1*73 029 892 096 7 Hollinger Corp. P H8.5 ( eHrv^- LUftoO ORDINANCES AND BY-LAWS The Columbian University Disteiot of Columbia, Adopted at the Annual Meeting of the Corporation, June 24, 1873. WASHINGTON : GIBSON BROTHERS, PRINTERS. 1874. ! c rr OEDESTAJSTOES AND BY-LAWS OF he Columbian University District of Columbia, Adopted at the .Annual Meeting of the Corporation, June 24, 1873. CHARTER. An Act to incorporate the Columbian College in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be erected, and hereby is erected aiid established, in the District of Columbia, a College, for the sole and exclusive purpose of edu- cating youth in the English, learned, and foreign languages, the liberal arts, sciences, and literature ; the style and title of which shall be, and hereby is declared to be, "The Columbian College in the District of Columbia." Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said College shall be under the management, direction, and government of a num- ber of Trustees, not exceeding thirty-one, to be elected triennially, by the contributors to the said College, qualified to vote, in such manner, and under such limitations and restrictions, as may be provided by the ordinances of the College, on the first Monday in May ; and that the first Trustees of the said College shall con- sist of the following persons, viz : Obadiah B. Brown, Luther Rice, Enoch Reynolds, Josiah Meigs, Spencer H. Cone, Daniel Brown, Return J. Meigs, Joseph Gibson, Joseph Cone, Thomas Corcoran, Burgis Allison, Thomas Sewall, and Joseph Thaw; which said Trustees, and their successors, shall forever hereafter be, and they are hereby declared to be, one body politic and cor- u$ porate, with perpetual succession, in deed and in law, to all in- tents and purposes whatsoever, by the name, style, and title of "The Columbian College in the District of Columbia," by which name and title they, the said Trustees, and their successors, shall be competent and capable, at law and in equity, to take to them- selves and their successors, for the use of the said College, any estate, in any messuage, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, moneys, and other effects, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, assurance, will, devise, or bequest, of any person or persons whatsoever : Provided, The same do not exceed, in the whole, the yearly value of twenty.five thousand dollars ; and the same messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, and estate, real and personal, to grant, bargain, sell, convey, assure, demise, and to farm let, and place out on interest, for the use of the said Col- lege, in such manner as to them, or at least nine of them, shall seem most beneficial to the Institution, and to receive the rents, issues, and profits, income and interest of the same, and to apply the same to the proper use and benefit of the said College ; and by the same name to sue, commence, prosecute, and defend, im- plead and be impleaded, in any courts of law and equity, and in all manner of suits and actions whatsoever, and generally, by and in the same name, to do and transact all and every, the business touching or concerning the premises. Sec 3. And he it further enacted, That the said Trustees shall cause to be made for their use one common seal, with such de- vices and inscriptions thereon as they shall think proper, under and by which all deeds, diplomas, certificates, and acts of the said College, shall pass and be authenticated ; and the same seal, at their pleasure, to break, and devise a new one. Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees, or five of them at least, shall meet at the College, on College Hill in the said District of Columbia, on the first Monday in March next, for the purpose of concerting and agreeing to such business as, in consequence of this act, shall be proper to be laid before them at the commencement of the work they have undertaken, and shall have power to adjourn from time to time, as they shall see cause, to any other times or places, for the purpose of perfecting the same. That there shall be a stated meeting of the said Trustees held twice in every year at least, at such place and time as the said Trustees, or a quorum thereof, shall appoint, of which pub- lic notice shall be given, after the first meeting, at least twenty days before [the] time of such intended meeting, whenever the the President, to be appointed by them, shall deem the business of the Institution to require the same, and give due notice thereof, which he is hereby authorized to do ; and if at such stated or oc- casional meetings, five of the said Trustees shall not be present, those of them who shall be present shall have power to adjourn the meeting to any other day, as fully and effectually, to all in- tents and purposes, as if the whole number of Trustees for the time being were present ; but, if five or more of the said Trustees shall meet at the said appointed times, or at any other time of adjournment, then such five of the said Trustees shall be a Board or quorum, and a majority of the votes of them shall be capable of doing and transacting all the business and concerns of the said College not otherwise provided for by this act ; and particu- larly of making and enacting ordinances for the government of the said College ; of electing and appointing the President, pro- fessors, and tutors, for the said College ; of agreeing with them for their salaries and stipends, and removing them for misconduct, or breach of the laws of the Institution ; of appointing committees of their own body to carry into execution all and every the res- olutions of the Board ; of appointing a President, Treasurer, Sec- retary, Stewards, Managers, and other necessary and customary officers, for taking care of the estate and managing the concerns of the Corporation ; and, generally, a majority of voices of the Board, or quorum of the said Trustees, consisting of five persons at least, at any semi-annual, occasional, or adjourned meeting, after notice given as aforesaid, shall determine all matters and things (although the same be not herein particularly mentioned) which shall occasionally arise, and be incidentally necessary to be determined and transacted by the said Trustees : Provided, al- ways, That no ordinances shall be of force which shall be repug- nant to this Charter, or to the laws of the District of Columbia. