TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS, 1845-47. 



young persons as teachers of common schools, and to give to others a knowl- 

 edge of an improved common school system ; and also, when desired, to 

 qualify students as teachers or professors of the more important branches 

 of natural science. And the board of managers may authorize the professors 

 of the institution to grant to such of its students as may desire it, after 

 suitable examination, certificates of qualification as common school teachers ; 

 and also as teachers or professors in the various branches of science ; they 

 may also employ able men to lecture upon useful subjects, and shall fix the 

 compensation of such lecturers and professors." 



The question was taken by tellers, and decided in the 

 affirmative ayes 72, noes 42. 

 So the words were stricken out. 

 [The section, as amended, stands in the following form : 



" Be it further enacted, That there shall not be established in connection 

 with the institution, any school of law, or medicine, or divinity, nor any 

 professorship of ancient languages. And the said managers shall make, 

 from the interest of said fund, an appropriation, not exceeding an average 

 of ten thousand dollars annually, for the gradual formation of a library, 

 composed of valuable works pertaining to all departments of human knowl- 

 edge."] 



Section eight being under consideration, Mr. OWEN 

 moved an amendment to add at its close an amendment, 

 which after various modifications, assumed the following 

 form : 



a And the said board of managers shall appoint such professors of the 



I more useful sciences and arts as may be necessary tor a thorough, scientific, 



, and liberal course of instruction ; they may also employ able men to lecture 



upon useful subjects, and shall fix the compensation of such lecturers and 



professors : Provided, That the expenditure on account of the institution 



shall at no time exceed the interest of the fund." 



Mr. BOYD and Mr. ADAMS respectively raised the point of 

 order against this amendment, on the ground of identity 

 with the words stricken out on motion of Mr. Adams. 



The CHAIRMAN overruled the point of order ; thus decid- 

 ing the amendment in order. 



The question was taken, and, after some delay for want 

 of a quorum, was decided in the negative ayes 42, noes 77. 



So the motion was rejected. 



Mr. ADAMS moved to strike out the ninth section, in the 

 words following, (which he said were now rendered useless 

 by the amendments previously made :) 



SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said board of managers shall 



also make rules and regulations for the admission of students into the various 



departments of the institution, and their conduct and deportment while 



they remain therein : Provided, That all instruction in said institution shall 



gratuitous to those students who conform to such rules and regulations." 



The question being taken, was decided in the affirmative. 



So the section was stricken out. 



The tenth section beino; under consideration, Mr. GILES 



