An Act to Incorporate the Lane Seminary

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Line 1              An Act to incorporate the “Lane Seminary”~

Line 2              Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, that

Line 3              there shall be established

Line 4                                                              in the vicinity of Cincinnati a

Line 5              Seminary of learning the primary object of which shall be

Line 6              to educate pious young men for the godful ministry under

Line 7              the style & title of the “Lane Seminary” –

Line 8              Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the fundamental

Line 9              principle of this Seminary shall be that every student be

Line 10            required to spend not less than three nor more than

Line 11            four hours each day on an average on agricultural or

Line 12            mechanical labour the avails of which shall be applied

Line 13            towards defraying the expenses of the institution including

Line 14            the board [?] of the students –

Line 15            Sec. 3. And be if further enacted, that Joshua S. Wilson,

Line 16            David Root, James Challen, William Schillinger, Robert Boal

Line 17            Jr, Jabes C. Tunis, John F. Keyes, Isaac G. Burnet, Ephraim Robbins

Line 18            James Warren, John H. Groesbeck, Robert Wallace, William W. Greene,

Line 19            John Thompson, Daniel Hayden, Benjamin Graves, Ludwell P. Gaines

Line 20            Jacob Lindley, Caleb Kemper, James Thompson, Daniel Wurtz

Line 21            Samuel January & Abraham A Halsey and their associates

Line 22            & successors known by the name of the “Ohio Board of

Line 23            Education” be they hereby are created & made a body

Line 24            Corporate &politic with perpetual succession who shall

Line 25            be known & distinguished by the name & style of the

Line 26            “Trustees of the Lane Seminary” by that name & style

Line 27            they & their associates & successors shall be a body in law

Line 28            capable of contracting & being contracted with, [suing] &

Line 29            being [sued], pleading & being impleaded, answering &

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Line 1              being [answered] into defunding & being defunded [or] natural

Line 2              persons are or may be in all courts & places, & in all

Line 3              manner of suits, complaints, bills, causes, & matters what-

Line 4              so ever. They may have [unclear] a common seal. They shall

Line 5              be capable of purchasing, [receiving], holding, & enjoying,

Line 6              and granting, selling, & conveying any estate or property

Line 7              [real] or personal necessary for promoting the object of this

Line 8              act of incorporation, which object is above declared –

Line 9              Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, that the Trustees aforesaid

Line 10            & their associates & successors shall [learn] [from] to perpetuate

Line 11            this Board by filling their own vacancies [unclear] by

Line 12            death, resignation, [unclear] [unclear] or otherwise_ provided

Line 13            that the said Board shall always consist of not less

Line 14            than twenty three nor more than thirty five Trustees ~

Line 15            Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That there shall annually

Line 16            be elected by the said Board of Trustees from their own

Line 17            body a President, three Vice Presidents, a Recording Secretary

Line 18            a Corresponding Secretary a Treasurer & such other offices

Line 19            as the said Trustees their associates & successors may

Line 20            find it necessary from time to time to appoint ~

Line 21            Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, that the Board shall

Line 22            annually elect an Executive Committee consisting of thirteen

Line 23            Trustees, including the Officers, who shall conduct the

Line 24            affairs of the Board under its direction, seven of whom

Line 25            shall constitute a quorum ~

Line 26            Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the officers & members

Line 27            of the Executive Committee shall reside in the city of

Line 28            Cincinnati or its vicinity and shall be elected by ballot.

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Line 1              Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, that a majority of the

Line 2              members of the Board & of the Executive Committee as well

Line 3              as all the instructors employed in the Theological department

Line 4              of the Seminary, shall members of the presbyterian church

Line 5              under the care of the General Assembly of the United

Line 6              States in good standing.

Line 7              Sec. 9. And be it further Enacted, That the [unclear] offices of the

Line 8              Board shall be Rev. Joshua S. Wilson President, Rev. Daniel

Line 9              Root, Rev. Jacob Lindley & Isaac G Burnet Esq. Vice Presidents.

Line 10            Abraham A Halsey Recording Secretary, James Warren Corresponding

Line 11            Secretary & John H Groesbeck Treasurer who together with

Line 12            John F. Keyes, Jabes C Tunis, William H Greene, Robert Boal Jr.

Line 13            Caleb Kemper, & William Schillinger shall compose [the] [unclear]

Line 14            Executive Committee to serve in their respective offices untill

Line 15            the annual meeting in the year 1829 _

Line 16            Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Trustees

Line 17            of said Seminary may grant & confer on any candidate

Line 18            in such form as they may direct all or any of the

Line 19            degrees that are usually conferred in any college or

Line 20            University within the United States ~

Line 21            Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Board of

Line 22            Trustees may appoint such professors & tutors as they shall

Line 23            think necessary & remove them at their pleasure. They may

Line 24            from time to time make & enforce such rules regulations and

Line 25            bye-laws for the government & well being of the Seminary

Line 26            as may seem to them proper, provided they be consistent

Line 27            with the laws of the United States & of this state. They

Line 28            may [vest] in the faculty or professors such powers as

Line 29            they may think expedient for the [preservation]

Line 30            of good order & for enforcing obedience

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Line 1              with rules regulations & bye laws of the

Line 2              institution_ they may hold their meetings at such

Line 3              times & places as they may designate & appoint_ The

Line 4              President may call special meetings at any time &

Line 5              such meetings shall always be called by the President or

Line 6              Recording Secretary at the written request of three of the

Line 7              Members of the Board of which meetings notice shall

Line 8              be given. And generally the Board shall have power to

Line 9              perform all such matters & things as they may judge

Line 10            necessary for the benefit of said institution.

Line 11            Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Annual meeting

Line 12            of the Board of Trustees shall be [held] on the last

Line 13            Wednesday in October at 10 Oclock a.m. when the

Line 14            Officers & Executive Committee shall be chosen, the

Line 15            proceedings of the past year reported, the accounts

Line 16            audited & such other business transacted as may occur.

Line 17                                    This Act shall be subject to such

Line 18            alterations as the General Assembly may from time

Line 19            to time see proper to make _