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the head or chief mas- ter for the said College shall be called and styled " The Presi- dent," and the masters thereof shall be called "Professors and Tutors," but neither President, professors, or tutor's, while they remain such, shall ever be capable of the office of Trustee. Sec. 6. And be it farther enacted, That the President, pro- fessors, and tutors, or a majority of them, shall be called and styled " The Faculty of the College," which Faculty shall have the power of enforcing the rules and regulations adopted by the Trustees for the government of the pupils, by rewarding or cen- suring them, and, finally, by suspending such of them as, after repeated admonitions, shall continue disobedient and refractory, until a determination of a quorum of the Trustees can be had ; and of granting and confirming, by and with the approbation and consent of the Board of Trustees, signified by their mandamus, such degrees in the liberal arts and sciences, to such pupils of the Institution, or others, who, by their proficiency in learning, or other meritorious distinction, they shall think entitled to them, as are usually granted and conferred in colleges : and to grant, to such graduates, diplomas or certificates, under their common seal, and signed by the Faculty, to authenticate and perpetuate the memory of such graduation. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That persons of every relig- ious denomination shall be capable of being elected Trustees ; nor shall any person, either as President, professor, tutor, or pupil, be refused admittance into said College, or denied any of the privileges, immunities, or advantages, thereof, for or on ac- count of his sentiments in matters of religion. Sec 8. And be it further enacted, That no misnomer of the said Corporation shall defeat or annul any gift, grant, devise, or bequest, to or from the said Corporation: Providd, The intent of the parties shall sufficiently appear upon the face of the gift, grant, will, or other writing, whereby any estate or interest was intended to pass to or from the said Corporation. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the constitution of the said College, herein and hereby declared and established, shall be, and remain, the inviolate constitution of the said College for- ever ; and the same shall not be altered, or alterable, by any or- dinance or law of the said Trustees : Provided, That it may be lawful for the Congress of the United States to revoke and repeal this act, at any and at all times whenever they shall think fit so tj do. Seo. 10. And he it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said Board of Trustees to keep a regular book or journal, in which shall be entered, under their direction, besides an account of all their ordinary acts and proceedings, all the by-laws, ordi- nances, rales, and regulations, which may be adopted by the said Board, for their own government, and for the government of the Institution ; also, a schedule of all the property and effects, reaJ, personal, or mixed, which shall or may be invested in the said Trustees, for the use of the said College, by virtue of any gift, grant, bargain, sale, will, or otherwise, together with annual statements concerning the accounts and finances of the Institu- tion. That it shall, moreover, be the duty of the said Trustees to cause to be enrolled, in the said book or journal, the names of all the contributors to the Institution qualified to vote for Trus- tees, with their respective places of residence ; and the said book or journal shall at all times be open to the inspection or exami- nation of the Attorney-General of the United States ; and, when required by either House of Congress, it shall be the duty of the said Trustees to furnish any information respecting their own conduct, the state of the Institution, and of its finances, which shall or may be so required. Sec. 11. And he it farther enacted,- That in case any vacancy or vacancies shall happen in the Board of Trustees aforesaid, by death, inability, resignation, or otherwise, at any time between the stated or triennial elections, that then it shall and may be lawful for the other Trustees, or any five of them, to proceed, at any subsequent meeting after the happening of such vacancy or vacancies, to choose, by ballot, any suitable person or persons to fill the same. Sec. 12. And he It farther enacted, That the employment or application of the funds or income of the said Corporation or any part thereof, for any purpose or object other than those expressed and defined in the first section of this act, or the investment thereof in any other mode than is described and provided in the second section thereof, shall be deemed and taken to be a forfeiture of all the rights and immunities derived from this act, and the same shall, thenceforth, cease, and become null and void. Approved February 0, 1821. TERRITORIAL ACT. An Act for the relief of the Columbian College in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That the Columbian College, in the District of Co- lumbia, chartered by and organized and acting under the act of Congress approved February nine, eighteen hundred and twenty- one, may, from the proceeds of any sale of its property, apply such sum as may be needful to pay its present indebtedness, and place its libraries, buildings, and apparatus of instruction in good condition, and execute all deeds needful to quiet the title of property already sold. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees of said College elected May last shall constitute the Corporation of said College until their successors in office shall be chosen and qual- ified as is hereinafter provided, and may, until then, as vacancies occur in their number, temporarily fill them by the election of fit persons residing in the District of Columbia. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That said Trustees shall meet in the Law • Building of said College, at noon, on the twenty-fifth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, for the purpose of choosing, and shall then and there, or at the time and place to which said meeting may be adjourned, elect thirteen Trustees and thirteen Overseers, who shall, upon their election, constitute the College Corporation, and they and their successors shall thenceforward be, and be known and recognized as, the Columbian College in the District of Columbia. Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees chosen at the said meeting in June,. eighteen hundred and seventy-two, or who may thereafter be chosen, shall be residents of the District of Columbia, and that at said meeting, and at any annual meeting of Trustees and Overseers to be thereafter held in said city of Washington on the Tuesday next preceding the last Wednesday in June, annually, the Trustees and Overseers in convention as- sembled shall fill vacancies in their Board, and shall, by ballot, elect from among the Trustees two suitable persons, one to be President and the other to be Treasurer and Secretary of said Corporation and of the Board of Trustees, and shall establish ordinances and by-laws, or alter or repeal the same ; and also frame laws and regulations for the College Faculty and students in all the de- partments thereof, and by ballot elect such teachers, tutors, pro- fessors, lecturers, and President, and with such salaries and duties as said Corporation may deem proper. Sec. 5. And he it further enacted, That at said annual meetings not less than seven Trustees and three Overseers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business except adjournment, and adjournment may be made by any number present : Provided, That a final adjournment shall not be delayed beyond one week after the time fixed for the annual meeting. Sec 6. And le it further enacted, That during the interval between said annual meetings the Trustees shall, as now, hold semi-annual, quarterly, monthly, and occasional meetings, to fill temporarily, as the case may require, vacancies in the Faculty or in their own Board, and with all their present powers as modified by this act, subject to the ordinances and by-laws of the Corpo- ration ; but no real estate or other property of said Corporation shall, after the twenty-fifth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, be disposed of by the Trustees, except by vote of the Corporation or in pursuance of its ordinances. Approved July 25, 1871. An Act supplemental to the act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, incorporating the Columbian College, in the District of Co- lumbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act to incorporate the Columbian College in the District of Co- lumbia, approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty- one, be, and the same is hereby, so modified that said corporation shall be hereafter known and called by the name of the Columbian University, and in that name shall take, hold and manage all the estate and property now belonging to said College, or that may hereafter be conveyed, devised or bequeathed to said Corporation by its original name; that the restriction of the yearly value of. the property of said corporation to the sum of twenty-five thou- sand dollars be, and the said restriction is hereby, repealed ; and that said corporation may increase the number of its overseers to twenty-one, and the number of its Trustees to twenty-one, exclu- sive of. the President of the Faculty, who shall be, ex officio, a trustee of said corporation. Sec. 2. That the act for the relief of the Columbian College in the District of Columbia, enacted by the Legislative Assembly of said District, and approved July twenty -fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, be and the same is hereby, approved and con- firmed : Provided, That this act, nor the said act of the Legis- lative Assembly of the said District, shall be so construed as to authorize the said Columbian University to sell, or use the pro- ceeds of any sale of land granted by Congress to said institution for any purpose other than that expressed in the act of incorpo- ration, and the act granting any such land or real estate, or con- trary to any will, devise or grant of any land or real estate here- tofore or hereafter made, by any person or persons to said insti- tution. [Approved March 3, 1873.] TRUSTEES AND OVERSEERS, Elected June 25, 1872. /%W, SpjAAJUU? V ijCbOYcL W. W. COKOOEAN, LL. D., District of Columbia, President of the Corporation. Hon. JOHN A. BOLLES, LL. D., Vice-President. Trustees : — W. W. COBCOBAN, LL. D. The Hon. JOHN A. BOLLES, LL. D. WILLIAM GUNTON, Esq. De. C. H. NICHOLS. The Eev. S. P. HILL, D. D. ANDEEW EOTHWELL, Esq. The Hon. WILLIAM STICKNEY.