An act to incorporate M^cDonough College

sec[Section] 1^st Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in General assembly That William W Bailey[,] Charles Hays[,] Moses Hinton[,] William Proctor[,] James M^cCrosky[,] Joseph G Walker[,] ^George Miller[,] John M Walker[,] [...?] Sanders W Campbell & Alexander Campbell^ and their successors be and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic by the name of the the Trustees of M^cDonough College and by that style and name to remain and have perpetual succession; the College shall be located at or near Macomb in said County: the number of Trustees shall not exceed fifteen exclusive of the President Principal or presiding officer of the College who shall ex officio be a member of the board of trustees. For the present ^the^ aforesaid Individuals shall constitute the board of trustees who shall fill the remaining vacancies at their discretion

2. The object of said incorporation shall be the promotion of the

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general interests of education, and to qualify young men to engage in the several employments & professions of society & to discharge honorably and usefully the various duties of life

3 The Corporate powers hereby bestowed shall be such only as are essential on useful in the attainment of said object, and such as as are usually confered on similar bodies corporate viz to have perpetual succession; to make contrasts, to sue & be sued to implead & be impleaded, to grant & receive by its corporate name, and to do all other acts as natural persons may; to accept and acquire, purchase or sell property real personal or mixed; in all lawful ways to use employ manage, & dispose of such property and all money belonging to said corporation in such manner as shall seem to the trustees best adapted to promote the objects aforesaid to have a common seal and to alter or change the same to make such bye laws as are not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United states & this state & to confer on such persons as may be considered worthy such academical or honorary degrees as are usually confered by similar institutions

Sect[Section] 4 The trustees of said College shall have authority from time to time to prescribe and regulate the course of studies to be pursued in said College and in the preparatory departments attached thereto to fix the rate of tuition room rent & other college expenses, to appoint instructors and such other officers and agents as may be needed in managing the concerns of the institution, to define their powers duties and employments, to fix their compensation, to displace & remove either of the instructors officers or agents or all of them as said trustees shall deem the interest of said College requires; to fill all vacancies among said instructors offcirs and agents to erect necessary buildings, to purchase books and chemical & philosophical apparatus and other suitable means of instruction, to put in operation a ^system of^ manual labor for the purpose of lessening the expense of education ^x^ & promoting the health of the students, to make rules for the general affairs management of the affairs of the college and for the regulation of the conduct of the students and to add as the ability of the said corporation shall increase and the interest of the community shall require additional departments for the study of any or all of the liberal professions. Provided however that nothing herein contained shall authorize the establishment of a theological department in said College

5 If any trustee shall be chosen President of the College his former place as trustee shall be considered as vacant and his place filled by the remaining trustees The trustees for the time being shall have power to remove any trustee from his office of trustee for any dishonorable or criminal conduct: provided that no such removal shall take place without giving to such trustee notice of the charges exhibited against him and an opportunity to defend himself before the Board, nor unless two thirds of the whole number of trustees for the time being shall concur in such removal. The trustees for the time being in order to have perpetual succession shall have power as often as a trustee shall be removed from office, die resign, or remove out of the state, to appoint a resident of this state to fill the Vacancy in the board of trustees occasioned by such removal from office, death, resignation or removal from the state. A majority of the trustees for the time being shall be a Quorum to do business

6 The Trustees shall faithfully apply all funds by them collected according to their best Judgments, in erecting suitable buildings, in supporting the

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necessary instructors officers and agents in procuring Books, maps, charts, Globes philosophical chemical and other apparatus necessary to aid in the promotion of sound learning in the1 corporation institutions: Provided that in case any donation devise or bequest shall be made for particular purposes accordant with the objects of the institution and the trustees shall accept the same, every such donation devise or bequest shall be applied in conformity with the express condition of the Donor or Devisor: provided also that lands donated or devised as aforesaid shall be sold or disposed of as required by the last section of this act.

7 The treasurers of said College always and all other agents, when required by the trustees, before entering upon the duties of [...?] ^their^ appointments, shall give bonds respectively for the security of the Corporation, in Such penal sum and with such securities as the board of trustees shall approve; and all process against said corporation shall be by summons and the

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Service of the same shall be by leaving an attested copy with the treasurer of the college at least thirty days before the return day thereof

8 The said college and its preparatory departments shall be open to all denominations of religion Christians and the profession of any particular religious faith, shall not be required of any person of of those who become students: all persons however may be suspended or expelled from said institution whose habits are idle or vicious or whose moral character is bad

9 The lands tenements and hereditaments to be held in perpetuity in virtue of this act by said institution shall not exceed six hundred & forty acres: Provided However, that if donations grants or devises in land shall from time to time be made to said Corporation over & above six hundred & forty acres, which may be held in perpetuity as aforesaid, the same may be received & held by such corporation for the period of three years from the date of every such

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donation grant or devise, at the end of which time if the said lands over & above the six hundred & forty acres shall not have been sold then & in that case the said lands so donated granted or devised shall revert to the don[or] Grantor or the heirs of the Devisor of the same.