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chap. 109.
Made capable to
sue and be sued,
&c.
To make ordinan-
ces for govern-
ment of academy.
Election of trus-
tees to be held on
the first Monday of
November annual-
ly.
Names of subscri-
bers to be record-
ed for purpose of
ascertaining who
are entitled to
vote.
To report annual-
ly the state of the
academy to the
general assembly.
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conveyance, devise or bequest, of any person or persons whatsoever,
provided the same do not exceed in the whole the clear yearly va-
lue of one thousand dollars, and the same messuages, lands and
tenements, and other estate real or personal, in grant, bargain, sell,
convey, assure, demise and to farm let, and to put out on interest,
or otherwise to dispose of for the use of said academy, in such man-
ner its to them, or a majority of them, shall seem most beneficial to
the institution, and to receive the rents, issues, proofs, income and
interest, of the same, and to employ the emoluments to the proper
use and advancement of the said academy.
2. 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 all manner of suits, complaints, pleas, causes, matters and
demands, of whatsoever kind, nature or form they may be, and all
and every other matter or thing to do therein, in as full and effec-
tual a manner as any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate,
within this state, in like cases may or can do or perform; and the
said trustees, or a majority of them, shall have full power and au-
thority to have, make and use, one common seal, with such devices
and inscriptions as they shall think proper, and therewith to pass
and authenticate the certificates, acts and orders, of the said cor-
poration, and the same seal, at their pleasure, to break, alter or
renew.
3. And be it enacted, That the said trustees, and their successors,
or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority to make
ordinances for the government of the academy aforesaid, and to ap-
point such person or persons as they, or a majority of them, may
think proper, for instructing the students and scholars of the said
academy, in such branches of education as they shall think proper
and suitable to be taught therein.
4. And be it enacted, That an election for trustees shall be held
on the first Monday of November eighteen hundred and nineteen,
and on the first Monday of every succeeding November, at the said
academy, which said election shall be by ballot, and conducted as
follows, to wit: every subscriber to said institution shall be allowed
one vote for every five dollars by him or her subscribed and paid,
and the three persons having a majority of votes shall be declared
the trustees for the ensuing year, provided that no person but a sub-
scriber shall be a trustee.
5. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of ascertaining who are
entitled to vote for the trustees of the said institution, the trustees
thereof shall record in a book for that purpose, the names of all
persons who have subscribed thereto, and the amount subscribed
by each of them, and which said right to vote may be assigned or
transferred by a simple transfer or assignment in writing, under
the hand of the party, attested by one witness or more.
6. And be it enacted, That the said trustees, and their successors,
or a majority of them, shall report annually the state of the acade-
my to the general assembly for their inspection and examination;
and this act of incorporation, and every part thereof, and the pro-
ceedings of the trustees in execution thereof, shall have effect in
law, according to the, true intent and meaning of the same respec-
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