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THE 
 
 Charters and By-Laws 
 
 OF 
 
 THE TRUSTEES OF 
 
 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 
 
 AND 
 
 THE RULES OF ORDER OF THE BOARD. 
 
 THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS 
 1906 
 
RULES OF ORDER 73 
 
 1 6. When the Presiding Officer has commenced taking the vote, 
 no further debate or remarks shall be admitted, unless there has evi- 
 dently been a mistake, in which case the mistake shall be rectified and 
 the Presiding Officer s,hall recommence taking the vote. 
 
 17. The yeas and nays on any question shall not be recorded 
 unless required by one-third of the members present. 
 
 18. No member, in the course of the debate, shall be allowed to 
 indulge in personal reflections. 
 
 19. If more than one member rise to speak at the same time, the 
 member who is most distant from the Presiding Officer's chair shall 
 speak first. 
 
 20. When more than three members of the Board shall be 
 standing at the same time, the Presiding Officer may require all to 
 take their seats, the person only excepted who may be speaking. 
 
 21. Every member, when speaking, shall address himself to the 
 Presiding Officer. 
 
 22. No speaker shall be interrupted, unless he be out of order, 
 or for the purpose of correcting mistakes or misrepresentations. 
 
 23. Without express permission, no member of the Board, while 
 business is going on, shall engage in private conversation. 
 
 24. Members shall attend closely, in their speeches, to the subject 
 under consideration ; and when they deviate from the subject, it shall 
 be the privilege of any member, and the duty of the Presiding Officer, 
 to call them to order. 
 
 25. If any member consider himself aggrieved by a decision of. 
 the Presiding Officer, it shall be his privilege to appeal to the Board, 
 and the question on the appeal shall be taken without debate. 
 
 26. Any member shall have the right to have his dissent from, 
 or protest against, any action of the Board, with the reason therefor, 
 if couched in respectful language, recorded in the minutes. 
 
THE 
 
 Charters and By-Laws 
 
 OF 
 
 THE TRUSTEES OF 
 
 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 
 
 AND 
 
 THE RULES OF ORDER OF THE BOARD. 
 
 THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS 
 
 1906 
 
GIFT 
 
 MRS. WOODROW WfLSOM 
 NOV. 25, 1939 
 
 
 \5> 'V 
 
General Index 
 
 PAGE 
 
 I. Statement concerning the Original Charter 5-7 
 
 II. Charter 9" 2 ° 
 
 III. Laws of New Jersey establishing and amending 
 
 the Charter, and otherwise relating to the Uni- 
 versity 21-43 
 
 IV. By-Laws of the Trustees 45-67 
 
 V. Rules of Order 69-73 
 
Statement Concerning the Original Charter. 
 
 The first Charter passed the Great Seal of the Province of New 
 Jersey on the 22d of October, A. D. 1746. This appears from the 
 facts hereinafter stated, viewed in connection with a Record in the 
 office of the Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, of which 
 the following is the print of a certified copy. 
 
 Extracts From the Records of the Province of New Jersey. 
 
 A Charter to Incorporate Sundry Persons to found a 
 College pass'd the Great Seal of this Province of New Jersey, 
 Tested by John Hamilton, Esq., President of His Majesty's 
 Council, and Commander in Chief of the Province of New 
 Jersey, the 22d October, 1746. 
 State of New Jersey, ) 
 Department of State, j s ' 
 
 I, Henry C. Kelsey, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby 
 certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a certain record as the same is taken 
 from and compared with the original record recorded in Book C 2 of Commissions, 
 on page 137, and now remaining on file in my office. 
 <v«&> IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my 
 
 hand and affixed my official seal, at Trenton, this twenty- 
 fifth day of March, A. D. 1891. 
 
 (Signed) HENRY C. KELSEY, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 The Charter thus mentioned has been lost — certainly for more 
 than a century. Strange to say, no transcript of it was entered 
 upon the Records of the Province, and no copy, so far as can be 
 ascertained by the authorities of the University, is in existence. It 
 was recently discovered, however, that an extended "Notice," pub- 
 lished at Philadelphia, A. D. 1747, in two Philadelphia journals, con- 
 tains what is clearly a full abstract of the lost instrument. The 
 papers containing this Notice are the Pennsylvania Journal, in its 
 issues of August 13th, 27th, and September 10th, and the Pennsylvania 
 Gazette, in its issues of August 13th and 27th. A copy of this docu- 
 ment is given below. 
 
6 STATEMENT CONCERNING THE ORIGINAL CHARTER 
 
 It is manifest, from the date assigned in the Notice to the Charter 
 mentioned therein, viz., October 22, 1746, that the instrument men- 
 tioned was the one whose passage of the Great Seal was recorded, as 
 above set forth, in the Records of the Province of New Jersey. It 
 will also appear, upon a comparison of the Notice with the Charter of 
 the College of New Jersey, granted A. D. 1748, that the Charter men- 
 tioned in the former relates to the institution contemplated in the latter. 
 The names of the corporators and the provisions of the two instru- 
 ments are almost identical, 1 and the facts set forth in the notice con- 
 cerning the establishment of a College correspond with well-established 
 facts in the history of what, for one hundred and fifty years, was 
 known as the College of New Jersey. On February 13th, 1896, under 
 legislative authority, the corporate name of the institution was changed 
 from The Trustees of the College of New Jersey to The Trustees of 
 Princeton University. 
 
 NOTICE. 
 
 THESE ARE TO GIVE NOTICE TO ALL CONCERNED 
 
 That by His Majesty's Royal Charter for erecting a College in New Jersey, for 
 the instruction of youth in the learned Languages and in the liberal Arts and Sci- 
 ences, bearing date October 22nd, 1746, Messrs. William Smith, Peter Vanbrugh 
 Livingston, William Peartree Smith, Gent., and Messrs. Johnathan Dickinson, John 
 Pierson, Ebenezer Pemberton, and Aaron Burr, Ministers of the Gospel, are ap- 
 pointed Trustees of the said College; with full power to any four or more of them, 
 to chuse five more Trustees to the exercise of equal power and authority in the said 
 College with themselves. By virtue of which power, the said Trustees, nominated in 
 the Charter, have chosen the Rev. Messrs. Gilbert Tennant, William Tennant, Sam- 
 uel Blair, Richard Treat, and Samuel Finley, as Trustees of the said College of 
 New Jersey : Which Trustees are by the said Charter, constituted a body corporate 
 and politick, both in fact and name, with full power to act as such to all intents and 
 purpose, and rendered capable of a perpetual succession to continue forever. By 
 which Royal Charter, there is authority given to the major part of any seven or 
 
 J The number of Trustees (original and elected) mentioned in the notice was 
 only twelve. All of these gentlemen, with the exception of the Rev. Messrs. Dick- 
 inson and Finley, were amongst the corporators mentioned in the Charter of 1748. 
 Of the two gentlemen excepted it should be noted that the Rev. Mr. Dickinson died 
 in 1747, before the granting of the second charter; and that the Rev. Mr. Finley was. 
 elected a Trustee in 1751. Dr. Finley held his office as Trustee until 1761, in which 
 year he assumed the office of President of the Institution. 
 
