Litchfield enquirer., 1831-06-16
LAWS OF CONNECTICUT, Passed May Session, 1881.

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 Heman Bangs, Isaac Kellogg, Aaron Sand ford Jr.. James l.. Phelps, John L. Smith, Wilbur Fisk. Joseph A. Merrill, Abel Bliss, Fisk, George w. Stanley, Elijah Hubbard. Henry l.. Dekoven, Jonathan Barnes, Wm. l.. StOrrs, Samuel D. Hubbard and Isaac Webb, and their successors in office for ev CT. be and they are hereby incorporated and made, created and constituted, a corporation and body polite, by the name and style oi The Wesleyan University"-for the sole and exclusive purpose of establishing, organi- zlng. maintaining and conducting Universi- ty or Collegiate Institution in the City of Mid. dletown, of as high an order as the said Cor Poratlon shall deem fit and proper. And by that name shall be, and are hereby made ca pable in law. to purchase, have. hold, receive e. possess, and enjoy estate, real, personal. and mixed, of every kind and nature whatsoever to an amount not exceeding two hundred 1 thousand dollars, exclusive of the Collesiate buildings, Libraries. and Apparatus; and the same to sell. grant, convey, alien, demise, manage, and dispose of at pIcasure--to sue l and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend ! and be defended in any and all Courts; and also to make, have and use common Seal, and the same to liter, break, and renew or
 
 such bylaws. ordinances, rules and reguDa- tions as shall to them seera necessary, expe- dient. or convenient for the wise ordering and conducting the affairs and government of said Corporation, not being contrary to the laws Ot the United States, or of this State, and generally to do and execute all and singular, the acts. matters and things, aud to transact all business which to them shall or may ap- pertain. tending 10 promote the use inlness and prosperity Of said institution, subject and according to the rules, Limitations, conditions, and restrictions hereinafter provided: Proui- ded. That no law or ordinance shall be estal,- 'shed ny said corporation, which shall make the religious tenets of any person condition ofadmissiOn to any privilege in said Univcrsi- ty and that nO President, Professor, or oth- CT officer, shall be made ineligible for, or by reason of. any religious tenets that he may possess. nor be compelled by any bylaw or otherwise, to subscribe 10 any religious test whatsoever.
 Sec. 2. All the estate and property of the said corporation shall be managed for, and on behalf of, the New ork Annual Conference, the New England Annual Conference, and the -Hampshire and Vermont Annual Conference, of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. ol America. or for, or on behalf of. the above named Confer ences, and such other Annual Conferences ,as the Conferences aforesaid may associate with them, or with the consent and agree ment to the three Annual Conferences first above mentioned, for, and in behalf of, the General Conference ofthe said Methodist E. PIscopal Church, by the persons aforesaid, and such others as shall or may. in pursuance of the provisions of this Act. be added to this number. and their successors forever; who are hereby constituted a Board of Trus- tees, for the purposes aforesaid.
 Sec. 8. Nine members of said board of Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. except for the dispO- sal of real estate, or for the election of Trus- tees. for either of which purposes there shall be at least a majority Ofthe whole numher Of Trustees, and such majority shall have pow CT, at any legal meeting, by a major vote of those present. 10 i'll any vacancy or vacan- cies in the Board. ar increase the number thereof. provided the whole number of said Board shall not, at any time, exceed thirty nine; and also. by vote of tw"-thirds, Oi those present, to remove any member of said board. whom they shall judge to be deficient tn competency and faithfuiness in the dis charge of his official duty. or in moral char actpr.
 See. 4. The three Annual Conferences fl, st specified in the second section of this act, or they together with such other Annual Con- fercnces as shall be associated with them in pursuance of the provisions of said second section, or the said General Conference Oflhe Methodist Episcopal Church, with the con- sent and agreement of the said three Confer ences first above mentioned, may elect in such manner, at such times, for such periods. and in such proportion, as shall by them be mutually agreed upon, Board of Visitors, not exceeding in number the Board of Trus- tees, who shall, with said Board Of Trustees. constitute joint Board, to which said joint Board it shall appertain, and power and au- thOrity is hereby conferred and granted, to elect, by majority of votes Ofthose conven- ed. the President and Faculty of the said In- stitutiOn; to frame, ,ordain, and enact by laws, ordinances. rules and regulations; to pre- scribe the course of study in said University y or Institution; to direct and act in all other matters that relate tO the proper regulation, government. discipline, and instruction of students; and to manage all the affairs ct the said corporation, and to execute all the pow CTS and privileges given by this charter. .and not vested in the said Board of Trustees; provi- ded that majority of the said joint Board. shall, in all cases, be necessary to constitute Board for the transaction of business.
 See. 5. The President for the time heinz of the University or Institution, shall have power to confer Degrees and grant Diplomas. in such form, and fOr such persons. as may hs approved by a majority of the Faculty, and q majority of the joint Board of Trustees ! WSa s-k aAta&ha "a t0