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After the land and the buildings erected hy the said Rev. W. M. 

 Wightraan, H. Bass, W. A. Gamewell, J. H. Wheeler, W. Barrin- 

 ger, H. A. C. "Walker, John Porter, David Derrick, Major Harvey 

 Wofford, H. H. Thomson, Joseph W. Tucker, Clough Beard, and 

 Dr. Benjamin Wofford, by them, or their survivors or survivor, as 

 above specified, and the Conference of the Methodist Episcopal 

 Church of the State of South Carolina has appointed the thirteen 

 trustees as above directed, and W. M. Wightman, H. Bass, W. A. 

 Gamewell, J. H. Wheeler, W. Barrin'ger, H. A. C. Walker, John 

 Porter, David Derrick, Major Harvey Wofford, H. H. Thomson, 

 Joseph W. Tucker, Clough Beard, and Dr. Benjamin Wofford, they 

 or their survivors or survivor, have conveyed and transferred the 

 college-land and buildings in trust to the said trustees as aforesaid — 

 then I order and direct my executor to this will to pay over, trans- 

 fer, and deliver fifty thousand dollars unto the trustees appointed 

 by the aforesaid Conference, in whom and their successors I vest the 

 said property and estate, with none other than a fiduciary estate, in 

 trust, nevertheless, to, for, and upon the uses, and interests, and pur- 

 poses hereinafter expressed of and concerning the same; in trust 

 always to appropriate only the annual interest or dividend thereof 

 to establishing, endowing, and sustaining said college, taking espe- 

 cial care that no part of the principal shall at any time, or on any 

 account, be used or expended ; and the said trustees, when appointed 

 as herein directed, are hereby vested with all rights and powers nec- 

 essary for the government, control, management, and discipline of 

 the said college, for the election of such president, professors, and 

 officers, for such periods as they shall deem proper, provided they 

 shall not elect any officers for a longer time than four years; also, 

 they are hereby vested with full power for the appropriation of the 

 funds at their disposal, as above specified, allowing such salaries and 

 expenditures as maybe requisite and expedient, an itemized account 

 of which shall be annually transmitted to the aforesaid Conference 

 for its inspection and examination ; also, they are invested with full 

 power for establishing of such by-laws, rules, and regulations as the 

 welfare and interest of the institution may require. 



Item 27. Should it turn out that the fifty thousand dollars de- 

 vised by me to buy college-lands and erect college-buildings should 

 not be all expended for that purpose by those to whom I have in- 

 trusted to expend the same, then they are to transfer the balance, if 

 any, to the trustees to be appointed by the aforesaid Conference, and 

 the fund to be received by them upon the same terms and condi- 



