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THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 551
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degree or degrees, which shall be sealed with the
public or great seal of the Corporation or College,
and delivered to the graduates as honorable and
perpetual testimonials of such admission, which
diploma, if thought necessary for doing greater
honor to such graduates, shall, also, be signed
with the names of the President or Trustees and
the different Professors, or as many of them as can
conveniently sign the same ; provided, always,
that no student or students within the said Sem-
inary shall ever be admitted to any such degree or
degrees, or have their names inserted in any man-
date for a degree, until such students have been
duly examined and judged worthy of the same at
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a public examination ; and, provided further, that
no person or persons, except the students of said
Seminary, shall ever be admitted to any honorary
or other degree or degrees of the same, unless a
majority of the whole number of the Trustees, by
a mandate under their privy seal, and signed by
the hands of said majority of the Trustees, to the
Principal, Vice-Principal and Professors directed,
having signified their approbation and authority
for the particular admission of said person or per-
sons to said degree or degrees.
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Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That this Charter
and Act of Incorporation, and every part thereof,
shall be good and available in all things in the
law, according to the true intent and meaning
thereof; and shall be construed, reputed and ad-
judged in all cases most favorable on the behoof
and for the best benefit and behalf of the said
Trustees and their successors, so as most effectual-
ly to answer the valuable end of this incorpora-
tion to the general advancement and promotion of
useful knowledge, science and virtue.
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Incorporation
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Sec. 15. And be it enacted, That nothing in this
Act shall be construed to authorize the incorpora-
tion to issue any token or device to be used as
currency.
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Banking pro
hibited.
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Sec. 16. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage, and the
Legislature reserves to itself the right to alter or
repeal at its pleasure.
Approved March 30, 1868.
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reservation
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