PHILIP F. THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1849.

cost of erecting the academy, and to the proper use and
advancement of the said institution.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That on the first Mon-
day in April next, and in each and every year, an elec-
tion shall he held by the qualified voters of the acad-
emy, and the trustees in power after the first, election
shall annually, ten days previous to the election, set up
three public notices, one at each of the most public
places in the neighborhood, notifying the subscribers of
the election for trustees of said academy, which said e-
lection shall be by ballot, and conducted as follows
to wit: every subscriber to the said institution shall he
allowed one vole, and the five persons having a major-

CHAP. 204.

Trustees —
how and when
elected.

ity of the votes thus cast, shall be declared duly elected
the trustees for ensuing year; provided, that no person
but a subscriber as aforesaid shall be a trustee.

Proviso.

SEC 3. And be it enacted, That if after an annual
election a vacancy shall occur among the members
elected, by death, resignation or refusal of any one or
more of them to attend three regular meetings of the
board of trustees, the remaining trustees shall proceed
with all convenient despatch, to fill the vacancy by elect-
ing by ballot other sensible person or persons from a-

mong the subscribers to said academy, so as to perpe-

tuate the number of five persons as trustees of said in-
stitution.

Vacancies —
how supplied.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said trustees
and their successors, by the name and style aforesaid,
shall be capable in law to sue, and be sued, plead, and
be impleaded, in any court or courts, and before any judge
justice or justices within this State, and elsewhere, in
all and any manner of suits, complaints, pleas, causes,
matters and demands, of whatever kind, nature
or form they may he, and all and every other mailer or
thing to do therein, in as full and effectual a manner as
any person or persons, bodies corporate, or politic with-
in this State, in like cases may or can do or perform,
and the said trustees hereby appointed and their succes-
sors or a majority of them, shall have power and au-
thority to have, make, and use one common seal, with
such device and inscription as they shall think proper,
and therewith to pass and authenticate the certificates,
acts and orders of the said corporation, and the same
peal at their pleasure to break, alter, and renew.

Corporate
powers.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That, the said trustees
and their successors or a majority of them, from time to
time, and at at all times hereafter, shall have full power
and authority to constitute and appoint professors, teach-
ers, and assistants, for instructing the students and schol-

To appoint
teachers.