THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1846.

remaining trustees, until the next annual election of the
same.

CHAP. 308.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That on the first Monday
of October, or within thirty days thereafter, in every year,
an election shall be held by the qualified voters at the
academy, which said election shall be by ballot, and be
conducted as follows, to wit: every person subscribing
to said institution two dollars or more, shall be entitled
to one vote only, the five persons having a majority of
the votes, shall be declared to be the trustees for the ensu-
ing year; provided, that no person but a subscriber shall
be a trustee.

Election in
October.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the trustees for the said
academy shall keep, or cause to be kept, a book for the
use, and as the property of said corporation, in which
shall be duly entered and recorded all subscriptions to,
and for the use of said corporate objects, and all other
proceedings of said corporation.

Book to be
kept.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said trustees and
their successors, or a majority of them, shall have full
power and authority to make fundamental ordinances for
the government of the academy aforesaid, and the edu-
cation of youths, and to appoint such person or persons
to be a teacher or teachers of said academy, as the trus-
tees, or a majority of them, may think proper.

Trustees to
make ordinan-
ces.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said trustees and
their successors, or a majority of them, shall meet at such
time or times, as shall be appointed by their own ordi-
nances, in order to examine the progress of the students
and scholars, and to hear and determine in all complaints
and appeals, and all matters touching the discipline of
the school, and the good and wholesome execution of
their ordinances, on all of which occasions a majority
at least of the trustees shall compose a quorum.

To meet, &c.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said trustees and
their successors, by the name and style aforesaid, shall
have perpetual succession, and be capable in law to sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be
answered, defend and be defended in any court of justice
whatever, and to make and use a common seal, and the
same to alter or renew at pleasure, and severally to do
and perform all things relating to the management of the
academy.

Corporate
powers.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That nothing herein con-
tained shall be so construed as to authorise or empower
said corporation to issue any note, certificate, token or
other evidence of debt to be used as currency; and the

Issues forbid.