Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1860-09-26

4 "a 1ul1aAUth W sa3 pEksNzlH AHFcxtxaA&t
nassei q gallery and school of sstR, 10
tlas pafposs af pxomosing shs impsssa
nsnt Of the 6ae arts, and their, appSica
si0n to patriotic purposes, hY means D
exhibitions, libraries, snaseam, inssgue
tiun, and ether practicable opsfatinna. I
/ .Ssa. O. And he il faxsAsx enacted, FhA
che said iassitpaion shau be andax In
management, dirscsion and goyaxnznsn
Of . aumher of trssstess, not axDastainl
twsasy- Gye, 10 be elected anaaaliy by M
eaasfihaEprs 10 ths sxia galls9y IS,
school, in such manner and nadsr ssudl
limitations and restrictions as may D
provided III the hy laws thereof and iii,
/ hrst trustees sf the said Enstitufi0u shai
eensIss oI las folloMing persons, nameiys
Hcrstis Stone, John CTaaah, j. ID. STAN
ley, ]. g. BraEs Robert BxOgie, WI. VI
Corooran, A. r. CunninghaIn, L. @. Che
men, !, @. Eerrss, Y. p. Stanton, Al. 4
Smishs BE- a. Eaas, Charles Eamss, B. O
Taylor, Geo. w. Riggs, Charles Haskins
Seth Eastman, Samuel +. Vsnton, and L
L. ID. Gale, which said trustees and theil
successors shall ha q body polite and cor.
porate, with perpetual saaeasaion, by, sks
name aad style Of ssThe Aasienal Gallsy
and School OF Arts = By which name and
title the said trustees and their succsssors
shall bs eonapssent and eapable, fr law
and ssaiy. to ssks 10 themselves. and
their successors, for the usa Of shs said
institution, any estate in lands, tene-
aents, hereditsznsnts, goods, chattels,
nasssys, aza other effects, by gift. grant,
bargain, sale, conveyance, asslaranse,
will, ,deyises or beqaest Of any persoa On
persons whatsoever Provided, The same
90 not excsed, In the whole, the yearly
valus Of Afty thoas&nd dollars and the
same property and eGeess, real and pag-
soasls to grant, bargain, sell, convey, as
sure, devise, and 10 farm let, and to place
out on interest for the use Of the said In
stitutioa; and by the same name TO sue
and be sned, to plead and be implaaaska,
in aay courts of Law and equity and 10
make and use caIGmon seal, and tha
same 30 break and alter as their pleasure ;
and geneEally, bys In tAs same nanas,
to do and transact aA and evexy the bas-
mess touching or concerning the prani-
ses.
See. 3. And be Il z ssrsshlsr enacted. That
the trassses aforesaid shall bold their Of
ices until the aEss day OF October, eight.
cen hundred and sixty, and until their
successors shall be elected. And in the
mean time, the said trustees shall pass
all necessary ordinances and bylaws Tor
the cousplese organization, government,
and administration Of the institution here
N established. They may appoint and
elect president aad secretary OF their
awn body, and all such sfaears, pgnfes-
sors or teachers, as 70 shezn may saem axs
pedient, and May confer apon them such
powers, not inconsistans with the Consti-
tuslon and laws Of the United States, as
may TO, them seem suitable 60 the end in
view. They ahali psoyide feF the aaee-
ton of their SUCCESSORS on the first dag Of
October, eighteen hundred and sixty, and
annuaify thereafter bnt, IL from any
cause, such elections shoald not saks
place al the timss heseia prosideds thay
may be appointed for any other coRysR.
ient time. And the said trustees for the
krss eIeesion, and their successors ever
thssssfsag, dssafmins and establish the
rules aAd anadlsioas upon which saiAscri~
hsrs aud contributors 70 the said gallery
and school shall be admitted as members
Of the said Institution, the manner In
which they shall vote ia the annual elee-
tiona for trustees, and the privileges they
shall enjoy in the said institution. and ia
the lectures, exhibitions and other pro-
eeeding thereof. 4 majority Of said sFus-
tees shall constitute qaergm to do bus
snesss aar
Sea 1, And be 1t further enacted, That
the said trustees shall have powerso grant
and confirm TO meritorious persons, such
degrees Id the arts as thsy may in thsir
bylaws establish and grant diplomas or
certificates, andeg their common seal, and
signed by the president and secretary to
authensicase and peTpesuate the sarne. &
Sea. 5. And be Il further hnactei, That
ii shall be the duty of the ssustees TO keep
reguIsT books or journals, in which shall
be entsred, under their direction, an &c
count Of aH shear ordinary acts and pro
oeedinga, all the byYlaws, ordinances,
rules and regulations; schedule Of all
the property and effects Of every kind
which rnay In any way be vested in che
said trustees for the use and benefit of the
said inssitusion; and Tbs sianles Of all the
suhserihers aud eontFIbutors qualified to
vote for trustees, With their places al res
idence. And the books Or journals shall
at all tim 81 be open u the inspection and
examination OF the said Subscribers and
eontributors, and when required by either
House of Congress, II shall be the duty Of
the said trustees 10 furuish any informs.
tion respecting the institutipn aud It's sf-
fairs which may be SO required.
See, 6, And BE- il farther enacted, That
noniing In THE act shall be 20 construed
as TO authorize said eoparatian "a issue
aay note, token, deviee, aaxip, or asAaz
sysdeaoe nf debt ia he ksed ~ d eurrsney,
SEQ, e. And he ID fartheg enacted That
this ases Eaay at eny siue 30 amended al
tered, or repealed by the Goagsess Of she
United States
Secs g. And be h tataAer eAaess4, That
II shall net be lawfal Gar tho corporation
hesely created "a adogs any sysssna Of les-
seFy Dr. chances, - ! means Ut makias
. rsssnzs, or IN distributing amy work ID
axt.s H sa I'll fa ssazs
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