Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1848-06-08
LAWS OF INDIANA.

An Act TO Incorporate the Fair Visu Academy in Rush
County.
SECTION l. Be H enacted By The General Assembly OF
the State Of Indiana, That John NJ. Sbawhan, G. b.
Rush, William ii. Beck John V Lindsey, George Camp
bell, Garrett Wykof. David H. DrummOnd Ephraim JEFF.
frey and James Hannah be and theyl hereby consti
uted body corporate and polite, under the corporate
and style of Pres dent and Trustees of Fair View
Academy, and by such corporate name may sue and be
sued plead and be implicated any court of law equity
in this State.
SIC. 2. The persons named in the foregoing section
a majority of them. shall meet in the town of Fair
View IN the county of Rush. day between the LIST
day Of March and the first day Of April lS4S and organ
ze by elecng Of their body president and secre-
record Of such meeting shall kept by the Secre.
ay, IN which shall be entered full statement Of the pro-
ceedings of said meeting.
SIC. B. After said meeting and election Of president
and secretary, said corporation shall power to pur.
chase or receive donation of land exceeding in value
$4,000, on which TO build institution Of learning to
be known as the "Fsir VV Academy" be located on
the South end Of VIM. NJ Shawhans land in Rush coun.
iy near the town of Fair View.
SIC. A. Said shall have power to open books
for the purpose of building said institution Of learning
as also to raise funds amply sufficient pay teacher or
teachers that may be employed from time me in said
institution and said trustees and their in Office
shall have the power confer degrees establish professor
ships and all acts whatsoever inconsistent with the
laws OF this State TO make said institution equal with the
highest universities of literature in the State,
SIC. D. The trustees, majority of them, may,
any meeting sell and convey any real estate given pur
chased by them for the purpose Of aiding in building
endowng said academy which conveyance shall be signed
by the president and atesed by the secretary when
executed shall be valid in the courts Of law and equity
in this state.
SEC. 6. The trustees hereby constituted shall hold
their Office for years from the date Of their organization
and until their successors chosen and quae and
the expiration of the said three years. trustees four
IN number only shall be chosen by the stockholders each
one being entitled TO votes the time, place.
OF eleetps shall be determined by the LAWS
institution. In eIectng said trustees there shall not at
lany time be more than elected Of any
religious persuasion, Sect denomination Said trustees
shall hold their Office for the term Of ten years.
SEC. a. Said trustees, a majority of them, shall
have power TO pass all needfn bylaws for the regulation
of their officers alter and amend them their pleasure
and shall have all power necessary carry the object
Of the academy.
SEC. g.. This at shall be deemed a public and
shall be literally construed by the courts of said state
and shall be IN force from and after passage pub
LEGATION in the Indlsna Journal and State Sentinel.
WILLIAM A. PORTER,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
PARIS C. DUNNING,
President Of the Senate.
Approved February 16, IS4S.
JAMES WHITCOMB.