^ f . BY-LiUVS AS REVISED AND ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AT THE REGULAR MEETING IN MAY, 1853. Tit WHKMI ARE PREFIXED THE ACT OF INCORPORATION, AND THE SUBSEQUENT ACTS PAS>SED IN AMENDMENT THEREOF ; ANo TO wincir ake annkxed Regulations of the Faculty of the College^ OF Tf{E LirmAKY COMMITTEE, OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND EESOLUTIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE IN RELATION TO THE COLLEGE. COLUMBIA, S. G. Tl. W. (HBBES k ro . STEAM POWER-PRESS PRINT. 1853. H BY-LAWS OF THE SxiutJ) CatDlttta College, AS REVISED AND ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AT THE EEGULAR MEETING IN MAY, 1853. TO WHICH AEE PSEFIXED THE ACT OP INCORPORATION, AND THE SUBSEQUENT ACTS PASSED IN AMENDMENT THEREOF ; AND TO WHICH AKB ANNEXED Regulations of the Faculty of the College, OF THE LIBRAE! COMMITTEE, OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND EESOLUTIOIS OF THE LEGISLATURE IN RELATION TO THE COLLEGE. COLUMBIA, S. C. R, W. GIBBES' STEAM-POWER PRESS PRINT. 1853. ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE, RELATIVE TO THE SOUTH CAROLIM COLLEGE AN AQT to estahlisha College at Columbia. 3. Whereas, the proper education of youth contributes greatly to tLe prosperity of Society, and ought always to be an object of legislative attention. And whereas, the establishment of a CoLLEaE in a central part of the State, where all its youth may be educated, will highly promote the instruction, the good order and the harmony of the whole community : 4. Be it therefore enacted by the Honourable the Senate and House of Representatives^ now met and sitting in G-eneral Assembly^ and by the aufhoriiy of the samey That his Excellency the Governor, his Honour the Lieu- tenant Governor, the Honourable the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honourable the Associate Judges, and the Judges of the Court of Equity, shall be, ex-officio, together with General Charles C. Pinckney, H. W. DeSaussure, Tho- mas Taylor, the Rev. D. E. Dunlap, the Rej. John Brown, of Lancaster, Wade Hampton, John Chesnut, James B. Richardson, Dr. Isaac Alexander, Henry Dana Yf ard, the Rev. Samuel W. Yongue, William Falconer, and Bartlee Smyth, be Trustees, to continue in office for the term of four years from the passing of this Act : and at the expi- ration of the said four years, and every four years there- after, the Legislature to nominate* thirteen Trustees,t to - •* Elect by baUot. See Act of 1805, post. \ Tli9 number of Trustees has been since increased. See Act of 1825, post. A. A. 1801. 5 Statutes, 403. Preamble. Trustees ap- pointed. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. Trustees incorporated, Trustees succeed tlie said thirteen persons above named, one body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name of " The Trustees of the South Carolina College;" and that by the said name they and their successors shall and may have perpetually succession, and be able and capable in law to have, receive and enjoy, to them and their succes- sors, lands, tenements and hereditaments, of any kind or value, in fee, or for life or years, and personal property of any kind whatsoever ; and also all sums of money, of any amount whatsoever, which may be granted or be- queathed to them, for the purpose of building, erecting, endowing and supporting the said College in the town of Columbia. 5. And he it enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a stated meeting of the said Trustees on when to meet, the first Wednesday in December, in each year, during the Session of the Legislature ; * and that the President of said College, and four of the said Trustees, shall have full power to call occasional meetings of the Board, when- ever it shall appear to them necessary ; and that at all stated meetings, the President of the Board of Trustees aforesaid, and ten of the Trustees, shall be the number ^^^^ ^^^er to constitute a quorum, and to fill up, by ballot, any va- cancies that may occur in the said Trustees, except those who are hereby declared to be Trustees ex-officio ; and the President and six of the other Trustees thall be the number to constitute an occasional meeting ; and the Their powers, said Trustees, or a quorum of them, being regularly con- vened, shall be capable of doing or transacting all the business and concerns of the saidCollege ; but more particu- larly of electing all the customary and necessary oflicers of the said institution, of fixing their several salaries, of removing any of them for neglect or misconduct in office, of prescribing the course of studies to be pursued by the students ; and, in general, of framing and enact- ing all such ordinances and by-laws as shall appear to them necessary for the good government of the said College ; Provided the same be not repugnant to the laws of this State nor of the United States. 6. And he it further enacted hy the authority afore- said, That the head of the said College shall be styled " The President," and the masters thereof shall be styled The Faculty. *^ The Professors ;" but Professors, while they remain such, shall never be capable of holding the office of Trus- a quorum. * Time of meeting altered. See Act of 1811, post. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 5 tee ; and the President and Professors, or a majority of them, shall be styled " The Faculty of the College ;" ■which Faculty shall have the power of enforcing the ordinances and by-laws adopted by the Trustees for the government of the students, by rewarding or censuring them ; and, finally, by suspending such of them as, after repeated admonitions, shall continue disobedient or refractory, until a determination of a quorum of Trus- '^^®"' P«^®''^- tees can be had ; but that it shall be only in the power of a quorum of Trustees, at their stated meeting, to ex- pel any student of the said College. 7. And he it further enacted hy the authority afore- said^ That the Trustees of the said College shall and may have a common seal for the business of themselves and their successors, with liberty to change or alter the General powers same, from time to time, as they shall think proper ; and of Trustees. that, by their aforesaid name, they and their successors shall and may be able to implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all courts of law within this State ; and to grant, bar- gain, sell or assign, any lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods or chattels ; and to act and do all things w^hatso- ever, for the benefit of the said College, in as ample a ' manner as any person or body politic or corporate can or may by law. 8. And he it further enacted hy the authority afore- said, That the Trustees of the said College are hereby authorized and empowered to draw out of the Treasury of this State the sum of fifty thousand dollars, to be ap- propriated to the purpose of erecting a building of brick "^jated for^Col or stone, and covered with tile or slate, suitable to the lege buildings, accommodation of the students of the said College, and suitable for fully carrying on the education of the said students, and for the erection of such other buildings as may be necessary for the use of said College ; and that the Comptroller be authorized and empowered, upon ap- plication of the said Trustees, to pay over to said Trus- tees the sum of six thousand dollars yearly and every year, to be appropriated to the purpose of paying the salaries of the Faculty of the said College, and for the further support of the same ; * and that the Trustees of the said College shall be accountable for the proper ap- * Since the reorganization of the CoUege the number of Professors has been increased and they are paid by annual appropriations of the Legisla- tui-e. See A. A. 184:6, page 354, section 6. 6 SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. propriation of the said moneys, to tlie Comptroller, who shall report thereon annually to the Legislature. 9. A7id he it further enacted hy the authority afore- This a public ^^^'^? That this Act shall be deemed a public Act, and, Act. as such, shall be judicially taken notice of, without spe- cial pleading, in all the courts of Law and Equity within this State. 10. And he it further enacted hy the authority afore- Land in Co- 8aid^ That the said Trustees, with the concurrence of the lumbia, con- Commissioners of Columbia, shall be empowered to make ^^^^ tees. ^^' choice of any square or squares, yet unsold, in the town of Columbia, for the purpose of erecting said College and the buildings attached thereto, having strict refer- ence to every advantage and convenience necessary for such institution. In the Senate House, ike nineteenth day of December^ in the year of our Lord one thousand^ eight hundred and one, and in the twenty-sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America. JOHN WARD, President of the Senate. THEODORE GAILLARD, Speaker of the Souse of Representatives. A. A. 1802. AN ACT authorizing the Commissioners for disposing 5 Statutes, 437. ^y ^^^ PuhUc Land in the town of Columbia, to deliver up certain Bonds therein mentioned, and to convey certain Squares to the Trustees of the South Carolina College. 11. Whereas, the Board of Trustees of the College of South Carolina, in locating the spot which appeared to ream . ^-^^^ ^]^g most proper for the site of the above men- tioned College, have discovered that parts of the squares comprised therein have been sold to private per- sons who are willing to relinquish their purchases ; 12. Be it therefore enacted hy the Honourahle the Sen- • ate and Souse of Representatives, notv met and sitting in G-eneral Assembly, and hy the authority of the same, • That upon the several persons, hereinafter mentioned, Certain bonds who havo purchased lots or squares in the town of Co- to be cancelled, j^j^l^jg^^ or their .legal representatives, producing to the commissioners for disposing of the public land in the town aforesaid, certificates from the Board of Trustees of the College aforesaid, that they have executed to SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 7 them full and sufficient conveyances, in fee simple, of the squares and lots hereinafter particularly described, the commissioners aforesaid are hereby authorized and di- rected to cancel the following bonds, to wit : the bond of Greorge Wade, for the purchase of two acres, making part of the square bounded by Richardson, Divine, Sum- ter and Greene streets ; also the bond of William Cun- nington, for the purchase of the square bounded by Sumter, Greene, Marion and Medium streets ; also the bond of Thomas Rhett Smith, for the purchase of the square bounded by Sumter, Blossom, Marion and Divine streets ; also the bond of Ezekiel Pickens, for the pur- chase of the square bounded by Marion, Divine, Bull and Greene streets ; and also the bond of Bartlee Smyth, for the purchase of the square bounded by Marion, Greene, Bull and Medium streets. 