THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1835.

the said association, exclusive of the buildings and ap-

purtenances appropriated for the use of the students and

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professors of the same, and of their private chapel,

shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dol-

lars.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Thomas R.

Election of presi-dent and officers

Butler, Edward J. Scurin, and their associates and

successors, members of the said association, may on

the first Monday in June next, and on the same day in

each and every year thereafter, elect from among the

members thereof, a president, vice-president, and such

other officers as they may deem requisite for the admin-

istration of the government of said college, and may

from time to time appoint such teachers and professors

as they may deem useful and competent; and every of-

ficer, teacher and professor so elected or appointed,

shall remain in office until his resignation is accepted,

or another person appointed in his stead; and it shall

he lawful for the said association at any time hereafter,

to admit as members thereof, such persons as to them

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may seem qualified.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said association

Confer degrees

shall immediately have, and is hereby invested with

full power to confer on its deserving pupils and others,

all collegiate honours and degrees, except doctors of

medicine; Provided, that no collegiate honour or de-

Proviso

gree shall be conferred on any pupil of the said college,

until he shall have been first duly examined and adjudg-

ed worthy of the same at a public examination.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the acts of Assembly

Rppea! of former

of December session, eighteen hundred twenty nine.

acts

chapter one hundred sixty-seven, of eighteen hundred

thirty, chapter forty two, and of eighteen hundred thir-

ty three, chapter seventy-five, he and the same are

hereby repealed; Provided nevertheless, that all deeds

Proviso

executed, and all matters and things heretofore law-

fully done by the institution in such acts incorporated,

under and by virtue of such incorporation, shall be

valid in law, and all rights, privileges, debts and claims

vested or accrued to such institution by or under said

acts, shall survive and enure to the use and benefit oi

the association by this act incorporated.