STATEMENT CONCERNING THE ORIGINAL CHARTER 7 
 
 more of the said Trustees, and their successors conven'd for that purpose, to pur- 
 chase, receive, and dispose of any possessions, tenements, goods and chattels, gifts, 
 legacies, donations, and bequests, rents* profits, and annuities of any kind whatso- 
 ever, and to build any house or houses, as they shall think proper, for the use of the said 
 College. And also by the said Charter is given to the major part of any seven or 
 more of the said Trustees and their successors, full power to chuse, and at pleasure 
 to displace, a President, Tutors, Professors, Treasurer, Clerk, Steward and Usher, 
 with any other ministers and officers as are usual in any of the Universities or Col- 
 leges in the realm of Great Britain. And also by the said Charter, is given to the 
 major part of any seven or more 2 of the said Trustees and their successors, full 
 power to make any laws, acts and ordinances, for the government of the said Col- 
 lege, as are not repugnant to the laws and statutes of the realm of Great Britain, 
 nor to the laws of the Province of New Jersey; provided, that no person be debarred 
 any of the privileges of the said College on account of any speculative principles of 
 religion; but those of every religious profession have equal privilege and advantage 
 of education in the said College. And also by the said Charter, power is given to 
 the major part of any seven of the said Trustees and their successors, by their 
 President, or any other appointed by them, to give any such degrees as are given 
 in any of the Universities or Colleges in the realm of Great Britain, to any such as 
 they shall judge qualified for such degrees; and power to have and use a common 
 seal to seal and confirm diplomas or certificates of such degrees, or for any other use 
 which they shall think proper. 
 
 And these may further notify all concern'd, that the said Trustees have chosen 
 the Rev. Mr. Jonathan Dickinson, President, whose superior abilities are well known ; 
 and Mr. Caleb Smith, Tutor, of the said College ; and that the College is now actually 
 opened, to be kept at Elizabeth-Town, till a building can be erected in a more central 
 place of the said 3 province for the residence of the students; that all who are quali- 
 fied for it, may be immediately admitted to an academick education, and to such class 
 and station in the College, as they are found upon examination to deserve; and that 
 the charge of the College to each student, will be Four Pounds a year New Jersey 
 money, at Eight Shillings per ounce, and no more. 
 
 1 As in Gazette; omitted in Journal. 
 
 2 As in Journal; omitted in Gazette. 
 8 As in Gazette; omitted in Journal. 
 
Charter 
 
Note. 
 
 The paragraphs that have been re- 
 pealed are printed with stars at the 
 beginning of the lines. Single words, 
 or clauses, that have been altered or 
 repealed are printed in italics. 
 
The Second Charter 
 
 of the 
 
 College of New Jersey. 
 
 [September 14th, 1748.] 
 
 George the Second, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, 
 France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, etc., to all to whom 
 these presents shall come, greeting — 
 
 Whereas sundry of our loving subjects, well-disposed and public- Pr amb i e 
 spirited persons, have lately, by their humble petiton, presented to 
 our trusty and well-beloved Jonathan Belcher, Esquire, Governor and 
 Commander in Chief of our province of New Jersey in America, rep- 
 resented the great necessity of coming into some method for encour- 
 aging and promoting a learned education of our youth in New Jersey, 
 and have expressed their earnest desire that a college may be erected 
 in our said province of New Jersey in America, for the benefit of the 
 inhabitants of the said province and others, wherein youth may be 
 instructed in the learned languages, and in the liberal arts and sciences. 
 And whereas by the fundamental concessions made at the first settle- 
 ment of New Jersey by the Lord Berkley and Sir George Carteret, 
 then proprietors thereof, and granted under their hands and the seal 
 of the said province, bearing date the tenth day of February, in the 
 year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and sixty-four, it was, 
 among other things, conceded and agreed, that no freeman, within the 
 said province of New Jersey, should at any time be molested, punished, 
 disquieted or called in question, for any difference in opinion or practice 
 in matters of religious concernment, who do not actually disturb the 
 civil peace of the said province; but that all and every such person or 
 persons might, from time to time, and at all times thereafter, freely 
 
 1 By authority of the General Act of the Legislature approved April 12th, 1894, 
 page 38, and by action of the Board of Trustees taken February 13th, 1896, page 40, 
 the corporate title of "The Trustees of the College of New Jersey" was on October 
 22d, 1896, changed to "The Trustees of Princeton University." 
 
12 
 
 CHARTER 
 
 College 
 
 founded 
 
 Trustees a 
 Corporation 
 
 Corporate 
 name 
 
 Charter 
 perpetual 
 
 and fully have and enjoy his and their judgments and consciences, in 
 matters of religion, throughout the said province, they behaving them- 
 selves peaceably and quietly and not using this liberty to licentiousness, 
 nor to the civil injury or outward disturbance of others, as by the said 
 concessions on record in the Secretary's office of New Jersey, at Perth 
 Amboy, in lib. 3, folio 66, etc., may appear. Wherefore and for that 
 the said petitioners have also expressed their earnest desire that those 
 of every religious denomination may have free and equal liberty and 
 advantages of education in the said college, any different sentiments in 
 religion notwithstanding, We being willing to grant the reasonable 
 requests and prayers of all our loving subjects, and to promote a liberal 
 and learned education among them — 
 
 Know ye therefore, that we, considering the premises, and 
 being willing for the future that the best means of education be estab- 
 lished in our said province of New Jersey, for the benefit and advan- 
 tage of the inhabitants of our said province and others, do, of our 
 special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, by these presents, 
 will, ordain, grant, and constitute, that there be a college erected in 
 our said province of New Jersey, for the education of youth in the 
 learned languages and in the liberal arts and sciences; 1 and that the 
 trustees of the said college and their successors for ever, may and 
 shall be one body corporate and politic, in deed, action and name, and 
 shall be called, and named and distinguished, by the name of The 
 Trustees of the College of New Jersey 2 and further, we have 
 willed, given, granted, constituted, and appointed, and by this our 
 present charter, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere 
 motion, we do, for us, our heirs and successors, will, give, grant, 
 constitute, and ordain, that there shall, in the said college, from hence- 
 forth for ever, be a body politic, consisting of Trustees of the said 
 College of New Jersey. And, for the more full and perfect erection 
 of the said corporation and body politic consisting of Trustees of the 
 College of New Jersey, we, of our special grace, certain knowledge, 
 and mere motion, do, by these presents, for us, our heirs and suc- 
 
 1 Extended by the Act of March nth, 1864. 
 
 2 See foot-note 1 page n. 
 
CHARTER 
 
 13 
 
 Jersey, for the time being-, and also our trusty and well-beloved John 
 cessors, create, make, ordain, constitute, nominate, and appoint, the 
 Governor and Commander in Chief of our said province of New- 
 Reading, James Hude, Andrew Johnston, Thomas Leonard, John 
 Kinsey, Edward Shippen and William Smith, Esquires, Peter Van- 
 Brugh Livingston, William Peartree Smith, and Samuel Hazard, gen- 
 tlemen, John Pierson, Ebenezer Pemberton, Joseph Lamb, Gilbert 
 Tennent, William Tennent, Richard Treat, Samuel Blair, David 
 Cowell, Aaron Burr, Timothy Jones, Thomas Arthur, and Jacob 
 Green, ministers of the gospel, to be Trustees of the said College of 
 New Jersey. 
 
