Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-17
successors arselsstsaS aqd q, shall gsr9
form fhA duties' incident t6 their office.

successors are.elsctaaS md shall per-
form the ddties'incideht to their offlce.
SEC 4. That the board Of regents. &.
shall hold an annual meeting at Co
lurhbia ON the first Monday in No
velnber in each year, oras such time,
as may hereafter be designated ,,bgS
said boapd. A majority of the board
l'ahall constitute quorum for the
TRANSACTION OF business but a less.
| number. may. adjourn. from tims@t to,
time. Special meetings Of the board.
of regents may De called by the Coy
| er4or, or the president Of. said board, !
! op.s petition signed forthat,pqrposeI
by any three members Of the board.
At all special meetings of the board,
two-thirds Of all the regents shall be
necessary to constitute a quorum
Any regent may beremoyed from Of
hce, for cause, by a vote oftwo-thMlrds,
| of the board. =,
| SEC. 5. That the board of regents
and their successors in Office are hers
bv. constituted a body corporate. With
the name and style Of "The Board
of State Normal School Regents OF
the State of South Carolina and,
under that name and style, shall have
perpetual succession, with the right
to purchase, have, hold, control. pos
sess and. enjoy, to them and their sue
1oessors in Office, in trust for the State
of South Carolina, for educational
purposes solely, any lands, tenements,
hereditaments, goods, chattsls and
effects, Of whatever nature !. or. de,
scription the same. may, be, which
may be necessary and required for
the legitimate purposes, objects and
uses of the State Normal School au-
| thorized by this act, and none other,
with full power to sell or dispose Of
such personalg property, or any part
thereof when, ih their judgment, it
shall be for the interest Of the State /;
| to make all such contracts and agree
ments as shall, be nesessary to carry
linto effect the purposes Of this act;
to- sue and be sued, to plead and be
impleaded, III all. the -eourts-of, this
State; to haeeand @to4 4nse 3 common
seal and the Same Ito ..change, Latter
and renew at pleasure to make such
by. laws and regulations as they may
deem proper for the iwen ordering
| and government Of said corporation
and the transaction Of it's business ::
Provided, The said board of regents
shall not have power to sel, mortgage
Or dispose Of, in any ways any real
estate, SO held by them as aforesaid, ,
without the express authority of the
General Assembly of this State, nor
I haveypower to- borrow money; nor
shall the Indebtedness contracted
nor liabilities incurred, by said board
! Of regents ever. at any time, exceed,
in the aggregate. the amount of money
which, under the provisions Of law,
shall then be at their disposal, IN the
hands of the State treasurer Amd
provided, further, That the proceeds
derived from the sale of any real OF
1 personal estate BY ;Said board of re.
gents shall be paid by them into the
State treasury, and shall become 8
part of the income of the State Nor.
NAL School fund.
SEC. 6. That it shall be the duty
of the board of regents to prescribe
course of study, and the time and
standard of graduation, and to issue
such certificates and diplomasas may,
from time to time, be deemed suita.
! ble. Such, certificates and diplomas
| shall entitle the holders to teach in
any county in the State, for the time
and in the grade specified in the Ger.
ti6cate or diploma, the said certi6i.
Gates or diplomas to be eonntersign-
ed BY the State superintendent Of ed.
ucation.
SEC. 7. That at each annual meet,
ing of the board of regents, they
l,phall determine what number ofpupils
Ymay be admitted into the school, and
this number shall be apposiiened
among the counties Of this State ac.
cerding to the number of representa-
tives from said counties in the Gene
raj Assembly: Provided, That teach
.ers holding second and third grade
certificates may be admitted from
the State at large.
SEC. s. That the county school
commissioners and the county board
OF examiners shall hold competitive
examinations before the first Monday
III July in each year of all persons
desiring to become pupils of the Statr
Normal. School, which examinations
shall be conducted in the same man
ner as examinations for third grade
teachers certificates. A list shall be
made OF the applicants thus examir-
ed, and they shall receive recommend
alton in the order Of standing in the
examination Provided, That the
county school commissioners may dis
criminate in favor of those whose age
and experience specially fit them to
become normal pupils. After the
expiration of. the year new list must
| be made out, and those not recon-
mended must be re-examined or for
| ieit their right to recommendation.
SEC. 9. That, to secure admission
into the junior class of the Normal
School. The applicant, if a male, must
be fifteen years of age: or, if fe-
,aale, must be fourteen years Of age
TO enter an advanced GLASS; the appli-
cant must be proportionally older.
Applicants must also present letters
OF Recommendation from their couu-