172.493. Delta Research Center to be established, functions--acquisitions of land. - Missouri Statutes

Delta Research Center to be established, functions--acquisitions ofland.

172.493. 1. The board of curators of the University ofMissouri shall establish in southeast Missouri an experimentalfarm and crop research facility with outlying fields to be knownas the "Delta Research Center".

2. The university, through its College of Agriculture andunder the supervision of the dean of the College of Agriculture,shall at the research center carry on investigations, research,experiments and demonstrations designed to aid in the developmentof the agricultural interests of southeastern Missouri.

3. The board of curators of the University of Missouri isauthorized, from funds available for such purpose, to purchasethe necessary land and accept a conveyance thereof in the name ofthe state of Missouri or to acquire and accept in the name of thestate of Missouri any suitable land which may be donated for suchpurpose. It may also acquire options upon lands to be purchased.

(L. 1957 p. 429 §§ 1, 2)