 * That the said Trustees do, at their first meeting, after the re- 
 ceipt of these presents, and before they proceed to any business, take 
 the oath appointed to be taken by an act, passed in the first year 
 of the reign of the late King George the First, entitled, "An act 
 for the further security of his Majesty's person and government, 
 and the succession of the crown in the heirs of the late princess 
 Sophia, being protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the 
 pretended prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors" ; as 
 
 * also that they make and subscribe the declarations mentioned in 
 an act of parliament, made in the twenty-fifth year of the reign 
 of King Charles the Second, entitled, "An act for preventing dangers 
 which may happen from popish recusants" ; and likewise take an 
 oath for faithfully executing the office or trust reposed in them, the 
 said oaths to be administered to them by three of his Majesty's 
 justices of the peace, quorum unus; and when any new member 
 or officer of this corporation is chosen, they are to take and sub- 
 scribe the aforementioned oaths and declarations before their admis- 
 sion into their trusts or offices, the same to be administered to them 
 
 * in the presence of the Trustees, by such person as they shall appoint 
 
 * for that service. 1 
 
 That no meeting of the Trustees shall be valid or legal for doing 
 any business whatsoever, unless the clerk has duly and legally notified 
 each and every member of the corporation of such meeting; and that 
 
 Names of 
 corporators 
 
 Oaths to be 
 taken by 
 Trustees 
 
 By whom 
 oaths are to 
 be adminis- 
 tered 
 
 Notice of 
 meeting of 
 Trustees 
 
 x The entire clause relative to oaths repealed and supplied by Act of March 13th, 
 1780 ; and further amended by Act of March 29th, 1866. 
 
14 
 
 CHARTER 
 
 To fill 
 vacancies 
 
 Number of 
 Trustees 
 
 Residence 
 
 Perpetual 
 succession 
 
 Property 
 
 Limitation 
 of value of 
 estate 
 
 before the entering on any business, the clerk shall certify such notifi- 
 cation under his hand, to the Board of Trustees. 
 
 That the said Trustees have full power and authority or any 
 thirteen 1 or greater number of them, to elect, nominate, and appoint, 
 and associate unto them, any number of persons as Trustees upon any 
 vacancy, so that the whole number of Trustees exceed not twenty- 
 three 2 whereof the President of the said college for the time being, 
 to be chosen as hereafter mentioned, to be one, and twelve of the said 
 Trustees to be always such persons as are inhabitants of our said 
 province of New Jersey. And we do further, of our special grace, 
 certain knowledge, and mere motion, for us, our heirs and successors, 
 will, give, grant, and appoint, that the said Trustees and their suc- 
 cessors shall, for ever hereafter, be in deed, fact and name, a body 
 corporate and politic; and that they, the said body corporate and 
 politic, shall be known and distinguished in all deeds, grants, bargains, 
 sales, writings, evidences, muniments, or otherwise howsoever, and in 
 all courts for ever hereafter, plead and be impleaded, by the name of 
 The Trustees of the College of New Jersey. 3 
 
 And that they, the said corporation, by the name aforesaid, shall 
 be able, and in law capable, for the use of the said college, to have, 
 get, acquire, purchase, receive and possess lands, tenements, heredita- 
 ments, jurisdictions, and franchises, for themselves and their suc- 
 cessors, in fee simple or otherwise howsoever; and to purchase, receive 
 or build, any house or houses, or any other buildings, as they shall 
 think needful or convenient for the use of the said College of New 
 Jersey, and- in such place or places in New Jersey, as they, the said 
 Trustees shall agree upon, and also to receive and dispose of any 
 goods, chattels, and other things of what nature soever, for the use 
 aforesaid: and also to have, accept and receive, any rents, profits, 
 annuities, gifts, legacies, donations and bequests, of any kind what- 
 soever, for the use aforesaid, so, nevertheless, that the yearly clear 
 value of the premises do not exceed the sum of two thousand pounds 
 
 1 Altered to nine, provided that the Governor of the State, or the President of 
 the College, or the senior Trustee, be one of the nine; by the Act of Nov. 2d, 1781. 
 
 2 Altered to twenty-seven by the Act of April 6th, 1868. 
 
 3 See foot-note * page it. 
 
CHARTER 
 
 15 
 
 sterling. 1 And therewith or otherwise to support and pay, (as the said 
 Trustees and their successors, or the major part of such of them as 
 [according to the provision herein afterwards] are regularly convened 
 for that purpose, shall agree and see cause,) the President, tutors, and 
 other officers or ministers of the said college, their respective annual 
 salaries or allowances, and all such other necessary and contingent 
 charges as from time to time shall arise and accrue, relating to the 
 said college; and also to grant, bargain, sell, let, set or assign, lands, 
 tenements or hereditaments, goods or chattels, contract or do all other 
 things whatsoever, by the name aforesaid, and for the use aforesaid, 
 in as full and ample manner, to all intents and purposes, as any natural 
 person or other body politic or corporate is able to do, by the laws of 
 our realm of Great Britain, or of our said province of New Jersey. 
 And to our further grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, to 
 the intent that our said corporation and body politic may answer the 
 end of their erection and constitution, and may have perpetual suc- 
 cession and continue forever, We do for us, our heirs and successors, 
 hereby will, give, and grant, unto the said Trustees of the College of 
 New Jersey, and to their successors forever, that when any thirteen 2 
 of the said Trustees, or of their successors, are convened and met 
 together as aforesaid, for the service of the said college, the Governor 
 and Commander in Chief of our said province of New Jersey, and in 
 his absence, the President of the said college, and in the absence of the 
 said Governor and President, the eldest Trustee present at such meet- 
 ing, from time to time, shall be President of the said Trustees in all 
 their meetings : and at any time or times such thirteen 1 Trustees con- 
 vened and met as aforesaid, shall be capable to act as fully and amply, 
 to all intents and purposes, as if all the Trustees of the said college 
 were personally present ; provided always, that a majority of the said 
 thirteen 1 Trustees be of the said province of New Jersey, except after 
 
 1 Altered to the value of twenty thousand bushels of wheat by the Act of March 
 13, 1780; to twenty thousand dollars, May 27, 1799; to one hundred thousand dollars, 
 March 11, 1864; to five hundred thousand dollars, by resolution of the Trustees 
 adopted June 17, 1889, and filed in the office of the Secretary of State, June 26, 1889, 
 in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March 27, 1889. 
 
