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the said State, and turn over to the
same all property hereinafter given
as an endowment of said institution,
to be held as such by the said State
80 long as it, in good faith, devotes
said property to the purposes of the
donation; provided, however, that
this acceptance By the State shall be
signified, and practical osrrying-o out
be commenced within three years
from the date of the probate of this
my will. During this term of three
years, or as much thereof as may
elapse before the acceptance or refu-
sal of this donation, my executor
shall invest the net produce of the
land and other property; such in
vested fund awaiting the action of
the Legislature, and to form o part
of. the endowment of said institution
if accepted, or to form part of the
endowment of the college or school
hereinafter provided for, should the
donation not be accepted by the
State.
Item 2. The following named gen.
tlemen, seven in number, shall be
seven of the board of trustees, to wit ::
r. w. Simpson, D. X. Norris, M. L..
Donaldson, r. E. Bowen, B. r. Till
man, j. E. Wannamaker and j. E.
Bradley, and the State, if it accepts
tho donation, shall never increase the
board of trustees to number greater
than thirteen in all, nor shall the
duties of said board be taken away
or conferred upon any other man or
body of men. The seven trustees
appointed by me above shall always
have the right, and the power is
hereby given them and their success
sors, which right the Legislature
shall never take away or abridge, to
fill all vacancies which may occur in
their number by death, resignation,
refusal to act or otherwise. But the
Legislature may provide, as it sees
proper, for the appointment or cleo
tion of the other six trustees, if it
accepts the donation. And I do
hereby request the seven trustees
above named, or such of them as may
be living, or may be willing to act,
to meet as soon after my death as
practicable, and organize, and at
once TO fill all vacancies that may
have occurred, and to exert them
selves to effectuate my purposes as
herein set forth, and 1 hereby in
struct my executor to notify them of
their appointment herein as soon
after my death as practicable. The
name of this institution shall be the
"Clemson Agricultural College of
South Carolina"
Item 3. Should the three years ex-
pire without the State accepting the
donation, in manner as hereinbefore
provided, and, if accepted, at the ex-
piration of three years from my
death no practical beginning has
been made to carry into effect the
purposes of the donation, or, if be-
fore the three years expire the Leg
islature shall refuse to accept said
donation, then the donation to the
State is hereby revoked, and my
executor shall execute his trust by
conveying the said Fort Hill place,
and the accumulated fund arising
therefrom, together with all other
property, real or personal, herein
after disposed of and intended to be
given to the said agricultural col
lege, as an endowment, to the seven
trustees named above, or their sue
cessors, who shall erect upon the
Fort Hill place such school or COL
lege for the youth of South Carolina
as, in their judgment, will be for
their best interest; provided, that
said school or college shall be for the
benefit of the agricultural and me.
chanical classes principally, and shall
be free of cost to the pupils, as far
as the means derived from the en-.