Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That C J Satter, Joseph Tanner, William Gallagher, William Carter, Elisha Jenny, and Theron Baldwin and their successors be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name of “the Trustees of the Waverly Seminary,” and by that name and style to remain, and have perpetual succession. The Said Seminary shall be and remain at or near Waverly in the County of Morgan, and state of Illinois. The number of trustees shall not exceed nine, exclusive of the principal or presiding officer, who shall ex officio be a member of the Board of Trustees, but no other instructor shall be a member of said board. For the present the aforesaid individuals Shall constitute the board of trustees who shall fill the remaining vacancies at their pleasure.

Sec 2. That James Reno, John Evans, Justus Rider, Titus W Vegus, Alfred W Cavarly, John Allen[,] and John Russell and their successors be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of “The [Tr]ustees of the Carrollton Semininary,” and by that name and style to have perpetual succession. The Said Seminary shall be and

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remain in or near the town of Carrollton in the County of Greene. The number of trustees shall not exceed nine exclusive of the principal or presiding officer who shall ex officio be a member of the board of Trustees, but no other instructor shall be a member of said board. For the present the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the board of trustees, who shall fill the remaining vacancies at their discretion.

Sec 3. That James Black, William Hodge, Asahel Lee, Thomas B Hickman, N M M^cCurdy, Harvey Lee, John D Goren[,] and William C Greenup and their successors be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name of “The Trustees of Fayette Seminary,” and by that name and Style to remain and have perpetual succession. The said Seminary shall be and remain at or near Vandalia. The number of Trustees shall not exceed nine exclusive of the principal or presiding officer, who shall ex officio be a member of the board of Trustees, but no other instructor shall be a member of said board. For the present the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the board of trustees who shall fill the remaining vacancies at their pleasure.

Sec 4. That George Henderson, Nathan Kendall, Chauncy Lee, Henry W Blanchard, Ransom Swallow, Phillip Jarbo, Elijah Lott, Beverly W Holliday, Calvin Hagar, Wilson J Drish, William Lane, Cyrus Tolman, Charles Gregory, Henry Robley, Smith Post, Timothy Ladd, Joshua Hanks, John Thompson, Charles Kitchens ^8^[,] John Henderson, Benjamin Smith, & James Henderson and their successors be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name of “The Trustees of White Hall seminary” and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession. The said Seminary Shall be and remain at or near White Hall in Green County Illinois. The number of trustees shall not exceed twenty two exclusive of the principal or presiding officer, who shall ex officio be a member of the board of trustees, but no other instructor shall be a member of said board. For the present the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the board of Trustees.

Sec 5. That Isaac W Hallam, J Hinton, J C Goodhue, George W Snow, J M Strode, Ebenezer Peck, John H Kinzie James H Collins, J. B. Beaubien, D Brainard, William H Brown, E D Taylor, and J W C Coffin, and their successors be and they are

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hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name of “The Trustees of the Chicago Seminary” and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession. The Said Seminary shall be and remain at or near Chicago in the county of Cook and State of Illinois. The number of Trustees shall not exceed thirteen, exclusive of the principal, or presiding officer, who shall ex officio be a member of the board of trustees, but no other instructor shall be a member of said board. For the present the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the board of trustees who shall fill the remaining vacancies at their pleasure.

Sec 6. That H R Norfolk, William Cullam, Thomas B Ross, S B Shelledy, Isaac Lewis, C S Morton, James Adkins, Nathan Ellington, Samuel Owens, Andrew Clark, Samuel^William^ Frost, Daniel Barhum, Levi Flener, David Winkler, John Martin, James A Mitchell, and James Ashmore and their successors be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name and style of “The ^Trustees of^Charlestown Seminary” and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession. The said Seminary shall be and remain at or near Charlestown in Coles County. The number of Trustees

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Shall not exceed seventeen, exclusive of the principal or presiding officer, who shall ex officio be a member of the Board of Trustees, but no other instructor shall be a member of said board. For the present the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the Board of Trustees.

Sec 7. The primary object of the said institutions shall be the education of the youth of the country, and to fit and prepare them for the various duties of life.

Sec 8. The Corporate powers hereby bestowed shall be the following viz; To have perpetual succession, to make contracts, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and to grant and receive by their corporate names, to accept, acquire, purchase[,] or sell property real, personal[,] or mixed in all lawful ways, to use, employ, manage, and dispose of all such property, and all miney belonging to said corporations in such manner as shall seem to the Trustees best adapted to promote the objects above mentioned; To have a common seal, and to alter or change the same at pleasure, to make such by laws for the regulations of said institutions, as are not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the State.

Sec 9. The Trustees of Said corporations shall have authority from time to time, to prescribe and regulate the kind and course of studies to be pursued in said Seminaries, to fix the rate of tuition, and other academical expenses; to appoint instructors and such

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other officers and agents as may be necessary in managing the concerns of the institutions; to define their duties, to fix their compensation, and to displace or remove them, to erect necessary buildings, to purchase books, chemical[,] and Philosophical apparatus and other suitable means of instruction; to make rules for the general management of the affairs of the institutions and for the regulation of the conduct of the students.

Sec 10. The Trustees for the time being in order to have perpetual succession, shall have power to fill any vacancy which may occur in the board from death, removal out of the state, resignation or other cause. A majority of the trustees for the time being shall be a quorum to do business.

Sec 11. The Trustees of Said institutions shall appoint Treasurers, who shall be required to give bonds, with such security, in such penalty and with such condition as the Said boards may prescribe.

Sec 12. The said institutions shall be open to all denominations of Christians, and the profession of any particular religious faith shall not be allow required of those who become students, all persons however may be expelled or suspended, from Said institutions by the Trustees thereof, whose habits are idle or vicious, or whose moral character is bad.

Sec 13. The lands, tenements[,] and hereditaments to be held in perpetuity by either of said corporations shall not exceed six hundred and forty acres: Provided however, that if any donations, grants[,] or d[evises] in lands, shall from time to time be made to either of said corporations, 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[,] grant[,] or devise. At the end of which time, if the said lands, shall not have been sold by 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 devisor of the same.

Sec 14. The provisions of this act shall be considered as applicable to each of the corporations created as a separate and distinct body.