Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-04-06
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True Copy ofMs original Bill TO
"iacorporafing the Ohio yearly meeting,
a.. oresented to tie last session Of III
Leeislature by TIE Orthodor Friends.
To Incorporate the Ohio yeariy meetin.
for certain purposes therein specified.
Whereas the Ohio yearly meeting o
Friends have received by donation, SUP
scription and otherwise, property snf
funds for the purpose of esta ,iishing
boarding school and now have the prom
Use Of further donations and gratulties
from other yearly meetings and indlvi-
duaIs, for the same and like purposes
and whe re as the said Ohio yearly meet
ing. IL the prosecution OF the object Tor
which said donations and subscriptions
were made, have purchased real estate,
near Mount Pleasant, In the county OF
Jefferson. the legal title of which IS now
in David Updegraffin trust; Now, there
fore. to enable the SAID Ohio yearly
meeting to take, hold and fully execute
the trust. aforesaid, and all other like
trusts created and held for like pur-
poses.
SECTION ], BE 1t enacted by the General
.4ssea.6ly of the State cf Ohio, That Will
liam Flanner, Isaac Parker, Benz amin w.
Iadd. John Street, Jesse Kenworthy, Levi
Miller, Il their associates, being members
Of the said Ohio yearly meeting, be and
thew are hereby created body poi,tic
and corporate, by the name Of the "Ohio
yearly Meeting and as such shall have
perpetual succession, according, to the
discipline, and order Of the society of
nd zh1l hr,
Da5le Nv that name of suing and being
aued. If pleading ard being impleaded, in
all courts of law and equity: and when
sued or prosecuted in any way, the ser
vie Of any process by copy on the clerk
Of al! yearly meeting, shall be taken and
seceived in all courts as good and legal
se~vicc. And the said yearly meeting is
he-e y made capable of csta Dlishing, re-
s-,lat, q and governing the boarding school
Tor which donations have been made as
aforesaid. and any other school or institu-
tion of A literary, benevolent or religious
for which donations, gifts or
Charities. have been or nay hereafter be
bestowed; and for those purposes shall De
capa lie of receiving. holding and enjoying
any estate real, personal or mixed and ut
transferring and alternating the sane; and
all contracts heretofore male ~ san" year
" meeting for and on account OF the dona-
tions, subscriptions or gratulties before
mentioned. and within the purposes and
objects thereof, shall enure t. the oeneht,
and become the right, of the sand yearly
meeting under this act of Incorporation;
Pyp.;,fed. nevertheless, that the real estate
which the said 'sDhio yearly meeting may
at any time rossess in its corporate caPaCi-
ty. shall not exceed III ITS yearly income
the amount of five thousand dollars; AID
provided also. that any future Legislature
NAV alter or amend this act, limit or modI-
" the powers herein granted. as may 'eem
consonant with the pu lie welfare and con-
sistent with vested rights
SEc. ,. That the Ohio yearly meeting
$50 long as it shall continue IN unity with
the great body of the society OF Friends
calIef D;.akers, in Europe and America,
that ho!o the ancient doctrines and princl-
pies of church government OF the said So
cicty.) shall have the power IN It's regular
,ittings and in the regular and orderly
manner of transacting business, according
10 the usares and discipline of said socie-
" ofadoptIng any proper measures, orde RS
or regulations for the establishment and
Government of the said boarding school or
other school or institution which said year
~
within the powers given by this act; and OF
appointing aud changing such agents. Off
GERS or committees as may pe necessary.
aud Of investing them with such powers as
mas ,e requisite - accomplish the objects
of ais act: P.-oriied that in every case in
which any donation Of any kind has been,
made. or shall hereafter DE made to the
SAT- s. .hio yearly meeting for any liter
ary. charitable or religious OBJECT or pur-
pose the intents of the donor shall forever
be regarded. and the donation shall forever
be used, employed and appropriated to the
sole and only object and purpose for which
the ionor intended 1t: Prorided also; that
the funds or other property of the said
yearly meeting, whether held In trust or In
its own right. shall never be employed in
Che business of banking.
SEC. 3. That nothing In this act shall
impair or alter, or III any wise effect, any
OF the usages, customs, orders, or rules of
discipline, used and practised by the said
Ohio yearly meeting. or their meeting for
su!ferlngs, or other subordinate branches
Of said Ohio yearly meeting. touching their
religions concerns. or the religious rights
and privileges of the individual members
thereof, the property which the said
Ohio yearly meeting now holds and ENJOYS
for the common use and benefit of the
whole society, all which usages. customs.
orders, ruies, discipline, rights and pri-
sliege> and property, are reserved to the
said meeting and It's mem er>. In the same
manner and To the same extent as though
this act had not been passed.
Remarks in the OHIO Legislature of Mr.
BLOCkSOM in the House Of Repre-
senas.irc>. FEB 2n.a. on the motion to