Section 9. Benefits of public institutions of higher education

Higher education

The General Assembly shall maintain a public system of higher education, comprising The University of North Carolina and such other institutions of higher education as the General Assembly may deem wise. The General Assembly shall provide for the selection of trustees of The University of North Carolina and of the other institutions of higher education, in whom shall be vested all the privileges, rights, franchises, and endowments heretofore granted to or conferred upon the trustees of these institutions. The General Assembly may enact laws necessary and expedient for the maintenance and management of The University of North Carolina and the other public institutions of higher education.

Benefits of the university

The General Assembly shall provide that the benefits of the University, as far as practicable, be extended to the Youth of the State free of expense for tuition; also, that all the property which has heretofor accrued to the State, or shall hereafter accrue from escheats, unclaimed dividends or distributive shares of the estates of deceased persons, shall be appropriated to the use of the University.

Benefits of the university

The General Assembly shall provide that the benefits of the University, as far as practicable, be extended to the Youth of the State free of expense for tuition; also, that all the property which has heretofor accrued to the State, or shall hereafter accrue from escheats, unclaimed dividends or distributive shares of the estates of deceased persons, shall be appropriated to the use of the University.

That a School or Schools shall be established by the Legislature for the convenient instruction of Youth, with such Salaries to the Masters paid by the Public as may enable them to instruct at Low Prices: and all useful learning shall be duly encouraged and promoted in one or more Universities.