 1 See foot-note * page 14. 
 
 Salaries 
 
 Contracts 
 
 Who to 
 preside 
 
 Quorum 
 
16 
 
 CHARTER 
 
 Majority of 
 quorum to 
 decide 
 
 Meetings, 
 how called 
 
 Election of 
 President 
 
 Tutors and 
 Professors 
 
 Power of 
 removal 
 
 regular notice they fail of coming, in which case those that are present 
 are hereby empowered to act, the different place of their abode not- 
 withstanding; and all affairs and actions whatsoever, under the care 
 of the said Trustees, shall be determined by the majority or greater 
 number of those thirteen, 1 so convened and met together, the President 
 whereof shall have no more than a single vote. 
 
 And we do for us, our heirs and successors, hereby will, give 
 and grant full power and authority, to any six or more of the said 
 Trustees, to call meetings of the said Trustees, from time to time, and 
 to order notice to the said Trustees of the times and places of meeting 
 for the service aforesaid. 
 
 And also we do hereby for us, our heirs and successors, will, 
 give and grant to the said Trustees of the College of New Jersey, 
 and to their successors for ever, that the said Trustees do elect, 
 nominate and appoint such a qualified person as they, or the major 
 part of any thirteen 1 of them convened for that purpose as above 
 directed, shall think fit, to be the President of the said college, and 
 to have the immediate care of the education and government of such 
 students as shall be sent to, and admitted into the said college, for 
 instruction and education; and also that the said Trustees do elect, 
 nominate and appoint so many tutors and professors, to assist the 
 President of the said College, in the education and government of 
 the students belonging to it, as they, the said Trustees, or their suc- 
 cessors, or the major part of any thirteen 1 of them, which shall convene 
 for that purpose as above directed, shall, from time to time, and at any 
 time hereafter, think needful and serviceable to the interests of the 
 said college; and also, that the said Trustees and their successors, or 
 the major part of any thirteen 1 of them, which shall convene for that 
 purpose, as above directed, shall at any time displace and discharge 
 from the service of the said college such President, tutors and pro- 
 fessors, and to elect others in their room and stead ; and also, that the 
 said Trustees or their successors, or the major part of any thirteen 1 
 of them, which shall convene for that purpose, as above directed, do 
 from time to time, as occasion shall require, elect, constitute, and 
 
 1 See foot-note 1 page 14. 
 
CHARTER 
 
 17 
 
 appoint a treasurer, a clerk, an usher, and a steward, for the said 
 college, and appoint to them, and each of them, their respective busi- 
 ness and trusts, and displace and discharge from the service of the 
 said college such treasurer, clerk, usher, or steward, and to elect others 
 in their room and stead; which President, tutors, professors, treasurer, 
 clerk, usher, and steward, so elected and appointed, we do for us, our 
 heirs and successors, by these presents constitute and establish in their 
 several offices, and do give them, and every of them, full power and 
 authority to exercise the same in the said College of New Jersey, 
 according to the direction, and during the pleasure of the said Trustees, 
 as fully and freely as any other the like officers in our universities or 
 any of our colleges in our realm of Great Britain, lawfully may and 
 ought to do. 
 
 And also that the said Trustees, and their successors, or the 
 major part of any thirteen 1 of them, which shall convene for that 
 purpose as above directed, as often as one or more of the said Trustees 
 shall happen to die, or by removal or otherwise shall become unfit or 
 uncapable, according to their judgment, to serve the interest of the said 
 college, do, as soon as conveniently may be after the death, removal 
 or such unfitness or incapacity of such Trustee or Trustees to serve 
 the interest of the said college, elect and appoint such other Trustee 
 or Trustees as shall supply the place of him or them so dying, or 
 otherwise becoming unfit or uncapable to serve the interest of the said 
 college; and every Trustee so elected and appainted shall, by virtue 
 of these presents, and of such election and appointment, be vested 
 with all the power and privileges which any of the other Trustees of 
 the said college are hereby invested with. 
 
 And we do further, of our special grace, certain knowledge and 
 mere motion, will, give and grant, and by these presents do, for us, 
 our heirs and successors, will, give and grant unto the said Trustees 
 of the College of New Jersey, that they and their successors, or the 
 major part of any thirteen 1 of them, which shall convene for that 
 purpose as above directed, may make, and they are hereby fully em- 
 powered from time to time, freely and lawfully to make and establish 
 
 Other officers 
 
 Power of 
 officers 
 
 Election of 
 Trustees 
 
 Laws for the 
 government 
 of the college 
 
 1 See foot-note * page 14. 
 
18 ' CHARTER 
 
 such ordinances, orders and laws, as may tend to the good and whole- 
 some government of the said college, and all the students and the 
 several officers and ministers thereof, and to the public benefit of the 
 same, not repugnant to the laws and statutes of our realm of Great 
 Britain, or of this our province of New Jersey, and not excluding 
 any person of any religious denomination whatsoever from free and 
 equal liberty and advantage of education, or from any of the liberties, 
 privileges, or immunities of the said college, on account of his or their 
 being of a religious profession different from the said Trustees of 
 the said college; and such ordinances, orders, and laws, which shall 
 be so as aforesaid made, we do, by these presents, for us, our heirs 
 and successors, ratify, allow of, and confirm, as good and effectual, 
 to oblige and bind all the said students and the several officers and 
 ministers of the said college ; and we do hereby authorize and empower 
 the said Trustees of the college, and the President, tutors, and pro- 
 fessors, by them elected and appointed, to put such ordinances and laws 
 in execution to all proper intents and purposes. 
 
 Degrees And we do further, of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and 
 
 mere motion, will, give and grant unto the said Trustees of the 
 College of New Jersey, that, for the encouragement of learning and 
 animating the students of the said college to diligence, industry, and 
 a laudable progress in literature, that they and their successors, or 
 the major part of any thirteen 1 of them, convened for that purpose as 
 above directed, do, by the President of the said college for the time 
 being, or by any other deputed by them, give and grant any such 
 degree and degrees to any of the students of the said college, or to any 
 others by them thought worthy thereof, as are usually granted in either 
 
 Diplomas Q £ our un i ve rsities or any other college in our realm of Great Britain 2 ; 
 
 and that they do sign and seal diplomas or certificates of such gradua- 
 tions, to be kept by the graduates as perpetual memorials or testi- 
 monials thereof. 
 
