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CHAP. 70. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
the limits aforesaid, without the permission or consent of their masters,
mistresses or overseers; and such constable shall and may
have, take, exact and receive, such fees as the law in such case has
directed. |
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Passed Jan. 19, 1805. |
CHAP. LXXI.
An Act to authorise William Du Bourg, and others, associated Professors
of a Seminary of Learning in the vicinity of the City
of
Baltimore, to admit Students to Degrees, and to grant
Diplomas.
Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 647. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it has always been considered necessary
and proper
that all flourishing seminaries of learning, in which a regular and
full course of education is established to be taught, should have the
power of granting diplomas, or honorary testimonials of the proficiency
and merit of their students, as well from a principle of justice
and advantage to the graduates, as with a view of publishing
to the world the reputation of the seminaries themselves; therefore, |
Professors authorised
to hold
commencements
and grant diplomas.
Provisos. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
William Du Bourg, and others, associated professors of a seminary
of learning in the vicinity of the city of Baltimore, be and they
are hereby authorised and empowered to hold public commencements,
either on stated annual days, or occasionally, as the ordinances
of the said seminary may direct, and at such commencements
to admit any of the students in said seminary to any degree
or degrees in any of the faculties, arts and sciences, and liberal
professions, which are usually permitted to be conferred in any colleges
or universities in America or Europe; and it is hereby enacted,
that the said William Du Bourg, and others, associated professors
in the said seminary, or a majority of them, shall make out,
and sign with their names, diplomas or certificates of the admission
to such degree or degrees, and the same deliver to the graduates, as
honourable and perpetual testimonials of such admission; Provided
always, that no student or students within the said seminary shall
ever be admitted to any such degree or degrees, until such student
or students have been first duly examined and thought worthy of
the same at a public examination of the candidates, of which one
month's notice shall be given previous to said examination, and
which examination shall be held six weeks previous to the day of
commencement; And provided also, that no religious test or persuasion
shall ever be considered as a requisite to the obtention of
such degree or degrees. |
To grant special
certificates to students
who go
through a partial
course of education. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the aforesaid William
Du Bourg,
and others, associated professors, are hereby authorised and empowered
to grant special certificates to such students as shall go
through a partial course of education in the said seminary, signed
as aforesaid, provided such students shall undergo a public examination
in manner directed for the graduates aforesaid; and the said
William Du Bourg, and others, associated professors of the aforesaid
seminary, shall have power and authority to make, possess and
use, one great and public seal, and one lesser and privy seal, with
such devices and inscriptions as they my think proper, and the
same to alter, change, break and renew, at pleasure, which said
great public seal shall be affixed to the diplomas granted to graduates
who shall have gone through a full and regular course of education |
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