The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-31
raEAGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Election OF Three Trustees-A Batch Of
Crude Legislation In the House-Moro
schemes OF Invesiigation-Going for
the Sprague Canal.

ElGCIlOn Oh tnTCC 1EuStSCs-fA ASosSu VA
Crude Legislation In the House-More
schemes OF Inves.igation-Going for
the Sprague Canal.
lFRox OUR SPECIAL coRRRSPol DENT
COLUMBIA, 8. c., January %.
The usual routine of legislative proceedings
has been somewhat diversified to-day by the
Joint assembly for the election Of three MEM
bers of the board of trustees to administer the
affairs of the "South Carolina Agricultural
College and Mechanics Institute This insti-
tuition, as may be remembered, was created
by an act of The Assembly, under the provi-
visions of an act Of Congress donating land
scrip to the various States for the establish.
ment and encouragement Of such instiu-
tIons, and it was connected wish the
Clafln University at Orangeburg, an In
stitulion endowed by Northern phil
anthropist ior the benefit of the coored
people OF South Carolina. The act creating
the college required the Governor to appoint
nine trustees, The first three ot whom were 10
hold office for three years. the second three
for two years and the last three lor one year,
and the term of office of the last three MEM
bers of the board having expired the vacan-
cies had TO be hea by the General Assembly.
The result of the election has already been
reported by telegraph, and Messrs A. o.
J0hes, the present clerk Of the House OF Rep.
resentatives; F. l.. Cardozo, State treasurer,
and B. F. Whiltemore, senator from Daring
ton, are the new members oil the board OF
trustees. The rest of the proceedings Of the
Legislature to-day have Teen without any
particular interest or significance, with the
exception OF the Introduction 10 the House OF
a large number of fnew measures, the most I'm
portant Of which are as follows:
NEW CODE OF FARM LABOR.
Representative altman, q colored member
from Marlboro, introduced a long and curious
bill 10 regulate the system OF farm labor fer
wages. The bill proposes 10 divide all farm
laborers into FIVE classes, and that each labor
the rates designated below. The first class Is
10 be paid twenty dollars per month each. and
is to be composed of such laborers as take
care Of all stock on the farm, ahd look after
the Interest OF the land and crops, besides
being competent to perform the work required
Glars Ia to be paid fifteen dollars PEI month,
and is TO be composed of laoorers able 10 per-
form either Of the following tasks In one day,
viz: ploughing one and half acres Of land In
stubble or falIow ground, cutting aud making
one hundred and fifty rails. hoeing one and a
half acres OF cotton, or picking Two hundred
pounds OF seed cotton. The laborers Of each
class are to sssst IN all other work per
tanning 10 a iarn, and when tasks can
not be assigned 10 them they shall work
the number of hours below specified as con-
stitutfng days work. The laborers Of the
Ihird.clsss are to receive ten dollars per
month. and are to be capable of ploughing one
and half acres, cutting one hundred and
twenty-five rails, hoeing one and quarter
acres or picking one hundred and fifty pounds
of seed cotton. The fourthclass are 10 orecelVe
eight dollars per month each, ana plousn Que
acre, cut one hundred rails. hoe one acre or
pick one hundred and twenty-five pounds OF
c9ston. The f[th-class, who are to receive