The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-12-18
THE CLEMSON COLLEGE.
THE PLANS PROPOSED FOR ITS
ESTABLISHMENT.

Provisions of the Bill Framed IN III
Recent Conference in Co!umbia-Th
Full Text of the Document.
The following is the full text Of Ia
bill introduced in-the Legislature for IN
establishment OF the Clemson Agricul
tural College:
Be It enacted by the Senate aad Hons
OF Representatives of the State Of Soutl
Carolina, uow 1net and sitting in Genera
Assembly, and by the authority Of tht
same:
Section !. That one-half the land scrip
fund, heretofore vested by Section l, o.:
Of the General Statutes in the board D!
trustees of the University Of South Caro-,
lima, be, and the same is hereby, vested
in the board of trustees of the Clemson
Agricultural College of South Carolina:
and the State treasurer is hereby author
lied aDd required to issue certificate OF
State stock in the sum of ninety.fv
thousand nine hundred dollars, bearing
interest at the rate of six per centum per
annum from July 1, A. D. 1889, payable
seni-annually to the board OF trustees of
the said Clemson Agricultural College, to
be held as perpetual fund, the capital
of which shall forever remain undiIniu-
isheG, the income of said fund 10 be used
b7 said board of trustees for the building
aud maintenance OF the said Clemson
Agricultural College, in accordance with
the purposes for which the said land
scrip was donated by the Acts Of Con-
e1ess OF the United States in relation
thereto: Provided, That the State treas
urer shall issue, and be is hereby author
ized and required to issue, to the board
Of trustees of the University of South
Carolina a certificate of State stock in
the sum Of nincty-fve thousand nine
hundred dollars, bearing interest at the
rate of six per centum per snnum from
July /, A. D. 1889, payable aemi-anrual-
ly, to be held as perpetual fund, the
capital of which shall forever remain un-
diminished, the income of said fund to
be used bv said board of trustees for the
use and maintenance Of the South Caro-
lima Agricultural College anc Mechanics
Institute, now in operation for the beDe-
fit of colored students, as set forth in
Section 1,046 OF the General Statutes.
Sec. 2. That the annual grant Of fifteen
thousand dollars, commonly known as
the Hatch bill fund. made to the State
Of South Carolina by the Congress OF the
United State, according to the terms OF
an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to
establish agricultural experiment stations
in connection with the colleges estab-
lished in the several States under the
provisions of an Act approved July 2,
1862, and. of the Act supplementary
thereto" approved March 2, 1887, be,
and the same is hereby, withdrawn from
the control of the board of trustees Of
the University of South Carolina, il
whom it was vested by an Act entitled
can Act to amend Chapter Xxx of the
General Statutes entitled of the Univer-
sity of South Carolina" approved De-
cember 80, 1887; aDd the said grant of
fifteen thousand dollars is hereby vested
in the board Of trustees of the Clemson
Agricultural College Of South Carolina;
and an agricultural experiment station
shall be established in connection with the
said Clemson Agricultural College aud
under the direction Of the board of trus-
tees thereof, to be supported by said
grant according to the provisions OF tie
Act OF Congress hereinbefore mentioned.
Sec. 5. That the sum of money collect.
ed by the commissioners of the sinking
fund during the fiscal year ending Octo-
Der 81, 1880, and now on hand to the
credit of said commissioners, shall be
paid into the State treasury, and shall be
appropriated to the building and main
tenance of the said Clemson Agricoltu-a!
College, and shall be paid by the State
treasurer 10 the treasurer Of the board Of
trustees of the said Agricultural College,
upon the order of said board of trustees,
signed BY their president and secretary
and all moueys that shall hereafter be
collected By the said commissioners Of
the sinking fund. arising from the re.
demption of lands, leases and sales OF
property, or otherwise coming to the
said commissioners, shall be paid into
the State treasury, and shall be kept on
a separate account by the State treasurer,
| ard shall be appropriated to the building
and maintenance of the said Clemson
Agricultural College; and the State
treasurer is hereby authorized and re-
| quired to pay the said moneys annually
to the treasurer of the said Clemson Agri
| cultural College, upon the order Of sale
board of trustees, signed by their presl
dent and secretary.
Sec. 4. That three-ffths of the money;
arising from the privilege tax on fertil
izers sold or offered for sale in thi
State collected by the Department o
Agriculture during the fiscal year ending
October 31st, 1889, and now on hand t
the credit of said department Of Agri
culture, shall be paid into the STATE
Treasury, and shall be appropriated tt
the building aad maintenance of tn
aforesaid Clemson Agricultural Colieg
and shall be paid by the State Treasure
to the Treasurer of the Boord Of Trustee
of said Clemson Agricultural COlleg
upon the order Of said Board OF TEus
| tees, signed by their President and Sec
rotary; and three-ffths of all money
arising from the privilege tax on fertiI
izers sold, or offered for sale, in thi
State which shall hereafter be collecte'
by the Department of Agriculture, o
those upon whom the duty of collectin
said privilege tax may by Act Of Assem-
bly, be de7olved, shall be paid into tn
State Treasury, and shall be kept on
separate account of the State Treasure!
, and shall be appropriated to the buildin
{ and maintenance of the said Clemso
; Agricultural College; and the Stat
Treasurer is hereby authorized and rc
quired to pay the same annually to th
Treasurer of the Board of Trustees {
the said Clemson Agricultural College
. upon the order Of the said board {
trustees, sigoed by their president an
, secretary.
, Sec. 5. All aad every estate and prof.
! erty, real or peasoral, which have her
: tofore been OF the Department of Agr