The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-04-17
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Acts Passed by the State Legislature.

AUD dSSeu ny Llie OCdCe Legislature.
A" Act further 10 odmendM tile ActS Incorporating
the University of .Souhl Carolina.
SECTION l. BE ii en0cted by lie Senate and
House Of Representatives. Of Me STATE Of SouiI
Carolina, nOp met and sitting IL, General As
sembly, and By tie authority Of the same,
The Board of Trustees of the University of
South Carolina shall hereafter consist of
seven members, who shall be elected on
Joint ballot by the General Assembly. and
shall hold their Offices for the term of four
years, and until their successors shall be ap-
pointed, no one of whom, during his CONT
nuance in office, shall be liz any other man
ner connected with the University. Neither
the said Board OF Trustees nor the Faculty
OF the University shall make any distinction
IN the admission of students or the manage
ment of the University on account of race,
color or creed
SEC. 2. The Board of Trustees when
elected shall meet at Columbia Mt such time
and place as the Governor shall by summons
direct; and the Governor of the State shall be
the President of the Board of Trustees by
virtue of his office; in his absence the
Board shall elect one of their own number
to act as President. The stated meetings of
the Board shall be held Mt least once in
three months; but the President of the
Board shall have power to assemble it at
any time In extra meeting, and it shall be
his duty to do so whenever requested by the
Faculty OF the University Any five Of the
Board shall constitute quorum for the
transaction of business
SEC. D. The tuition fees to be paid by the
student in the several schools shall hereafter
DC as follows: For entrance into the school
OF Law or medicine, fifty dollars (5O) with
the privilege OF entering any of the other
schools, upon the payment of fifteen dol
lars for each school; for entrance into three
or more of the other schools fifteen dollars
tor each school; for entrance into any two of
the other schools Gf student shall enter
but two) twenty dollars; and for entrance
into any one of the other schools (if student
shall enter but one) twenty-five dollars. The
tuition fees shall be paid into the treasury
OF the University in advance, and shall be
set apart and known rs Tho Tuition
Fund"
SEC. f. To each of the Professors shall be
paid from the Treasury of the State quarter
ly an annual salary of two thousand dollars,
and to the demonstration of anatomy an an
nual salary of one thousand dollars There
shall also be paid to each Professor from
the tuition fund.-" as additional salary,
the sum of five hundred dollars, which shall
be paid at the expiration of the University
term. If "the tuition fund" shall not be
ooAASAShe sdOicioi, VIZ lISbSuTeI Sudll up
portion the same among the Professors; and
should there be at tho expiration of any
University term n surplus of "the tuition
fund, it shall be passed by the Treasurer
into the University fund to be applied under
the direction OF the Trustees to the general
purposes of tho University.
SEC S. The Trustees shall have authority
to assign any Professor to additional duties
in any other school or schools, without adj
ditional salary. All Professors shall be
members of the Faculty Of the University
and one OF the members shall bo chosen an
nnally by vote OF the Faculty to act as
Chairman of the Faculty.
SEC. 6. When the first election Of the
Board Of Trustees shall take place, under
the provisions of this Act, the offices of
those who now c.nstitutute the Board of
Trustees shall cease and determine All
vacancies III the Board of Trustees shall bo
filled by appointment Of the Governor.
SEC. 7. There shall be admitted to the
University one student annually from each
County in tho State, who shall be entitled
to entrance into as many as three of the
schools, not including either the school of
law or medicine without the payment of