Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-03-07
DELAWARE COLLEGE,


Editor The Gazette: In the matter
Of recent agitation, on the part of some
OF the citizens OF your city, for the
removal Of Delaware College, desire
to call your attention to, the status OF
the State towards and In connection
with the college: Delaware College
was reorganized In 1867, as follows:
At AN adjourned meeting Of the
original board of trustees OF Delaware
College, he'd February 10th, 1867, a
resolution was adopted, proposing and
offering to convey to the State joint
and equal interest in the college build
ings, grounds, library, philosophical
and chemical apparatus, and vested
furd OF the college proper Of said col
lege, upon the condition, that the State
shall vest the donation from the general
government in board of trustees, not
more than one.half of whom shall be
representatives of the State; the re.
naming half representing the present
board.
By an act OF the Legislature passed at
Dover, March l4tb. 1867, entitled IAN
act establishing a College for Agricul-
ture and Mechanic Arts Ia Delaware, ("
it was provided:
Whereas, The Legislature of this
State by a recent act, accepted the pro
visions Of an act OF Congress approved
July I'd, 1869, entitled An act donating
public lands to the several States and
Territories which may provide colleges
for the benefit OF agriculture and me-
chanic arts; Z and
Whereas, The said act OF Congress
renders it the duty of the State tn pro.
vide buildings, grounds, aud appliances
necessary to carry out the objects of
| said act; and
Whereas, The Board of Trustees OF
Delaware College have proposed to con-
vey to the State Of Delaware q joint
and equal interest in the grounds,
buildings, libraries, apparatus, and
vested fund of said college proper, upon
tho condition, that the State shall vest
the income to be derived froln the sale
| OF said lands In Board Of Trustees,
n OF more than one half Of whom shall
be representatives Of the State, and the
remainder the representatives Of the
present board, for the purpose Of estab-
fishing at Newark in connection with
said college an institution which shall
meet the requirements OF thu act Of
Congress, and extend to the people Of
Our Stale the benefit Of Its provisions /;
therefore,
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State
of Delaware, In General Assembly met /:
Section |. That the proposition of
the board of trustees OF Delaware Col
lege be and the same Is hereby 40
oepted. and that Delaware College is
adopted and established as the insti-
tuition to be provided by the State
Of Delaware in accordance with the
provisions OF the act of Congress ap
proved July I'd, 1862. entitled An act
donating public lands to the several
States and Territories which may pro-
vide colleges for the benefit of Agrioul-
tuIe and the Mechanic Arts. -
Thus, contract was entered into
between the original board of trustees
Of Delaware College and the State for
the establishment Of the college at
Newark, which contract was formally
made binding by legislative enactment
and for the faithful performance on the
part of the State, the trustees of Della
ware College sold tine lands, donated by
the general government pndar an act oil
Congress of July I'd, 1862, to the several
States and Territories which may gro.
vide colleges for the benefit of agrIcul-
ture and the mechanic arts, and
invested the money received from that
sale in bonds of the State of Delaware,
which bonds were afterwards redeemed
and the State issued in lieu thereof q
certificate Of Indebtedness acknowledge
ing itself to be justly indebted to the
trustees of Delaware College for the
amount realized from said sale, with
interest thereon from the date OF said
certificate. George G. Evans.
Newark, March 4th. 1901.