Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Josiah Parrott, Adams Dunlap,George H. Scripps , George Little, O. M. Houghland, Micaiah Warren, and William H. Withrow, be, and they are hereby, constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of “The trustees of the Rushville Female Seminary,” and, by that name and style, shall remain and have perpetual succession. The said seminary shall be located at or near the town of Rushville, in Schuyler county. The trustees of said seminary shall not exceed nine, exclusive of the presiding officer of the institution, 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 object of the said institution shall be to educate the youth of the country, and to fit and prepare them for the various duties of life.

Sec. 3. The corporate persons (powers) hereby granted shall be the following, to wit: To have perpetual succession; to make contracts; to sue [and]be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of law and equity; 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 moneys belonging to said corporation, in such manner as shall seem to the trustees best adapted to promote the objects above named; 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 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 dispose (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 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 their 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, and take bond, with such security, in such penalty, and with such conditions, as the said board may prescribe.

Sec. 7. 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; 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 the said corporation shall not exceed six hundred and forty acres: Provided, however, That if donations, grants, or devises in land shall from time to time be made to the 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,

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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 land so donated, granted, or devised, shall revert to the donor, grantor, or the heirs of the devisor of the same.

Sec. 9. This act shall be in force from and after is passage, and be deemed a public act.

Approved, March 1, 1839.