Sec[Section] 1 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General assembly, That Charles S Dorsey, Daniel White, John Lindley, W^m H. Killebrew, William Holland, Romulus Barnes, R. T. Goodwin, T. D. Hungerford, Thomas Vater, Abraham W. Vanmeter, Benjamin Mitchell, J H Yager and their a successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, to be Stiled and known by the name of the trustees of the Washington academy,” and by that Stile and name to remain and have perpetual succession The Said academy Shall be and remain at or near to the town of Washington in the county of Tazwell, and State of Illinois, The number of trustees Shall not exceed twelve one of whome Shall be President of the Board, to be chosen by the trustees For the present the above named persons shall constitute the Board of trustees, who Shall fill the remaining Vacancies at their pleasure

Sec 2 The objects of said corporation Shall be the diffusion of knowlede, and 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 objects, and such as are usually bestowed on simular bodies corporate, to wit, to have perpetual succession to make contracts, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded to grant and receive by its corporate name, and to do all other acts as natural persons may to accept

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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 the trustees best adapted to promote the objects aforesaid, to have a common seal, and to alter and change the same, to make such bye-laws for its regulation as are not inconsistant with the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this State, and to confer on such persons as may be thought worthy, such academical or honorary degrees as are usually confered on ^ in^ simular institutions

Sec 4 The trustees of said corporation shall have power and authority from time to time, to prescribe and regulate the course of studies, to be pursued in said academy, to fix the rate of tuition, and other academical expences,” to appoint instructors, and such other officers and agents, as may be necessary in manageing the concerns of the institution, to fix their compensations, to 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 Government 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 sucession, shall have power to fill any vacancy which may occur in the Board, from death removel, resignation or any other caus

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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 require and prescribe, conditioned for the performance of such duties as the bye-laws may require of him

Sec 7 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, 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, tenement, and hereditements 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 donation, 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 by said corporation for the period of five years from the date of any such donation, grants, 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 heirs of the devisor of the same