Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State [of] Illinois represented in the general assembly That David Greenleaf, Reuben Graves, John R Nichols, James King[,] Ethan Kimball, William Lafou, and Wesley Williams and their successors, be and they are hereby created a body Politic and corporate, to be styled and known by the name of The [“]Trustees of the Saint Mary’s College,” and by that Style and name to remain, and have perpetual succession. The said college Shall be and remain at or near Saint Marys in the County of Hancock and State of Illinois, the number of trustees shall not exceed twelve one of whom shall be President of the Board to be chosen by the Trustees, for the present the above named individuals shall constitute the board of Trustees, who Shall fill the remaining vacancies at their discretion

Sec 2 The object of said corporation shall be the promotion of the general interests of education

Sec 3 The corporate powers hereby bestowed shall be such only as are essential, or useful in the attainment of said object, and such as are usually confered 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 as natural persons may, 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 money belonging to said corporation, in such manner as shall seem to said trustees best adapted to promote the object before mentioned to have a common seal, and to change or alter the same, to make such by laws for its regulation as are not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the united States or of this State, and to confer on such persons as may be considered worthy such academical or honorary degrees, as are usually confered by

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Sec 4 The Trustees of said corporation Shall have authority from time to time, to prescribe and regulate the course of Studies to be pursued in said college to fix the rate of tuition and other expenses, to appoint instructors, and such other officers, and agents as may be necessary in managing the concerns of said institution, to define their duties, to fix their compensation and displace or remove them, to erect necessary buildings, to purchase books, chemical, and philosophical apparattus, and other suitable means of instruction, to make rules for the general management of the affairs of the institution, and for the regulation of the conduct of the Students

Sec 5 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[,] resignation[,] or any other cause, a majority of the trustees for the time being shall be a quorum to do business

Sec 6 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 security, in such penal sum, as the Board may prescribe, conditioned for the perfomence of such duties as the bye laws may require of him

Sec 7 The said institution shall be open to all denominations of chrisitans, and the profession of any particular religious faith shall not be required of those who become Students; all persons however may be suspended or expelled from said institution by the trustees thereof, whose habits are idle or vicious, or whose moral character is bad

Sec 8 The lands, tenements, and hereditaments to be held in perpetuity by virtue of this act by said corporation, 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 said six hundred and forty acres, which may be held in perpetuity as aforesaid the same may be received and by held by the 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 the said corporation, then and in that case, the said land so donated[,] granted[,] or devised shall revert to the donor[,] grantor[,] or the heirs of the devisor of the Same

Sec 9 That the trustees of said institution shall be authorized at any time when they may deem the public good requires it, To establish and adopt the manual labour sistem and conduct the same in such manner as may be to the interest of the institution, and the benefit of the students

Sec 10 That no religious doctrine peculiar to any one sect or denomination of Christians shall be inculcated by any professor in said college, but said institution shall at all times be conducted upon free, liberal[,] and enlightened principles, and that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorize the trustees, at any time to establish a theological Department in said College