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shall be had 10 such suits as if the same were
brought n the name and as between the said
original parties; and the corporation hereby
Created shall at all times assume, discharge, and
perform all the debts, duties. trusts and obliga-
tons which said several institutions were subicet
to at the time they became united in eaM new
cor poraton, by virtue of this Get
Sec. 8. There shall At all times be fraintafs-
ed, in the instit.t,on hereby created. each In
strucuon n the various branches OK learning a.
is contemplated in the several charters of each
OF the institutions hereby united, and more par
ucularly including a four years cour-s Of
studies similar to such as are generally taught
in other colleges. and not inferf TO that recent
ly taught in said Unive--Iiy Of Vermont, and in
addition to that VIXEN is usually taught in other
colleges, the instruction in this institution shall
include such enlarged facilities and extended
scope and variety in the study Of thoee branches
which relate to Military Tactics, Agriculture,
and the Mechanic Arts. as shall render the
whole instruction in conformity with said act Of
congress, as well as with the several charters
aforesaid.
Sec. 6 Said Trustees may in their discretion
obtain by gift, grant, or otherwise, a trsc; of
land which, together with the land now owned
by the University Of Vermont, shall amount TO
at least one hundred acres, 10 be used as an ex-
perimentai farm, wherein they may make any
desirable experiments in the breeding OF stock,
field culture, the analysis and adaptation Of
sOiis, and Horticultural and botanical gardening.
or either Of them, as they may deem proper, and
also for the purpose OF military encsmpmept,
target-6ring, drill and review; and said IS-stees
may use, lease or dispose of the sane as they
may think proper, so as best 70 promote the OBJ
/ jects of the institution. And in case said land
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money which has been received by the State
Treasurer for the sale of land scrip, in pursu-
! ance Of the act Of Congress authorizing the
same. shall be paid to said Board of Trustees for
the purpose aforesaid. Prorided, that no agri-
cultural labor shall be required Of students ex-
| cept by their voluntary agreement or consent.
| Sec. . Whenever this corporation shall have
/ been duly organized, there shall be appropriated
and paid t. It's Treasurer. annually, for the pur-
/ pose herein mentioned, the warrant of the
! Governor, the interes; or the income which may
| be received from the fund created under and by
! virtue OF the act Of Congress
Sec. S. The corporation hereby created shall
| make annual reports 10 the Legislature Of this
| State, Of their condition, financially and other
wise, and make and distribute the reports re-
quired by the set of Congress herein referred to.
and the Legislature may Annually appoint a
!
the affairs Of said corporation
Sec = The permanent location Of the insti-
| futon hereby created, shall be in Burlington, in
said State Of Vermont, and the first meeting Of
the Board Of Trustees shall be there held on the
10th day Of November next, at o'clock, 2. VI.
Sec. 10. The President aud Fellows Of
Aliddlehury College and the Norwich University
or either Of them, may hereafter, with the as
sent and concurrence by vote Of majority Of
each Of the nine Trustees elected, aforesaid,
and their successors, become incorporated and
united with the corporation hereby created, by
vote Of their said corporations, nj any meeting
legally warned and holden. and by leaving for
record, in the Office Of the Secretary of ctate, a
true and attested copy of such vote Or votes, and
of all the proceedings Of the meeting or meetings
4; which the votes aforesaid were passed, and
causing the same TO be recorded in said Office
Sec IL II, at any time, the corporation
hereby created shall fail substantially TO carry
out the provisions and requirements Of this act
the Supreme Court Of this State may, in their
discretion, at any stated session thereof. having
first given due notice TO said corporation, If they
shall consider that the public good requires it,
Annul and yacate this charter and in such case
or in case saId corporation shall otherwise be
dissolved. said Supreme Court may, on applI-
cation, order and decrs- that the income there
sitter to be derived from the proceeds Of the sale
of said land script in the hands Of the Stat,
Treasurer Aforesaid. together with such
amount as may have been paid over by said
Treasurer for the purpose Of an experimental
farm, shall revert to said Vermont Agricultural
College, and al the other property and effect:
which, at the time OF said union, belonged &c
said other institution shall revert TO and be the
property Of the other institution or institution.
which shall have been united and incorporated
by, or in pursuance Of this set, and IN cas-
more than one such other institution shall have
been thus united, such other property shall re-
vert 10 them separately, such specific property
20 each, as said Court shsll sdiudge and decree,
having reference IN making such decree 10 rha
Was originally owned or contributed by each.
Prorided, that IN respect to sny property OF
funds hereafter acquired by said new corpora
ton by giIt, grant. Request or otherwise, the
same shall be awarded and distributed to each
OF the Institutions hereby incorporated here
after united, IN such manner as said Court shall
deem just and equitable, having reference TO the
manner the same was acquired. and 10 any spe
cifc trusts, or expressed intentions Of any do
nors, made AZ the time the same acquired.
And for the purpose aforesaid, well as Tor al
other purposes, the said several corporations,
which shall have been united by virtue Of this
act, shall be deemed sud treated A. having con-
tnued in life and the several Trustees which shall
nave been elected by each, at the time they we're
united. and their successors. shall be deemed and
treated to have been, since the time oftheir cleo
ton, the trustees of their respective institutions,
as well rs Trustees Of the united corporation.
and As such Trustees may receive the property
and effecis which may revert to their respective
corporations by snch decree Of Court. and the
successors, whom they may thereafter appoint.
may continue and manage the affairs Of their
respective corporations thereafter in the same
manner as the Trustees of each might have done
before tley were united as Aforesaid.
sec l.. This act shall not take effect, until
the two corporations hereby united shall, At a
meeting duly warned, vote TO accept the same.
and to surrender and relinuuish to the corpora
ton, hereby created, all the property belonging
to them, whether real or personal, and all the
rents, profits and income therefrom arising. in
GLIDING said proceeds feom the sale Of said land
script, for the purpose, and subject to all the
rights, trusts and conditions as in this act pro-
vided, and cause copy Of the record of such
votes daily certified by the secretaries Of these
respective corporations to be left for record and
duly recorded in the office Of the Secretary Of
State,-whereupOn, by virtue of such votes,
such property, rents, profits and income shall
become the property Of the corporation hereby
created, for the purposes, and subject to the
rights, trusts and conditions aforesaid, and said
property, and the property hereafter acquired
by the corporation hereby created, shall be sub
ject to all the conditions, immunties and eIemp-
tons now pertaining to the property now held
by said University of Vermont
Sec. Is. All Of an act entitled ian act to es-
tsblish the Vermont Agricultural College" sp-
proved Nov. %, 1864, which is inconsistent with
the provisions of this act. Is hereby repealed.