13. And he it further enacted hy the authority afore- said, That the Commissioners aforesaid shall be, and Lots conveyed they are hereby authorized and directed to convey to *^ Trustees. the Trustees aforesaid, in fee simple, the square bound- ed by Sumter, Divine, Marion and Greene streets, in the town aforesaid ; also the square bounded by Marion, Blossom, Bull and Divine streets ; and the half square adjoining Wade's purchase, bounded by Richardson, Divine, Sumter and Greene streets, as aforesaid. 14. And he it further enacted hy the authority afore- said, That the Trustees aforesaid shall be, and they are wiio may en- hereby authorized and empowered to stop up or inclose close streets. all or anypartof Greene, Marion or Divine streets, which are included within and bounded by Bull, Blossom, Sum- ter and Medium streets. 15. And he it further enacted hy the authority afore- said. That until the salaries of the Faculty of the said Library and College shall commence, the Comptroller be authorized /pparaSprt^ and empowered, upon application of the said Trustees, vided for. to pay to them or their order, towards purchasing a phi- losophical and mathematical apparatus and library for the said College, the annual sum appropriated by law for such College. In the Senate House, the eighteenth day of December^ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two^ and' of the Independence of the United States of America, the twenty-seventh. JOHN WARD, President of the Senate.. ROBERT STARK, Speaker of the House of Representatives, 8 SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. A. A. 103. ^yi AQT to aid the establishment of the South Carolina a u es, . QoiiQgQ^ and to amend an Act entitled " An Act to es- tablish a College at Columbia." 16. Be it enacted by the Honourable the Senate and Souse of Representatives, now met and sitting in Gene- ral Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That if at any stated or other meeting to be held by the Trus- When no quo- tees of the South Carolina College, any less number than rum, Trustees ^ quorum, as established by the said Act, shall attend, the members so attending shall have power to appoint a chaii'man, and to meet and adjourn from time to time, as the majority shall think fit. 17. And be itfitrther enacted by the authority afore- What number ^^^'^? That if at any stated or other meeting of the said a quorum, board, the President shall not attend, it shall and may be lawful for the number of eleven at a stated meeting, or the number of seven at an occasional meeting, to elect a president pro tempore ; and the meeting so constitu- ted shall be vested with all the powers which an occa- sional or stated meeting may respectively exercise ; any thing in the said Act to the contrary notwithstanding.* 18. And whereas, sundry persons, proprietors of those two squares of land situate upon and circumscribed by Two squares of j^g^i^^-^ ^iid Pendletou, Sumter and Bull streets, have land to be con- ..„,,. ' . . , , • i m veyed to Trus- Signified their assent to relinquish to the said Trustees tees. their right and interest in the said two squares, upon being compensated by an exchange of other lands or otherwise : Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the Commissioners of the town of Columbia shall convey and assure to the said Trustees, the said two squares of land, or so much thereof as the purchasers shall volun- tarily relinquish ; and shall make such compensation to wi,^ rv,o^ n^ the said purchasers, by exchange or otherwise, as shall Who may en- r i i ^ ^ ^ ^ • ^ close streets. DO agreed upon by and between them ana the said pur- chasers ; and that it shall be lawful for the said Trus- tees to inclose the said two squares, with the squares lying next to the Southward thereof, in one inclosure, notwithstanding the intervening streets. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the tiventy -eighth. JOHN GAILL ARD, President of the Senate. ROBERT STARK, Spealcer of the House of Representatives. * Altered by Act of 1825. See post. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. An ACT to ratify and con-firm the acts and proceedings of ^ ^- ^- i^^J- , "^X . *^ rrr , /» ,7 /-/ 77 jy^ Statutes, 494. persons heretofore acting as Trustees of the College of Columbia. 19. "WTiereas, it has been recently discovered, that there exists a variance between the enrolled Act, entitled '^^^^^ ^■ "An Act to establish a College at Columbia," of record in the office of the Secretary of State, and the printed copy thereof, promulgated by authority of the State, for the information of the public, by reason whereof divers persons named in said printed copy, but who are not mentioned in the original Act, were required to act as Trustees of said College, and did accordingly interfere and act as such. 20. Be it therefore enacted hy the Honourable the Sen- ate and Souse of Representatives, now met and sitting Former pro- in Gfeneral Assembly, and by the authority of the same, ^^^fi^^ed!^"' That all and every act heretofore done, assented to or concurred in, by each and every person named as Trus- tees in the printed copy of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a College at Columbia," passed the nineteenth day of December, in the year oif our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one, from the promulgation thereof until the passing of this Act, which, would have been legal and valid had the said persons been named or ap- pointed Trustees in and by the enrolled Act aforesaid, shall be, and the same are hereby declared to be, rati- fied and confirmed and held to be as firm and efi"ectual in law, in as full and ample a manner as if their several and respective names had been inserted in said Act. 21. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- said, That the associate Judges of the Court of Common Associate Pleas, for the time being, shall be, and they are hereby \mstees. declared, ex-officio, to be. Trustees of the said College. 22. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- said, That the stated meetings of the Trustees of the said ig changed. ' College shall, and the same is hereby declared to be, changed from the fi^rst Wednesday in December, to the fourth Monday of November in each year. 23. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- Qoiiege may said, That the said College shall have full and ample confer degrees. power to confer degrees on students or such other per- sons as may be deemed qualified to receive the same. 24. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- Trustees to be said, That such part of the said Act as directs a nomi- ^ ^^ baUot.''^^" 4 10 SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. nation of Trustees by the Legislature, be, and tbe same is hereby, repealed ; and that in cases in which hereto- fore the Legislature might have nominated Trustees, that the same shall be elected by a joint ballot of both branches of the Legislature, and that the persons having the highest number of votes on such ballot, shall be, and are hereby declared to be, Trustees of the ^aid College. In the Senate House, the fourteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, and in the thirtieth year of ike Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America,. ROBERT BARNWELL, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives, A. A. 1811. An ACT to make appropriation for the sujyport of a 5 Statutes, 643. Professor of Chemistry in the South Carolina College. 25. Whereas, the Trustees of the South CaTolina Col- lege have, by their memorial, represented to the Legis- Preamble. lature that the establishment of a Professorship of Che- mistry in said College would be of great utility to the State, by widening the circle of knowledge, and diffusing useful information throughout the same, and have solici- ted the Legislature in aid thereof: Appropriation 26. Be it enacted by the Honourable tlie Senate and ^^ChemSiT ^^^^^'^^ of Representatives^ noiv met and sitting in Q-ene- ral Assembly^ andj by the authority of the same^ That, in addition to the sums already appropriated by law for the support of the faculty of the said College, the Comp- troller be and hereby is, authorized and empowered, upon application of the said Trustees, to pay over to them the sum of sixteen hundred dollars yearly, and every year, to be applied to the purpose of paying the salary of a Professor of Chemistry in the said College. In the Senate House, the twenty first day of Decemher, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and elcveny and in the thirty -sixth year of the Independence of the TJni' ted States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOHN GEDDES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 11 An A OT to autJiorize the Comrtiissioners of the Orphan ^- f-' -^^^32 House of Charleston, to select the numher of youths ' therei7i mentioned, from those educated and maintained mi the bounty of that Institution, tvho shall he allowed to cow.plete their education at the South Carolina College. 