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7 U.S.C. § 309 — Land grants in the State of North Dakota

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7 U.S.C. § 309 — Land grants in the State of North Dakota

**(a) Expenses** Notwithstanding [section 303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section303&num=0&edition=prelim), the State of North Dakota shall manage the land granted to the State under [section 301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section301&num=0&edition=prelim), including any proceeds from the land, in accordance with this section. **(b) Disposition of proceeds** Notwithstanding [section 304 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section304&num=0&edition=prelim), the State of North Dakota shall, with respect to any trust fund in which proceeds from the sale of land under this subchapter are deposited (referred to in this section as the “trust fund”)— (1) deposit all revenues earned by a trust fund into the trust fund; (2) deduct the costs of administering a trust fund from each trust fund; and (3) manage each trust fund to— (A) preserve the purchasing power of the trust fund; and (B) maintain stable distributions to trust fund beneficiaries. **(c) Distributions** Notwithstanding [section 304 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section304&num=0&edition=prelim), any distributions from trust funds in the State of North Dakota shall be made in accordance with section 2 of article IX of the Constitution of the State of North Dakota. **(d) Management** Notwithstanding [section 305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section305&num=0&edition=prelim), the State of North Dakota shall manage the land granted under [section 301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section301&num=0&edit

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7 U.S.C. § 305 — Conditions of grant

The grant of land and land scrip hereby authorized shall be made on the following conditions, to which, as well as to the provisions contained in said sections, the previous assent of the several States shall be signified by legislative acts:

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7 U.S.C. § 303 — Management expenses paid by State

All the expenses of management, superintendence, and taxes from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of the moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they may belong, out of the treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied without any diminution whatever to the purposes in sections 304, 305, 307 and 308 of this title mentioned.

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7 U.S.C. § 301 — Land grant aid of colleges

There is granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned in this subchapter, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of 1860: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of said sections.

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7 U.S.C. § 304 — Investment of proceeds of sale of land or scrip

All moneys derived from the sale of lands as provided in [section 302 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section302&num=0&edition=prelim) by the States to which lands are apportioned and from the sales of land scrip provided for in said section shall be invested in bonds of the United States or of the States or some other safe bonds; or the same may be invested by the States having no State bonds, in any manner after the legislatures of such States shall have assented thereto and engaged that such funds shall yield a fair and reasonable rate of return, to be fixed by the State legislatures, and that the principal thereof shall forever remain unimpaired: Provided, That the moneys so invested or loaned shall constitute a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished (except so far as may be provided in [section 305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section305&num=0&edition=prelim)), and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this subchapter, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies and including military tactics, 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 practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.

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7 U.S.C. § 309 — Land grants in the State of North Dakota

Page 370 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 306 pended for the purchase of lands for sites or ex- perimental farms, whenever authorized by the respective legislatures of said States. Second. No portion of said fund, nor the inter- est thereon, shall be applied, directly or indi- rectly, under any pretense whatever, to the pur- chase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings. Third. Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of this subchapter shall provide, within five years from the time of its acceptance as provided in subdivision seven of this section, at least not less than one col- lege, as described in section 304 of this title, or the grant to such State shall cease; and said State shall be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and the title to purchasers under the State shall be valid. Fourth. An annual report shall be made re- garding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results, and such other matters, including State industrial and economical sta- tistics, as may be supposed useful; one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail, by each, to all the other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of this subchapter, and also one copy to the Secretary of the Interior. Fifth. When lands shall be selected from those which have been raised to double the minimum price, in consequence of railroad grants, they shall be computed to the States at the max- imum price, and the number of acres proportion- ally diminished. Sixth. No State while in a condition of rebel- lion or insurrection against the Government of the United States shall be entitled to the benefit of the provisions of this subchapter.

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