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Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§324 Time, manner, etc., of annual payments

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 13— - AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - COLLEGE-AID ANNUAL APPROPRIATION › § 324

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money from this law for supporting colleges must be paid each year by the Secretary of the Treasury after the Secretary of Agriculture authorizes it, on or before October 31. The funds go to the State or Territorial treasurer or another official the state names, who must, when college trustees order it, immediately give the money to the colleges or to institutions for Black students. College treasurers must send a detailed report to the Secretary of Agriculture by December 1 showing how much they received and how it was spent. These payments only happen if the state or territory’s legislature agrees to accept them.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §324

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The sums appropriated by this subchapter to the States and Territories for the further endowment and support of colleges shall be annually paid on or before the 31st day of October of each year, by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the warrant of the Secretary of Agriculture, out of the Treasury of the United States, to the State or Territorial treasurer, or to such officer as shall be designated by the laws of such State or Territory to receive the same, who shall, upon the order of the trustees of the college, or the institution for colored students, immediately pay over said sums to the treasurers of the respective colleges or other institutions entitled to receive the same, and such treasurers shall be required to report to the Secretary of Agriculture, on or before the 1st day of December of each year, a detailed statement of the amount so received and of its disbursement. The grants of moneys authorized by this subchapter are made subject to the legislative assent of the several States and Territories to the purpose of said grants.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1976—Pub. L. 94–273 substituted “October” for “July” and “December” for “September”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For

Transfer of Functions

under this section to Secretary of Agriculture, see note set out under section 321 of this title. Functions of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and Secretary thereof under this subchapter transferred to Secretary of Education by section 301(a)(2)(E) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3441(a)(2)(E) of Title 20, Education.

Transfer of Functions

from Secretary of the Interior to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, see note set out under section 321 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 324

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73