Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1825-03-23
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IN the gear Of our Lord one thousand eighf
hundred and t1venty5fUe.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A COLLEGE in
THE TOWN OF AMHERST.
SEC. 1. Be At enacted by the Senate and
| House Of Representatives. in General Court
assembled, andy the authority Of the same,
That there be, and hereby is, incorporated in
the town of Amherst, in the County of Hamp-
| shire, College for the education of youth
and that the Rev. Heman Humphrey, d. D.
Hon. William Gray, Hon. Marcus Morton,
Rev. Joshua Crosby, Hon. John Hooker, Rev.
Joseph Lyman, ID. d. Israel E. Trask, Esq.
Rev. Jonathan Going, Elisha Billings, Esq.
Rev James Taylor, S. V. 5. Wilder, Esq.
Rev Joseph Vail, Hon. Jonathan Leavitt,
Rev. Alfred Ely, Hon. Lewis Strong, Rev.
Francis Wayland, Jr. and Elihu Lyman, Esq.
be, and hereby are, constituted body corpo
rate, by the name of The Trustees of amherst
college; and that they and their successors,
and such as shall be duly elected members of
said corporation, shall be, and remain body
corporate by that name forever. And for the
orterly conducting the business of said corpo-
ration, the said Trustees shall have power and
authority, from time to time, as occasion may
require, TO elect a President, Vice-President,
Secretary and Treasurer, and such other Off
cefs OF SAID corporation, as may be found nee
essary, and to declare the duties and tenures
OF their respective Offices, and also TO remove
any Trustee from the same corporation, when,
IN Their judgment, he shall be rendered inca
pable, by age, or otherwise, Of discharging the
duties OF his Office, or shall neglect or refuse to
perform the same; and also from time to time
to elect new members of the said corporation
Provided, nevertheless, That the number Of
members, (including the Preside of said Col
lege, Tor the time being, who shall, ex ofIicio,
be one of said corporation,) shall never be
greater than seventeen; and that the five va
cancies, which shall first aappen in the Board
Of Trustees, shall be filled as they occur, by
the joint ballot of the Legislature, in conven-
ton of both Houses and Whenever any per-
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member the corporation, his place shall be
Tiled in like manner, and so on forever; and
1t shall be the duty of the Trustees to ill all
| other vacancies of their Board, as soon after
they occur as reasonably and conveniently
may be done; and provided further, That, as
vacancies shall occur in said Board, they shall
be so filled, that the said Board shall, as soon
as may be, and forever after, consist of seven
clergymen and ten laymen.-And the Rev
Heman Humphrey, d. D. is authorized to fix
| the time and place of the first meeting of the
| said Trustees, & to notify each of them there
Of, in writing.
SEC. 2. find bea further enacted, That the
said corporation shall have full power and au-
thority to determine at what times and places
| their meetings shall be holden, and the man.
| ler OF notifying the Trustees to convene at
| such meetings; and also from time TO time 10
elect President of said College, and such
Professors, Tutors, and instructors, and other
officers OF the said College, as they shall Judge
most for the interest Thereof, and to determine
the duties, salaries, emoluments, responsible.
ties, and tenures of their several Offices. And
the said corporation are further empowered to
purchase or erect, and keep in repair, such
houses and other buildings, as they shall Judge
necessary for the-sald College; and also 10
make and ordain, occasion o4ay require,
| reasonable rules, orders, and bylaws, not re-.
pugnant to the Constitution and laws OF this
commonwealth, with reasonable penalties, for
the good government Of said College, and for
the regulation of their own body; and also to
determine and regulate the course of instruc-
| grees as are usually conferred by Colleges in
New.Ensand, except Medical Degrees Pro
Uided, nevertheless, That no corporate business
shall be transacted, at any meeting, unless
nine, at least, Of the Trustees are present.
SEC. 3. find be al further enacted, That
The said corporation may have common seal.
which they may alter or renew at their pleas
ure, and that all deeds sealed with the seal OF
said corporation, and signed by their order,
shall, when made in their corporate name, be
considered in law, as the deeds of said corpo-
ration; aud that said corporation may sue and
be sued in all actions, reaI, personal, or mixed,
and may prosecute the same to final judgment
aud execution, by the name Of the Trustees OF
amherst College and that said corporation
hall be capable of taking and holding in fee
simple, or any less estate, by gift, grant, be-
quest, devise, or otherwise, any lands, tene-
mer., or other estate, real or personal; Pro
gided, That the clear annual income of the
SAME shall not exceed thirty thousand dol
| lars.
Sec. A. And be ii further enacted, That
the clear rents and profits OF all the estate,
real and personal, of which the said corpora
ton shall be seized and possessed, shall be ap.
propriated to the endowment Of said College.
in such manner, as shall most eifectually pro.
mote virtue and piety, and the knowledge Of
such Of the Languages, and of the liberal and
useful arts and sciences, as shall bd directed
from time to time by the said corporation
they conforming to the will Of any donor oil
donors, in the application of any estate re-
ceived, which may be given, devised, or be-
queathed, for any particular object connected
with the College.
| SEC. 5. find be ii further enacted, Tha
the Trustees be, are hereby authorized TO re-
ceive all the real estate, goods, chattels, chose
in action, and property of every description
whatever, which has, heretofore, been given