Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That George Borah, Woods, M. Hamilton, James Miller, Morgan Wallace, Abisha Goodrich, Joseph Campbell and Anthony L. Hamilton, be, and they are hereby created a body politic, by the name and style of the “Trustees of the Burnt Prairie Manual Labor Seminary,” and by that style and name to have perpetual succession. The said seminary shall be located on the north half of the north-west quarter of section twenty-four, and the south-east quarter of the south-west quarter of section thirteen, town three south, range eight east,2 in the district of lands offered for sale at Shawneetown.

Sec. 2. The corporate powers hereby bestowed, shall be such as are usually conferred on similar bodies corporate, to wit: to have perpetual succession, to make contracts, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to grant and receive by its corporate name, and to do all other acts and things as a natural person may; acquire, purchase, or sell property, real or personal, and in all lawful ways, to use, employ, manage, and dispose of the same; to have a common seal, to alter and change the same; to make such bye-laws for its regulations, as are not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States, or of this state.

Sec. 3. The trustees of said seminary shall have authority, from time to time, to prescribe the course of studies to be pursued in the said institution, the amount of labor to be required of the students thereof; to fix the rate of tu-

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ition, and other academic expenses; to appoint instructors, and such other officers and agents as may be necessary in managing the concerns of the said institution; to define their duties, fix their compensation, and to displace or remove them.

Sec. 4. The trustees, for the time being, in order to have perpetual succession, shall have power to fill any vacancies which may occur in their number, from death, removal out of the counties of Wayne or White, resignation, or any other cause. A majority of the trustees, for the time being, shall be a quorum to do business, and they shall have power to increase their number to any amount, not exceeding twelve; Provided, That two-thirds of the trustees, for the time being, shall concur in the appointment of the trustees to be added.

Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of said trustees to appoint one of their number treasurer to the board, who shall be required to give bond, with sufficient surety, conditioned for the faithful performance of such duties as may be required of him, by the bye-laws.

Sec. 6. The said institution shall be open to all denominations of Christians, and the profession of any particular religious faith, shall not be required of those who become students.

Sec. 7. The lands and tenements to be held in perpetuity, by virtue of this act, shall not exceed six hundred and forty acres; Provided, however, That if any donations, grants, or devises in land, shall, from time to time, be made to said corporation, over and above the six hundred and forty acres which may be held in perpetuity, as aforesaid, the same may be received and held by said corporation, for the period of five years, from the date of any such donation, or grant, or devise, at the end of which time, if the said lands shall not have been sold by the said corporation, then, and in that case, the said lands so donated, granted, or devised, shall revert to the donor, grantor, or the heirs of the said devisor.

Approved, Jan. 15, 1836.