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praying a donation of land; resolutions of the New York State Agricultural Society, recommending a grant of land to each State and Territory and District of Columbia for the endowment and maintenance of agricultural colleges; a memorial of the directors and faculty of Farmers' College, Hamilton county, Ohio, pray, ing a grant of land to the several States and Territories for the establishment of agricultural colleges therein; a petition of citizens of New London county, Connecticut, praying that a grant of land be made for the benefit of the Michigan Agricultural College; a petition of inhabitants of Michigan, that a donation of land be made for the use of the "Michigan Agricultural College ; " a memorial of the board of trustees of "The Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania," praying a grant of land for the endowment of that institution; a petition of the State Agricultural Society of Michigan, praying that a liberal donation of public land be made for the promotion of agricultural education in that State; a memorial of Sallie Eola Reneau, praying an appropriation of a portion of unappropriated public land in the State of Mississippi for the purpose of endowing the State Female College of Mississippi; a memorial of the board of trustees of the Protestant University of the United States at Cincinnati, Ohio, praying that that institution may be endowed by a grant of public land; a memorial of the officers of the Oakland County Agricultural Society, praying a donation of land to each of the States for the encouragement and promotion of agricultural education therein; a petition of the Calhoun County Agricultural Society, Michigan, praying that a liberal donation of public land be made to Michigan and other states for the promotion of agricultural education. From House Journal House Journal, p. 144—Mr. Corning Petition Citizens of N. Y. Jan. 7, '58. for Agrl. Schools. House Journal, p. 151—By Mr. Morril, p. 151. Petition of citiJan. 11, 1858. zens of Vermont to endow colleges for benefit of Agrl. and Mechanical Arts. House Journal, p. 170—By Mr. Leach. Jan. 11, 1858.