Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-12-11

agUMstAgYo OF THE WORK OF THE,
BOARD OF TRUsTREs.

A1SuisuH S-VlSSS Stb Sipe3 SWOT9 III
absorbing topic, and the Board Of
Trustees Is hard at work preparing
and shaping its future for tie State
Legislature to- develop. The Board
met this morning The first thing
u i WIS Wt5$5Sff the salary OF the
Secretary Of the Board. The amount
agreed on was 800 per month.
sSs The four bids for the erection Of
the main building were presented,
opened and considered. al Of them
were rejected as being too high,
ranging from $4,000 to $4,000.
This, of cour;e, was more than the
Board could afford 80 pay, and a
Resolution was offered by Mr.. Wan
namaker, and unanimously adopted,
that the building be erected by the
college authorities, and authorizing
President Strobe to build the main
building. The plan is &c, erect tho
building with convict labor, and the
architect estimates that this can be
done for $4,000, at the outside.
1T + resident Strobe says tho work will
commence as soon rs the Legislature
gives him the convicts.
"A resolution was unanimously
adopted that the whole Fort Hill
farm be turned into an experimental
station, and that the college be fur
nished with farm products therefrom.
TO CONTROL THE STATION.
It was resolved that o committee
of three members be elected to whom
\ would be intrusted tho control of
the experimental station and tho
committee was chosen as follows: d.
is Norris, j. e. Tindall and J. E,
Bradley.
THE EXPERIMENTAL STATION.
The following set of resolutions
Were unanimously adopted in regard
to3the experimental station matter
8 Resolved That in establishing the
experimental station it shall be con
sidered as II Of the departments of
tho Agricultural College, and it shall
be managed and controlled, not as
separate from, but as part and parcel
5of, the same.
-Resolued, That owing to the feet,
that the Hatch fund ap9t6.ths other
appropriation of s1s,06O made in aid
J, tho Agricultural College, md the
anItSal appropriation of the same
fund made by Congress, used in con-
stracting tho college building, that
both Of said appropriations thereof
shall be economically preserved and
expended in paying salaries and in
the purchase of such articles rs will
be needed as part of the expert
mental equipments of the college.
Resolved, That the Secretary and
Treasurer shall keep a separate
account Of the expenditures of these
funds, so as to be able to mako n
report, as required by the several
Acts, to the proper authorities at
Washington, and that they shall be
expended and paid out in the Same
manner as other funds appropriated
by the State are required by law
ito be expended, j. e., by a two-thirds
vote of the Board of Trustees.
It was decided to insure the CAL
.houn mansion and property for
,0oe. .....
Professor M. p. Harden, of Viz
ginia, who was some time ago elected
chief chemist at the college, has
notified tho Board of his acceptance
Of the position.
$S$% SALARIES.
The Board considered the matter
OF tixinglthe salaries of the directors
of the experimental station. After
some discussion, tho salaries were
AA.N t
fixed at from $4,000 to $4,000, in
lieu of all other compensation. The
committee, which had been appointed
to examine the books Of the Trea-
surer, reported that they had COM
pleted their work and found tho
books in excellent condition, with
vouchers for every dollar expended.
It was decided that n committee
! be appointed to prepare a bill for
presentation to the Legislature re-
hitting all the taxes now assessed on
the Clemson College property. This
done. .'..
TO ABOLISH THE AGRICULTURAL
\. DEPARTMENT..
A special committee, consisting of
Messrs. Orr, Norris and Donaldson,
was then appointed to prepare a bill
to be presented to tho Legislature,
the object of which was to dispense
with the State Agricultural Depart
ment. The committee will begin