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ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
PASSED BY THE GENERAL
... ASSEMBLY.

ASSEMBLY.
Published by Authority:]
AN ACT to Incorporate the South
Carolina Agricultural College and
Mechanics Institute.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Represen tatives
Of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,. and by authority of the same:
That o College and Institute Of Ne
chanical Arts be established at Or
angeburg, S. c., in connection with
the Clafin University. to be called the
South Carolina Agricultural College
and Mechanics Institute, in accord
ance with the provisions of the Act
of Congress, passed July 2, 1862, and
all Acts amendatory thereto. The
design of the Institution shall be to
afford instruction in practical and
theoretical agriculture, mechanical
art and military tactics and training.
SEC. 2. That the supervision. and
control of the institution aforesaid
shall be vested in Board Of Trustees,
in connection with the Board Of Trns-
tees of Clafin University, to be known
by the name, style and title Of the
Board of Trustees Of the South Caro-
lima Agricultural College and Mechan.
ics' Institute said Board shall consist
Of niue (9) members, and shall be
chosen by joint ballot by the General
Assembly, provided that the first
Board of Trustees shall be appointed
by the Governor, as follows: The
first three shall be elected for term
of three (3) years; the second three
for two (2) years and the third three
for one % year; ard the General AS
scmbly shall, annually thereafter,
elect, by joint ballot, three (3) men,
hers Of said Board, whose term Of
Office shall be three (3) years; said
Board may elect it's own Chairman.
The Trustees thus appointed and
elected shall, in connection with those
of the Clahin University, constitute
one Board, and may eject Chair
man; a majority Of the Board shall
constitute quorum for the transac-
tion of business. They shall receive
no compensation, but shall be paid
their travelling and other expenses
while employed onthe business Of the
Board. ....4s.-.. .'r-.
Sec. 8. The said Board of Trustees
shall be a body corporate, capable in
law of suing and being sued, holding
and selling real, personal and mixed
property, Of contracting and being
contracted with, of having and using
a corporate seal, and Of causing all
things to be done to carry out the
purposes of this Act.
SEC. 4. Should any vacancy occur in
said Board of Trustees, it shall be
filled by the remaining members Of
the Board. ....a . ..-
Sec. S. 1t shall be the duty of the
Board Of Trustees to meet and organ
ize, within thirty days after the pas
sage of this Act, at the call Of the
Governor of the State, or any two
members Of the Board. r.:.a. ....
SEC. 6. The Legislature shall appoint
a Board Of Visitors biennially, who
shall report each year upou the con-
dition and efficiency Of this Institution.
SEC Z. The Board Of Trustees shall
appoint Secretary anu Treasurer,
neither of whom shall be q member Of
said Board. These officers shall be
required to give such bond as will Sc
cure o safe administration Of their
duties. The Secretary shall also fill
the Office of General Superintendent
Of this Institution, upon whom shall
devolve power of general admins
tration over all the property OF this
corporation, for its better preservation
and improvement, and who shall also
have the power, at any time, to call a
meeting Of the Board Of Trustees:
Provided, That no power herein grant
ed to the Secretary shall extend to-
making any material changes, except
with the concurrence and authority Of
the Board of Trustees. The salaries
of these officers shall be determined
by the Board. ..i ....
SEC. 8. Whenever the Board of Trus-
tees report that they are organized
and prepared for action, the Governor
shall execute o draft on the State
Treasury for the amount of interest
due on the fund invested under the
provisions of the Act of Congress
and which. shall all be under their en-
tire and exclusive control, as likewise
shall all interest afterwards accruing
from said fund. They shall also have
full control af all moneys donated,
appropriations, lands or property
Whatsoever, coming into tho posses
sion Of this corporation.
Sec. 9. The Secretary shall reside
on the grounds of tho institution, and
besides exercising a general supcrvi-
sion over all the property under his
care, shall keep complete system Of
records, He shall open correspond.