§18-10-3. Federal aid for West Virginia University and West Virginia State University.

The state of West Virginia hereby renews its assent to the provisions and purposes of the act of Congress of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public land to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," and of all subsequent acts of Congress amending or supplementing said act, and accepts the appropriations of money authorized thereby.

The state of West Virginia hereby designates West Virginia University as the beneficiary of appropriations under the eighteen hundred and sixty-two act of Congress referred to in section one of this article and West Virginia State University as the beneficiary of appropriations under the eighteen hundred and ninety act of Congress referred to in this section and shall maximize the full federal matching requirement, including, but not limited to, 7 U.S.C. § 3222d(c) through a separate line item appropriation for each of the two institutions.