A bill for the relief of Southeastern University of the District of Columbia.
PL 94-250 (S.611), enacted 03/29/1976

PUBLIC LAW 94-250—MAR. 29, 1976 
90 STAT. 289 
Public Law 94-250 
94th Congress 
An Act 
For the relief of Southeastern University of the District of Columbia. 
Mar. 29. 1976 
[S. 611] 
Southeastern 
University, D.C. 
Board of trustees. 
Term. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the certificate 
of incorporation and certificate of amendment thereto for the incor-
poration of the Southeastern University of the District of Columbia 
under subchapter 1 of chapter 18 of the Code of Laws of the District 
of Columbia (1929 D.C. Code, title 5, ch. 8) be and the same are hereby, 
approved and confirmed, except as herein specifically altered and 
amended. 
SEC. 2. That the name of the corporation shall be Southeastern 
University. 
SEC. 3. The management of the said corporation shall be vested in 
a board of trustees consisting of not less than nine nor more than thirty 
in number as determined from time to time by said board of trustees, 
one-third of whom, at all times, shall be graduates of said university, 
of the qualifications prescribed by said board of trustees, nominated 
by the alumni of said university in the manner prescribed by said 
board of trustees, and all of whom shall be elected by said board of 
trustees. Each trustee shall be elected for a term of office of three 
years fix>m the date of expii'ation of the tei-m for which his predecessor 
was elected; except that (1) in expanding or reducing the number of 
trustees under this Act, the board of trustees shall have the authority 
to fix or adjust the terms of office of such additional or remaining 
trustees, as the case may be, so that the term of office of not more than 
one-third of the trustees shall expire annually; and (2) a trustee 
elected to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term 
for which his predecessor w^as appointed shall be elected only for the 
unexpired term of such predecessor. 
SEC. 4. That the said board of trustees is authorized to (a) make, Functions 
alter, and repeal bylaws for the management of the said corporation 
and rules and regulations for the government of the university and 
the schools, faculty, and students thereof; (b) elect as officers of the 
said corporation and fix the salaries of a president, a treasurer, and a 
secretary, and such other officers as it may find necessary, for the 
respective terms and wdth the respective powers and duties as fixed by 
the bylaws of the said corporation; (c) appoint, from among their 
number, as officers of the said board of trustees and fix the salaries 
of a chairman, a vice chairman, and a secretary, and such other officers 
as it may find necessary, for the respective terms and with the respec-
tive powers and duties as fixed by the laws of the said corporation; 
(d) remove any trustee when, in its judgment, he shall be found 
incapable, by age or otherwise, of performing or discharging, or shall 
neglect or refuse to perform or discharge, the duties of his office; (e) 
determine and establish from time to time additional schools in all 
departments of sciences, liberal arts, and the professions, and the 
courses of instruction therein; (f) determine and establish, from time 
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to time, additional professorships; (g) appoint, from time to time, 
such deans, professors, tutors, and instructors as it may deem neces-
sary, and fix their respective terms, duties, and salaries; and (h) grant 
and confer degrees, but only upon the recommendation of the appro-
priate school. 
SEC. 5. That the said corporation may have and use a common seal 
and alter and change the same at pleasure, and shall have power, in 
its corporate name, (a) to sue and be sued; (b) to plead and be 
impleaded; and (c) to acquire real, personal, and mixed property by 
grant, gift, purchase, bargain and sale, conveyance, will, devise, 
bequest, or otherwise to hold, use, and maintain the same solely for the 
purposes of education and to demise, let, mortgage, or otherwise lien, 
grant, sell, exchange, convey, transfer, place out at interest, or other-
wise dispose of the same for its use in such manner as shall seem most 
beneficial thereto; subject to conforming to the express conditions of 
the donor of any gift, devise, or bequest with regard thereto accepted 
by it: Provided^ That it shall not hold more land at any one time than 
necessary for the purpose of education, unless it shall have received 
the same by gift, grant, or devise, in which case it shall sell and dis-
pose of so much of the same as may not be necessary for said purposes 
within fifteen years from the date of acquisition, otherwise the same 
shall revert to the donor or his heirs. 
SEC. 6. The income of said corporation from all sources whatsoever 
shall be held in the name of the corporation and supplied to the main-
tenance, endowment, promotion, and advancement of the said univer-
sity, subject to conforming to the express conditions of the donor of 
any gift, devise, or bequest accepted by said corporation, with regard 
to the income therefrom. 
SEC. 7. That no person shall ever be required to profess any particu-
lar religious denomination, sentiment, or opinion as a condition to 
becoming and continuing a member of the faculty or a student, with 
the full benefits, privileges, and advantages thereof. 
SEC. 8. That no institution of learning hereafter incorporated in the 
District of Columbia shall use in or as its title, in whole or in part, 
the words "Southeastern University". 
SEC. 9. Upon dissolution of the corporation, the board of trustees 
shall, after paying or making provision for the payment of all of the 
liabilities of the corporation, dispose of all of the assets of the corpora-
tion exclusively for the purposes of the corporation in such manner, 
or to such organization or organizations organized and operated exclu-
sively for educational purposes as shall at the time qualify as an 
exempt organization or organizations under section 501(c) (3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or the corresponding provision of any 
future United States internal revenue law, as the board of trustees 
shall determine. 
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SEC. 10. That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed as 
preventing the Congress from amending, annulling, or repealing the 
same or any part thereof. 
SEC. 11. The provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of August 30, 
1964 (Public Law 88-504; sections 2 and 3, 73 Stat. 636; 36 U.S.C. 78 Stat. 636. 
1102, 1103) entitled "An Act to provide for audit of accounts of 
private corporations established under Federal law" shall apply with 
respect to the corporation. 
Approved March 29, 1976. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 94-551 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-205 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 121 (1975): June 19, considered and passed Senate. 
Nov. 3, considered and passed House, amended. 
Vol. 122 (1976): Mar. 17, Senate concurred in House amendment.