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ACADEMIES. 159
implead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity in the State of Missouri.
§ 3. When any vacancy may happen in said board or their successors,
the remaining trustees or a majority of them shall have full power to nominate, and appoint a suitable person or persons to supply such vacancy, who
shall be vested with the same powers and authority as if specially named in
S 4. That the said trustees and their successors shall have full power in
their corporate capacity, to hold by gift, grar.it, demise, devise or otherwise,
any property, real, personal or mixed, which may be given, granted, demised,
devised to, or purchased by them for the use and benefit of said academy, and
may dispose of such property in any manner they, or a majority of them shall
deem most conducive to the interests and prosperity of said academy.
§ 5. In the choice of trustees, professors, teachers and students, no preference shall be given, nor discrimination made on account of religious opinions,
nor shall the trustees, professors or teachers at any time make any by laws,
ordinances, or regulations, that may in any wise control or interfere with the
rights of conscience, or the free exercise of religious worship.
■§ 6. The chairman of the board of trustees at any time, by the request of
any two of the members shall have power to call a meeting by giving five
days previous notice of such meeting; and a majority of said trustees, at any
stated, adjourned or special meeting, shall form a board or quorum, and shall
be capable of doing and transacting all the business of said academy, and
particularly of entering into any contract for erecting or repairing any building for the use of said institution, of making and enacting any by-laws or
ordinances for the government of the same, not contrary to the provisions of
this act, nor repugnant to the laws and constitution of the United States, nor
of this State, they shall have power to elect or appoint the professor and teachers of said academy, of agreeing with them for their salaries and stipends, of
removing all or any of them for a breach of the laws and ordinances of said
academy, they shall also have power to prescribe the course of studies in said
§ 7, The chairman, treasurer, secretary and other members of the board,
an oath or affirmation before some judge, or justice of the peace, duly qualified to administer, the same, well and truly to exercise and discharge the duties of their respective appointments, according to the best of their abilities.
§ 8. The person first named in this act, as one of the board of trustees, or
incase of his absence, neglect or refusal to act,the next named person is authorized and empowered to call the first meeting of the board at such time and
place as he may think proper, and when convened the said trustees shall appoint a chairman and adopt such regulations for their own proceedings as they
§ 9. The treasurer of said board, 'before he enters upon the duties of his
office, shall enter into bond, with sufficient security to be approved of by a
majority of the board, conditioned that he shall faithfully discharge the duties
of his office, and account for all moneys which may come into his hands;
which bond shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county court of said
'. § 10. The said board of .trustees shall keep a fair record of their proceed-
lngs, and when required, shall lay a transcript of the same, together with a
statement of the receipts and expenditures of the funds of said institution,
arid the appropriations by them made before the General Assembly of the
Approved, Dec. 29,1838.
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Transcript ACADEMIES. 159 implead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity in the State of Missouri. § 3. When any vacancy may happen in said board or their successors, the remaining trustees or a majority of them shall have full power to nominate, and appoint a suitable person or persons to supply such vacancy, who shall be vested with the same powers and authority as if specially named in this act. S 4. That the said trustees and their successors shall have full power in their corporate capacity, to hold by gift, grar.it, demise, devise or otherwise, any property, real, personal or mixed, which may be given, granted, demised, devised to, or purchased by them for the use and benefit of said academy, and may dispose of such property in any manner they, or a majority of them shall deem most conducive to the interests and prosperity of said academy. § 5. In the choice of trustees, professors, teachers and students, no preference shall be given, nor discrimination made on account of religious opinions, nor shall the trustees, professors or teachers at any time make any by laws, ordinances, or regulations, that may in any wise control or interfere with the rights of conscience, or the free exercise of religious worship. ■§ 6. The chairman of the board of trustees at any time, by the request of any two of the members shall have power to call a meeting by giving five days previous notice of such meeting; and a majority of said trustees, at any stated, adjourned or special meeting, shall form a board or quorum, and shall be capable of doing and transacting all the business of said academy, and particularly of entering into any contract for erecting or repairing any building for the use of said institution, of making and enacting any by-laws or ordinances for the government of the same, not contrary to the provisions of this act, nor repugnant to the laws and constitution of the United States, nor of this State, they shall have power to elect or appoint the professor and teachers of said academy, of agreeing with them for their salaries and stipends, of removing all or any of them for a breach of the laws and ordinances of said academy, they shall also have power to prescribe the course of studies in said institution. § 7, The chairman, treasurer, secretary and other members of the board, shall severally, before they enter upon the duties of their appointments, take an oath or affirmation before some judge, or justice of the peace, duly qualified to administer, the same, well and truly to exercise and discharge the duties of their respective appointments, according to the best of their abilities. § 8. The person first named in this act, as one of the board of trustees, or incase of his absence, neglect or refusal to act,the next named person is authorized and empowered to call the first meeting of the board at such time and place as he may think proper, and when convened the said trustees shall appoint a chairman and adopt such regulations for their own proceedings as they may deem necessary. § 9. The treasurer of said board, 'before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall enter into bond, with sufficient security to be approved of by a majority of the board, conditioned that he shall faithfully discharge the duties of his office, and account for all moneys which may come into his hands; which bond shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county court of said county. '. § 10. The said board of .trustees shall keep a fair record of their proceed- lngs, and when required, shall lay a transcript of the same, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the funds of said institution, arid the appropriations by them made before the General Assembly of the State of Missouri. Approved, Dec. 29,1838.