The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-07-22
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the convicts, has enabled the Supcrin-
tcndent to dispense with hired labor,
with the exception of forcmen of some
two, or three Of the most important de-
partments, such as quarrying and laying
stone in the wall.4f,r +. l.arG ,.E. h1
The entire report will show that this
most important State Institution las been
satisfactorily administered in all OF its
affairs, and promises, if tho same good
management Is continued, TO yield from
the labor Of convicts, when completed, a
handsome alnual revenue to tho Treas
ury Of tho State. The ability and 6deli.
ty Of the officer in charge of the work
fdrnish every guaranty that it will be
getically pressed and speedily com.
! plcted, and with IN economy to which
! the people of South Carolina have here
totore been strangers IN the erection OF
public works. The great advantages Of
establishing Penitentiary is illustrated
by The fact that the $50 convicts sent
there, thus far have not only earned
their subsistence, but by their labor
have also materially contributed to the
erection of the prison. These prisoners,
but for the Penitentiary, would have
been lodged in jail, at an expense Of at
least forty cents per day each, with no
return whatever to the State for this
heavy expenditure. he
AN AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
COLLEGE.
The Congress Of the United States,
by Act Of July 2, 1862, donated pub.
lie lands to the several States and Ter
rtories which may provide "Colleges
fer the benefit of Agriculture and the
Mechanic Arts" This Act donated
thirty thousand acres for each Senator
and Representative in Congress, and its
benefits could be claimed by the States
respectively, at any time within two
years from the date of approval. On
the 23d of July, 1866. Congress passed
a second Act, to amend the 5th Section
of the first Ac:, SO as to extend the time
within which application could be made
three years longer. Hence, unless
further extended, the benefits under
these two Acts will be barred in July,
1869. .,,,,.. .5s
The General Assembly Of South
Carolina. passed an ! Act, which was
approved December Ii, 1866, acceptipg
the donation under the said Act OF Con.
grcss, and assenting to the provisions
and conditions OH which the said grant
Of land was made binding herself like
wise to the. faithful Performance of all
the stlpulations therein contained. ,,t.. 4
The General Assembly, at the same
session, by an Act approved 10Th De-.
cember, 1866, provided that The fund
arising from the sale of the land scrip.
$50, 600 acres, assuming that the State
was emitted to four Representatives and
two Senators-shoull be invested in
the name ofthe Trustees of The Uni
versity Of South Carolina, and be dc.
voted to the endowment, support and.
maintainance ofa college or school, in
the University of South Carolina,
where the leading objects shall be,
without excluding othcr scientific and
classical studies, and including militia
ry tactics (this is the language also Of
the Act of Congress,) to teach such
branches of learning as are related to
agricultural and mechanic arts, in the
the manner most approved by modern
science and experience" I,...t
BY tho I'd Section of the Act, the
Trustees of the University were d.
rected as soon as practicable to or
ganizc the said agri cultural and mo
chanical school in the University, and
to make bylaws for its government.
They were also empowered ,Hto make
such alterations in the buildings of
tho University as may be requisite,
and as soon rs the funds shall bo trans,
ferrcd to them, they shall appoint
such additional professors as tho in
come Of tho fund will permit"
| -, BY Virtue Of authority conferred
upon mo by the resolution passed at
the extra session in September, 1866,
l. appointed an agent to goIto Washing
tom, who carried certified copy of
the Act with him, and filed tho same
with tho Secretary of the INTERIOR
His additional duty, while in Wash
ington, was to procure The issue of tho
scrip to which tho State was entitled,
at tho earliest practicable day. He
proceeded thithor, and was engaged
inhis labor, when tho Congress ofsthe
United Statcs, by "a joint resolution,
epproyed Maroh' 20, 1867, declared
that ,"the, further, ISSUE or delivery of
such scriplto any ,ofithe States lately
in ebcllioniagainst, the United States,
cxceptothe State ofiTenpessee, aor the
acceptance, of such, ortof any hcreto-
| fore, issued i by tho Registers or Re.
ceivers, Or, any Of the land officers Of
tho .said, States, afe, hereby prohib ibited,
until tho ,iNp same are,fully, restored, to
their, rights as States oby Congress"
The, acceptance Of the Constitution
i Of South Carolina and tie authorizar.
tion by Congrcss Of rcpfescntation,it is
4 presdmod, operated as d repeal Of This
joint resolution; and tho State viii,
l. r.. 4 tn