PHILIP F. THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1847.

they may be, and all and every other matter or thing, to
do therein in as lull and effectual a manner as any per-
son or persons, bodies corporate or politic within this
Stale, in like cases may or can do or perform, and the.
said trustees or their successors, or a majority of them,
shall have power and authority to have, make and use
one common seal with such device and inscription as
they shall think proper, and therewith to pass and au-
thenticate the certificates, acts and orders of the said
corporation, and the same seal at their pleasure to break,
alter and renew.

CHAP. 162.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said trustees
and their successors, or a majority of them, from time to
time, and at all times hereafter, shall have Cull power

and authority to constitute and appoint professors, teach-
ers and assistants, for instructing the students and schol-
ars of the said academy in such sciences and brunches
of education as they shall think proper and suitable to
be taught therein, and make ordinances and regulations
for the good government of the said academy, and the in-
struction of youth therein, and to appoint such number of
their own body, not less than five, as they may think
proper to be a quorum or committee for transacting all
general and necessary business of the said academy,
and making temporary rules for the management thereof,
and also to delegate to the said professors and teachers
such powers and authorities as they shall think expedi-
ent for the government and discipline of the said acade-
my, and the execution of the regulations thereof, and
also to make such regulations for the direction, Visita-
tion and examination of the said academy and students
therein, as shall best promote the important objects of

To appoint
professors, tea-
chers, & make
rules, &c.

the institution; provided always, that the said ordinances
be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this
State.

Proviso.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said trustees and
their successors, or a majority of them, shall meet at
least twice in every year in stated semi-annual meetings,
to be appointed by their own ordinances, and at such
other times as by their said ordinances or by their own
adjournments they may direct, and when so assembled
they shall have power to appoint from time to time, a
president, treasurer and secretary, to make such con-
tracts with the professors and teachers relative to the,
instruction of the scholars to be placed under their care,
and for the payment of their salaries, and to examine
the progress of the students and scholars, to hear and
determine on all complaints and appeals, and upon all
matters touching the discipline and government of said

To appoint
officers, make
contracts, ex-
amine students
&c.