The board of trustees of Purdue University may organize Purdue University in conformity with the purposes set forth in Act of Congress, approved July 2, 1862, entitled "An act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts".
IC 21-27-7-2
Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-36-4 part.