The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 54, July 1950 - April, 1951 Page: 392
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
made in aid of railroads and one navigation company. The Uni-
versity was to be under the control of ten administrators: the
governor, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and eight others
nominated by the governor.
Excitement about slavery and secession, followed by the War
between the States, prevented the Act of 1858 from being carried
out. Indeed, a great portion of the University fund derived
from the sale of the fifty leagues granted in 1839 was diverted
to the general needs of the state. In 1866 state bonds were
authorized to repay these diversions; but as there was doubt as
to their validity, the diversions, in the amount of $134,472.a6,
were not paid until 1883.
The constitution of 1866 also directed that the legislature shall
"at an early date" put the University in operation. In 1871,
stirred by the Morrill Act of the national Congress passed in
1862, the legislature established the Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas in Brazos County, but the University was still
postponed.
The present constitution of Texas adopted in 1876 and since
often amended is explicit about the University. Article VII,
Section io, reads:
The legislature shall, as soon as practicable, establish, organize, and
provide for the maintenance, support and direction of a university
of the first class, to be located by a vote of the people of this state,
and styled "The University of Texas," for the promotion of literature,
and the arts and sciences, including an agricultural and mechanical
department.
In section 13, the Agricultural and Mechanical College in Brazos
County is made a branch of the University. In section 14, it is
ordered that
the Legislature shall also, when deemed practicable, establish and
provide for the maintenance of a College or Branch University for
the instruction of colored youths of the State, to be located by a vote
of the people, provided that no tax shall be levied and no money
appropriated, out of the general revenue, either for this purpose or
for the establishment and erection of the buildings of The University
of Texas.
Of course, the effect of this prohibition has been to prevent
the establishment of a branch of the University for Negroes,392
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 54, July 1950 - April, 1951, periodical, 1951; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101133/m1/530/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.