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. . .sect[section] 10 The treasurer of said institution always and all other agents when required by the Trustees before entering upon the duties of there appointments shall give bond for the security of the corporation in such penal sum and with such security as the board of of trustees shall approve and all process against the said corporation shall be by summons and summons service of the same shall be by leaving an attested copy with the treasurer of the institution at least [thirty?] days before the return day thereof.
section 11 The said institution and there preparatory department shall be open to all denomination of christians and the profession of any religious faith shall not be required of those who become students all persons however may be suspended or expeled from said institution whose habits are idol or vicious or whose moral character is bad
section 12 The president and other officers of said institution shall be subject to the ^directors of the^ board of trustees and shall continue in office during good behaviour
section 13 The president of the board of trustees shall have full power to call special meetings of the said trustees and it shall be his duty upon the request of three of them to do the same but upon any called meeting ten days notice shall be given by the president previous to the meeting

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section 14 The trustees of the corporation shall have authority from time to time to prescribe and regulate the course of studies to be pursued in said institution and in the preparatory department attached thereto to fix the rates of tuition room rent and other college expenses to appoint instructors and such other officers and agents as shall or may be kneaded in managing the concerns of the institution to define there powers[,] duties[,] and employments to fix there compensation to displace and remove either of the instructors[,] officers[,] and agents to erect the necessary buildings to purchase books and chemical and philosophical apparatuss and other suitable means for instruction to put in operation a system of manual labour for the purpose of lessening the expense of education and promoting the health of the students to make rules for the general management of the affairs of the institution and for the regulation of the conduct of the students and to add as the ability of the said corporation shall increase and the interest of the community shall require additional departments for the study of any or all liberal professions provided however that nothing herein ^contained,^ shall authorize the establishment of a theological est department in said institution
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Jany 29th 1840
B. Bond secy[secretary]

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section 15 If at any time a member of the board of trustees shall absent himself for three stated meetings successively or for some disorderly conduct for2 good cause shown and approved of by the said trustees in such case his seat shall be considered to be vacant and the board shall proceed to fill his seat with a member provid the trustees of said institution shall at all times be accountable in the management of for there conduct in the management of the business aforesaid in such manner as the Legislature shall by law direct

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A bill for an act to incorporate the Benton Academy in the County of Franklin
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Engrossed
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1Braxton Parrish introduced SB 105 in the Senate on January 16, 1840. The Senate passed the bill on January 29. The Senate informed the House of Representatives of the bill’s passage, but the latter took no action.
Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their Called Session, Begun and Held at Springfield, December 9, 1839 (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 291; Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their Called Session, Begun and Held at Springfield, December 9, 1839 (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 116, 206.
2“on” changed to “for”

Handwritten Document, 6 page(s), Folder 297, SB 105, GA Session 11-S, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,