The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-18
THE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANI.
CAL COLLEGE.
Official Report of the Proceedings
of the Board of Trustees.
JACKSON. MISS. Dc. l3. 1873

| oAChSON, MISS, DsC. 10, 1919
| Pursuant to the call of the President, the
| Board of Trustees of the A. and NJ. College
of Mississippi, met in the Governors office
at Jackson, on Friday. Dec. ID, 1875
| Present:
j. NJ. Stone, Governor and ex-officio
President of the Board, Chas. l.. Gilmer,
w. B. Montgomery, 7, c. Dockery, w. B
Augustus, j. NJ. Causcy. D. L. khares and
Frank Burkitt, members.
Absent-A. VI. West.
The Board was called to order by the
President. AMI procee led to business.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read.
DR.. Phares moved that the. resolution
passed at the last meeting, requiring the
Board to visit Sharon and other places be
rescinded. Adopted.
The Boar'l then proceeded to conside
new and am ended bids. After which, the
following gentlemen, representing compe-
ting points, came before the Board and
presented and explained their bids, to- wit ::
Capt. K. N. Leavell, on behalf of Verona
explained that Verona, if the Board desired
it, would change her bid. so that it should
be the college property, sixty acres of bot
tom land, and $1,000 in cash. Also propose
TO donate So acres land lying north and
northeast of college property in lieu of
- 900 in cash. This proposition, if accept
d, would be: The college property, 80
acres land in the bottom So acres contign-
Gus and adjacent to the college property,
and $4,000 in cash.
Hon. F. G, Barry submitted the amended
bid of West Point as follows:
$500 cash in bank, now.
$4,000 levied and to be collected January
LIST, 1879.
50 800 levied and to be collected April
Ist, 1879.
Ia addition there is $4,000 city bid to be
paid in annual installments of 81, 800. each
payable in six years. Alternate propo-
sition.-The board select an architect and
the city one, and the city of West Point
agrees TO erect building according to the
plan of the Board, worth $4,000, in a rea-
sonable time.
Col. A. G. Horn, on behalf of the people
OF Qutm1n and the county of Clark. pro-
poses to donate full one-half section of land
contiguous to the Archusa Springs property,
an undivided half interest in said property,
thousand feet of lumber delivered at Quit
man depot, and one hundred thousand
brick. 1t is further proposed to ask the
Legislature at its next session to empower
the Board of Supervisors of Clark county
to levy tax of not less than $3500, which
shall be paid over to the Board of TIN stees.
Hon. John w. Jewell, on the part OF the
people OF Meridian presen ted the following
proposition:
To donate $50 acres of land lying one
mile north of Meridian, or 100 acres OF land
lying east of the city and partly in the city
limits, and 5000 in cash
The amended bid of the city OF Okolona
was presented to the Board by the Secretary
which provides that said City will turn
over to the Board of Trustees the school
building and grounds and will make addi-
tional improvements to the building ac-
cordiDg to the plan and specifications re-
quired by the Board amounting to $4,000.
The work to be let out to the lowest respon-
sib'e bidder.
The bid of Aberdeen has been reduced
$3.50 by the withdrawal of private sub
scriptions to that amount.
The Board then proceeded to ballot for a
location which resulted in the selection of
Starkville, on the fourth ballot.
THE proceedings OF the Board will be
completed in next issue-l