Morrill Act

Japanese: モリル法 - もりるほう（英語表記）Morrill Act

In the United States, the law that gave public land to each state for the establishment of agricultural colleges. It was named after Justin Morrill, who proposed it in 1862. Under this law, each state was given 30,000 acres (about 12,000 ha) of public land or public land certificates for each member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and the state was allowed to establish colleges teaching agriculture and technology with the proceeds from the sale of these land certificates. These colleges were called "A and M (agricultural and mechanical) colleges" or "land-grant colleges," and many of them eventually grew into state universities.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

アメリカ合衆国において，農業大学設立のため各州に公有地を与えた法律。1862年，ジャスティン･モリルの提唱により成立したので，この名で呼ばれる。この法の下で，各州は連邦議会上下両院議員1人当り3万エーカー(約1万2000ha)の公有地，または公有地証券を与えられ，その売却収入を資金に，農業および技術を教える大学を設立した。これらの大学は〈A and M(agricultural and mechanicalの略)カレッジ〉あるいは〈ランド･グラント･カレッジland‐grant college〉と呼ばれ，その多くはやがて州立大学へ成長していった。

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