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The government of the University of Nebraska was placed by the original charter in the hands of a board of twelve regents, nine of them to be chosen by the Legislature in joint session, three from each judicial district. The nine regents were divided into three classes by lot, one person from each district to belong in each class. The term of office for the first class was two years, for the second, four years, for the third six years. The remaining three regents, the chancellor, the superintendent of public instruction, and the governor, were members ex officio. The first members of the first board were appointed by the governor.
The present organization of the University was adopted in 1877, after the formation of a new state constitution in 1875. It placed the University under the control of six regents, to be elected, and made provision for its organization and administration. Section 10 of article 8, entitled "Education," in the constitution of 1875 reads as follows, remodeling in several sections the act of 1869.
The general government of the University of Nebraska shall, under direction of the legislature, be vested in a board of six regents, to be styled the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, who shall be elected by the electors of the state at large, and their terms of office, except those chosen at the first election as hereinafter provided, shall be six years. Their duties and powers shall be prescribed by law, and they shall receive no compensation, but may be reimbursed their actual expenses incurred in discharge of their duties.
The funds of the University are derived from various sources. An act of the United States Confirms of July 22, 1862, provided an endowment of land for the several states for the maintenance in each state of at least one college where branches relating to agriculture and the mechanic arts should be the main subjects of instruction. By the terms of this grant, instruction in military science must be given in these colleges. Nebraska's share in this land endowment amounted to 90,000 acres. These were selected in Antelope, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, L'Eau Qui Court (afterwards Knox), Pierce, and Wayne counties. The enabling act of April 19, 1864, providing for the admission of
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