^ / /i W. F. MATTINGLY, Esq. J. 0. WILSON, Esq. E. C. FOX, Esq. HENEY BEAED, Esq. The Eev. J. W. PAEKEE, D. D. J. H. CUTHBEET, D. D. Overseers :— Pf^^s/jOL Q / /LAJL^ . A * The Eev. W. F. BEQAJDJ^JL^&l^lZi^feUd sstegg^a. RjAL^^ C. H. EYLAND, Alexandria, Va. / M. F. BOUIC, Esq., Bockville, Md. T. U. WALTEE, Ph. D., LL. D., Germantown, Pa. The Eev. J. W. M. WILLIAMS, D. D., Baltimore. E. FULLEE, D. D., W. T. BEANTLY, D. D., F. WILSON, D. D., HIEAM WOODS, Esq., HENEY TAYLOE, Esq.. A. F. CEANE, Esq., C. A. KEYSEE, Esq., EUGENE LEVEEING, Esq., The Hon. WM. STICKNEY, Secretary and Treasurer of the Corporation. 10 ORDINANCES AND BY-LAWS. Article I. — Officers. The Officers of the Corporation shall be — A President; A Vice-President ; A Secretary and a Treasurer ; All of whom shall be chosen from the Trustees by ballot, at the annual meetings of the Corporation, and hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are chosen and qualified ; the ballots of a majority of the corporators present and voting at such meetings being necessary to a choice. There shall also be chosen at said meetings, by ballot or otherwise, the following commit- tees: An Executive Committee of five Trustees ; An Auditing Committee of three Trustees ; A Committee on the Preparatory School ; A Committee on the College proper ; A Committee on the Law School ; A Committee on the Medical College ; And a committee on every other School or College connected with the University ; each of said committees to consist of three Trustees. Any vacancy in either of said offices or committees, in the Fac- ulty of the University, or of any of its Schools or Colleges, or in the Board of Trustees, that may occur between said annual meet- ings, may be temporarily filled by the Trustees, at any duly-notified meeting of the Board, by the ballots of a majority of Trustees present and voting at such meeting. Honorary Overseers and Trustees. The President of the United States, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Attorney-General, the Governor, and the Congressional Delegate of the District of Co- lumbia shall be Honorary Trustees of the University, and may attend the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Trus- tees, with the privilege of discussion but not of voting therein ; 11 and any person who shall give ten thousand dollars to the Cor- poration shall be either an Honorary Overseer or Trustee, accord- ing to his residence. Article II. — Powers and Duties of the Officers of the Corporation. I. — President. The President of the Corporation shall preside at all annual or other meetings of the Corporation, and at all meetings of the Board of Trustees, with the powers ordinarily bestowed upon the presiding officers of deliberative assemblies. 2. — Vice-President. In the absence of the President, his powers and duties shall devolve upon the Vice-President, and in the absence of both these officers, upon a Chairman, who shall then be chosen for that purpose. 3. — The Secretary. The Secretary shall notify all meetings of the Corporation, of the Trustees, and of the Executive Committee, and shall attend and keep a record of all business transacted at those meetings. He shall issue all notices to committees and others, Conduct the correspondence of the Corporation and Executive Committee, and have the custody of their files and records except as herein otherwise provided. He shall hold the seal of the Corporation, and affix impressions of the same to all diplomas, deeds, and other papers requiring such impression, conformably to these ordinances, and to votes of the Corporation and of the Board of Trustees. The seal shall remain the same that has been heretofore used by the Corporation, substituting the words Columbian University for Columbian College. He shall have the custody of the plates from Avhich are printed the College diplomas, and shall cause such diplomas to be printed, engrossed, and sealed, as may be directed by the Trustees or by the Corporation. He shall be paid such salary as the Trustees may deem proper. 12 4 • — The Treasurer . The Treasurer, before entering upon his duties, shall give bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars for the faithful performance of said duties, with two or more sureties to the satisfaction of the Auditing Committee, which bond shall be deposited with, and safely kept by the President of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall collect all rents, interest, dividends, and moneys due the Corporation, deposit them promptly in a safe bank, and disburse the same ; shall make and keep complete accounts and schedules of all the property and estate of the Cor- poration, and report the same to the Corporation at each annual meeting ; shall lay before the Trustees, at their quarterly, semi- annual, and annual meetings, and whenever else called upon by the Trustees, full accounts of all his acts as Treasurer, which said accounts shall have been previously submitted to, and audited by, the Auditing Committee; shall keep the various buildings and other property of the Corporation properly insured, and shall be paid such salary as the Trustees shall deem proper. 5. — Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall, subject to the direction of the Corporation or of the Board of Trustees, have the control and management of the property and business affairs of the University, and shall perform all such other duties as may be required by the Board of Trustees, and shall meet once a month or oftener for the transaction of business. 6. — Auditing Committee. The Auditing Committee shall carefully examine all the Treas- urer's accounts and vouchers, and endorse upon said accounts the result of their examination, before such accounts are laid before the Trustees. 7, 8, 9, 10. — Other Standing Committees. The other standing committees shall perform such duties as may be required of them by the Board of Trustees. 