27. Whereas, from tlie mimber of Orphan Children,. from every part of'^his State, educated and supported by Preamble, the munificence of the citizens of Charleston, in the Or- phan House of that city, an ample opportunity is offered of making a judicious selection of talents and genius ; in . order, therefore to further the patriotic and liberal views of the patrons of that Institution : 28. Be it enacted hy the Honourable the Senate and One jovAhirona. House of Representatives, now met and sitting in Gf-ene- ^^^^^g^^ate^ ral Assembly, and by authority of the same, That from at College. and immediately after the passing of this Act, the Com- missioners of the Orphan House, in the city of Charles- ton shall be, and they are hereby OAithorised and em- powered to select, annually, one youth from the number educated and maintained on the bounty of that Institu- tion, for the purpose of completing his education at the South Carolina College, graduate and receive the de- grees conferred at the said College. 29. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- said, That the Trustees, the President and Professors, shall be, and they are hereby directed to receive, and cause to be educated, and allowed to graduate at the South Carolina College, the boys to be selected as afore- said, subject, nevertheless, to ail the rules, orders and regulations of the said South Carolina College. 30. And be it further enacted by the autliority afore- said. That all expense incident to the education and jjjg expenses maintenance of the said boys, so to be selected, (cloth- how paid, ing excepted,) shall be defrayed from the amount annu- ally appropriated by the Legislature to the South Caro- lina College.* 31. And be it further enaxted by the authority afore- said. That, as the youths so chosen shall graduate, or in in case of ra- case of the death, expulsion or removal of them, or any <^^^^i' of them, the commissioners aforesaid, are hereby autho- rized and empowered to fill up any vacancy occasioned thereby. * See A. A. 1841, post. aUowing $400 00. 12 SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 32. And he it further enacted ly the authority afore- said, That the sum of one hundred and forty dollars be, and is hereby, annually appropriated for the clothing of each of the said boys, while they remain at the said Appropriation College : Provided, nevertheless, That they shall not for clothing, coj^^i^^^ije bcyond the term usually allowed to candidates for the first degree. 33. And he it further enacted hy the authority afore- said, That all Acts and parts of Acts repugnant hereto, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of Decemher.in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and in the thirty-sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOHN GEDDES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A, A. 1811. -^^^ -^ ^T to alter the time of the stated meeting of the 5 statutes, 651. Board of Trustees of the South Carolina College, and for other 2^'^'^poses therein mentioned. 34. Be it enacted hy the Honourahle, the Senate and House of Representatives, noiv onet and sitting in G-ene- Time of meet- ral Assembly, and hy the authority of the same. That in ^^^^fj^^^*^^^ future the stated meeting of the Board of Trustees of the South Carolina College shall be held and meet on the "Wednesday next after the fourth Monday in Novem- ber in each year, instead of the time heretofore estab- lished by law for the stated meeting of the said Board. 35. And he it further enacted hy the authority afore- Vacancies how ^^^'^J That no vacancy in the officers of the College shall fiUed. be filled, unless at the stated meeting of the Board of Trustees : Provided, nevertheless. That such vacancy may be filled at any occasional meeting, until the stated meeting of the Board of Trustees, and no longer. 36. And he it further enacted hy the authority afore- Suspension of Said, That from and after the passing of this Act, the Students. J'aculty shall be, and they are hereby, required to re- port the whole of their proceedings against any student who shall be suspended, together with the cause of such suspension to the Board of Trustees, at their next stated meeting after such suspension j and the said Board of SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 13 Trustees are hereby authorized and empowered, upon a review of the sentence of any student, to restore such student to his standing in the College, if it shall appear to the said Board of Trustees proper to do so. In the Senate Mouse^ the twentieth day of December, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and in the thirty-sixth year of the Independence of the Uni- ted States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOHN GEDDES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. An AOT to prohibit the Students of the South Carolina College from using the State House in Columbia, in 5 statutes 724. future, to hold their Commencement Ball in. 37. Whereas, the State House, in the town of Colum- bia, is intended for State purposes only, and the Legisla- Preamble ture has, heretofore, on the application of the Students of the South Carolina College, permitted it to be used for their commencement ball ; and, whereas, such use has been found incompatible with the safety of the house, and the records of the offices of Secretary of State, and Surveyor General, and the papers and funds of the Treasury, and of the Branch Bank of the State of South Carolina, deposited therein : Be it therefore enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met menuTii^^tt and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority qfbe held in state the same^ That hereafter the Students of the South House. Carolina College shall be, and they are hereby, forever prohibited from holding their commencement ball in the State House, in the town of Columbia, and from dancing therein. In the Senate House, the twentyfrst day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and in the thirty-ninth year of the Independence of the Uni- ted States of America. JAMES R. PRINGLE, President of the Senate. THOMAS BENNETT, Spealer of the House of Representatives. 14 SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. A. A. 1819. From ^'■An Act to malce appropriations for the year of o a u es, . ^^^ Lord one thousand eight hundred, and nineteen^ and for other' purposes therein mentioned.'' 38. And he it further enacted hy the authority afore- ' Insurance. Said, That the Comptroller General shall be, and he is hereby, authorized and required annually to insure against fire the College buildings at Columbia.* 39. For the purchase of the chemical, philosophical apparatus^ ^^^ mineralogical apparatus of Mjr. L'Herminier, for the use of the South Carolina College, one thousand dollars. A. A. 1825. An Act to alter and. amend an Act entitled ^^An Act to 6 Statutes, 266. estaUish a College at Qolumhiar Who shall con- ^^- ^^ ^'^ enacted hy the Honoui^ahle the Senate Q,nd stitute the House of Representatives, now met and sitting in Board of Trus- ^g^g^^^ jisse?nbJy, and hy the authority of the same. That from and after the passing of this Act, the Board of Trustees of the South Carolina Oollege shall consist of the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor of the State, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Judges of the Court of Appeals, the Circuit Judges of the Court of Law, and the Chancellors, ex-ojjicio, together with twenty -other persons to be elected by joint ballot of the Senate and House of Representatives, to continue in office four years and until others shall be elected. 41. And he it further enacted hy the authority afore- Quorum. Said, That from and after the passing of this Act, nine members shall constitute a quorum of the Board of Trus- tees, sufficient for the transaction of any business relative to the said College — except it be the appointment of an officer in the same, which shall be done only ?.t the an- nual meeting, and when a majority of the said board are present. In the Senate House, the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and. twenty- five, a7id in the fiftieth year of the Ind.ejiendxmce of the Uni- ted States of America. JACOB BOND I'ON, President of the Senate. JOHN B. O'NEALL, Speahir of the Souse of Representatives. * Buildings no longer insured. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 15 Extract from an Act passed 17 th December, 1831, ^^i^^*- s statates^%3. tied "An Act to incorporate certain societies, and for other purposes." 42. The Board of Trustees of the South Carolina Trustees may College are hereby invested with full power and autho-^^ncTof wS-' rity, in ail investigations where they deem it necessary nesses. to the interest of the College, by subpoena, rule and at- tachment, to compel witnesses to appear and testify, and papers to be produced and read before the Board. 43. The Board of Trustees are also invested with full May dismiss power and authority, whenever they may deem it essen- officers, tial to the interest of the College, to dismiss from office any officer of said institution. An ACT to vest certain squares and lots of woodland in a. a. 1833. the town of Columbia, in the Trustees of the >So2^^A 6 Statutes, 485. Carolina College. 44. "Whereas, it is deemed important to the health of the officers and students of the South Carolina College, Preamble, that certain squares and lots of woodland in the town of Columbia, which belong to the State, and lie between the said College and the swamp of Rocky Branch, should remain uncleared, and that the control of the same should be given to the Trustees of said College for that pur- pose. 45. Be it therefore enacted by the Honourable the Sen- ate and Ho'itse of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the following squares and lots of woodland, be- longing to the State, in the town of Columbia, to wit : certain lots lots numbered on the town plat as 53 and 54, on Medi- vested in Trus- um street, lots numbered as 43 and 44 on Greene street, ®®^* one square between Pickens, Bull, Green and Divine streets, and one square between Bull, Pickens, Pendle- ton and Medium streets, be, and the same are hereby, granted to, and vested in, the Board of Trustees of the 16 SOUTH CAROLmA COLLEGE. South Carolina College, for the purpose herein above mentioned. ^ In the Senate House^ the nineteenth day of December^ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three, and in thefity-eighth year of the Sovereignty and In- dependence of the United States of America. * H. DEAS, President of the Senate. PATRICK NOBLE, Speaker of the House of Re^presentatives, An ACT concerning Vagrants.* A. A. 1836. 46. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Repre- 6 Statutes, 654. sentatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the Kee Din passiug of this Act, if any person shall, within ten miles bawdy or gam- of the South Carolina College, keep any house as a ing iiouse, how ]^)a^(iy_liouse, or house of common prostitution, or shall v^T^^s e . pggj^jg jjj^ Qy i^Q ^j^ inmate of, such house, or shall be supported or gain a maintenance by common prostitu- tion, or shall keep or use any house as a house for gam- ing, or shall aid or assist in keeping such house, or shall keep any faro-bank or other device for gaming, every - such person as aforesaid shall be proceeded against as a vagrant ; and upon conviction of any of the offences above enumerated, shall be deemed a vagrant, and either enter into recognizance to the State in the sum of two thousand dollars, with two good and sufficient sureties (who shall be freeholders) in the sum of one thousand dollars each, to be taken and approved before the Clerk of the Court of Kichland district, conditioned not to of- fend against the provisions of this Act for the space of three years, or in default thereof shall be forthwith com- mitted to the gaol of the district, to be dealt with as a vagrant. If any person, after having given bond as aforesaid, For second of. shall again, within the limits before prescribed, keep any fence. bawdy-house, house of common prostitution, or house for gaming, either with cards or by any other game or de- ■* See 1 Ed. 6, ch. 3. As to who were Vagrants before the Constitution, see Yol. 5, 41. 2 Breyard, 319. G-rimke, P. Laws, 31. In the case of the State Ex-Relatione Coleman vs. Maxcy & Arthur, Justices, the Court of Appeals, on the question being made, held this Act to be constitutional. — See Record book, 1 toI. State Cases, 104, May, 1838, Columbia. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 17 vice, such person shall be subject to indictment therefor, and on conviction shall be fined for every day such of- fence is proved to have been committed, not exceeding one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding twelve months. That any justice of the peace or quorum is hereby au- How offenders thorized and required, upon the written requisition of ^^^ ^J prose- the Faculty of the South Carolina College, through their presiding officer, or of the Solicitor of the Circuit where- in the same is situated, suggesting the name of any of- fender against the provisions of this Act, and any wit- nesses necessary to the investigation, forthwith to issue warrants to bring before him such offender and witness- es ; and if, upon investigation before such justice, suffi- cient evidence shall appear to satisfy him that further proceedings are warranted, a court shall be organized as in other cases for the trial of vagrants, before which such offender shall be tried and dealt with, as hereinbe- 'fore directed ; and it shall be the duty of every sheriff and constable to whom any process for the enforcement of this Act may be directed, to execute the same with all practicable despatch according to its mandate ; and he shall, when required, return on oath his proceedings thereon. That upon conviction in case of indictment for any of- rj,^^ ^^^^^ fence specified in this Act, the tax costs of the Solicitor, recoverable from the defendant, shall be three hundred dollars, to be used by him as a fund for defraying the expenses incurred in enforcing the provisions of this Act. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day ofDecemher, in the year oj our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- six^ and in the sixty-first year of the Sovereignity and In- dependence of the United States of America. PATRICK NOBLE, President of the Senate. D. L. WARDLAW, Speaker of the House of Representatives. 203. 18 SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. From'' An ACT to reduce all Ads and clauses of Acts to one Act, in relation to the Militia Law of this State, and to alter and amend the same." A. A. 1841. 47. Sec. CXXXY. The following persons shall be ex- 11 Statutes, empted from ordinary militia duty, but shall be liable to perform duty in times of alarm, insurrection, invasion, (or as one of the posse comitatus, when required,) and shall not be exempted from draft for actual service ; but no person under the age of eighteen, or above the age of forty-five years, shall be liable to draft for any service beyond the limits of their respective brigades, to wit : The Members of both branches of the General Assembly, and their respective officers, for fifteen days before the sitting, during the session, and fifteen days after the ad- journment thereof ; all regularly officiating Clergymen; all regular licensed practising Physicians ; the Faculty and Officers of the South Carolina College ; Professors in Theological Schools ; School masters having under their tuition not less than fifteen scholars : and all stu- dents at schools, academies and colleges. BY-LA¥S. CHAPTER L The Board of Trustees, 1. The government of tlie College is vested in a Board, Legal style of incorporated under the legal name and style of '' The ^^T.^gSel''^ Trustees of the South Carolina College." A. A. isoi. 2. This Board consists of the Grovernor and Lieuten- 5 Statutes, 403. s^nt Governor of the State, the President of the Senate, q^ ^^^^ ^^^ the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Judges stituted. of the Court of Appeals, the Circuit Judges of the Court A. A. is^. of Law, and the Chancellors, as members ex-officio, to- ^ statutes, 266. gether with twenty other persons, elected by joint ballot of the Senate and House of Representatives, to hold the office for four years, and until others shall have been elected. 3. Nine members shall constitute a quorum of the Board, sufficient for the transaction of any business re- ^ l^is'^'s iative to the College, except the permanent appointment 6 statutes,"266v of an officer, which shall be done only at the stated, annual meeting, and then only, when a majority of the Board are present, 4. The Board is authorized to fill, by ballot, any va- y^^^ . cancies in its own body, occasioned by the resignation or how filled! death of those who are not members ex-offido. A. a. isoi. 5. His Excellency the Governor, is^ ex-officio, the ^ ®*^^*"'*''' ^'^^• President of the Board, and, when present, shall preside, President of at all meetings. In his absence, the Lieutenant Govern- the Board, or, the President of the Senate, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall preside, taking precedence in the order in which their offices are here mentioned. In case none of these should be present, a temporary Presi- dent shall be chosen. 6. The stated, annual meeting of the Board takes Annual Meet- place on the first Wednesday after the fourth Monday in ^°^' November, and may be continued by adjournment from 5 statutes eh. day to day, (the interval between the days not exceeding two weeks,) until an adjournment sine die. 20 SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. ^emi-Anauai 7, There is also a semi-annual meeting on the "Wed- ^^ ^^^' nesday after the first Monday in May, which may be continued in like manner as the stated meeting. Occasional 8. Beside these regular meetings, the President of the "^^^^Sfed ^^^ Board, with the advice and consent of any five members, A. A. 1801. or the President of the College, with the concurrence of 5 Statutes, 403. four Trustees, shall have full power to call occasional meetings, whenever it shall appear to be necessary. How business ^* "^^^ Chair, at all meetings of the Board, shall be is to be con- addressed by members standing and uncovered ; any ducted. motion, proposition or resolution shall be submitted in writing,if any member shall require it ; and business before the Board shall be conducted according to the ordinary rules of Parliamentary Law. Secretary of 10. The Board shall elect a Secretary by ballot, who the Board, Sal- siiall hold his officc during its pleasure, and no longer. ^ ^ ^ ' He shall receive a salary of two hundred and fifty dol- lars, payable quarterly in advance. Previously to en- tering on the duties of his office, he shall give bond and security for the faithful discharge of them, in the pen- alty of five hundred dollars. •^^^^^^/'^ *^® 11. These duties shall be to preserve, in well bound books, provided at the expense of the College, faithful and acccurate minutes, neatly and legibly written, of all the proceedings of the Board ; to copy into the same books all communications from the President, or any Professor, relative to the government, discipline, or in- struction of the College ; to file and take care of all ori- ginal communications to the Board, upon any subject and from any source ; to read at every meeting of the Board the minutes of the one next preceding ; to annex to his records convenient and accurate indexes ; to exe- cute all occasional orders of the Board given to him ; and without any special order, to communicate to the Presi- dent of the College, the Faculty, any Committee, ofiicer or other person, any action or resolution of the Board which, in its plain meaning, shows that the Board intend- ed that notice of it should be had by the body or person to whom he shall make such communication. Po^^^^sanddu- 12. The Board has charge of all the funds and pro- A. A. 1801, ' perty of the College, and to it all donations for the ben- 5 Statutes, 403. efit of the College must be made. The Board elects the President, Professors and all other officers of the Col- lege,(except as hereinafter provided*,) fixes their salaries, determines their tenure of office, prescribes their duties, * See chap. ii. 2 ; Chap. xiv. i. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 21 regulates tlie course of studies to be pursued in tlie Col- lege ; authorises the President of the College to confer Degrees, and enacts all such ordinances and hy-laws as shall appear to be necessary for the good government of the College. To the Board alone belongs the power of expelling a student from the Listitution. 13. The expulsion of a student can only take place at^^PJ^ision of a a stated meeting of the Board. 