Sec[Section] 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, nor shall any teacher, trustee, or other person, be allowed or permited to use any means or influence, in order to induce any of said students, to subscribe to any particular creed or faith, or to attend on or at any particular church, or place of worship to the exclusion of any other,: 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 and tenements and hereditaments 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 donations, grants, or devises, in lands shall from time to time be made 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 such lands so donated granted or devised, shall revert to the donor, grantor, or the heirs of the devisor, of the same.
Sec 9 There shall also be attached to the said academy a department, in which shall be taught branches that are usually taught in common schools; which shall constitute the common school of the district, in which said academy may be situated, and the trustees of said academy, shall receive from the school commissioner
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of the county the same amount of money, in the same proportion, and apply the same to such tuition in the same ^manner^ as other common schools are paid and kept. provided that the teachers or instructors of said department shall be selected by the trustees, and be under the control of the by laws, of said corporation.
Sec 10 This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage
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passed Jan 18. 1841
John Calhoun
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No 36 House
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A Bill for an act to Incorporate the Marion Academy in Williamson County
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Incpt.[Committee on Incorporations]
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Engrossed
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Handwritten Document, 4 page(s), Folder 42, HB 68, GA Session 12-2, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,