 And further, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere 
 motion, we do, by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, give 
 and grant unto the said Trustees of the College of New Jersey and to 
 
 1 See foot-note 1 page 14. 
 
 2 Extended by the Act of March 29th, 1866. 
 
 Seal 
 
CHARTER 19 
 
 their successors, that they and their successors shall have a common 
 Seal, under which they may pass all diplomas, certificates of degrees, 
 and all other the affairs and business of and concerning the said cor- 
 poration, or of and concerning the said College of New Jersey, which 
 shall be engraven in such form and with such inscription as shall be 
 devised by the said Trustees of the said college, or the major part of 
 any thirteen 1 of them, convened for the service of the said college as 
 above directed. 
 
 And we do further, for us, our heirs and successors, give and inferior officers 
 grant unto the said Trustees of the College of New Jersey and their 
 successors, or the major part of any thirteen 1 of them, convened for 
 the service of the college as above directed, full power and authority 
 from time to time, to nominate and appoint all other inferior officers 
 and ministers, which they shall think to be convenient and necessary 
 for the use of the college, not herein particularly named or mentioned, 
 and which are accustomary in our universities, or in any of our colleges 
 in our realm of Great Britain, which officers or ministers we do hereby 
 empower to execute their offices or trusts as fully and freely as any 
 other the like officers or ministers, in and of our universities or any 
 other college in our realm of Great Britain, lawfully may or ought 
 to do. 
 
 And lastly, our express will and pleasure is, and we do by these 
 presents for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant unto the said 
 Trustees of the College of New Jersey and to their successors for 
 ever, that these our letters patent, or the enrolment thereof, shall be 
 good and effectual in the law, to all intents and purposes, against us, 
 our heirs and successors, without any other license, grant or confirma- 
 tion from us, our heirs and successors, hereafter by the said Trustees 
 to be had or obtained ; notwithstanding the not reciting or misrecital, 
 or not naming or misnaming of the aforesaid offices, franchises, privi- 
 leges, immunities, or other the premises, or any of them : and not- 
 withstanding a writ of ad quod damnum hath not issued forth to 
 inquire of the premises or any of them, before the ensealing hereof; 
 any statute, act, ordinance or provision, or any other matter or thing 
 
 1 See foot-note * page 14. 
 
20 CHARTER 
 
 to the contrary notwithstanding; to have, hold, and enjoy, all and 
 singular the privileges,, advantages, liberties, immunities, and all other 
 the premises herein and hereby granted and given, or which are 
 meant, mentioned, or intended to be herein and hereby given and 
 granted, unto them the said Trustees of the said College of New 
 Jersey,and to their successors for ever. 
 
 In Testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be 
 made patent, and the Great Seal of our said province of New Jersey 
 to be hereunto affixed. Witness our trusty and well-beloved Jona- 
 than Belcher, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief of our 
 said province of New Jersey, this fourteenth day of September, in the 
 twenty-second year of our reign, and in the year of our Lord, one 
 thousand seven hundred and forty-eight. 
 
 I have perused and considered the written Charter of incor- 
 poration, and find nothing contained therein inconsistent 
 with his Majesty's interest or the honor of the Crown. 
 (Signed) ' J. WARRELL, Att. Gen'l. 
 
 September the 13th, 1748. — This Charter, having been read in 
 Council, was consented to and approved of. 
 
 (Signed) CHA. READ, CI. Con. 
 
 Let the Great Seal of the Province of New Jersey be affixed to 
 this Charter. 
 
 (Signed) J. BELCHER. 
 
 To the Secretary of the Province of New Jersey. 
 
Laws of New Jersey 
 
 Establishing and Amending 
 
 The Charter 
 
 and otherwise relating to 
 
 The University 
 
Index of Amendments 
 
 PAGE 
 
 I. Act of March 13, 1780 .' 23 
 
 II. " " November 2, 1781 26 
 
 III. " " November 20, 1786 27 
 
 • iv. " " February 19, 1796 28 
 
 V. " " May 27, 1799 29 
 
 VI. " " March 11, 1864 32 
 
 VII. " " March 29, 1866 33 
 
 VIII. " " April 6, 1868 33 
 
 IX. General Act relating to Corporations organized for Re- 
 ligious, Benevolent and Educational Purposes, March 
 
 27, 1889 33 
 
 Resolutions of Trustees under Act of March 27, 1889. ... 35 
 X. Supplement to Act to Incorporate Societies for the Pro- 
 motion of Learning, April 12, 1894 36 
 
 XL General Act authorizing Colleges and Universities to 
 increase the number of their Trustees, February 18, 
 
 XII. 
 
 1901 
 
 38 
 
 General Act concerning Corporations organized for Re- 
 ligious, Educational, Charitable or Benevolent Pur- 
 poses, April 28, 1905 40 
 
Laws of New Jersey 
 Establishing and Amending the Charter. 
 
 i. 
 
 * AN ACT for amending and establishing the Charter of the College 
 of New Jersey. [March 13th, 1780.] 
 
 * Whereas the Trustees of the College of New Jersey, 2 by their 
 
 * humble petition presented to the legislature, have set forth, that his 
 
 * majesty George the Second, King of Great Britain, by his royal 
 
 * charter of incorporation, under the great seal of the then province Preamble 
 
 * of New Jersey, and bearing date the fourteenth day of September, 
 
 * in the twenty-second year of his reign, was pleased to incorporate 
 
 * sundry persons, to the number of twenty-three, by the name and 
 
 * style of "The Trustees of the College of New Jersey"; and did 
 
 * thereby among other things, grant unto them power and authority 
 
 * to erect, endow and govern a college for the instruction of youth 
 
 * in the learned languages, and liberal arts and sciences, as by the said 
 
 * charter of incorporation, recorded in the Secretary's office at Perth 
 
 * Amboy, in book C, No. 2, pages 196 to 204, inclusive, reference 
 
 * being thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear: And 
 
 * whereas the said Trustees, by their said petition, have prayed that 
 
 * the same charter may be established and confirmed under the present 
 
 * happy constitution, with certain alterations and amendments, in 
 
 * their said petition mentioned and described : And whereas all wise 
 
 * legislatures have deemed the education of youth to be of the utmost 
 
 * importance to the prosperity of a State, and have taken institutions 
 
 * for that purpose established under their patronage and protection : 
 
 * And whereas the said College of New Jersey hath been found 
 
 * greatly useful in diffusing as well the principles of political liberty, 
 
 * as of religion and literature, and many have thereby been fitted to 
 
 * Repealed and supplied by the Act of May 27th, 1799. 
 3 See foot-note 1 page II. 
 
24 
 
 LAWS AMENDING THE CHARTER 
 
 Charter, with 
 
 exceptions, 
 
 confirmed 
 
 Trustees, their 
 privileges, etc. 
 