14. No vacancy in the officers of the College can be Vacancies in filled, except temporarily, at any other than the stated, |jepgj,^a^^^tiy annual meeting. Temporary appointments, to continue filled only at a until the stated meetings, may be made at any meeting. ^*^^^"\^|25°^* 15. In all investigations, in which the Board deems it 6 Statutes, 266. necessary to the interests of the College, it is invested Can compel with full power and authority to compel witnesses, ^J ^ear^b^Tub ^I subpoena, rule and attachment, to appear and testify, na, &g., and and papers to be produced and read before it. papers to be ^ ^ ^ produced. A. A. 1851. 8 Statutes, 373. CHAPTER IL The Officers of the College, generally/. 1. The officers of the College shall consist of the College officers. President, Professors, Librarian, Bursar, Marshal, and such others, as the Board may, from time to time, ap- point. 2. The Board reserves to itself the election of all these By whom elect- officers, except the Marshal, and the election shall al- *®^* ways be by ballot, a majority of the votes of the Trus- tees present being necessary to a choice. 3. The President, Professors and Librarian hold their Temireofof- offices during the pleasure of the Board, and no longer. . ^^®- The Bursar is elected annually, but is removuble at any s statutes, 373 time, for cause, by the Board of Trustees, or, during its recess, by the Faculty of the College, The Marshal is elected annually by the Faculty, and is removable by them at pleasure. 4. No officer, whose tenure of office is the pleasure of Eesignation. the Board, shall, without its consent, resign his office, unless by giving one year's previous notice of his inten- tion to do so. 5. The President and Professors shall reside perma- piaee of resi- nently in apartments assigned to them in the College ^ence. 22 SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGK "buildings, unless permitted to reside elsewhere ; and all officers residing in the College buildings shall, at their own expense, keep their houses and lots in good repair. Every such officer shall, during his occupation of any College building, out-building or fixture, be liable to the Trustees for neglect to repair, in the same manner as if he was under a contract with them, to uphold, maintain and repair the buildings and fixtures occupied by him, and upon his going out by deatl) or otherwise, he, his executors and administrators, shall be, in like manner, liable for any neglect that may have occurred during his occupation. When he enters he must notice defects and want of repair then existing, and immediately report the same to the Executive Committee, who shall act therein ' according to the orders of the Board, and in case of there being no other order in the matter, shall, at any rate, make special examination of the particulars so reported, and carefully write a memorandmn, (to be reported to the Board and safely kept in its archives,) of all the de- fects and want of repair observed on such examination. To the extent of the particulars noted in this memorandum, the officer aforementioned shall not be liable, beyond the necessity of keeping the buildings and fixtures in as good condition as they were in, when they came to his occupa- tion. ^ To the obligation and terms contained in this by- law every offi-cer accedes by entering into the possession of any College building or fixture. To them, every of- ficer now in possession, by continuing, accedes, so far as to be liable for all that has occurred since he went in, and all that may hereafter occur. Members of the 6. ]s[o member of the Faculty shall, during the session surnVothTr' ^f ^^® College, pursue, for reward, any other profession. profession in 7. Evcry Profossor, upon coming into office, shall pre- term time^ ^-dj^Q an address, upon some subject connected with his felsortTcJiiver department, to be publicly delivered at a time fixed by an inaugural the Board of Trustccs. adc e:=s. g^ j^ ^ cascs,* in which an officer is required to give Bonds of col- bond and security for the faithful discharge of the duties ^omTajabk^f his office, the boud shall be made payable to_ the and how con- Trustees of the South Carolina College, and a condition ditioned. gball be annexed, that the said bond shall be valid and binding on the said officer and his sureties for the whole time, during which he shall remain in the said office, al- though it may exceed the term for which he was elected, whether he holds over in virtue of a new election, or on * Chap. siv. 1; Chap. xv. 6; Chap. xri. 3. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 23 account of the omission of the Board to elect a succes- sor, or from any other cause. 9. Should the sureties to the bond of any officer die, when bonds or remove without the limits of the State, or should the ^^'^ unsatisfac- Board or Executive Committee* have reason to believe °^"^'done. ^ that they, or any of them, have become insolvent, or should the Board, or the said Committee, for any other cause, become dissatisfied with the security of the bond, the said officer shall, on notice from the Board, or from the Executive Committee, be removed from office, un- less he give other sufficient security, to be approved of by the said Executive Committee, or some other Com- mittee of the Board. CHAPTER III. Maculty of the College. President, Professors and Secretary of the Faculty. - 1. The President and Professors have the immediate CoUege Faeui- care and government of the under-graduates, and are de- ^^ Aasoi. nominated the College Faculty. 5 statutes, 404. 2. The Faculty have authority to make all orders and Empowered to regulations conducive to the successful discharge of their ^nd re^-uia- duties, and to the carrying into effect the laws of the tions. College, acccrdingjto their true intent and meaning. 3. Thelirrangement of the' prescribed duties of the ^67©? the F^- Professors; the time to be devoted to the prescribed cuity. studies; the number and order of recitations or lectures of each class in each department ; the modes of recitation ; the methods of teaching ; the plan of conducting the pub- lic examinations, and in general, the details of instruc- tion, are matters committed to the Faculty, subject, at all times, to the control of the Board of Trustees. 4. The Faculty are authorized to license teachers of '^^J lia&T^&Q ,1 T^ ^' ^ , T i? • 1 • teachers of po- tne polite accomplishments, and oi exercises conducive iite accom- tO health. plishments. 5. They have cognizance of all offences committed by "'^J^^^^^^^^^u ^^ under-graduates, and it is their special duty to enforce the observance of all the laws and regulations of the Board, for maintaining discipline, and promoting order, virtue, piety and good learning in the Institution. They * Chap. xii. 5. 24 SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. shall further have the powers concerning assessments, servants, the bursary, the rooms and other particulars, which may he given to them hy any by-law or occasional order of the Board, subject, in every case, to the orders and revision of the Board.* Weekly meet- 6. They shall have a stated weekly meeting and re- ing— special yiew the cvents of the preceding week ; and, on any sud- mee mgs. ^^^ emergency, the President or any other member, may call a meeting at any other time. How to vote. T. All votes in the Faculty shall be viva voce^ except in the election to offices, which they have a right to fill. Other officers 8. All Other officers of the College when requested by maybe required the Faculty, are bound to attend their meetings, to aid *^ meetings.^^^ them with advice, if requested, and to execute such or- ders as the Faculty may give, consistently with the laws of the College. Proceedino-s of ^- ^^ question whatever, connected with the govern- tiie Faculty to mcnt or discipline of the College, shall be debated by be secret, ^j^^ Faculty in the presence of any student, nor shall the opinion of any member of the Faculty, nor the result of their dehberations be made known without their order, or the requirement of the Board of Trustees. Pre^identoftiie iQ, t^^q President, as chief executive officer of the College, his du- _. ^^ • , • i • • n •, ties. College, IS to exercise a general supervision over all its concerns ; to see that the course of instruction and dis- cipline is carried into effect, and to give all orders ne- cessary to that end, anJ not inconsistent with the laws of the College. He shall address instruction and counsel to the students, as he shall find opportunity ; and, at every half yearly meeting of the Board of Trustees, he is required to acquaint that body with the state, interests and wants of the whole Institution ; to recommend such measures as he may deem conducive to its success as a place of liberal education, and to report the course of studies which has been pursued by the several classes ; by what Professors each has been taught ; what text- books have been used, and the manner in which officers and students have discharged their respective duties. To the President also it belongs to grant dismissions from College, upon the application of parents or guardians, in the case of minors ; upon their own, in the case of those who are sid juris ; to give temporary leave of absence from Columbia, and to allow the occasional indulgences elsewhere provided for.f He must preside, when present, * See chap, sii., 9 ; chap, xiv., 4 ; chap, xv., 2 ; chap. siii. 1. I Chap. vi. 4, 5 ; Chap. vii. 6, 7 ; Chap. xiii. 2, 5 ; Chap. xy. 3 ; Chap. xvi. Eeg. ; Chap. XYii. Reg. § 2, 3, § 3, 1, I 5, 1,2, 5. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 25 at all meetings of tlie Faculty, deliver tlie results of their opinions, and pronounce their sentences and censures against the students. He is also to preside on public Academic days, and to confer the degrees at Commence- ment. He is also, ex-offi,cio, Chairman of the Executive Committee and of the Library Committee, and is autho- rized to fill vacancies amongst the visitors appointed to attend the examination of the Senior Class.