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 AMEND, ENLARGE AND IMPB0T6 
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THE Committee appoiiated to take into eonsideratio^ 
 so much of his Excellency's address as relates to Dart- 
 mouth €o]lege5 reported the following BILLt 
 
 June 18, ;1816. 
 
 STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
 and sixteen, 
 
 AN ACT 
 
 TO AMEND, ENLARGE AND IMPROVE 
 THE Corporation of 
 
 WHEREAS knowledge and learning generally diffused 
 through a community are essential to the preserva- 
 tion of a free goyernment, and extending the oppor- 
 tunities and advantages of education is highly condu- 
 cive to promote this end, and by the Constitntion it is 
 made the duty of the Legislators and Magistrates tc 
 cherish the interests of literature and the sciences 
 and all seminaries established for their advancement ; 
 and as the College of this State may, in the opinion 
 of the Legislature, he rendered more extensively 
 useful-^ 
 
 THEREFORE— 
 
 Sect. 1. "O E it enacted hy the Senate and House of 
 
 Jj BepresentatireeSf in General Comi coU' 
 
 tened, That the corporation heretofore called an<l 
 
known by the name of the Trustees of Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, shall ever hereafter be called and known by the 
 name of the Trustees of Dartmouth University : And 
 the whole number of said Trustees shall not exceed 
 twenty-one nor be less than fourteen, at the discretion 
 of the Governor and Council ; and two thirds of the 
 whole number, for the time being, shall form a quorum 
 for the transaction of business : And they and their 
 successors in that capacity, as hereby constituted, shall 
 respectively forever have, hold, use, exercise and enjoy 
 all the powers, authorities, rights, property, liberties, 
 privileges and immunities, which have hitherto been 
 possessed, enjoyed and used by the Trustees of Dart- 
 mouth College, except so far as the same may be varied 
 , or limited by the provisions of this act. And they shall 
 have power to determine the times and places of their 
 sneetings, and manner of notifying the same ; to organ- 
 ize colleges in the University; to establish an insti- 
 tute and elect fellows and members thereof ; to appoint 
 such officers as they may deem proper, and determine 
 their duties and compensation, and also to displace them ; 
 to delegate the power of supplying vacancies in any of 
 the offices of the University, for any term of time not 
 extending beyond their next meeting ; to pass ordinan- 
 ces for the government of the students, with reasonable 
 penalties, not inconsistent with the Constitution and 
 laws of this State; to prescribe the course of education 
 and confer degrees ; and to arrange, invest and employ 
 the funds of the University. 
 
 Sect. 2. Be it further eftacted, That from and after 
 the passing of this act, no person except an inhabitant 
 «f this State shall be eligible as a member of the Board 
 of Trustees of said University. And the seat of each 
 member of said board who is not or who shall hereafter 
 
cease to be an inhabitant of this State, shall be k hereby 
 is declared to be vacated. Frovided Tiowcrcr, that noth- 
 ing contained in this section shall disqualify any person 
 from being elecied President of said University. 
 
 Sect. S. Be it further enacted, That there shall bo 
 a Board of Overseers, who shall have perpetwal succes- 
 sion, and whose number shall not exceed fifty nor be less 
 than thirty, and fifteen of whom shall constitute a quo- 
 rum for the transaction of business. Of this board the 
 President of the Senate shall be President, and the 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yiee-Presi- 
 dent, ex officio. The Governor and lieutenant- Gover- 
 nor of Vermont, for the time being, shall also be mem- 
 bers of said Board. And the Hon. Stephen Jacob, 
 Charles Marsh, Nathaniel Niles and Elijah Paine, of 
 the State of Vermont,whose seats at the board of Trus- 
 tees are vacated by the provisions of the second section 
 of this act, are hereby appointed members of the said 
 board of Overseers. The board of Overseers shall 
 have power to determine the times and places of their 
 meetings, and manner of notifying the same ; to inspect 
 and confirm or disapprove and negative such votes and 
 proceedings ef the board of Trustees, as shall relate to 
 the appointment and removal of President, Professors 
 and other permanent Officers of the University ; and 
 determining their salaries ; to the establishment of Col- 
 leges and Professorships and the erection of new College 
 buildings : Provided always, that the said negative shall 
 be expressed within days from the time 
 
 of said Overseers being furnished with copies of sueh 
 acts. Provided also, that all votes and proceedings of 
 the board of Trustees shall be valid and effectual to all 
 intents and purposes, until such negative of the board of 
 Overseers be expressed according to the provisions of 
 this act. 
 
