Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-05-02
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AN ACT TO eGablith an Academy ia
the tc@a Of Gorham, by the name
Of GoRHAM ACADEMY, and to create
a corporation of TruGees for the
fame.
WIHEREAS tbs enlargement Of lite
Satare ~ fbs rjfzg generation bar eVe'
beer eonG4yed@y tds qe5s and gosd az tbe
befs upan 1vbieb TIE jarsty and babsiseG Of
q free feqpls ultimately dspsnd; an! Ubsre
ar STEPHEN LoscFsLLow, EJg. and
ofb,rs. baVe p-tifioned tbs corr far. TIE
5qa55tbment . an AcaSrmy in Gorlaal, IN
i5e eena.y q Cam5sriaaa, far thai fsp9s,
SEC. T.
BE ii era7sdty re Seaaie and Hort Of
RfPr5jfnfafives, IN Gsaeral Cart al17sn5led,
and BY fbe authority Of tie )amc, That
there De, and hereby is eftatlilbcd in
the town Of Gcrham. in the county of
Cumberland, an A-a envy by the name
ct Gorbam Aeaasny, for the purpofe Of
promoting piety and virtue, and for
the education Of youth, in fuch langua
yes. and il fuch If the liberal arts and
fciences as the Truitees herein after
provided, ihaii order and dirca.
Sec. :. And5< !: fsribsr eqaf7ed b. tbs
aatbsyi.y af0rejaid, That the Rev. Tho
mas Lancaiter, The Hon. William Ger
ham. Eiq. Hon. Stephen Lonsfelloe,
Rev. Eljah Kellogg, Rev.Dapisl Mer
rit, Rev. Caleb Bradley, Capt. Dtvid
Harding. Jun. John p. Lutte. Eiq
M. Matthew COBB. Hon. Wood fury
Storer, Or. Dudley Foliom. Mr.. WI
liam ML-lian, Mr.. James Phinney,
Mr.. Samuel Elder, and Capt. Samuel
Whilenore, be and they ere hereby
dominated, and appoin.ed Tluaees Of
iaid Academy aud they are hereby
incorporated into body polite, by the
name Ct the Truaees Of Gorham AGA
deny, IN the county of Cumberland !;
aad they, and their fucceHors, ihall be.
and continue body polite and corpo-
rate BY the fame name forever.
Sec. 8. AnS ka farhsey .raSsd ~ tie
authority atorgf1id, That the faid 1'rui-
tees, and their facceGors, fall have one
common zeal, which they may break,
charge, and renew from time to time
as they fhsll Zee ct and they may fne
and be iusd, in all Actions real, perfo
ual. and mixed, and proiecute and de-
tend the fame tc 6aal Judgment and
execution, BY the name OF the Truaees
of Gorhsm Academy, in the conoty Of
Crmbsrland, and may appoint an agent
or agents, to Profccute or defend iuch
flits.
SEC. 4 AzdBe II fIrskey ssa7.l Ey tie
authority oforeJaid, That the faia Tho
ma. Laneatter, and others, the Trufees
aforefad, and their iuceeIors be, and
they are hereby made the viftors, truC
tees, and governors of the faid acade-
my, in perpetual fuccefiion forever; to
be continued in the way and manner
hereafter fpecified, with full power aud
authcrltyt TO elet inch officers of the f,id
academy, as they ihill judge neceGry
and convenient and TO make and or
dam fuch laws, orders, and Jules, not
rePugnant to the laws Of this common.
wealth, for the good government Of
fsid academy, as to lhem ihall fcem fit
and requihte.
Sec. s. Ind BE- IL fartber ena7ed b. tie
aufbority aforsfaiS. That the member of
the truaees aforefaid fhall not at any
one time De more than fifteen, nor lefs
than nine FIVE of whom, at leait, fllaIl
be necefary to continue quorum for
traefaaipg buhnefs.
Sec. s. ind Be il fartber frat7sa BY tbe
authority gtorsiaid, That as often as one
or more Of the truaees afoFefaid fhal!
die, or reisn, or in the judgment Of
the major part OF the trultees, fhall be
incapable by age, or o.herwiie, Of diff
charging the duties Of his office, the
trufees then fnrviving, fhall elect one
or more perions to fill up the vacancy
or vacancies.
Sec. T. indie Il fvtby rna6e1 ~ TIE
authority af0rsfaid, That the Trufees
aforelaid, and their fucceGors be, and
they are hereby rendered capable in
law, to take and hold by gift, grant,
devife, bequef, or otherwif-, any lands,
teuements or other efate, real or per
| fnnal- which have heretofore been niuen