The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-06
YALE'S APPEAL
From THE BOARD or RELIEF,

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Tho Reasons of Appeal-A Worry Interest,"
Ing Legal and Historical Document.
Following are the reasons OF appeal
filed by Ex-Governor Ingersol and
Bristol, stoddard & Bristol, counsel for
Yale University In the case of yale
University VS.. the Town of New Ha-
ven." The appeal is from the decision
of the Board Of relief that Yale Uunver-
sity must pay taxes on property which
has hitherto been exempt:
FIRST.
Upon the petition of certain we'll dis
posed and public spirited citizens, ex-
pressing their earnest desire that "full
liberty and privilege be granted unto
certain undertakers for the founding,
suitably endowing and ordering collie
giate school within the Colony of Con-
necticut, wherein youth might be in
structed in the arts and sciences who,
through the blessing Of Almighty God,
might be fitted for public employment,
both in church and civil state" the
Governor in Council and Representa-
tives of the Colony of Connecticut, in
General Court assembled, on the 9th of
October, 1901, by an act entitled IAN
Act for liberty to erect a collegiate
school," granted to the persons therein
named, and their successors, full liber-
ty, right and privilege to erect, form,
direct, order, establish, improve, and at
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future, to encourage the said school, In
such convenient place or places, and in
such form and manner, and under such
order and rules as to them should seem
meet and most conducive to the afore-
said end thereof, as also to employ the
moneys or any other estate which
shall be granted to them by this court
or otherwise contributed to that use ac
cording to their discretion, for the ben
eft of said collegiate school from time
to time and at all times henceforward,
with full and complete right, liberty,
power and privilege to furnish, direct,
manage order, improve, and encourage,
from time to time and in all times here
after, the said collegiate school so
erected and formed by them, in such
ways, orders and manner, and by such
persons, rector or master, and officers
appointed by them, as should, accord
ing to their discretion, be most condu-
chile to attain the aforesaid mentioned
end thereof" to whom was also given
and granted the full and just sum of
12O pounds in country pay, to be paid
annually and at all times thereafter
until said court should order other
wise, to be faithfully disposed of by
said trustees for the end aforesaid;
which act is hereby particularly re-
ferred to and made part and parcel of
these reasons of appeal as If incorpora-
ted therein.
Pursuant to the liberty and privilege
granted by the act aforesaid, to the
trustees therein named for that pur-
pose, said collegiate school was, in the
year TIT, erected In the town Of New
Haven, consisting of building con-
tanning hall, kitchen, library, and
fifty studies of living rooms, for the ac-
commodation of students and their bet
ter discipline and management; for
which each student was charged In his
term bill fixed sum in addition to the
regular charge for tuition; which build
as yale College"
In 1745, upon the the petition of the
then trustees of the said collegiate
school known as "Yale College," being
the successors of those mentioned in
the aforesaid act of 1701, that the said
school, with all the rights, powers, priv
ileges and interests thereof, might be
confirmed, and that "such other addi-
tional powers and privileges might be
granted as should be necessary for the
ordering and managing Of the said
school in the most advantageous and
beneficial manner for the promoting Of
all good literature in the present and
succeeding generations" the Governor
and Company Of the Colony Of Con-
necticut. In General Court assembled,
on the 9th day Of May, did incorporate
said trustees as o body polite and cor
porate, and charter the appellant, by
the name of The President apd Fellows
of Yale College in New Haven, by
which name they and their successors
were to have perpetual succession, with
power to have, take, possess, acquire,
purchase, or otherwise receive lands or
other estate and the same to use, man.
age anu Improve, IuT IllG SOOu anu Deii-
eft of the said college, according to the
tenor of the donation and their discre-
ton; which act is hereby particularly
referred to and made part and parcel
of these reasons of appeal as If incor-
porated therein.
All gifts, grants, requests and dona-
tions heretofore made for the benefit of
said collegiate school were, by the
terms of said act of Incorporation, con-
fir1ned to and vested in this appellant
with authority ito appoint a scribe or
registrar, a treasurer, tutors, profess
sors, steward, and all such other Off
GERS and servants usually appointed in
colleges or universities as they should
find necessary and think fit to appoint
for the promoting good literature and
the well ordering and managing the
affairs of said college"
By the terms of appellants said act
Of incorporation, the government, care
and management of said college, and
all matters and things thereunto be-
longing, were committed to the Presi-
dent and Fellows thereof, who were au-
thorized to make and establish all such
wholesome and reasonable laws, rules
and ordinances as thew should think fit