Sect. 4. Beit further enacted. That there shall be a 
 Treasurer of the said ©orporatien who shall be duly 
 sworn, and who before he enters upon the duties of his 
 of&ue^ shall give bonds with sureties to the satisfaction 
 of the Corporation for the faithful performance thereof^ 
 and also a Secretary to eaeh of the boards of Trustees 
 and Overseers, to be elected by the said Boards res- 
 peetively, who shall keep a just and true record of the 
 proceedings of the board for which he was chosen. 
 And it shall furthermore be the duty of the Secretary 
 of the board of Trustees, to furnish, as soon as may be^ 
 the said Board of Overseers, copies of the records oi 
 such votes and proceedings as by the provisions of this 
 Act are made subject to their revision and control. 
 
 Sect. 5. J5eit/Mrt7icrcnacfedf, That the President of 
 Dartmouth University and his successors in office shall 
 have the superiotendanoe of the government and in- 
 struction of the students and may preside at all meet- 
 ings of the Trustees ; and do and execute all the duties^ 
 devolving by usage on the President of a University.— 
 He shall render annually te the Governor of this State 
 an account of the number of Students, ataid of the state 
 of the funds of the University ; and likewise copies of 
 all important votes and proceedings of the Corporation 
 and Overseers, which shall be made out by the Secre* 
 taries of the respective Boards. 
 
 Sect. 6. Be it further enacted, That the President 
 and Professors of the University shall be nominated by 
 the Trustees and approved by the Overseers ; and shall 
 be liable to be suspended or removed from office in man- 
 ner as before provided. And each of the two Boards 
 of Trustees and Overseers shall have power to suspend 
 and remove any member of their respective Boards. 
 
 
SBeT.7. Be it further enactedfTh^t tht GoTernor and 
 Council are hereby authorized to fill all vacancies both in 
 the board of Trustees & board of Overseers, whether the 
 same be original vacancies, or occasioned by the deaths 
 removal a resignation of any member. But the Presi- 
 dent of said University for the time being shall never- 
 theless be a member of said board of Trustees ex offi- 
 cio. And the Governor and Council shall have povi^er 
 t» inspect the doings and proceedings of the Corpora- 
 tion and of all the officers of the University, whenevei? 
 they deem it expedient ; and they are hereby required 
 to make such inspection and report the same to the Le- 
 gislature of this State as often as once in every five 
 years. And the Governor is hereby authorieed and re- 
 quested to summon the first meeting of the said Trus- 
 tees and Overseers, to be held at on the 
 day of 
 
 SeCit. 8. Beit further enacted, That the President 
 and Professors of the University, before entering 
 upon the duties of their offices, shall take the oath to 
 support the Constitution of the United States and of 
 this State ; certificates of which shall be filed in the of- 
 fice of the Secretary of this State, within sixty days 
 from their entering on their offices respectively. 
 
 Sect. 9. Be it further enacted, That perfect freedom 
 of religious opinions shall be enjoyed by all the officers 
 and students of the University ; and no officer or student 
 shall be molested or deprived of any honors, privileges 
 or benefits of the Institution, on account of his religious 
 creed or belief. The Theological Colleges which may 
 be established in the University shall be founded on the 
 same prineiples of religious freedois 3 and any man or 
 
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 body of men shall have right to endow Colleges or Pro- 
 fessorships of any sect of the Christian Religion : 
 And the Trustees shall be held and 'obliged to appoint 
 Professors of Learning and Piety ef such seet^ accor- 
 ding to the will ef the donors. 
 
 Sect. 10. And he it further enacted, That the Trus- 
 tees of Dartmouth University, as constituted according 
 to the provisions of this act, shall be and hereby aro au- 
 thorized and empowered to revise, correct, confirm op 
 annul any and every act and proceeding of the Trus- 
 tees of Dartmouth College. 
 
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