The Treasurer shall collect from the borrower of loans from the School Fund and the Agricultural College Fund all expenses incurred by him or his clerks in making examinations and appraisals of real estate required by law, and for the examination of titles and abstracts thereof, including a fee for preparing and executing the necessary papers, together with the legal charges for recording the same. In all actions for foreclosure of mortgages held for the benefit of the School Fund and the Agricultural College Fund all expenses incurred by the state in prosecuting the same may be taxed and collected with the taxable costs, as provided by law.