Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-07-22

joE ;hrir ca, - quicrtnct on y"ht patl IN thr'
ninu,ions VIZ would ask VI me paris w w.
,;s and the writer's n these letters "r'e W
snrh PROMISES! We understand Inc records
If vour Board will show that you AWAY! "" ] NV
nIic,lly retained this tigh: al arr"h.'''',, L. r, ~
!, "A my u,rsun To make its surrender ~ 10 ' VA"
an M ,sorship Of surgery WAS last o'
y,ur BODY brought forward The name Vi an no E M
nf virginia opposition 10 'ne s;,;nn =. ,J;,,
I. ,lIcrr Faculty. The fact that lhts opp's uloac
I"'"s' r,n,h IN elect him. does not Affect the
principle that You established 'aei a" uni, bo, :, a. ~ |
meeting tnt tho first time why w" ~ H.. ,;,h,,o I,
h,Ii,rt for a, all if YOU did not nave o " eicI
,;n, Tn, smrc nririesc of being canuuae uer s"ch
circumstances wihnu, The power 81 oehs very
poor boon that will be seldom rai"e o crow, n' -
-, ~ ,hc consideration vi rights when nave gov ou u
.hs c,nrcr,ion with Hampton Sidney Co"ess' ~ ihsia
Gus elnr, s made impress inc puuI we ac rsdt,i w.
lief iha, private rights are invaded; m h. I'd NM
iodricstrlr in the management oil an e"'e @ 80 W., "o
n,;xe,c and individual enterprise ~ '"e
records and sec how far they will sustain rs
~. find from these records that IN inc Scai o1i tht
,'' o,mnciI Of The civ of Richmond Appropriated
comm II civ unds as donation 10 the hieuicu
Of HampicI Sidney College Vim ' mG"' mat,u
dent oi the council purchased 'he 'e U a, c,nm Shn i
hud,ncs were erected and caused me paies H" "1 u
- ,-rhoscd 10 convey the same 10 the ffes'uen anu VI
r,c,ors Of the Literary Fund r ,i;,;, r,,.o, -
~ Eh,nn,v 1911 The Legislature OF Seihia PISSED an
hin and directing the President and D'nclors OF
Ibr Literary Fund upon application oil ne acuy % 'he
Medical Department OF Hampton Sidney I1es - u'es'
The sum of fifteen thousand dollars aS saiu , u
, md sruuest in land and buildings lot INC UT au oe'
ncfit OF The Medical College al hlchmonn ,hp,-Ss,
lSi5 the Legislature passed an act, une' ~, c, "
and Directors Of tie Literary Fund 10 h'es' VIC une'
ann of ten thousand dollars in The same mahh:i, aa LOT
the same purposes We call your specsa' a - ..e
language o! the above acts Tie ohiy po"e,' , Wv.
Faculty OF the College are, a. 10 te uhie u ,
tho selection of Nh. site and the model VI ll ou"!ngs
But there certain proYiSos 10 these dc's any
10 the investments made unier them. Isl. =
that Literary Fund shall re'hh ,a,n
the lard and buildings and other property ,o u'I Of
rua thereon CT the of six per cent per
III II il provided tha beure such investment Is maze
the faculty Of the college shall give 10 the PRESIDENT al
Directors Of The Literary Fund sutcled: personal seeu
for the payment of The principal AID Gr NE puhclaI
paymsn, o! the nteestuso for all taxes on me pt1e-
which shall be amply secured against risk OF loss oy A.
81. The President ami Directors oil inc Literary fuo
shall have power 10 require aediticCs security and upn
failure Of he faculty give satisfactory security they shdi
proceed 10 collect The whole amount DUE IT on tEe'e
provsos seemingly stringent and more particularly On .c
second requiring bonds with surc!cnt personal sec'-
y-that hc members Of the faculty base he cis!s 10 YER
sona rights and the exclusive coniro! oil tne
Here twenty thousand dollars OF pubic money
vested and six gentlemen receive al inc o anu
profits which II seems 10 be no very great had'
ship that they should be responsible Tor ana Fay Tor 'h!s
| trading fund or capital furnished them.
But let ugain TO the records, and we speak only
from them, and how "a these provisions have been car
| riCd out and complied with
Ii Is obvious that these acts CT me Ce.era Assembly
contemplated that the President and Directors he Lite
rary Fund should take lien the land buildings AM
other property of The College with good and sucent per
s0na .geg But these provisions have never been car!
cd into effect TIC records Of the Hastings Court OF our
city will prove The cAlscca certain articles ot agree.
ment entered into between the Faculty OF the College and
the President and Directors Of the Literary tIn..
Thesc parties agreed that the Literary Fund should od
the entire property in fee simple instead Of their standing in
he relation n debOr nnd creditor. Accordingly we lind
The land on which the College buildings now stand, convey
ed BY the parties al whom e council purchased
directly ind absolutely the Literary Fund The Presi-
dent and directors of this fund with commcndlh bcrali
preermttc The personal security feature in the bonds.
