In force, Feb.[February] 3, 1840.
AN ACT in relation to the Charleston Seminary and Jonesboro’ College.
1Trustees of Charleston Seminary
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the trustees of the Charleston Seminary shall hold their offices until the first Monday in May next, and until their successors
are elected and qualified.
Time of election
Sec. 2. That an election shall be held at the seminary on the first Monday in May next, and every four years thereafter, for seven trustees
to said seminary, who shall hold their offices for four years, and until their successors are elected
and qualified.
Who entitled to vote
Records
Sec. 3. Every person who shall have subscribed and paid five dollars, or who may hereafter
subscribe and pay five dollars, shall be entitled to a vote for said trustees, and for every additional ten dollars
so subscribed and paid in, (or) which may hereafter be subscribed and paid, an additional
vote; which right to vote may be transferred. The trustees shall keep a record of the names of the donors, and the amount donated,
and the names of the persons that such privilege is transferred to.
Powers
Sec. 4. The trustees shall have power to make such rules and regulations in regard to the
manner of holding elections, and determining upon who shall be elected, as they may
think proper; and to make such other rules and regulations for said seminary, as they may deem expedient. They shall keep a journal of their official acts, and
may confer such degrees as are conferred by other institutions of learning.
Seminary, how used
Sec. 5. The seminary shall not be used as a house of public worship, and no pupil excluded on account
of his religious opinions.
Duty of school comr’s[commissioner] of Coles co.
Sec. 6. The school commissioner of Coles county is hereby authorized and required to pay to the order of the president and trustees
of Charleston Seminary two hundred dollars
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per year, out of the distributive share of the State fund, for purposes of education,
to the county of Coles; and the said trustees are hereby authorized to expend said money in such manner
as they may think proper for the use and benefit of said seminary.2Expulsion of members
Jonesboro’ college
Sec. 7. Two-thirds of the trustees shall have power to expel any member of said board of
trustees for mal-conduct, and fill any vacancy which may occur from any cause whatever.
And the provisions of this act shall apply to the Jonesborough College in all respects whatever, on condition that a majority of the qualified voters of
said town of Jonesborough shall signify their willingness to the same by a vote of said town, on or before the first day of June next.3
Approved, February 3, 1840.
1Byrd Monroe introduced SB 78 to the Senate on January 21, 1840. The Senate amended the bill on January 25, adding Jonesboro College, and passed the bill. The House of Representatives passed the bill on January 31. The Council of Revision approved the bill on February 3 and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1840), 250, 268, 313; Journal of the Senate (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1840), 160, 165, 177, 233, 234, 243.
3The Senate passed an amendment adding the portion concerning Jonesboro College on January 25, 1840.
Journal of the Senate (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1840), 177.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly, at their Special Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 131-32, GA Session: 11-S,