The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-12-16
THE FARMERS COLLEGE.
Capt. Tillman's Proposed Bill to Garry
Out His Idea.

Capt. Tillman's Proposed Bill to Carr,
Out His Idea.
I have been enabled to secure copy
of Farmer Tillman's bill for the estab
lishment of an Agricultural Bureau il
advance of its introduction in the Legis
lature. The text is as follows:
A bill to Establish and Organize an Ag
ricultural and Mechanical College fol
Whites in South Carolina and to regu
late the Government of the Same.
Whereas Section -, of Article -
of the Constitution Of this State, provide:
that the Legislature shall establish ar
Agricultural and Mechanical College ol
Colleges.
And whereas, this State is under con
tract to carry out the provision of The
Act of Congress of July 2, 1862, appro.
priating certain land scrip for the endow'
ment, support and maintenance of al
least one College to teach such branches
Of learning as are related to agriculture
and the mechanical arts.
And whereas, in pursuance 10 the said
Act, one-half of The proceeds of said
scrip has heretofore been appropriated tc
the maintenance of such a College fol
colorcd youths, known as the ClaAin
College, at Orangeburg: Therefore, be
it enacted:
SECTION l. That an Agricultural and
Mechanical College is hereby establish.
ed for the education of the white
youth of South Carolina, and shall be
known as "The Agricultural and Me.
chanical College of the State of South
Carolina" which shall be located and
organized as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. That D. K. Norris, johnson
Hagood, M. l.. Donaldson, r. A. Love,
E. l.. Rivers, E. T. Stackhouse, a. E.
Davis, B. R. Tillman, Allan Johnston,
D. P. Duncan, arc hereby constituted q
board of trustees of the said College, and
they and their successors on the South
Carolina board of agriculture shall locate,
organize and govern the same. The said
board is authorized to make such rules
and bylaws for their government as they
shall deem expedient not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act and the
laws of this State and of the United
States.
SEC. 3. The Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College of the State of South Carroll.
ma is hereby declared body polite and
corporate, capable in law of suing and
being sued, of taking, holding and selling
real and personal property, contracting
and being contracted With, of having and
using a corporate seal and of causing to
be done all things necessary 10 carry out
the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 4. The trustees shall elect secre.
tsry, whose duty it shall be to record in
o we'll bound book all the proceedings
had by said board, and he shall be allow
ed such compensation for his services as
the board shall deem proper.
SEC. 5. The State treasurer shall be ec
ohcio treasurer of the board of trustees,
whose duty it shall be to secure and to
keep safely all moneys belonging to the
said College, and disburse the same under
the orders OF the board of trustees.
SEC. 6. The board of trustees shall
possess all the power that is necessary
and proper for the accomplishment OF
the trust reposed in them, namely, the
establishment and maintenance OF first
class institution at which the white youth
of the State of South Carolina may
acquire good English education, and q
scientific and practical knowledge of
agriculture. horticulture and the mechan.
ic arts, and military tactics, without,
however, excluding other scientific and
classical studies.
SEC. 7. The board of trustees shall
select president and such professors,
tutors and employees as the necessities Of
the College demand, fix the salaries of
the same and prescribe their respective
duties. The board may remove presi:
dents and all subordinate officers and
supply all vacancies.
SEC. s. The board shall have power to
regulate the course of instruction, and
prescribe with the advice of the faculty,
the books to be used in the institution, to
confer for similar or equal attainments
similar degrees to those conferred by the
South Carolina College.
SEC. 8. No student shall be admitted
to said institution who is not fifteen years
of age and does not pass satisfactory
examination in arithmetic, geography,
grammar, reading, spelling and peuman.
ship. The course of instruction shall
embrace the English language and litera-
ture, mathematics, civil engineering,
agricultural chemistry, animal and vege'
table anatomy and physiology, veterinary
art, entomology, geology, and such other
natural sciences as may be prescribed
technology, political, rural aud household
economy, horticulture, moral philosophy.
history, bookkeeping, and especially the
application of science and the mechanic
arts to agriculture in the field. The pro-
fessors shall be required to lecture at
farmers institutes during the vacation
under such rules and regulations as shall
be prescribed by the board of trustees.
SEC. 10. Every student of the College
shall labor upon the farm at least one
hour each day, and no person shall be
exempt except tor physical disability, and
in such seasons and under such exigen
cies as may demand it: the hours of labor
NAV be increased to not exceeding three
hours. in the discretion Of the faculty,
SEC. IL. Tuition fees shall be charged
in the College, in such amount as the
board of trustees shall deem just and
proper, but in no event shall such fees
exceed forty dollars per annum: Provided.
however, that nothing herein contained
shall be so construed as to prevent the
board of trustees from admitting indigent
youths free upon satisfactory proof Of
their inability to pay.
SEC. -. The board of trustees shall
determine the rate of wages allowed
students for their labor, and board when
furnished shall be at cost.
SEC. l3. The Superintendent of the
farm, horticultural and other departments
and each of the professors, shall make q
written and detailed report of the work.
inrs of their several departments aunu-
ally to the president of the College,
which said reports shall be kept on file
in the office of the secretary Of the board
of trustees. Agricultural operations on
tue farm shall be carried on experiment
ally. Careful experiments shall be made
annually of the field crops, in keeping
feeding and fattening stock, and in the
preparation and application of barnyard
and commercial manures, and detailed
account of them shall be published in the
annual report of the board. The College
shall serve also as an experimental STA
tion, making trial from time to time oi
new varieties of fruits, grains and vege.
tables. The reports shall contain an