| 1784.
CHAP.
XXXVII.
May sue, &c. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
IX. And be it
enacted, That the said visitors and governors, and their successors,
by the name aforesaid, shall be able in law to sue and be sued, plead
and
be impleaded, in any court or courts, before any judge, judges or justices,
within
this state and elsewhere, in all and all manner of suits, complaints,
pleas,
causes, matters and demands, of whatsoever kind, nature or form they
be, and
all and every other matter and thing therein to do, in as full and
effectual a manner
as any other person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, within
this state,
or any of the United States of America, in like cases may or can do. |
Have a common
seal, &c. |
X. And be it
enacted, That the said visitors and governors, and their successors,
shall have full power and authority to have, make and use, one common
and public seal, and likewise one privy seal, with such devices and
inscriptions
as they shall think proper, and to ascertain, fix and regulate, the
uses of
both seals, by their own laws, and the same seals, or either of them,
to change,
break, alter or renew, at their pleasure. |
Appoint a
principal., &c. |
XI. And be it
enacted, That the said visitors and governors, and their successors,
from time to time, and at all times hereafter for ever, shall have
full power
and authority to constitute and appoint, in such manner as they shall
think best
and most convenient, a principal and vice-principal of the said college,
and professors,
with proper tutors and assistants, for instructing the students and
scholars
of the said seminary in all the liberal arts and sciences, and in the
ancient and
modern tongue and languages, who shall be severally styled professors
of such
arts, sciences, languages or tongues, as they shall be nominated and
appointed
for, according to each particular nomination and appointment; and the
said principal.
vice-principal and professors, so constituted and appointed, from time
to
time, shall be known and distinguished for ever as one learned body
or faculty,
by the name of " The principal, vice-principal and professors, of Saint-John's
college, in the state of Maryland;" and by that name shall be capable of
exercising
such powers and authorities as the visitors and governors of the said college,
and their successors, shall, by their ordinances, think necessary to delegate
to
them, for the instruction, discipline and government, of the said seminary,
and
of all the students, scholars, ministers and servants, belonging to the
same; and
the said principal and vice-principal, professors, students, scholars,
and such necessary
ministers and servants as give constant attendance upon the business of
the
college, shall be exempted from all rates and taxes on their salaries,
and from all
military duties, except in the case of an actual invasion of the state,
and when
general military law is declared. |
Yearly value
not to exceed
a certain sum,
&c. |
XII. And be
it enacted, That the clear yearly value of the messuages, houses,
lands, tenements, rents, annuities, or other hereditaments and real estate
of the
said college and corporation, shall not exceed nine thousand pounds current
money,
to be reckoned in Spanish milled dollars, at the present rate and weight;
and all gifts, grants and bequests, to the said college and corporation,
after the
yearly value of their estates shall amount to nine thousand pounds as aforesaid,
and all bargains and purchases to be made by the said corporation,
which may
increase the yearly value of said estate above or beyond the sum aforesaid,
shall be
absolutely void and of none effect. |
Quarterly
meetings to be
held, &c. |
XIII. And be
it enacted, That the said visitors and governors, and their successors,
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 they may direct, in order to examine the progress of the students
and
scholars in literature, to hear and determine on all complaints and appeals,
and
upon all matters touching the discipline of the seminary, and the good
and wholesome
execution of their ordinances; in all which examinations, meetings and
determinations,
such number of the said visitors and governors duly met, (provided
they be not less than seven) shall be a quorum, as the fundamental ordinances
at
first, or any time afterwards, duly enacted by a majority of the whole
visitors,
shall fix and determine. |
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