The money arising from the sale of the 180,000 acres of land donated to this state by the United States under the provisions of an Act of Congress passed on the second day of July, 1862, and an amended Act of Congress of July 23, 1866, shall constitute a perpetual fund, under the conditions and restrictions imposed by the above recited Acts, for the benefit of Texas A & M University; and the investment of the money, heretofore made in the bonds of the state, when those bonds are redeemed, may be made by the board in United States government securities in furtherance of the interests of the university and in accordance with the terms on which it was received.
Tex. Educ. Code § 86.21