The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-02-05
THE LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts Passed by the Legislature Mt the Late
Session.
AN ACT to Charter the Interstate Nor
NAL College at Greenyille. S. G.

An ACT to Charter the Interstate Nor
NAL College at Greenville, S. G.
BE ii enacted by the Senate and House
of Representative of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the
same:
That the following persons be, and
hereby are, constituted Board of Re-
gents for an Institute Normal College, to
be located in the city of Greenville, in
the State of South Carolina: Wade
Hampton, w. D. Simpson, H. s. Thomp-
son, James Conner, j. E. Dunlop, H. T.
Morton, J. Scott Murray, John H. Evins,
j. F. Dorroh, S. S. Marshall, ]. NJ. Car
Isle, S. J. Douthitt, R. E. Bowen, ]. w.
Livingston, Thos. Thompson, S. Nc
Gowan, A. Burt, j. G. Maxwell, j. H.
Sigh and J. j. Lewis.
SEC. 2. The said Normal College is
hereby chartered with all the privileges
usually granted colleges of the highest
rank, to wit: Board of Regents-they
may grant diplomas to persons who have
completed the course of study prescribed
in this institution and passed satisfac-
tory examination on the said course;
they may also confer the usual honorary
degree they may hold property to the
amount of FIVE hundred thousand dollars,
buy and sell, sue and be sued as corpo-
rate body. The said Regents may hold
their regency during life or the faithful
performance of their duties and functions
in connection with the said institution,
subject to the authority and decision of
the Legislature of this State; they may
elect the President, professors and teach
ers of the satl Normal College and the
Model School connected Herewith; they
shall prescribe a course of study and
regulate the terms of the school year,
provided these terms be not less than
nine months in each year.
SEC. 8. Students of both sexes shall be
admitted 10 this college on the following
terms: One hundred students shall be
admitted free of tuition from the several
Congressional Districts, to be apportioned
according to population. They shall be
required to attain a certain standard of
qualifications. They shall bind them
selves by written obligation to teach at
least two years within the State, provided
a situation can be obtained within rea-
sonable time; and should they refuse or
fail to comply with this obligation, they
shall severally pay the sum of thirty
dollars for each year spent at the Normal
College to the Treasurer of the said insti-
tuition, to be used for the benefit of the
same, and the sum required shall be COL
ected as other debts.
Sec. 4. Male students shall be eighteen
years of age, and females at least seven
teen.
SEC. 5. Any student desiring to become
qualified for teaching may be admitted to
the privileges of the normal course upon
paying q fee of thirty dollars annually.
SEC. 6. Other States participating in
the management and support Of this col
lege shall, by the contribution Of three
thousand dollars annually, be entitled to
send one hundred students free Of tuition
to this Normal College, aud be entitled
to elect a number of Regents equal to the
number chosen from South Carolina, and
may send any number of students they
may elect at the rate of thirty dollars an
nually for each student sent.
SEC. 7. Other States participating in
the support of this institution shall be
entitled to O pro rata share Of all funds
received from the Peabody Committee
and from other sources, except when con-
tributcd for a special purpose, so long as
they continue to participate in the said
support.
SEC. 8. The Board of Regents shall
meet annually and make an annual re-
port to the Superintendent of Public In
struction, to be presented by him to the
Legislature.
SEC. 8. The male students of the Nor
NAL College shall be trained in military
tactics, embracing the manual for in
fantry and the school of the company
and battalion.
SEC. 10. The Adjutant General of the
State may, upon the requisition of the
Board of Regents, supply the necessary
arms and equipments for the students OF
the Normal College.
Approved December u, 1879.