The assent of the General Assembly of this State, required by "An Act to Provide for Research into Basic Laws and Principles Relating to Agriculture and to Provide for the Further Development of Cooperative Agricultural Extension Work and the more Complete Endowment and Support of Land-Grant Colleges," approved June 29, 1935 (Public No. 182 – 74th Congress), was given to the provisions and requirements of the act on April 18, 1936.