integrated research, i.e., research involving the extension service.
Hatch, McIntire-Stennis and Animal Health Funds are allocated to each Division to support work on projects in that unit with intra-division allocations and/or spending decisions made by the Division Director.
www.caf.wvu.edu /wvafes/research.htm   (1559 words)

  
 FR Doc 06-680
Hatch Act Funding Comment: One commentor felt that there is no need for the Hatch Act anymore and that the budget should be cut.
While the requirement for the Hatch Act and Smith-Lever Act funds applies to the States, CSREES assumes that in most cases the function will be performed by the 1862 land-grant institution in the States.
Section 104 of AREERA amended the Hatch Act of 1887 also to stipulate that a scientific peer review process (that also would satisfy the requirements of a merit review process under section 103(e)) be established for research programs funded under section 3(c)(3) of the Hatch Act (commonly referred to as Hatch Multistate Research Funds).
edocket.access.gpo.gov /2006/06-680.htm   (9428 words)

  
 Dean's View, Programs & People Winter 2000
The UI was established under the auspices of the original land-grant act, or Morrill Act, which provided 286,080 acres of federal lands to support the university and the college.
Additional federal funding came to the university in 1892 with the implementation of the Hatch Act of 1887, which was established to support agricultural research, and in 1914 through the Smith-Lever Act, which was established to support extension programs.
Today these Hatch and Smith-Lever funds are referred to as "federal formula funds" and are distributed to the states based on their rural and farm populations.
info.ag.uidaho.edu /magazine/winter_2000/deansview.html   (621 words)

  
 Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station - About Us
The passage of the Hatch Act in 1887 provided research at these institutions by authorizing a state agricultural experiment station for each state to undergird the educational mission.
The Morrill Act is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln, establishing a national system of Colleges, devoted to agriculture and the mechanic arts and partially funded by federal land grants.
Congress passes the amended Hatch Act which consolidates the law of 1887 and all subsequent supplementary legislation.
www.colostate.edu /Dept/AES/aboutus.html   (1807 words)

  
 Land Grant Information * Events
Another advocate, Thomas Clemson, promoted education in science and agriculture, and he was instrumental in establishing colleges along the eastern coast of the U.S. The first school that was devoted to the study of agriculture was Gardiner Lyceum in Maine established in 1823.
The initial Land-Grant Act was vetoed by President Buchanan who cited the following reasons: current economic conditions, the danger of land speculators, the inclusion of science and liberal studies, and that Congress did not have a constitutional right to appropriate federal money for education.
This federal act conferred land-grant status on 29 Native American colleges as a provision of the Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization Act.
www.ifas.ufl.edu /ls_grant/whatislg.htm   (1814 words)

  
 UI Extension - History of Extension
The Morrill Act of 1862 established the land-grant system of universities in the United States to make higher education accessible to all people throughout the nation.
The Hatch Act of 1887 established a system of agricultural experiment stations at land-grant universities devoted to mission-oriented research.
The mission of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as the land-grant university in Illinois, is to serve the people of the State with research, teaching, and outreach programs.
www.extension.uiuc.edu /about/history.html   (592 words)

  
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The Act of 1862 proposed a system of broad education by colleges, not limited to a superficial and dwarfed training, such as might be supplied by a foreman of a workshop or by a foreman of an experimental farm.
The federal support contemplated in the initial Morrill Act was to be the income from public lands (30,000 acres or equivalent in scrip for each representative and senator) made available to each state.
Land-grant status was conferred on the 29 Native American colleges in 1994 as a provision of the Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization Act.
www.wvu.edu /~exten/about/land.htm   (3169 words)

  
 Proclamation 5614 -- Hatch Act Centennial, 1987   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This system was initiated by the Hatch Act, which President Grover Cleveland signed into law on March 2, 1887.
Today we know that the adoption of the Hatch Act of 1887 was one of the most significant steps ever taken in American agriculture.
In recognition of the vital role of State agricultural experiment stations in American agriculture, the Congress, by House Joint Resolution 3, has designated March 2, 1987, as the Centennial of the signing of the Hatch Act of 1887 and authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this event.
www.reagan.utexas.edu /archives/speeches/1987/030287g.htm   (442 words)

  
 Grant Community - Comprehensive Information For Grant Administrators
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Money appropriated pursuant to this Act shall also be available, in addition to meeting expenses for research and investigations conducted under authority of Section 2, for printing and disseminating the results of such research, retirement of employees subject to the provisions of an Act approved March 4, 1940 (54 Stat.
Applicant Eligibility: Funds under the Hatch Act are allocated in accordance with the statutory formula stated in the Act to the State agricultural experiment stations of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Micronesia, and Northern Mariana Islands.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Funds under the Hatch Act are allocated in accordance with the statutory formula stated in the Act to the State agricultural experiment stations of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Micronesia, and Northern Mariana Islands.
www.grantcommunity.com /cfdaprog/p10203.htm   (618 words)

  
 Online Orientation - Clemson University & the Land Grant System
The mission was - and continues to be today - to incorporate the traditions of the liberal arts and sciences with those of the practical, mechanical and industrial.
In 1890, the second Morrill Act provided additional federal funding for the original land-grants and also created 17 more land-grants with 17 predominantly fl colleges in the southern states.
This act provides funding for the 1994 institutions to conduct non-formal education and outreach activities to help meet the needs of Native American people and to provide essential services to their communities.
www.clemson.edu /staffdev/orient/week3.htm   (854 words)

  
 IAHEE Sources-Federal-Hatch Regular   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Hatch Act of 1887 established the State Agricultural Experiment Stations.
Hatch funds are appropriated by Congress each year, and distributed to the states on a formula basis, which includes a base allocation for each state plus an amount that is allocated based on the percentage of farm and rural population in the state compared with the national farm and rural population.
The use of Hatch funds should reflect the national goals established in the Research Education and Economics (REE) Mission Area and
www.ag.iastate.edu /iaexp/projects/hatchregular.html   (227 words)

  
 FedLaw - Agriculture and Rural Development   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, overview (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)
E.O. 11108, Delegating Authority Under the International Wheat Agreement Act Of 1949, as Amended, to the Secretary of Agriculture, May 22, 1963 (University of Michigan)
E.O. 11036, Administration of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as Amended, July 11, 1962 (University of Michigan)
www.thecre.com /fedlaw/legal2.htm   (337 words)

  
 AES - A Short History
In 1887, the Hatch Act was signed into law, creating an Agricultural Experiment Station established under the direction of each Land Grant College.
Money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (as Hatch funds), combined with required state matching dollars, supported the Experiment Stations and was used at the discretion of AES directors to support teaching and research.
The NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION (AES) was established in 1887 when the General Court accepted the provisions of the Hatch Act of that year.
www.colsa.unh.edu /aes/history.html   (526 words)

  
 Virginia Geography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Virginia General Assembly established the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station (VAES) on March 1, 1886, in anticipation of the Federal Hatch Act of 1887.
the Purnell Act of 1925, and the Bankhead-Jones Act of 1935, increased federal appropriations to SAES.
In 1962, the McIntire-Stennis Act was enacted to promote forestry research and graduate education.
www.vaes.vt.edu /about/history.html   (341 words)

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