The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-12-18
MANNING. S. c. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1889.

the State treasurer TO the treasurer OF
the board OF trustees of said College
upon the order Of said board Of trustees,
signed By their president and secretary.
Provided, further. That tie sain board
OF trustees shall not sell nor dispose CT
nor discontinue the Agricultural Ezpc-
iment Station known IS the Darlington
Farm, situate il the county Of Daring
ton, but shall maintain the sane subject
to their control. And The Department
Of Agriculture is hereby au-ho-lZed and
required to execute all deeds AND other
papers necessary to the due conveyance
and transfer oi tae property described
aud referred to in this section &c the said
board of trustees.
Sec. s. That the board Of directors o:
! the State peniteGtiary are hereby author
ICED and required, upon the order OF tie
board Of trustees OF the said Clemson
Agricultural College, signed bT t2ei7
president and secretary, 70 furnish 10
said board OF trustees able bodied cor
7icts not 10 exceed fifty in number st
one time, said coayicts to Ce employed
by said beard Of trustees il work cor
nec.ed with the erection Of the buildings
OF said Clemson Agricultural College or
in the preparation OF the ground and he
materials therefor: Provided, That the
said board Of trustees shall Ge!rGy The
expenses Of the transportation OF SAID
coavic:s TO aaS FROM the pcnitent:ary,
the expense Of medical attention, ard
the expense Of furnishing such convicts
With Drcro- food and lnt(rinn
Sec 7. That the board OF trustees OF
the said Clemson Agriculture! College
are hereby authorized and empowered
to procure forthwith. from competent
architects and contractors, plans a2G
estimates Of buildings sait be 70: the
purposes of The said Ciemsca Agricul-
tural College. and to erect said College
buildings upon o suitable site on Fort
Hill plantation. situate 10 the county "i
Oconee, ard to defr&y the expenses lnc.-
dent to the erection OF. said College
buildings and to the proper maintenance
of said Clemson Agricultural Collcge
gu: OF the funds and moneys hereby. II
the preceding sections OF this Act, ap
priatcd and made available, aud ous Of
such other funds and moneys as may, |
By the General Assembly, be hereafter
appropriated and made available, and 70
DO al other things necessary TO carry
out the provisions Of this Act, and the |
provisions of the &C: entitled ''Aa act
to accept tie devise and beGuest or
Thomas G. Clemson, and to establish an
Agricultural Collegein connection there
with" aDproyed 9th November, y. D.
1880. Provided, That this Act shall
not take effect until the executor 0! the
will OF the aforesaid Thomas G. Clemson
shall have executed a deed aad convey
ance Of the property so devised to tae
State: Provided, nevertheless. THAT OF
the funds and moneys by the seTcra!
sections OF this ACT appropriated, the
sum CT three thousand dollars shall,
upon tie approval of this ACT, be imme-
diately paid by the State treasurer 10
the treasurer OF the board Of trustees 0!
the said Clemson Agricultural College TO
desray the cost Of plans and specifications
and estimates Of suitable college build
iugs as aforesaid; said sum to be paid
upon the order CT the said board OF
trustees sigaed By their President and
secretary.
Sec. S. That all Acts or parts Of Acts
Inconsistent with the provisions OF this
Act be, and the same are hereby, re-
pealed.
Two other bills connected in-i7cctly
with that for the establishment OF the
Clemson Collage have been introduced
in the Senate. Que comes t7on Senator
Ferguson, OF Laurcos, and provides toF
tie transfer OF the duty Of collecting tie
tag tax OF fertilizers :rcm ta@ Depart
ment OF Agriculture, tc the Comptroller
Gcoera! and allowing bin 81, SGD 70 de-
fray the expenses OF the collection. It
is stated that this will insure saving 0!
S7CO a year in this item aloue. Tbs other
bill was broughtin og Senator Pope and
provides for the abolition CT the entire
Agricultural Department. and the rest
ing Of all the property and duties OF the
department in the board OF trustees OF
the Clemson College.