Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-24

SNCu express acts OF tie General Assembly,,
! passed 10 regulate tue mode OF instruction IN
/ such academy; and the tight 10 pass from
time 10 time, such acts, is hereby expressly
reserved 10 the General Assembly. The said
trustees, when appo.nted As aforesaid, shall
within one month after Their appointment is
made, he thereof notified ~ the president and
directors OF the literary fluid, either by "A gen
eial notice IN the pubic papers on otherwise,
as the said prcSideSt aud directors may think
most cNpedient; and shall by order OF the said
| president and dpertois, he assembled within
mouths alter tue pasSags OF this act, 1T
so'hc central aud proper place within their
! district; and Il MAJORITY of the trustees do
/ not attend on the day appointed, the minority
| attending may Adjourn from time 10 time, ard
! from pace 10 place uutii Il majority do attend
when iUey shall Organize ;hsir board Us before
! prescribed. The trustees being thus aS>em-
u.ed a:.d Orga,Il>ei SHAFT lnQuiIcir there exists
| IN their district any academy or academies
esidbliShed by law or otherwise, and if such
| should be the case, the trustees OF other pei
| Sons III whom the property of such academy
az dcademeS Is vested, are authorised to sub.
| mt to the board of trustees for the district a
detniied statement of the condition of their
academy, IFS situation IN relation 10 the dis
| met, boundaries, The edi.ices belonging TO it,
] Tue extent 1ud value OF the ground on which
| they are erected. aud the amount and the
| debts due from the same. If, upon receiving
| sue report and maturcly examining its con-
tents, the trustees Oiihe district should be of
| op mon that there exists any academy within
| their district which would answer the intended
purposes, they a'e he reby authorised and re-
| quued to receive from those having the title
! TO the goods, lands aud teuements OF such
| academy, a legal Conveyance tor the same
| Such goods, lands and tenements 50 convey ed,
| to be held by the.tIuStees 10 and for the main
tenaiice, support and endowment OF their AGA
deny, and 10 and for no other uses ~ purposes
whatsoever. The said academy shall be enti-
| tied 40 all the beue6iS which are extended to
| ANY academy hereafter provided for by lhls
act, and subject TO such rules and regulations
| as the trustees of the district may under this
ACT properly prescribe III III any academicai
district no academy shall exist. or none which
the trustees OF The district think viii answer
| The intended purposes. the said trustees shall
| proceed To raise by subscription in their res
| peciive districts, sum sufficient To procure
| az not To be acquired by donation,) proper
| Scite on which Ia erect convenient and Suitd-
Die editiceS for au academy, well as 10 erect
those ediiceS, and shall, so soon as a sufficient
| SUln sinai. be subscribed by any person or per-
sons, body polite or corporate, select a conye-
| hient and proper sCIte, on which 10 erect The
| edliIceS tor the academy, and procure by pur
| chase or donation, from the owner thereof
bona fIde and complete title 10 Snch scite..
Inc trustees shall, as speedily as possible,
provide for the erection of the necessary edit
ceS for their academy, aud shall appoint
agent 10 collect all voluntary subscriptions
made byany person or persons, body polite or
corporate and where any person or persons,
body polite or corporate shall fail or refuse,
when applied TO, 10 pay his, her or their sub
inent may be obtained in the name of the pre-
sident and trustees upon ten days previous
notice To the detaulter or defaulters before the
court OF the county or corporation where such
deiauIter or detaulters, the major part of
them shall reside; and such court shall render
Judgment without reference 10 the amount;
aud, upon the Issuing of an execution no secu.
rity OF any Kind shall be taken. The agent
appointed by the trustees shall be, and he is
hereby authorized alone to receive from the
president and directors of the literary fund
the sum appropriated by this act 10 the endow-
ment OF any academy, but no payment shall be
made TO any agent without written order
from the president and trustees of his aca-
denny.
4. So soon as the proper edfces for the diff.
ferent academies shall be completed and two
teachers or professors at least appointed BY
the trustees and Installed into their respective
offices, the lot of ground and edifices erected
thereon shall he valued by three DISTINGUISHED
lIeeholders, and such valuation made on oath,
they snail certify to the president aud direc-
tors OF the literary fund, vino upon receipt OF
The valuation made aforesaid, shall annual.
~ pay over TO the trustees, for such academy,
the sum of dollars, TO be by then APP.
Piled 10 the payment of the salaries of the
teachers or professors, and the purchase of
books for those pupils herein after provided
for, who attend such academy free from
charge: pTOrided, no academy Shall receive
TINS endowment, unless the valuation made as
aforesaid shall be at least dollars nor
shall any payment be made By the president and
directors OF the literary fund until the
day of next
s.. In every third year after the appointment
made OF trustees of the academies, the presi-
dent and directors of the literary fund shall
renew the former appointment, or appoint new
trustees, aud every trustee shall be removed
tor any malpractice III his office complaint
being made 10 the judge of the superior court
OF the county where shch trustee may reside
and the trustee having been duly summoned
Tie court shall proceed to examine into the me-
rms oil the complaint and il the truth thereof
shall be established, and the Judge shall deem
the trustee unworthy longer to hold his APP
pontment, shall enteTan OrderdispiaCiug him
which order shall he certified 10 the president
and directors OF the literary fund by the clerk
OF the court making the same and upon re-
ceipt thereof, the said president and directors
shall appoint some Other citizen TO supply the
place OF the trustee removed. Upon the pre-
cedInS terms and conditions III relation to AGA
denies, the president and directors of the lite.
rary fund shallreceiye the Anne Smith acade.
my for the education Of females prorided
that the present trustees of that academy shall
remain and fulfil the duties other Office at
present.
g. And for establishing in a suitable part of
this commonwealth an university wherein all
the branches Of useful science may be taught
Be it further enacted, That there shall be esta
blished au university 10 be called the Univer-
eity of Virginia." and within seven months af.
ter the passage of this act, the president and
directors of the literary fund, shall appoint
one OF the mostinteliigent and discreet citizens
in each or the senatorial districts, as arranged
by an act OF the last General Assembly, as one
OF the commissioners TO fix on the settle of the
said university. The commissioners thus APP
pointed, shall assemble at such time and place
as the president and directors of the literary
fund may direct, within nine months after the
passage OF this act but should a majority fail
10 meet OH the day appointed, the minority
shall adjourn from day to day, aud from place
to place, until a majority shall attend, when
nal 81 a mr. nd on
the most mature consideration and examinati-
on, 10 tx upon proper scite on which to erect