Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Rev. James Dupier, John Dixon, Samuel M. Bowman, Smith Gilbraith, Frederick R. Ducher, William F. Bradshaw, Hugh Graham, and their successors, be, and they are hereby, constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of “The trustees of the Lee Seminary of Learning,” and, by that name and style, shall remain and have perpetual succession. The said seminary of learning shall be and remain in or near the town of Dixon, in Ogle county. The trustees of said seminary shall not exceed twelve, exclusive of the presiding officer, 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 pleasure.

Sec. 2. The primary objects of the institution shall be the education of the youth of the country, and to fit and prepare them for the various duties of life.

Sec. 3. 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 name; 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 the trustees best adapted to the objects above mentioned; to have a common seal, and alter and change the same at pleasure; to make such by-laws for the regulation of said institution as are not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State.

Sec. 4. The trustees of said corporation shall have authority, from time to time, to prescribe and regulate the kind and course of studies to be pursued in said seminary; to fix the rate of tuition, and other academical expenses; to appoint instructors, and such other officers and agents as may be necessary in managing the concerns of the institution; 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

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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 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. 6. The trustees of said institution shall appoint a treasurer, who shall give bond, with such security in such penalty, and with such conditions, as the said board may direct.

Sec. 7. The said institution shall be open to all denominations of christians, and the profession of any particular faith shall not be required of those who become students. All persons, however, may be expelled, or suspended from said institution, by the trustees thereof, whose habits are idle or vicious, or whose moral characters are bad.

Sec. 8. The lands, tenements, and hereditaments to be held in perpetuity by said corporation shall not exceed six hundred and forty acres: Provided, however, That, if any donations, grants, 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 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 land 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. 9. Joseph T. Sanford, A. S. Spaulding, J. M. Russell, S. St. John Mix, L. O. Bryan, William Wilkinson, and Hamilton Norton, are hereby appointed trustees of “The Bloomingville Seminary of Learning,” to be located in or near the town of Bloomingville, in the county of Ogle.

Sec. 10. Cyrus L[.] Watson, George Haskell, George W. Brinckerhoof, H. W. Potter, Anson Barrume, Daniel S. Haight, Richard Montague, and their successors, are hereby appointed trustees of “The Rockford Seminary of Learning,” to be located in or near the town Rockford, in the county of Winnebago.

Sec. 11. William M. Adams, William Talcott, L. Pettibone, Ira Hersey, M. T. Ormsby, R. J. Cross, and J. A. Wight, are hereby appointed trustees of “The Rock River Seminary of Learning,” to be located in or near the town of Pickatonica, in Winnebago county.

Sec. 12. Leonard Goss, Aaron Pierce, Vance L. Davidson, Luther H. Bowen, William Goss, John Bernard, and John Bowen, are hereby appointed trustees of “The Savannah Seminary of Learning,” to be located in or near the town of Savannah, in the county of Carroll.

Sec. 13. Milton S. Mason, A. D. Bishop, James McBride, Joseph Briggs, Albert Stone, Stephen De Wolf, and David Caswell, are hereby appointed trustees of “The Craig Seminary of Learning,” to be located in or near the town of Belvidere, in the county of Boone.

Sec. 14. O. H. Wright, L. W. Streeter, John Clark, Hiram G. Eades, Benjamin Goddard, and Jonathan Corey, are hereby appointed trustees of “The Freeport Seminary of Learning,” to be located in or near the town of Freeport, in the county of Stephenson.

Sec. 15. Hiram Handie, Isaac Willits, Joshua Willits, William Drury, James S. Thompson, Mark Willits, and Ephraim Gilmore, are hereby appointed trustees of “The Millersburgh Seminary of Learning,” to be located in or near the town of Millersburgh, in the county of Mercer.

Sec. 16. Joseph Conway, John S. Miller, George Davenport, John Spencer, and Renna Wells, are hereby appointed trustees of “The Stephenson Seminary of Learning,” to be located in or near the town of Stephenson, in the county of Rock Island.

Sec. 17. Thomas Ford, M. C. Hill, James V. Gale, Daniel H. T. Mop, and Christian B. Artz, are hereby appointed trustees of “The Oregon Seminary of Learning,” to be located in or near Oregon city, in the county of Ogle.

Sec. 18. The seminaries of learning mentioned in the nine preceding sections shall adopt the first eight sections of this act, excepting only the trustees, the name of the institution, and its place of location.

Sec. 19. H. Foote, L. Maulthrop, J. M. Johnson, William R. Wheeler, Simeon Towle, W. Earll, David A. Holt, and Joseph D. Brinsmade, are hereby appointed trustees of “The Kishwaukee Seminary,” to be located at Kiskwaukee, on Rock river, in Winnebago county.2

Approved, March 2, 1839.