* In his reports to the Board, he shall keep in view the distinc- tion between his various capacities as President of the College, Presiding ofiicer of the Faculty, and Chairman of several Committees. These reports shall give full information concerning all material resolutions and transactions that come to his knowledge in either capac- ity ; especially concerning expenditures of money and assessments upon the students. In making them he may call upon the Librarian for reports, information and as- sistance, such as that officer in either of his capacities, as Librarian, Treasurer and Secretary of the Faculty, ought properly to be able to afford. 11. If, in any case, the Faculij, including himself, jj^^ ^^^ ^^^^.^^ shall be equally divided, the President shall, notwith- vote. standing, have the casting vote. 12. In the absence, sickness, or death of the Presi- Pi'^sidentpro dent, the Faculty shall appoint one of the Professors to ^"^pointed. ^^" discharge his executive functions until the next meeting of the Board, unless, in the case of sickness or absence, the President sooner returns to his duties. 13. It is the duty of the Professors, beside giving in- professors struction in the departments assigned to them, to inspect their duties, the conduct of the students within the College wails, and, as far as practicable, within the Town of Columbia. They are to see that the hours of study and retirement are faithfully observed, f that the students are not out of their rooms at improper times, that the quiet of the cam- pus is not disturbed by noises, or shouts, or boisterous calls, or loud talking, J and. they are to suppress all riot- ous and disorderly conduct, wherever it may occur ; re- port severally to the Faculty such offences and ofi'enders as become known to them, and do all in their power to maintain the discipline of the College, and carry its laws into execution. 14. Every Professor is authorized, at any time, toj^^^^ ^/ '^^o- order students to their rooms, when out of them contra- preTsSg Vs^r- ry to law ; to disperse any groups in study hours, and orders. * Claap. X. 4 : xii. 5 ; xvi. 4. f Cliap. v. Eeg. 3. 4 ; Chap. xvii. Keg. § 2, 4. % Chap. v. 4. 26 SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. to visit any portion of the College tenements, at any hour, in order to detect and suppress irregularities.* All orders, given by any Professor, in pursuance of his duties, and not inconsistent with the College laws, must he promptly and implicitly obeyed. Theii- right to 15. Every Professor has the right to prescribe the presci-ibeT6xt--(;gxt-books of his department, to determine the mode of recitation, and to make any regulations or assign any ex- ercises, not inconsistent with the laws of the College, or orders of the Eaculty,f which he may deem conducive to the good order of the students in his recitation room, or to proficiency in study. Canpermitper- 16. Every Professor is at liberty to permit persons, sons not stu- j^q|. g^udeuts ofthe College, to attend his lectures or re- dents to attend . . t i • i their lectures. Citations, Oil such terms as ne may tmnk proper to pre- scribe. Secretary of 17. The Secretary of the Faculty, who is also Libra- his ciutie"s~ ^'^^^ ^^-^ Treasurer,J shall keep a record of all the pro- ceedings of the Faculty, which shall be laid before the Board of Trustees, at its annual meeting, and shall, at all times, be subject to the inspection of any member of the Board. College Roll 18. The Secretary sh?Jl keep the Roll signed by the and Register, gtudents, hereinafter provided for.|| and also a Register, strongly-bound, which shall shew the name at full length, (Christian name, middle and surname,) and date of ad- mission of every student admitted into College ; and which shall show, also, the age of the student, the dis- trict or county of his home, at the time of his admission, the school or College from which he came, the preceptor or other person, whose certificates he brought, the resi- dence, post-office address and name of his parent or guardian ; the time of his dismission, graduation or other departure from College ; the degree or degrees he may have received ; the honours, if any, conferred upon him in College, and, as far as can be certainly known, his sub- sequent profession and time of death. Monitors' bills, 19. The Secretary shall also transcribe the monitors' to be txanscri- f^iiig^ presented at the weekly meeting of the Faculty,§ y ecre j. ^^ ^ permanent form ; and this record shall always be subject to the inspection of any member of the Board, or of the parents or guardians of the students. 20. The Secretary is required to publish an annual ^"^j^^^*^*^- catalogue of the Trustees, Officers and Students of the College, in which shall be stated the qualifications for ^ Chap. xiii. Reg. 1. f Pres. Chap. 3 : Chap. i. 12. ~ % Chap. xii. 1 : Chap. xvi. 1. || Chap. iv. 4. § Chap. v. Reg. 1. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 27 admission into the several classes, tlie course of studies, the time of examination, the necessary expenses of the College, the times of payment, and -whatever may he of general interest ;* and a copy of this catalogue he is to have transmitted to every Trustee, parent and guardian. 21. He is also to furnish to the parent or guardian of Monthly Re- every student, a monthly account of all delinquencies on P^^"*^- the part of each student, in attending prayers, recita- tions or public worship, all censures inflicted upon him 1by the Faculty, and all honours conferred upon him. In every case of suspension, the Secretary shall forthwith report the fact and an accurate account of the cause of it; to the parent or guardian of the suspended student. 22. The Secretary shall, at regular intervals, prepare QuinquenniaJ. and have published, at the expense of the College, full catalogues, quinquennial catalogues, as correct as (with diligence) they can be made, of the Trustees, Officers and Students of the College, from its commencement downward, shew- ing names in full, dates, degrees and honours, offices, professions and deaths, according to the most approved mode in which such catalogues are published. 23. He is to make such communications, by letter, as the President of the College or the Faculty respectively, ^coMuythe may direct, concerning College affairs, which require of- correspondence ficial correspondence, to be conducted by the President ^^S^ Faculty , _, -f: ' . o -I ' and to preserve or the i^ acuity. He is to preserve irom destruction or documents, &c. loss, all the books and papers relating to his department, ^^^^^'''^ t^ the and keep them in order, neat and methodical, so arranged, labelled and indexed, as to be easy of access. Pie shall carefully collect and keep, at least, one copy of every catalogue, of every exhibition bill, of every published ad- dress made by a Professor, of every report on the Tui- tion Fund, of every report, resolution or Act of the Legislatm'e relating to the College, and, in general, of every paper published by order of the Board of Trustees, or any Committee of it, or of the Faculty, or by aid of the College funds, or relating to the College, and pub- lished by order of the Legislature, or either branch there- of, and of every paper, however fugitive, that may, in fu- ture, contribute toward a full history of the College, and of all persons connected with it. These he shall have, at the expense of the College, strongly bound in suitable books, properly labelled. 24. At every half-yearly meeting he shall transmit to Semi-annual the Board of Trustees a full catalogue of all the students '^^m^- * Chap. xi. 3. 28 SOUTH CAROLINA COLLiaE. then in College, to which shall be subjoined the names of all whose connection with it has, in any way, deter- mined since the meeting last preceding. Hegulations of Detail. Students to be ^' Every student shall provide himself with such text furnisiied with books as the Faculty may order, or any Professor may Text-books, pj-escribc in his own department. Distribution of ^- ^^ ^^^^ of the death of a Professor, the time allot- a Professor's tcd and the hours of recitation appropriated to his de- hours mease of ppj,|.j^gj^^ may be distributed amono- the other depart- sickness, ab- ^ n i /-i -ii r« i -n i t sence or death, meuts 01 the College by a vote oi the 1* acuity, or by order of the President, until the election of a successor in office. In case of sickness or absence, a Professor may distribute his time and his hours with the different classes or any of them, by a private arrangement with one or more of his colleagues ; and if he should fail to do so, the Faculty or President may make the distribu- tion, to continue until he returns to his duties. Under- gradua- 3. No under -graduate shall attend the instructions of tes, not to at- any person, who mav undertake to teach any lanp;uaore, tend unlicens'd / ^ • ' v/ v -u ^ vi ^ ^i "^ ° teachers. ^'^% scicnce or polite accomplishment, without the per- mission of the Faculty. Duty of College 4. In case of riot or other disturbance, all the mem- pfficers in case ])qys of the Faculty shall instantly repair to the spot, suppress the irregularity and order the students to their rooms. The Marshal sLall also be promptly present to execute the orders of any member of the Faculty. CHAPTER lY. Admission of Students. 1. No one shall be admitted to the College, unless he application for have a good moral character, certified in writing, by his College. i^^^ preceptor, or some other suitable person. If from another College, his standing must be shown to have been good at the time of his leaving it. Condition of SOUTH CAEOLINA COLLEGE. 29 2. The Faculty shall examine all applicants and judge Examination « ^, . !•£ :• * -^ ° of Applicants. of their qualifications.* 3. The qualifications shall, from time to time, be fixed Qualifications •L 2^^ Tt J for the different DJ the JBoard. ^ classes, how 4. On the admission of a student he shall subscribe fixed, his name to a Eoll,t so kept as to show the date of his College RoU, admission, and the class to which he is admitted. This *« ^^ "S'led by Roll shall be headed thus : dent. " The South Carolina College. We severally enter this College with a full understanding and acknowledg- ment of these truths ; viz.: It is the duty of every stu- dent to submit to the laws and government of the College. No combination, pledge, promise or vow can create au obligation to violate duty." Regulations of Detail. 