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of the plan as would enable students to pay their board by 

 laboring on the farm of the institution. 



Mr. OWEN said that this point was before the committee, 

 and it was agreed that young men might be employed as 

 managers and laborers, if they were willing, while they 

 were pursuing their studies. 



Mr. SAWYER remarked that it had been suggested that 

 the 9th section already provided for this object. But ho 

 must insist upon it that it did not ; and to prove it he would 

 read the section, as follows : 



" That the said board of managers shall also make rules and 

 for the admission of students into the various departments of the institu- 

 tion, and their conduct and deportment while they remained therein." 



The same provision applied to officers of the institution, 

 but the managers were not instructed to distribute among 

 the several States and Territories all the students applying 

 for admission. 



Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS said that so far as the Govern incut 

 was concerned, the bill conferred no powers on it. All 

 objections on that score were unfounded. lie was afraid t hat 

 the benches of the institution would not be tilled to overflow- 

 ing, and that no restriction would be necessary on that 

 score. The 9th section might stand as it was for the 

 present, and when necessary Congress could amend the act 

 in order to meet any circumstances that, might arise. In 

 the mean time lie would throw open the door to all, whether 

 for a single lecture or for a whole course ; and he regarded 

 lectures as the greatest means of extending knowledge which 

 had been adopted in modern times. It was second only to 

 the invention of the art of printing. 



Everything in the bill tended to the increase and diffusion 

 of knowledge among men. 



Some had urged that the trust ought not to havr IK-CH 

 accepted. It was too late to make that objection. He held 

 that we were now obliged to carry it into execution ; and 

 as to the funds themselves, they ought to be considered as 

 money still in the Treasury, unconnected with any stocks. 

 He regretted that any one had proposed to return the stocks 

 to the heirs or kin of the original owner. 



Mr. G. W. JONES said he did not profess to understand 

 the whole doctrine of trusts, but if trust funds were placed 

 in the hands of the Government, was the Government, 

 bound to keep the money, instead of investing it ? Was 

 the Government bound to pay interest on it without invest- 

 ing it ? 



Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS. That will depend on the character 



