"On the whole the plan of establishing a Museum of Natural His- 

 tory in our city, in connection with the College, is very earnestly com- 

 mended to the Board of Trustees, and through them, if they encourage 

 the undertaking, to the favor and support of the Guardians of the pros- 

 perity and honor of the city of Charleston. 



"Respectfully reported. 



"M. KING. 



' 'This report has been laid before the Board of Trustees of the College 

 of Charleston, and approved by them, and is by their instruction very 

 respectfully submitted to the Mayor and Council for their consideration. 



M. KING, President. 



"To the Honorable the Mayor and City Council of Charleston. 

 Charleston, July 15, 1850." 



"Whereupon Alderman [S. Y.] Tupper offered the following Resolu- 

 tion: 



"Whereas, by a Report from the Trustees of the College of Charles- 

 ton, Submitted to this Body, it appears that sundry Scientific individuals 

 have gratuitously tendered, as a free gift for the use and advantage of 

 the public, their collections in the various departments of natural science, 

 to form the nucleus of a museum in the Charleston College, connected 

 with Geology, Natural History, Mineralogy, Paleontology, &c. ; and as 

 the prosperity of this institution is associated with the highest in- 

 terests of our City and State, and is directly under the control and care 

 of this Corporation: Be it therefore. 



"Resolved, That so soon as the specimens which have been offered, 

 according to the report of the Trustees of the College of Charleston, 

 shall have been received, and the apartments now in course of con- 

 struction in the College (destined for their accommodation) are prepared 

 for their reception, the Trustees of that institution are duly authorized 

 to elect a suitable person as Curator of the Museum. 



"Alderman Tupper asked further leave to introduce at the next 

 meeting a bill to provide for the appointment of a Curator for the Mu- 

 seum of the Charleston College and for other purposes. Leave 

 granted. ' ' 



This was accordingly done, and on Thursday, August 29, 

 1850, "An Ordinance to provide for the appointment of a 

 Curator for the Museum of the College of Charleston" was 



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