Montana Code 20-25-226. Assents to acts of congress
20-25-226. Assents to acts of congress. (1) (a) The state of Montana assents to the provisions of an act of congress entitled “An Act to Provide for an Increased Annual Appropriation for Agricultural Experiment Stations and Regulating the Expenditure Thereof”, approved March 16, 1906, and consents to receive the benefits of the act in the manner and for the purposes intended and provided in the act.
Terms Used In Montana Code 20-25-226
- Agricultural experiment station: means the agricultural experiment station established at Montana state university-Bozeman. See Montana Code 20-1-101
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Regents: means the board of regents of higher education. See Montana Code 20-1-101
- Several: means two or more. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(b)The agricultural experiment station must be the beneficiary of the funds in the act and shall use the funds only for the purposes provided in the act.
(c)The treasurer of Montana state university-Bozeman may receive all money appropriated by the act, to be expended under the supervision of the regents in the manner designated in the act, and must receive and shall hold and account for the funds and make reports to the secretary of agriculture as required by the act.
(2)(a) The state accepts and assents to the terms and provisions of the act of congress approved May 8, 1914, entitled “An Act to Provide for Cooperative Agricultural Extension Work Between the Agricultural Colleges in the Several States Receiving the Benefits of an Act of Congress Approved July Second, Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-two, and of Acts Supplementary Thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture”.
(b)The president of Montana state university-Bozeman may enter into all necessary agreements with the secretary of agriculture of the United States for the receipt and expenditure of all money paid under the provisions of the act.
(c)The president may receive and expend the money in accordance with the provisions of the act and any agreements made pursuant to the act.