The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-01-21
Acts Paused by tho Legislature OF south
Carolina.

y Acts Paused by tho Legislature of south
Carolina.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CLAFLIN UNf-
yEasITy
SECTION l. Be IL endcted by the Senate
and House of Representatives, of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in, General Assembly, and by the
authority-of the same, That A. Webster,
II. W. Lewis, Samuel Weston, X. h
Scott, Thomas Phillips, Abram Middle
ton, Simeon Corley and J. A. Sasportas,
their associates aud successors, are here
by constituted body corporate, by the
name of the Trustees of the Clafiin Uni
versity, and they and their successors,
and such as shall be duly elected MEM
bers of said corporation, shall be and re-
main body corporate by that name
forever. And for the orderly conducting
of the business Of said corporation, the
said Trustees shall have power and au-
thority, from time to time, rs occasion
may require, to elect President Vice
J President, Secretary and Treasurer, and
such other officers of said corporation rs
may be found necessary, and to declare
the duties and tenures of their respective
offices; and also to remove any Trustee
from the said corporation, when in their
Judgment he shall be rendered incapable,
by ago or otherwise, of discharging the
duties OF his Office, or shall neglect or
refuse to perform the same, and to
elect new members of snid corporation
iFroUnled, neDertheheSS. That the number
OF members shall never be less than
seven and more than tweniy-one, and
their qualifications and term of service
shall be fixed ut tho first meeting of the
corporation, which may be appointed
Ot the rn11 bv INV flroo fI,,
herein named, Mt any time after the pas
sage of this Act.
SEC. ,. That tie said corporation shall
have full power and authority to deter
mine Mt what times and places their
meetings shall be holden, and the man.
ner of notifying the Trustees to convene
Mt snch meetings; and also to establish
boards OF instruction in all departments
OF science and the arts, to elect q Presi-
dent of said University. and such pro-
fessors, tutors, instructors, and other
University officers, as they shall Judge
for the interest thereof, and to determine
the duties, salaries, cmoluments, re-
sponsibilities and tcnures of their re-
spectivo Offices. And the said corpora
tion is further empowered to hold and
control the building formerly known rs
the Orangeburg Female College. located
in tho town of fOrangeburg, in the County
OF Orangeburg, and State of South
Carolina. to be hereafter known as the
Claflin University, with NIL lands and ap-
purtenances which may be transferred to
said corporation, for the purpose Of aid
ing and sustaining said institution in
! promoting the interests OF education.
This corporation may purchase or erect,
and keep III repair, such houses and
other buildings us they shall. Judge ne.
cessary for the said University: and also
to mako and ordnin, rs occasion may re-
qulre, reasonable rules, orders and by
laws, not repu2nant to the Constitution
and laws Of this Commonwealth, with
reasonable penalties, for the good 60
vernment OF the said University, and for
the regulation OF their own body; and
also to determine and regulate the
courses OF instruction and departments
in said University, and to confer de-
grees Prori1el, HcueJlhc!cSs, That no
degree shall be conferred except upon
the recommendation Of the appropriate
faculty, and the approval of the Trus-
teas.
SEC. :. That the said corporation 1aay
have common seal, which they may alter
or renew at their pleasure. and all deeds
sealed with the seal of said corporation.
and signed by their order, shall, when
made IN their corporate name, be consi-
dered in law rs the deeds of said corpo-
ration; and said corporation may sue and
be sned In all actions, real, personal and
mixed, and may prosecute the same to
final Judgment and execution, by the
name of the Trustees of Clutlin Univer-
sity; and said corporation shall be capa-
BILE Of taking and holding in fee simple,
| LIS. ot Inv, oil Il
bequest, or otherwise, any land, tcne-
mcuts, or other estate, real or personal
Proriaea, That the clear annual income
OF tho same shall not exceed fifty thou
sand dollars
SEC. i. That the clear rents and pro-
hts OF all the estate, real and personal
OF which the said corporation shall be
seized and possessed, shall he appropri-
ated to tho maintenance and endowment
OF said University, in such manner as
shall most effectually prom ute virtue and
piety and learning, in such of tho lam
guages, and OF the liberal and useful arts
and sciences, as shall be recommended
from time to time by the said CORPORA
ton, they conforming to The will of any
donor or donors in the application Of
any estate which may be given, devised
or bequeathed for any particular object
connected with the University.
SEC. .. No instructor in said Univer-
! s'ty shall ever be required by the Trus-
tees to have my particular complexion,
or to profess any particular religious
I opinions, as lest of office; and no stu
dent shall be refused admission to, or
denied any. of tho privileges, honors or
degrees OF said University on account Of
race, complexion or religious opinions
which he may entertain: Pyorided, nerer-
MelesS, That this Section, in reference
only to religious opinions, shall not
apply to the Theological Department. OF
said University.