Section 5712. New York state college of agriculture and life sciences

1.
  The state college of agriculture, established  by  chapter  six  hundred
  fifty-five  of  the  laws  of  nineteen hundred four, shall hereafter be
  known as the New York state college of agriculture and life sciences  at
  Cornell university and shall continue to be under the supervision of the
  state university trustees. The object of said college of agriculture and
  life sciences shall be to improve the agricultural methods of the state,
  to  develop the agricultural resources of the state in the production of
  crops of all kinds, in the rearing and breeding  of  livestock,  in  the
  manufacture of dairy and other products in determining better methods of
  handling and marketing such products, and in other ways; and to increase
  intelligence and elevate the standards of living in the rural districts.
  For  the  attainment  of these objects the college is authorized to give
  instruction in the sciences, arts and  practices  relating  thereto,  in
  such courses and in such manner as shall best serve the interests of the
  state; to conduct extension work in disseminating agricultural knowledge
  throughout the state by means of experiments and demonstrations on farms
  and  gardens,  investigations  of  the  economic  and  social  status of
  agriculture, lectures, publication of bulletins and reports, and in such
  other ways as  may  be  deemed  advisable  in  the  furtherance  of  the
  aforesaid  objects;  to  make  researches  in  the  physical,  chemical,
  biological and other problems of agriculture, the  application  of  such
  investigations  to  the  agriculture of New York, and the publication of
  the results thereof.
    2. All buildings, furniture, apparatus and other  property  heretofore
  or  hereafter  erected  or  furnished  by  the state for such college of
  agriculture and life sciences 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 agriculture and life sciences 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 other
  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  agriculture
  and  life  sciences  or  derived from other sources in the course of the
  administration thereof, shall  be  credited  by  said  university  to  a
  separate  fund,  and  shall  be used exclusively for said New York state
  college of  agriculture  and  life  sciences.  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  agriculture  and  life  sciences,  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 agriculture and life
  sciences as above provided, 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 agriculture and life sciences.
    5.  The tuition fees charged to students shall be regulated by Cornell
  university after prior consultation with the state  university  trustees
  and  all  other fees and charges in said college of agriculture and life
  sciences shall be fixed by Cornell university, and the  moneys  received
  from these sources and from the sales of products shall be credited to a
  separate  fund  and  shall  be used for the current expenses of the said
  college of agriculture and life sciences.
    6. There shall be established in said college of agriculture and  life
  sciences courses of instruction in the fundamentals, theory and practice
  of  nursery work, including the propagation and growth of nursery stock,
  and in gardening and planting.