1. No one shall be admitted into the Freshman Class Terms of ad- until he is fourteen years of age, nor to an advanced "fission, as to standing without a proportionate increase of age. " * 2. The literary qualifications for admission into the As to scholar- diiferent classes of the College, as they are determined ^^^P* from time to time by the Board, are to be found in the annual catalogues. 3. The stated time for the examination of applicants is Times of exam- the week of Commencement, and except in extraordinary ination. cases, no applicant from this State will be examined at any other time. Applicants from other States, or from ' other Colleges may be examined at any time.J 4. On the admission of any student he must apply to Each student the President for a copy of the Laws, as ignorance of ^^o^^^of the* them will never be taken as an excuse for their violation. ^ Laws. CHAPTER Y. Course of Instruction, Study Sours, etc. 1. There are established in the College four classes, ^^^''^ege^ ^'^' * See Regulations of Faculty, | 2, 2, 3. f Chap. iii. 18. X Regulations of Faculty, g 1, 2, § 2, 1. 30 SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. bearing the usual names of Freshman, Sophomore, Ju- nior and Senior. Departments of 2. Instruction is given in the following departments, Es mc ion. ^i^^-j^ ^^Q distributed among the different Professors, ac- cording to the pleasure of the Board : 1. Greek Litera- ture ; 2. Roman Literature ; 3. Mathematics, Mechani- cal Philosophy, Astronomy, and Civil Engineering ; 4. Logic, Rhetoric, Mental Philosophy and Physiology ; 5. Moral Philosophy, Sacred Literature and Evidences of Christianity ; 6. Belles Lettres and Elocution ; 7. His- tory, Political Philosophy and Economy ; 8. Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology. Study hours, 3. Study hours and hours of recitation or attendance ^*^re Jaiate^d ^^ '^V^^ lectures, as also the hours of retii^ement shall, from time to time, be regulated by the Board. By recitations and lectures are meant any exercises in a class-room be- fore a Professor.* 4. The strictest attention to study and the utmost these hours, punctuality in attending recitations and lectures are re- quired from every student ; and the Faculty are specially charged to keep the campus free, during the hours of study and recitation, not only from all disorderly noises, but from everything that may cause interruption or draw, off attention. Itegulatio7is of Detail, Monitors, how 1. Immediately after Commencement, the Faculty ^^hei? dutie^«^^^ ^^^^^^ appoint a monitor for each class, who may be re- moved at pleasure. He shall keep an exact account of all absences from, an?d tardiness at, prayers, recitations, lectures and public worship. The bills of the monitors shall be presented every Monday morning to the Facul- ty, who shall examine them and call the delinquents to account. College exerci- 2. There shall be three exercises, either of recitation ses— recitation ^j. jgcture, with each class every week day except Sat- urday, when there shall be only one, and that at the morning hour, before breakfast. The hours of recita- tion or lecture shall be immediately after morning prayers, (the students going from the chapel to their re- * See Reg. 3, 4. SOUTH CAKOLmA COLLEGE. .31 spective lecture rooms,) at eleven o'clock, A. M., and at four o'clock, P. M. When a class has no recitation or lecture, it shall observe these hours as study hours. 3. Study hours shall be from 9 o'clock, A. M. to 11 study hours o'clock, A. M. and from 2 o'clock, P. M., to 4 o'clock, and hours of P. M., and in the evening, from the first Monday in Oc- retirement. tober to the first day of April, from 7 o'clock, P. M., to 9J o'clock, P. M. ; from the first day of April to the first day of May, from 7J o'clock, P. M., to 9J o'clock, P. M., and from the first of May to the close of the ses- sion, from 8 o'clock, P, M., to 10 o'clock, P. M. The close of the evening study hours is the hour of retire- ment. On Saturdays and holidays and when there is no recitation the next morning, the hour of retirement is always 9 o'clock, P. M.; when the students must retire to their rooms and remain in them for the night. 4. The students must particularly observe these hours These hours to of study and retirement, durino; which they shall not ^^ particularly leave their rooms under any pretence, unless to obey the oflficers, or from necessity. 5. All recitations or lectures, must be at the regular Ko irregular hours * recitations. 6. A full hour must be devoted to each exercise. The time to he whether of recitation or lecture, except in the mornings, ^1 "^ ^ books borrowed record Ot the same. and returned. 3. It shall be his duty to acknowledge every donation He must ac- to the Library by a letter of thanks, and he shall have knowledge do- the management of all other official correspondence re- conduct ^he lating to the Library. correspondence 4. He shall receive all books, etc., sent to the Library .^i^'^f'T; ,, ,, ^ , T ^ T • j^T • Attend to the and have them cleaned, and arranged m their proper order and ar- places. He shall have all books needinsi; it, repaired and rangement of 4- 1 o / X books. bound. 5. He shall enter the titles of all books, pamphlets, Must keep a prints and maps, added to the Library from time to record of the I- • t, 1 T, 1 J i* ^1, names and time, m a book or books procured tor the purpose, men- places of books tioning the size of the volume, the alcove and shelf ^^ *^® ^i^^'^'^y* wherein placed, and any other particulars worthy of note. 6. He shall have the Library at all times kept neat Must keep the and clean, and for this purpose may use, at his discre- ""^anTciear*^ tion, one of the College servants. 7. He shall make two written reports to the Trustees His reports to of the state of the Library, the books added by dona- ^^^stees. tion or otherwise, and of those which have been lost. The one at the meeting in May for the preceding six months, the other in December for the year ending at that time. At these times he shall submit for the in- spection of the Board, the books containing the orders of the Library Committee. U SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. The report on tlie Library Fund shall be made up to the fourth of November of each year, and printed with the report on the Treasury. • Library Hours. 8. From the first day of October to the fifteenth day Library hours. q£ j^;^^^ ^^^ Library shall be open the six secular days of the week from 9 o'clock, A. M., to 1 o'clock, P. M., except Christmas day and the fourth of July, and such other days as, from special reason, the Library Committee shall direct it to be closed. 9. From the fifteenth day of July to the first day of October the Library shall be open every Wednesday from 9 to 12 o'clock, in the morning. The Library will be closed when the Librarian's services are required as Secretary of the Faculty, and during the meetings of the Library and Executive Committees. 10. Students can take out and return books on Tues- days, Thursdays and Saturdays : they can obtain access on other Library days only when they desire to consult a reference book, or to settle their College dues. 11. All persons who wish to have access to the Libra- ry, or to bring their friends to see it, are expected to make their ^dsits on the days and within the hours above mentioned. Borrowers of BooJcs. Library Com- mittee. 12. No books shall be taken from the Library except by the following persons, without special permission from the Library Committee, viz : the Trustees of the College ; all such persons as have made a donation to the value of one hundred dollars to the Library ; the officers of in- struction ; resident graduates, and all the students ; and no graduates shall be considered as resident graduates, and, as such, entitled to the use of the Library, unless Visitors in the they reside within the College walls. Library. ^3. The Librarian shall have the discretion of allow- ing visitors to read or consult books in the Library. Special Laws. Decorum of be- 14. All persons, while in the Library, are to remain hayiour in the uncovered, and to refrain from loud conversation, and 1 rary. ^^^^ other improprieties of speech and behaviour. SaUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 65 15. No book shall be borrowed from tbe Library with- No book to be out the knowledge and presence of the Librarian, who ^^^^^ from the T 11 1 • 1 • n 1 f 111 Library witn- shall take particular notice oi the state oi each book out knowledge when delivered out and when returned. of Librarian. 16o Each student is entitled to receive from the Li- How many brary at one time, one folio, or as equivalent, one quarto ^j^^^" ^^"^j^^g and one octavo, or three octavos or four duodecimos. Except such as are preparing speeches for public exhi- bitions, who may obtain twice the number they, at other times, are entitled to. 17. No student shall be allowed to keep any book How long kept, longer than three weeks, and no person shall retain a periodical recently received more than three days, 18. When a book is returned it may again be taken ^^ ^ .out by the same person, unless it has, in the mean time, been applied for by another. But no book can be re- newed to any student unless it be brought to the i^^ Library* 19. If any student desires to borrow a book w^hich is Whenabookis lent out of the Library, he may leave his name and the *^^^*' ^^^e*^ ^^ title of the book with the Librarian, and, when the book shall be returned, the Librarian shall reserve it for the person so applying, provided he call for it at the next time of receiving books from the Library. '**• 20. When there are two or more copies of the same Least elegant book, the least elegant or rare shall be lent first. ^Suent^^ 21. If any student take a book or books from the pg^^ity of vio- Library without the knowledge and consent of the Li- lating tiie rules brarian,or if he voluntarily mutilate any volume, ^^ shall |^^^°^^*^J^®^*^^" be liable to the penalty of suspension or expulsion from ing of books. the College, and, if any other person, having a right to use the Library, shall, in like manner, transgress the rules, he shall be suspended from the exercise of that right during the pleasure of the Library Committee. ' 22. No person shall write or mark in a book belong- Scribbling or ing to the Library, except the Librarian, or the Presi- 'writing in the dent, or some person authorized to do so by them. 23. If any book, taken from the Library, be lost or Damage of damaged, the delinquent shall replace it by a new copy ^^°o^^- of equal value, within three months. If it be not re- placed within that time, the Librarian shall make out an account against the said delinquent of double the price of the said book, or set, if it belongs to one ; which ac- count shall be charged in his next bill of tuition, and the money shall be applied to the use of the Library. 