by the said ordinances to delegate to the Profes-
sors and Teachers such powers and authorities as
they shall think expedient for the standing gov-
ernment and discipline of said Academy, and the
execution of the regulations of the same, and also
by the said ordinances to make such regulations
for the direction, visitation and examination of the
said Academy, and the students and scholars there-
in, as shall best promote the important objects of

the Institution; provided, always, that the said
ordinances shall not be repugnant to the Constitu-
tion and laws of this State.

Proviso.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the said Trus-
tees and their successors or a quorum of them shall
meet at least four times in every year in stated
quarterly meetings, to be appointed by their own
ordinances, and at such other times as by their
said ordinances, or by their own adjournment they
may direct, and when so assembled, they shall have
power from time to time to appoint a President,
Treasurer and Secretary, to make contracts with
the Professors and Teachers, relative to the in-
struction of the scholars to be placed under their
care, and for the payment of their salaries, to ex-
amine the progress of the students and scholars in
their learning, to hear and determine on all com-
plaints and appeals, and upon all matters touch-
ing the discipline and government of the said
Academy and wholesome execution of their ordi-
nances, and generally to manage the estate and
concerns of the said Academy, in like manner as
is usually done for the advancement and advan-
tage of similar Institutions.

Quarterly
Meetings for
transacting bu-
siness.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That before any Trus-
tee hereinbefore appointed or hereafter to be elect-
ed, shall proceed to execute the trusts and authori-
ties delegated by this Act, he shall qualify himself
before some Magistrate, by taking an oath or affir-
mation as the case may be, that he will truly and
faithfully execute and perform the duties of a Trus-
tee of the said Academy, without partiality or pre-
judice, according to the best of his skill and judg-
ment and agreeably to the directions of this Act
and a certificate of sucli qualification shall be de-
livered by the Magistrate and shall be filed among
their proceedings.

Trustees re-
quired to take
an oath.