South Carolina · statute · S.C. Code tit. 59, ch. 119 · 59 active provisions
The honorable Thomas G. Clemson having departed this life on April 6, 1888, leaving of force his last will and testament which was duly admitted to probate on April 20, 1888 in the office of the judge of probate for the county of Oconee, in this State, wherein he devised and bequeathed to his executor, Richard W. Simps…
The deed and transfer of such property to the State having been duly executed and made by the executor, in accordance with the provisions of the will, an agricultural and mechanical college has been established in connection with the aforesaid devise and bequest, styled The Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolin…
The Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina shall henceforth be known, named and designated as Clemson University.
The university shall be under the management and control of a board of thirteen trustees, composed of the seven members nominated by the will and their successors and six members to be elected by the General Assembly in joint assembly. Three of the original trustees having been elected for a term of two years and three…
The board of trustees shall elect one of their number to be president and elect a secretary and fix his salary. It shall prescribe the course of study, declare the professorships, elect the professors and define their duties and fix their salaries and make all rules and regulations for the government of the university.…
The board of trustees is hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of Clemson University. It shall have a corporate seal, which it may change at its discretion, and in its corporate name it may contract for, purchase and hold property, for the purposes of Sections 59-119-10 to 59-119-…
The board of trustees of Clemson University may sell and make title to, upon such terms and conditions as it deems advisable, any real estate held by it as such; provided, however, (1) That such power and authority shall not extend to any part of the real property included in the bequest of Thomas G. Clemson; and (2) T…
It shall require a two-thirds vote of the board of trustees to authorize the expenditure of any monies appropriated to the university by the State or to authorize the sale, transfer or reinvestment of any property or monies arising from the sale of any property under the provisions of this chapter. All such actions sha…
The State Treasurer having by due authority of law invested certain funds which were turned over to him as a part of the Clemson bequest in Brown consols of this State and having been issued a certificate of State stock in a sum equal to the value of such Brown consols, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent per…
The State Treasurer shall securely invest and reinvest the funds in his hands derived from the Clemson bequest in such manner as shall be directed by the Governor, the Comptroller General and the State Treasurer or any two of them. He may collect the interest annually upon all investments made of funds of the Clemson b…
One half of the land scrip fund once vested in the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina having by due authority of law been vested in the six members of the board of trustees of Clemson University elected by the General Assembly and the State Treasurer having issued a certificate of State stock in the…
All sums which shall be received by the State from the United States Government under the provisions of the act of Congress, approved August 30, 1890 entitled "An Act to Apply a Portion of the Public Lands to the more Complete Endowment and Support of Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts Establis…
The board of trustees shall make to the General Assembly an annual report of the university, of all farming operations and tests and experiments and of all receipts and expenditures, with a statement of the condition of the property and funds of such university and of all receipts and expenditures of money appropriated…
The Clemson University Board of Trustees is hereby given authority for the purchase of computer equipment to be acquired during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1976, and to borrow money necessary for the purchase of the computer equipment and to pay for other costs incidental thereto. The term of the loan as provided…
(1) There is hereby established a South Carolina Energy Research and Development Center to be located at, under the auspices of, and in conjunction with Clemson University. (2) Clemson University shall establish an advisory board for the center whose composition shall include members of the South Carolina Senate, House…
The State Fiscal Accountability Authority, in conjunction with the Department of Education, shall transfer all federal funds associated with Agricultural Education at the Department of Education to Clemson-PSA (Public Service Activities) no later than July fifteenth of each fiscal year. Notwithstanding any other provis…
A municipal corporation is hereby created, known as Clemson University, the limits of which shall consist of all lands belonging to Clemson University and cover all the territory included in a circle formed with the university building as a center, with a radius of five miles, thus making the diameter of the circle ten…
The board of trustees of Clemson University and their successors in office shall have perpetual control and direct the affairs of such municipal corporation. The board, by a majority vote, shall recommend a suitable person as recorder, who shall be commissioned by the Governor, shall have the same jurisdiction within t…
The board of trustees of Clemson University may make such bylaws as they deem proper to license or prohibit the sale of goods, wares and merchandise of any kind whatever on the grounds belonging to the university as are not repugnant to the laws of the State.
The board may appoint one or more special constables who shall exercise all the power of a State constable or of a municipal policeman to enforce obedience to the ordinances of the board and to the laws of the State.
Nothing contained in this article shall give such board of trustees the right to levy or collect any tax.
A report of all its proceedings under this article shall be made, annually, by the board to the General Assembly.
Clemson University, in this article referred to as the university, may issue revenue bonds of the university for the purpose of financing or refinancing in whole or in part the cost of construction, reconstruction, improvement and equipment of buildings for the purposes of the university, including, without limiting th…
Revenue bonds issued under this article shall be authorized by a resolution or resolutions of the board of trustees of the university. Any such resolution of the university may, in the discretion of the board, contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract between the university and the several holders of su…
Such revenue bonds may be issued in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times, not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, may bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding four per cent per annum, payable semiannually, may be payable in such medium of payment and…