13 Article III. — Meetings of the Corporation. The annual meeting of the Corporation shall be held in the city of Washington, at 12 M., on the Tuesday next before the last Wednesday in June ; notices of which meeting shall be given in writing, through the post office, by the Secretary, to every Over- seer and Trustee, including honoarary Trustees, at least one week before the day of meeting. Upon the written application of seven Overseers, or of seven Trustees, addressed to the President of the Corporation, a special meeting of the Corporation shall be called, upon such notice as is above prescribed for the annual meeting, for the transaction of such business only as may be specified in the notice. The Trustees shall submit an annual report of the operations of the University in all its departments at each annual meeting of the Corporation. The Corporation, at its annual meeting, shall take such action as it may deem needful in the election of President and Faculty of the University and its several Colleges and Schools, and in re- gard to any and all matters affecting the interests of the Corpo- ration. Article IV. — Meetings of the Trustees. Once in each quarter-year, viz., on the third Wednesday of March, June, September, and December, there shall be a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees for the transaction of such business as may be lawfully brought before the meeting. Special meetings of the Trustees may be called whenever the President of the Corporation may direct, at which meetings only such business shall be transacted as may be specified in the notice. All meetings of the Trustees shall be notified by the Secretary, by letter to each Trustee, mailed not less than two secular days before the meeting. Article V. — Quorum. In all cases not otherwise provided, a majority of the persons entitled to attend and vote shall constitute a quorum for the 14 transaction of business. A smaller number may adjourn any meeting - . Article VI. — Sales of Land and other Property. None of the real estate of the University shall be sold by the Trustees except such as they may be authorized to sell by the Corporation, and the concurrence of nine Trustees shall be neces- sary to authorize any such sale. Article VII. — Investment and Disbursement of Funds. All moneys received by the Treasurer, except such as are needed for the current expenses of the University, shall be in- vested or disbursed by him, under the direction and instruction of the Board of Trustees ; and no investment or reinvestment of such funds shall be made except under such direction and instruc- tion. Article VIII. — Commencement and Exhibitions. On the last Wednesday in June, at such place in Washington as the Trustees may direct, and at 11 o'clock A. M., shall be held, under the direction of the President of the College proper, the graduating exercises of said College, on which occasion shall be read, recited, or delivered such orations or other papers, by the graduates or others, as the President of the College proper, in accordance with the votes of the Faculty thereof, may direct, and at which shall be publicly bestowed the diplomas awarded to said graduates. No persons, except such as are designated by the President of the College proper, shall take part in the exercises of Com- mencement. The annual exhibition of the Preparatory School shall occur on the evening before Commencement. The graduating exercises of the Preparatory School shall be held on the evening of Tuesday before the last Wednesday in June. The Commencement exercises of the Medical College shall be held on the first Wednesday in March, and those of the Law School on the second Wednesday in June. 15 Article IX. — Diplomas and Certificates. All diplomas and certificates of Scholarship bestowed upon graduates from the University, or any of its Schools or Colleges, or upon any other person, shall be signed by the President of the Faculties of the University, and by the Secretary of the Corpo- ration. The only charge for any diploma shall be the mere cost thereof, assessed by the Treasurer. Article X. — Course of Instruction. The present course of studies and instruction in all the depart- ments of the University shall continue, subject to such changes as may be made by the Corporation or by the Trustees. Article XL — Free Instruction to Children of Professors and other Teachers. No tuition fee shall be charged for the instruction of the chil- dren of any professor or teacher connected with the academic department of this University, or for the tuition of any student for the ministry of any denomination, who comes recommended by the Church of which he is a member. Article XII. — The Faculty. The present corps of instruction, and their present rate of sal- ary, shall be continued until the Board of Trustees shall other- wise direct, and may be increased by the Trustees, subject to the approval of the Corporation. Article XIII. — Names of the Colleges and Schools of the University. The names of the several departments of instruction shall be as follows, viz : The Preparatory School of the Columbian College. The Columbian College. The Law School of the Columbian University. 16 The National Medical College of the Columbian University. And no other name or title shall be used by the corps of in- structors in these departments. Article XIV. — College Laws. All students connected with the University, in any of its Schools or Colleges, shall be subject to such rules as may be established by their respective Faculties, with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Article XV. — Vacancies. The place of any member of the Corporation who shall be absent, without satisfactory reason, from two successive annual meetings of the Corporation, shall be declared vacant. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 029 892 096 7