Section 5711. New York state college of veterinary medicine

1. The state
  veterinary college, established by chapter one  hundred  fifty-three  of
  the  laws  of  eighteen hundred ninety-four, shall hereafter be known as
  the New York state college of veterinary medicine at Cornell university,
  and shall continue to be under the supervision of the  state  university
  trustees. The object of said college of veterinary medicine shall be: To
  give  instruction  in  the  normal  structure and function of the animal
  body, in the pathology, prevention and treatment of animal diseases, and
  in all matters pertaining to biomedical science as  applied  to  animals
  and  correlatively to the human family; and to conduct investigations as
  to the nature, prevention and cure of all diseases of animals, including
  such as are communicable to man  and  such  as  cause  epizootics  among
  animals; and to investigate the economic questions which will contribute
  to the more profitable breeding, rearing and utilization of animals.
    2.  All  buildings, furniture, apparatus and other property heretofore
  or hereafter erected or furnished by  the  state  for  such  college  of
  veterinary  medicine  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 veterinary medicine 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  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 veterinary
  medicine  or  derived  from  other  sources  in  the   course   of   the
  administration  thereof,  shall be kept by said university in a separate
  fund from the moneys of the university, and shall  be  used  exclusively
  for  said  New York state college of veterinary medicine. 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 veterinary medicine, 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 veterinary  medicine,  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 veterinary medicine.
    5. The tuition fees charged to students shall be regulated by  Cornell
  university after consultation with the state university trustees and all
  other  fees  and charges in said college of veterinary medicine shall be
  fixed by Cornell  university,  and  the  moneys  so  received  shall  be
  expended  for  the  current  expenses  of the said college of veterinary
  medicine.