 Clause in 
 charter 
 respecting 
 oaths, repealed 
 
 * fill distinguished places, both in the civil and ecclesiastical depart- 
 
 * ments of this and of the other United States, with advantage to the 
 
 * community and honor and reputation to themselves : therefore, 
 
 * for granting the prayer of the petition of the said Trustees, so far 
 
 * forth as the same appears just and reasonable — 
 
 I. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
 
 * OF THIS STATE, AND IT IS HEREBY ENACTED BY THE AUTHORITY OF 
 
 * the same, That the said charter, with all and singular the advantages. 
 
 * privileges and immunities, and all other matters and things therein 
 
 * contained, such clauses and parts only excepted as are by this act 
 
 * repealed, altered or amended, is hereby established and confirmed; 
 
 * and shall for ever hereafter be held and esteemed as good and 
 
 * effectual in law, to all intents, constructions and purposes, as the 
 
 * same hath heretofore been held and esteemed, and as if the same 
 
 * were herein particularly recited ; and misuser, non-user, or any other 
 
 * default heretofore committed or suffered notwithstanding. 
 
 * 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
 
 * the said Trustees of the College of New Jersey, and their successors, 
 
 * shall and may forever hereafter have, hold and enjoy, all and 
 
 * singular the advantages, privileges and immunities, granted in the 
 
 * said charter, and hereby confirmed unto them and their successors, 
 
 * in as full, ample and beneficial a manner, as if the same were given 
 
 * and granted to them by a law of this State, and as if every of the 
 
 * said advantages, privileges and immunities, were in the said law 
 
 * particularly enumerated and specified; any law, usage or custom, 
 
 * relating to charters, notwithstanding. 
 
 * 3. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
 
 * the clause in the said charter directing and requiring the said 
 
 * Trustees, and each of them, and every officer of the said corporation 
 
 * by them appointed, to take the oath of allegiance to the king of 
 
 * Great Britain and to make and subscribe the declaration as estab- 
 
 * lished by act of parliament under the former government, be and 
 
 * it hereby is repealed, discontinued, annulled and made void; and 
 
 * in lieu thereof, such of the said Trustees or officers as are inhabi- 
 
 * Repealed and supplied by the Act of May 27th, 1799. 
 
LAWS AMENDING THE CHARTER 
 
 25 
 
 * tants of this State, and each of them, shall, at the next meeting of 
 
 * the said corporation after the passing of this act, or before they 
 
 * proceed further to execute their respective trusts and offices, take 
 and subscribe the oaths or affirmations of allegiance and adjuration, 
 as appointed and set forth in an act of the Council and General 
 Assembly entitled, "An act for the security of the government of 
 New Jersey," made and passed the nineteenth day of September, in 
 the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six. 
 to be administered by any one justice of the peace of this State; and 
 such of them as are inhabitants of any other of the United States 
 shall take and subscribe the oath or affirmation of adjuration in 
 manner as aforesaid, and shall also produce a certificate from some 
 one justice of the peace of the State to which they may respectively 
 belong, setting forth that they have taken the oath or affirmation 
 of allegiance to the said State ; and when any new member or officer 
 of the said corporation shall be chosen, he shall take and subscribe 
 
 * the before mentioned oaths or affirmations, or take and subscribe 
 
 * the oath or affirmation of abjuration, and produce the certificate as 
 
 * aforesaid, before he is admitted to exercise his trust or office; the 
 
 * said oaths or affirmations to be administered, in presence of the said 
 
 * Trustees, by the President of the said corporation for the time being. 
 
 * 4. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- 
 
 * said, That the said Trustees, and cheir successors, shall and may 
 
 * hold and enjoy any estate whatsoever, the clear yearly value whereof 
 
 * shall not exceed the value of twenty thousand bushels of wheat; 1 
 
 * any article or clause in the said charter to the contrary notwith- 
 
 * standing. 
 
 * Passed at Trenton, March 13th, 1780. 
 
 Oaths to be 
 taken by 
 trustees 
 
 By whom 
 oaths to be 
 administered 
 
 Limitation 
 of estate 
 
 1 See foot-note, p. 15. 
 
26 
 
 LAWS AMENDING THE CHARTER 
 
 Preamble 
 
 Nine to form 
 a quorum 
 
 II. 
 
 * A SUPPLEMENTAL ACT to an Act entitled "An Act for amend- 
 
 * ing and establishing the Charter of the College of New Jersey." 
 
 [November 2d, 1781.] 
 
 * Whereas the Trustees of the College of New Jersey, by their 
 
 * petition to the legislature, have represented that, by their charter 
 
 * of incorporation, the number of thirteen Trustees is necessary to 
 
 * constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business relating to 
 
 * the said institution, to the great injury of their trust, by reason of 
 
 * the non-attendance of many of their members who live at a distance ; 
 
 * and have prayed that the said quorum may be lessened; and have 
 
 * also set forth that, notwithstanding the laws heretofore made and 
 
 * provided, divers soldiers of the troops and militia of these United 
 
 * States are often billeted and quartered in the buildings and their 
 
 * appurtenances provided for the reception, convenience and improve- 
 
 * ment of the students belonging to the said institution, to the great 
 
 * injury and destruction thereof ; and as .it is thought reasonable, in 
 
 * order to promote the ends of so valuable and important an institu- 
 
 * tion, to grant the prayer of the petitioners- — - 
 
 * i. be it therefore enacted by the council and general 
 
 * Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the 
 
 * authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this 
 
 * act, it shall and may be lawful for any nine of the said Trustees, or 
 
 * a greater number of them, to convene and meet together ; and being 
 
 * so convened and met together, to form a board of the corporation 
 
 * instituted by the said charter, and be in all things a sufficient quorum 
 
 * for the doing, performing and transacting all and every the duties 
 
 * and business of their said trust, to all intents and purposes whatever, 
 
 * as effectually as if thirteen of the said Trustees had so met and 
 
 * convened together for the purposes aforesaid, and shall, for and 
 
 * during the continuance of this act, be taken and considered as a full 
 
 * quorum of the said Trustees, in as full and ample manner, and with 
 
 * the like powers, authorities, and interests as are given to and vested 
 
 * in thirteen of the said Trustees, in and by their said charter of incor- 
 
 * poration, and shall be under the same directions, conditions, restric- 
 
 * tions, provisos, and limitations, as to the benefit, conveniency and 
 
 * meetings of the said Trustees, as are contained in the said charter 
 
 * This Act, made perpetual by the Act of November 20th, 1786, was repealed, and 
 the first section supplied by the Act of May 27th, 1799. 
 