All that required The naked bond Of each member
the Faculty for his proportional share OF The debt When
vacancy Occurs the bond Of the newly elected member il
exchanged ia. TIA. o. the retiring u.enbcr and ais W. are
assured has been tie unIin'n habit Now If these bonds
were looked being very be s-ay to give security
10 the Investment made or Hs enang any heavy or Ia.
zirious responsibility The members o the F;culiy is il
probable thai the President and Directors oi The litera
ry Fund would see hai they were Away by
ampcst personal security We furthermore learn that
has been the the Literary Board to make
any Investigation Int" the E0vrncy :" the parties giving
o0nis Are justified 10 regarding these bonds as
merely nominal aud given pro formal Did On! Lcgisa-
ture demand payment under sim!iar ccumsancesi-
And what responsibility have The members Of the Faculty
| incurred!
Bat the ocraly If tie Legislature did stop here
On 9h Of March, 1850 find The L"gisIlurc passed an
act releasing the Faculty from The payment Of interest
which ieli d!a the Isl Of January $780, and scmannu
ally thereafter hat affecting The principal sum-, and re-
serving itself the appeal modify the act OF e
lease. IL may not be ~ mention h"e that The able
ana Experienced Second Auditor, III MS ta report suose'
qucnt i pas. al the ahnvc act ic
ccs Of the Literary Fund permanently Diminished IN
| the arn,.Ei:t -! ,ls RENTED inicrest.
Hu; il Is claincL that in a!ii"n 10 the by ths
n s s ya Ss IA s Ess9 Ry a Ssfa sSRen :a@
NOS, reliable source, that five thousand dollars Is lhr
cllucd have been thus expended We .:aYe
meal,s Of getting certain Information on this SUBJECT All
that know il thu; The bill Of The who did the
whole work, with the exception II grading fencing furnish
and he erection III small: bac hrnse is irom S 900
10 81 so less than the sum invested by the Stale
By turning, however, the records find that bY The
articles %! agreement by the President and hi.
rectus OF 'hc literary Fund and the Faculty nl the College
provision was made for such advcnccncns In such
SEES HE FIcGy instructed 10 Issue certificates debt,
and duplicates OF such certificates be filed in The
office ui the Literary Fund and on The completion of the
buildings AMI appurlenlnces, "!r Faculty file
statement Of the Announcements made, and persons making
these av shall have lien the properly" Thcsc
quotations taken from the original copy Of the articles
Of agecna.i and their mandates srcrn quite imperative.
Now, enquiry find no such certificates OF nd.
vancemenl filed in The otiCe OF the Literary Fund But
let grant that these gentlemen did extent invest
their private funds They completed and furnished the
first floor I" The COLLEGE building spacious in.rmary
CHARITY iossITAL rs is well known here-bu o.:
enterprise III the present stale Of population pro-
missing such eood returns, that other medical have
made arg Gv,s similar Kay Rut let argu.
mcnIavry allow that they have invested IS coo Of private
They have paid interest The State ln:esi.
mcnt since the ist JGy. lS49 This would have amounted
70 $4,000. They nave sought and obtained exemption from
water rcnts and city lakes which, The pres Of as
sessIent, woud amount 81 500 $4,000 more
Add the nres the city donation Of So UOO and all these
items "gc,hrr WI present The snug sum Of between So 900
and SlUOU0 which these gentlemen Of the Faculty hive en-
oycd IN The way o immuniiic Thus they fully and
clearly nGrtnniied for all their private anceents
We iicul scarcely mention the tuition fccs from FUN
daon al III: Col, 10 the present time the advantages
OF professional position which their with your
College has secured 70 he aud other sources Of prn6t 10
show that this connection has hc.n injurious or drr.
mental /" Heir private INTERESTS and since the wear lajq
We believe they have been required pay nothing lyt in.
suranCe on the buildings agaiust risk by FIRE
But private funds invested in The brildinvs
the investment mast have been by the first corps of profs
su!s Three ui these longer connected with the
school VIII it be conceded that their
rich, 10 claim indemnity ?
We have been forced Ia enter upon these details Ia free
ourselves from the charge Of scckrn intermediate with
private Institution and with an individual enterprise
From this exhibit IL is clear thai the Medical DEPARTMENT
Of tiampdcn Sidney College is a public institution nursed
and reared from lis infancy upon public funds nmun;iics
privileges and benciactions As such, every ayyer has
right 10 enquire into iIs management and has an Interest
and Influence III lis conduct and control
We have argued this question length that vour
Board ard III" public may understand it fully and that
may be S,cd Of all doubt and ny,iica,ion Bnr there
certain important and volumnnus document in tho If
nee Of the Literary Fund bearing the impress of hiub scals
and signatures. short quotation this auh0r tative
manuscript ought II appears 10 silence forever all
cav about individual rights This doc,,rncn; EXPRESSLY
STIMULATES NOR shall I've in the power Of the mambera nj
the Faculty aforesaid in their individual rights eiher on
~ or scvcray 10 redeem said properly and REQUIRE suc
conveyance. But the right of REDEMPTION hereby IN he CO.
cured is reserved said Faculty an orcsnzcd hodv
having their existence Faculty Of Hampien Sidney Cal
legc." ~
no public funds adj i,nn in