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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
DATE: May 6, 2014
TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board
FROM: Larry Williams
SUBJECT: Morill Act Resolution (Land Grant Act)
DEPARTMENT: County Extension
BCC DISTRICT: All
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Staff is presenting to the Board of County Commissioners the
Morrill Act in recognition of the 100th Anniversary of the Cooperative Extension Service.
BACKGROUND: In 1862 President Lincoln signed the Morrill Act, also known as the “Land
Grant Act”, donating to states tens of thousands of acres of public land to sell and invest the
proceeds in an endowment fund that would provide support for colleges of Agriculture and
Mechanical Arts, known as land-grant universities. The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 established the
Cooperative Extension Service, a partnership between federal, state, and county governments, to
connect the research, and information gathered by the land-grant universities with the general
public through educational programs.
OPTIONS: N/A
RECOMMENDATIONS: Recognition only
RECOMMENDED BY:
APPROVED BY:
Ernie Padgett, County Administrator