24. No student shall lend to any other person, except -^^^^ ^^ ^^^^j^^^ another student, or suffer to be carried from his room 5 66 SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGK any book belonging to the Library, on pain of a severe reprimand from the Librarian: and, if the oiFence be repeated, such student shall be denied access to the Li- brary. Carrying books 25. No person shall be allowed to carry any books out of Columbia |)elonging to the Library out of the town of Columbia and its vicinity, without the permission of the Library Committee. 26. Such books, charts, maps, etc., as have been or Rare books, which may be presented, with the intention or request "^^^Vc^^^*^' that they shall not be lent from the Library, shall, in no case, be lent. And the Librarian shall have the discretion of withholding from circulation, books which are valuable for their plates, or for their rarity or antiquity, or those which he may designate as books of reference. Neglect of re- ^'^' ^^^^ ^ Student neglccts to return a book in the turning books, legal time he shall be liable to pay a fine of twenty-five cents a day for every volume until it is returned : when the fines amount to two dollars, it shall be notified to him by the Librarian. All moneys, arising from fines, etc., are to be collected by the Librarian at the begin- ^.^ ning of each quarter, and added to the Library Fund. ?;** 28. The students are all required to observe the Decorum in re- strictest decorum while receiving books from the Libra- ceiving books, j..^^^ Any Student who shall violate this law shall be punishable at the discretion of the Faculty. Fire in tbe 29. Smoking is prohibited, and the Librarian is strict- Library, ij enjoined never to carry, or suffer to be carried, into the Library, a lighted lamp or candle, except in cases of necessity. All books to be ^^- Every student, before leaving College, for an ex- returned before pected absence of more than one week, shall return the leaves^toTiege.^ooks he may have from the Library. Time of retui'n- 31. All books, borrowod by students, shall be returned ing books— on or before the Thursday before Commencement, and by students. ^^ ^^. before the Thm^sday before the beginning of the examination in June, By others. 32. Every person, without exception, having books from the Library shall return them as soon, at the latest, as the day after the close of the session, and the Libra- rian is particularly enjoined to notify, to those who ne- glect to comply with this law, that they shall not be al- lowed the privilege of the Library until their books are duly returned. Penalty of non- 33. No Student shall be admitted to the first degree, compliance, nor any resident bachelor to a second degree, until he SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 6T has returned, in good order or replaced every book that he has borrowed, or otherwise satisfied the Librarian, who is directed to report all defaulters to the President. 34. The Librarian shall have liberty to suspend from The Librarian the privile2;e and use of the Library any student, who^^^y suspend shall violate any oi the laws or regulations oi it, or Library, be guilty of any flagrant breach of propriety : but in any case of his doing so, he shall immediately make re- port of the same to the President, who may restore the privilege or otherwise as he may think proper. 35. The Librarian shall keep a blank book properly Books reeom- ruled, in which every person entitled to the use of the mended to be books of the College Library, and all literary visitors, P"^^'^*^®^^- may write the title, author and publisher, size and price of such books or book as, according to their opinion, ought to be purchased for the Library. Each person recommending a book in this way shall also add his own name to the title, etc., of the recommended bgok. And the Librarian shall lay the matter before the Trustees at their several meetings. 36. The Librarian shall also keep a book of benefac- -^q^^ of bene- tions, in which shall be recorded all books, charts, maps, factions, busts or paintings presented to the Library ; the name of the donor ; the title of the donation and the time when made. RESOLUTIONS OF LEGISLATDRE. $6000 appro- priated for Chemical de- partment. ' Beios. and Res. 0/ 1815, p. 91. In tlie House of Representatives, Dec. 13, 1815. 1. The Committee on Public Buildings, to whom was re- ferred the message No. 4, of his Excellency the Grovernor, communicating the report of the Trustees of the South Carolina College, stating the injury sustained to the Chemical apparatus and Philosophical instruments, for want of proper and commodious apartments for contain- ing the same. Report, That they have had the same under consideration, and carefully viewed the rooms ap- propriated in the South Carolina College for Chemical, Optical and Philosophical experiments, and find that, from their inconvenient and contracted size, and impro- per aspect, the object of the Legislature, who, at con- siderable expense, have appointed and endowed Pro- fessors of Chemistry and Astronomy, is nearly defeated for want of proper apartments for exhibiting experi- ments for the illustration of these important sciences, and that the Chemical apparatus, and Astronomical instruments procured for the College, at great expense, are very much injured from the contiguity of the expe- riments made with fire and gases, many of which are, in their nature, corroding and destructive to the metals of which the instruments are in a great measure composed. Your Committee, therefore, on a principle of sound economy, recommend that a suitable building be erected on a proper site, detached from the other buildings of the College, for the accommodation of the departments of Chemistry, Astronomy and Optical experiments : and that six thousand dollars be appropriated for this pur- pose, and that the Trustees of the South Carolina Col- lege be appointed to carry the same into efi"ect. Resolved, That this House do agree to the report. Ordered, That the same be sent to the Senate for their concurrence. By order of the House, B. GANTT, C. H. R. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 69 In the Senate, December, 14, 1815. Resolved, That this House do concur with the House of Representatives in the foregoing report. Ordered, That the same be returned to the Hoi;se of Representatives. By order of the Senate, J. MURPHY, C. S. Reps, and Res. of 1815, p. 110. In tlie Senate, Decerriber 12, 1815. 2. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred rji^^ students the petition of Zebulon Rudulph, praying payment for from the City dieting John Farley and John Jones, students in the^j^^J^^^^jJ^^^^ College from the City Council of Charleston, have taken vided for. the same into consideration, and recommend the prayer thereof be granted ; and that the sum of ninety-five dol- lars be paid unto him, and that so much be provided in the appropriation bill for the payment thereof. Resolved, That this House do agree to the report. Ordered, That the same be sent to the House of Re- presentatives for their concurrence. By order of the Senate, J. MURPHY, C. S. In the Souse of Representatives, Dec. 13, 1815. Resolved, That this House do concur in the foregoing report. Ordered, That th^ same be returned to the Senate. By order of the House, R. GANTT, C. H. R. Reps, and Res. of 1823, p. 91. In the Souse of Representatives, Dec. 17, 1823. 3. Resolved, That the Trustees of the South Carolina Law Pro- College be requested to consider the propriety and ad- fessorsMp. vantage of establishing a Professorship of Law in that institution, and to report to this House, at the next ses- sion, the manner in which such Professorship may be es- tablished, so as to be most advantageous to the commu- nity, and least expensive to the State. 70 SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. Ordered^ That tlie resolution be sent to tlie Senate for concurrence. By order of the House, E. ANDEESON, C. H. R. In tlie Senate, Becemher 18, 1823. Resolved, That this House do concur in the resolution. Ordered, That it be returned to the House of Repre- sentatives. By order of the Senate, WM. D. MARTIN, C. S. Heps, and Res. of 1823, p, 121. In tlie Senate, Becemher 16, 1823. $5,000 for the 4. The Committee on the College, to whom was referred Library, ^j^^ GrOYernor's letter, recommending an appropriation for the purchase of a Library for the South Carolina College, beg leave to Report that they have considered the same, and respectfully recommend that five thousand dollars be appropriated for this purpose. Resolved, That this House do agree to the report. Ordered, That the same be sent to the House of Re- presentatives for their concurrence. By order of the Senate, WM. D. MARTIN, C. S. In tlie Souse of Representatives, Dec. 17, 1823. Resolved, That the House do concur in the report. Ordered., That it be returned to the Senate. By order of the House, R. ANDERSON, C. H. R. Reps, and Res. of 1825, p. 113. Public schools. 5. Resolved, That the Faculty of the South Carolina College be requested to prepare a detailed system for the better regulation of the public schools, and other seminaries of learning in this State, and that they report the same at an early period of the next session of the Legislatui-e. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. 71 Reps, and Res. of 1835, p. 31. In Senate^ December 17, 1835. 6. The Committee on the South Carolina College, to $io,ooo for which was referred that part of the Governor's Message ^^ii