LAWS AMENDING THE CHARTER 
 
 27 
 
 with respect to the quorum of thirteen Trustees aforesaid ; Pro- 
 vided always, that the Governor of this State for the time being, 
 or in case of his death or absence, the President of the said college 
 for the time being, and in case of the death or absence of both the 
 said Governor and President, then the eldest Trustee of the said col- 
 lege, shall always be one of the said nine Trustees, so at any time 
 constituting a quorum as aforesaid. 
 
 * 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
 from and after the passing hereof, if any magistrate, military officer, 
 quartermaster, or any other person whatever, shall billet, quarter, 
 or place in, or cause to be billeted, quartered, or placed in the said 
 college or the steward's house adjoining thereto, any officer, soldier, 
 or other person belonging to or following the troops or militia of 
 these United States, or either of them, without the consent of the 
 said Trustees, or of some person or persons duly authorized by them, 
 
 * every such person so offending shall forfeit, to and for the use of 
 
 * the said Trustees and their successors, the sum of twenty shillings 
 
 * for every such officer, soldier or other person so billeted, quartered 
 
 * or placed in the said buildings, and that for each and every day such 
 
 * officer, soldier or other person aforesaid shall continue therein, the 
 
 * same to be recovered by the said Trustees, or their lawful attorney 
 
 * from the person so offending, together with the damages sustained 
 
 * and costs of suit, by action of debt in any court where the same 
 
 * may be cognizable. 
 
 * 3. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
 
 * this act, and every clause and article therein contained, shall continue 
 
 * and be in force for the term of five years, and from thence to the end 
 
 * of the next sitting of the General Assembly, and no longer. 
 
 * Passed at Trenton, November 2d, 1781. 
 
 Quorum, how 
 constituted 
 
 Troops not to 
 be quartered 
 in the college 
 
 Penalty 
 
 Limitation 
 
 III. 
 
 * AN ACT to continue an act entitled, "A supplemental act to an 
 
 * act entitled, an act for amending and establishing the Charter of the 
 
 * College of New Jersey." [November 20th, 1786]. 
 
 * Whereas the act entitled, "A supplemental act to an act en- 
 
 * titled, an act for amending and establishing the charter of the Col- 
 
 * Repealed by Act of May 27th, 1799. 
 
 Preamble 
 
28 
 
 LAWS AMENDING THE CHARTER 
 
 Enacting 
 clause 
 
 * lege of New Jersey," passed at Trenton, the second day of No- 
 
 * vember, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, will expire at 
 
 * the end of the next sitting of the General Assembly; and it being 
 represented that important and valuable purposes will be answered 
 to that institution by a continuance of that act ; therefore — 
 
 * Be it enacted by the Council and General Assembly of 
 this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of 
 the same, That the said recited act and every article and clause 
 therein contained, except that part which limits the continuation 
 
 * thereof, be and the same is hereby declared to be continued in full 
 
 * force, anything in the said act to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 * Passed at Trenton, November 20th, 1786. 
 
 Preamble 
 
 Appropriation 
 to college 
 
 IV. 
 
 AN ACT concerning the College of New Jersey. [February 19th, 1796]. 
 
 Whereas it is the duty of a free and enlightened people to 
 patronize and promote the interest of science and literature, as the 
 surest basis of their liberty, property and prosperity : And Whereas 
 it has been represented to the legislature, that the College of New 
 Jersey has suffered great injury during the late war, in its buildings, 
 library and philosophical apparatus, and that its funds, in consequence 
 of the devastations and calamities of the war, have been so impaired and 
 diminished as to render it impracticable for the Trustees of the college 
 to defray the expenses necessarily incident to the business and good 
 management of the institution without some legislative aid, and it 
 appearing to the legislature that a portion of the public money may be 
 wisely and usefully appropriated to the aid and relief of the said 
 college; therefore — 
 
 1. Be it enacted by the Council and General Assembly 
 of this State, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the 
 same, That from and after the passing of this act, there shall be 
 paid by the treasurer of this State, for three years successively, the 
 sum of six hundred pounds, in quarter-yearly payments, to the Trus- 
 tees of the College of New Jersey, or their order ; which sum shall be 
 
 * Repealed by Act of May 27th, 1799. 
 
LAWS AMENDING THE CHARTER 
 
 29 
 
 paid out of the interest on the loan-office money now in the treasury, 
 or now due, or which hereafter may arise or become due on the loan- 
 office money now in circulation; and the money so to be paid to the 
 said Trustees, or their order, shall by them be laid out and appropriated 
 to and for the repairs of the buildings of the college, its library, orrery, 
 and philosophical apparatus. 
 
 2. And be it further enacted, That the receipt of the said 
 Trustees or their order, for so much money as may be received by 
 them by virtue of this act, shall be a sufficient voucher for the treasurer 
 of this State in the settlement of his accounts with the State. 
 
 Passed at Trenton, February 19th, 1796. 
 
 Vouchers 
 
 AN ACT relative to the College of New Jersey. [May 27th, 1799.] 
 Whereas, it appears that George the Second, King of Great 
 Britain, by his charter of incorporation, bearing date the fourteenth Preamble 
 day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred 
 and forty-eight, did incorporate sundry persons, to the number of 
 twenty-three, 1 by the name of "The Trustees of the College of New 
 Jersey" ; and did thereby, among other things, grant unto them power 
 and authority to erect, endow and govern a college, for the instruction 
 of youth in the learned languages and liberal arts and sciences, as by 
 the said charter of incorporation, recorded in the secretary's office in 
 Book C, number 2, pages 196 to 204, inclusive, reference being there- 
 unto had, may more, fully appear ; and whereas it is proper that the 
 said charter, with certain alterations and amendments, should be 
 established and confirmed under the present government; therefore — 
 
 _ „ . Charter wn 
 
 I. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY exceptions, 
 
 OF THIS State, and it is hereby ENACTED by THE AUTHORITY OF confirmed 
 the same, That the said charter, with the advantages, privileges and 
 immunities, and all other matters and things therein contained, such 
 clauses and parts only excepted as are by this act repealed, altered, or 
 amended, is hereby established and confirmed ; and shall for ever here- 
 after be held and esteemed as good and effectual in law, to all intents, 
 
 1 See foot-note 2 p. 14. 
 
30 
 
 LAWS AMENDING THE CHARTER 
 
 Trustees, their 
 privileges 
 
 Clause 
 respecting 
 oaths annulled 
 
 Oaths to be 
 taken by 
 resident 
 trustees and 
 officers 
 
 By whom to be 
 administered 
 
 Oaths to be 
 taken by 
 non-resident 
 trustees and 
 officers 
 
 constructions and purposes, as the same hath heretofore been held and 
 esteemed, and as if the same were herein particularly recited, any 
 misuser, nonuser, or other default heretofore committed or suffered 
 notwithstanding. 
 
