The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-07-22

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gress, in existing Colleges and Uni
ycrsities: and if this policy should
commend itself to your approval, the
agricultural and mechanical features
of the college may be cngraftcd on
the University of South Carolina, and
save the State all expense fer lands
and buildings required to be furnish
cd by it. The buildings of the Uni
vcrsity are commodious enough to
| accommodate all students who may
desire to matriculatc, and the lands
adjacent to and owned by the College,
will furnish sufficient land for an
experimental farm
BY the original Act Of Congress,
making the donation, all the expenses
incurred in the management and dis
bursoment Of moneys which may be
received from the sale Of lands shall
be paid BY the States to which they
may belong, SO that entire proceeds
of the sale shall be applied, without
any dimunition whatever, to the pur-
poses named. .,..g a.a t.o.
1t is further provided by section d,
thattho proceeds of the sale of the
scrip Shall be invested in stocks of the
United States, or of the State, or
some other safe stock, yielding not
less than five per cont, upon the par
value OF said stocks and the money
so invested shall constitute ,perpetu,
al fund the interest of which shall be
inviolably appropriated by each State
to the endowment, support and main
tonancc of the college or school for
the purpose aforesaid. .ts..,...a....
Section 5, in onumorating tho con-
ditions upon which the grant is made,
provides that ten per cent. of the
amount received may be expended for
the purchase of land for sites or OK
perimental farms, when authorized by
the Legislature but that emo portion
of said fund, nor tho interest thereon,
shall be applied directly or Indirect
ly, under any prctence! whatever, for
the purchase, erection, preservation or
repair OF any building or buildings
The College to be erected within two
years. ..f
The University buildings under the
control Of the State, would furnish
ample accommodations for new
schools, which may be introduced by
virtue of the provisions of this Act of
Congress and it is very important
that the agricultural. College"
should be connected with that institu.
tion, or established in some other
building now owned by the State,
whereby the expense Of erecting
structure for tho purpose aforesaid
may be saved to the, State, in its pres
cnt embarrassed condition. T.,
HOMESTEAD RELIEF. 'a"
The provision of the New Constltu-
ton which secures homestead to each
head OF a family not exceeding in value
$1,000, together with the products there.
Of, and also $500 worth of other per-
sonal property, is wise and humane
measure, and should induce Your early
attention in the passage Of al Act di-
recting tho manner in which the. details
may be carried out. The great advan-
tage OF this measure is, tl.at while lit
identifies every citizen will, the soil and
nourishes his love OF State and country,
It is likewise an,inducement to the la.
borer to save his Il earnings and invest
them in permanent residence, where
his wife and children may have. shelter
and protection. Equally sagacious IS
the provision which secures TO tile mar
rled woman her property held at the
tho time Of marriage, "or Which she
may afterwards acquire by gift, grant,
inheritance, devise, or otherwise" IN
most Of the States Of Tic Union this
law has long prevailed, and doubtless it
would have been incorporated among
the statutes of South Carolina, had not
its'necessily been obviated by the more
inconyenienl and c9mbrons method Of
conveying such property for the benefit
OF married women ina trust, whereby
they were secured in their PROPERTY
free from tile debts and control Of the
husband. :, ... II =
i. This feature of the new Constitution,
however, is more simple and comprehen-
sive, and while it may be objected that
both il and the homestead exemption
will have The tendency to affect credit,
there can. bono question thatif SUCH be
the result, it will operate tbenefcially
upon society! Nothing, perhaps, has
SO much cglogcd' the prosperity Of per-
sons engaged in agricultural pursuits in
tho South, for manytyears past. ,as tile
enthusiastically rcsorted to- by those