The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-05-23

AN ACT to establish the Massachusetts Sem
mary Of Practical Arts and Sciences.
| Sec. l. Be 1t enacted By the Senate and
! House of Representatives. In General court as
scmb!cd, and BY the authority of the same,
That there be, and hereby is, Incorporated
! within this Commonwealth, Seminary for the
| Education of Youth in the useful and practical
| Arts and Sciences. And that His Excellency
the Governor of the Commonwealth, fer the
time being, ex-ofiicio, and His Honor the
Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth,
for the time being, ex-officio, and such other
persons as may lie associated with them as
hereinafter provided, be, and hereby are com
stituted body corporate, by the name of &c The
Trustees of the Massachusetts, Seminary Of
Practical Arts and Sciences - and that they
and their successors, and such as shall duly
become members of said Corporation, shall BID
and remain q body corporate by that name for
ever. And for the orderly conducting the
business of said Corporation, the said Trustees
shall have power and authority from time to
time as occasion may require, to elect Presi-
dent, Secretary and Treasurer, and such other
officers of said Corporation as may be found
necessary, and to declare the duties and ten
ures of their respective Offices.
Sec. 2. BE 1t further enacted, That with
the Governor and Lieutcnant Governor of the
Commonwealth, for the time being, shall be
associated eight other persons, as Trustees and
members of said Corporation, who shall be APP
pointed by the joint ballot of the Legislature
in convention of both Houses, for the term of
eight years, except that of the eight persons so
first appointed, the places Of four, to be dcsig-
mated by lot, shall be vacated at the end of four
years. and the vacancies be filled in manner
aforesaid, by new choice; and, at the end of
the next four years, the places of the other
four. SO first appointed, shall be vacated. and
the same filled in like manner and so on with
the four eldest members at the end of every
succeeding four years forever; and whenever
a vacancy shall happen in the number so ap;.
pointed, the Legislature shall, at its then xo ,t1.
cd, aerertheieSS, that the Principal Of said Som
mary, for the time being. shall ox-officio, be
one of said Corporation; and any person who
may make donation of two thousand dollars,
or upwards, to tho funds of. said Corporation,
shall thereby become a member thereof for
life ind proridcd further, that nothing here
in contained shall be so construed as to prohib
it the reelection of Trustees, whose terms
have expired as aforementioned.
SEC. g. BE it further enacted, That the
said Corporation shall have full powers and au-
thority to determine ct what times and places
their meetings shall be holden, and the man
ner of notifying the Trustees to convene at
such meetings,.and also from time to time to
elect a Principal Of said Seminary, and such as
sistants and other officers rs they shall Judge
most for the interest thereof, and to determine
the duties salaries, emoluments, responsibilities
and tenures ofthar offices. And the said Trus-
tees are further empowered TO determine where
said Seminary shall be located, and to purchase
such real estate, and erect and keep in repair
such houses and other buildings as they shall
Judge necessary for the same; and also to
make and ordain, as occasion may require. rea-
sonable rules, orders and bylaws, not reprg
nant to the constitution and laws Of this Com
monwcalth, with reasonable penalties for the
good government and well being Of the said
Seminary, and for the regulation Of their own
body and also TO determine and regulate the
course of instruction in said Seminary, and to
confer such diplomas rs they may Judge APP
propriate and useful Prorided, dlecdyS, that
no corporate business shall be transacted at
any meeting, unless four ut least of the cleo
tive and ex-ofiicio members are present
| SEC. 4. BE IL further enacted, That the
said Corporation may have a common seal,
which they may alter or renew at pleasure ;
and that all deeds, sealed with the seal Of said
Cooperation, and signed by their order, shall,
when made in their corporate name, be con-
sidered in law as the deeds Of said Corporation,
and that said Corporation may sue and be sued
III all actions, real, personal or mixed, and may
prosecute the same to final Judgment and exc
cuton, by the name of "The Trustees of the
Massachusetts Seminary Of Practical Arts and
Sciences - - 49, -; ! st.r~--. shall ha
capable of taking and holding, in fee simple, or
any less estate, by gift, grant, bcquest, devise
or otherwise, any lands, teucmcnts, or other
estate, real or personal. Prorided The clear
annual income of the same shall not exceed
twenty thousand dollars.
SIC. 5. Be It further en1cted That the
clear rents and profits of all estate, real and
personal, of which the said Corporation shall
be seized and possessed, shall be appropriated
by the said Trustees to the endowment Of said
| Seminary in such manner as shall most effect
ually promote the object and best interests
thereof; the said Trustees conforming to The
will Of any donor or donors, in the application
of any estate received, which may be given
devised or bequeathed FOR any particular OBJ.
ject connected with the said Seminary.
SEc. g. BE ii further enacted, That tlEo
! Legislature of this Commonwealth may here
after increase or diminish the number of said
Trustees, and may grant any further powers
or alter, limit, annul or restrain any Of the
powers vested by this act in said Corporation
as in their wisdom shall be deemed best for
the interests Of the said Seminary; and the
! Legislature, in convention of both Houscs
may at any time, for good cause, remove any
Trustee appointed by them, and forthwith APP
point another person in manner atorcmention
cd 10 fill such vacancy.
SNc. Z. Be n farther enacted, That His
! Fxcelloncy the Governor, with ths advice q