 2. And be it enacted, That the said Trustees of the College 
 of New Jersey, and their successors, shall and may have, hold and 
 enjoy all the advantages, privileges and immunities granted in the 
 said charter and hereby confirmed unto them and their successors, 
 in as full, ample, and beneficial a manner as if the same were given 
 and granted by a law of this State, and as if the said advantages, 
 privileges and immunities were, in the said law, particularly specified 
 and enumerated, any law, usage, or custom relating to charters not- 
 withstanding. 
 
 3. And be it enacted, That the clause in the said charter, 
 requiring every Trustee and officer of the said corporation to take and 
 subscribe the oaths and declarations established by certain statutes of 
 Great Britain, be and it hereby is revoked and annulled. 
 
 * 4. And be it enacted, That if any person, being an inhabitant 
 
 * of this State, shall be elected a Trustee or officer of the corporation, 
 
 * he shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, take and sub- 
 
 * scribe the oath to support the Constitution of the United States and 
 the oath of allegiance to this State prescribed by law, which oath 
 any member of the said corporation is hereby authorized to admin- 
 ister; and if any person being an inhabitant of any other of tht 
 United States, shall be elected a Trustee or officer of the said cor- 
 
 * poration, he shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, 
 
 * produce a certificate from some justice of the peace of the State in 
 
 * which he resides, setting forth that he hath taken the oath to 
 
 * support the Constitution of the United States and the oath of 
 
 * allegiance to the said State ; and further, that it shall be lawful for 
 
 * any member of the said corporation to administer the oath of office 
 
 * to the person so elected. 
 
 5. And whereas the said corporation have represented that by 
 their charter, thirteen members are requisite to constitute a quorum, 
 
 * Repealed and supplied by Act of March 29th, 1866. 
 
LAWS AMENDING THE CHARTER 
 
 31 
 
 Nine to consti- 
 tute a quorum 
 
 to the great injury of the institution and their trust, by reason of the 
 non-attendance of members who live at a distance, and have prayed 
 that the said quorum may be lessened : Be it therefore enacted, 
 That any nine or more of the Trustees of the said college, when duly 
 convened, shall constitute a quorum, and be competent to perform and 
 execute all the duties, business, matters, and things of the said cor- 
 poration, as fully and effectually as if thirteen of them had so convened, 
 and shall have the like powers, authorities, and interests, as by the said 
 charter are given to and vested in thirteen of the said Trustees or 
 members, when duly convened ; and shall be under the same directions, 
 regulations, conditions, restrictions, provisos and limitations, as to 
 the benefit, conveniency and meetings of the said corporation, as are Proviso 
 contained in the said charter with respect to the quorum of thirteen 
 Trustees or members; provided always, that the Governor of this 
 State for the time being, or in case of his death or absence, the Presi- 
 dent of the said college for the time being, and in case of the death or 
 absence of both the said Governor and President, then the senior 
 Trustee of the said college shall always be one of the said nine Trustees 
 so at any time constituting a quorum as aforesaid. 
 
 6. And be it enacted, That the said Trustees of the College of 
 New Jersey, and their successors, may have, hold, and enjoy any estate 
 whatsoever, the clear yearly value whereof shall not exceed twenty 
 thousand dollars. 1 
 
 7. And be it enacted, That the act entitled, "An act for amend- 
 ing and establishing the charter of the College of New Jersey," passed 
 the thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand 
 seven hundred and eighty, and the act entitled, "An act to continue an 
 act entitled a supplemental act to an act entitled an act for amending 
 and establishing the charter of the College of New Jersey," passed 
 the twentieth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand 
 seven hundred and eighty-six, be and they are hereby repealed. 
 
 Passd at Trenton, May 27th, 1799. 
 
 Limitation of 
 value of estate 
 
 Repealing 
 clause 
 
 1 See foot-note, p. 15. 
 
32 
 
 LAWS AMENDING THE CHARTER 
 
 Preamble 
 
 Object 
 
 May receive 
 and hold gifts 
 and grants 
 
 Limitation of 
 value of estate 
 
 VI. 
 AN ACT further to amend the Charter of the College of New Jersey, 
 being a supplement to an act entitled, " An act relative to the College of 
 New Jersey." [March nth. 1864]. 
 
 Whereas, It is represented on behalf of the Trustees of the 
 College of New Jersey that they deem it important and desirable that 
 the original intention and design of the founders of the college in 
 establishing an institution for the promotion of religion, as well as the 
 advancement of learning, should be distinctly recognized and estab- 
 lished by law, and that it is necessary for the educational, charitable 
 and other purposes of the institution, that the value of the property 
 which the Trustees are authorized to hold should be increased; there- 
 fore — 
 
 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
 
 of the State of New Jersey, That the design and object of the said 
 corporation is hereby declared to be the promotion of religion and the 
 advancement of learning, by the instruction of youth in religious truth, 
 as well as in the learned languages, and in the liberal arts and sciences, 
 and that the said corporation shall always be an institution for the 
 purposes specified in this act. 
 
 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Trustees 
 of the College of New Jersey to take and receive by gift, grant, devise, 
 or purchase, and to have, hold, and enjoy for the uses and purposes 
 of the said corporation, including the tuition and support of indigent 
 young men, any real and personal estate, the clear yearly income 
 whereof shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, 1 provided 
 always,, that whenever any property or estate shall be given, granted, 
 or devised to them upon any special trust, or for any special use or 
 purpose not incompatible with the object and design of said corpora- 
 tion as above declared, that such property or estate shall be held and 
 appropriated by them in strict accordance with the trust, uses, and 
 limitations in such grants and devises respectively mentioned and set 
 forth. 
 
 Passed at Trenton, March nth, 1864. 
 
 Altered to five hundred thousand dollars, June 26th, 1889. See foot-note, p. 15. 
 
LAWS AMENDING THE CHARTER 
 
 33 
 
 VII. 
 A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the Charter of the College of New 
 Jersey. [March 29th, 1866. J 
 
 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
 
 of the State of New Jersey, That if any person shall be elected a 
 Trustee or officer of said corporation he shall, before he enters upon 
 the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation faith- 
 fully and impartially to perform the duties of his office ; an oath to sup- 
 port the Constitution of the United States ; and the oath of allegiance 
 to the State in which he resides; and that the said oaths may be ad- 
 ministered by any member of said corporation. 
 
 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for said college 
 to confer any degrees granted by any other college or university. 
 
 3. And be it enacted, That the fourth section of the supple- 
 ment passed May twenty-ninth, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, be, 
 and the same is hereby, repealed. 
 
 Passed at Trenton, March 29th, 1866. 
 
 Oaths to be 
 taken by trus- 
 tees and officers 
 
 Degrees 
 
 Repealing 
 clause 
 
 VIII. 
 
 AN ACT further to amend the Charter of the College of New Jersey. 
 
 [April 6th, 1868.] 
 
 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
 
 OF the State of New Jersey, That the number of Trustees of the 
 College of New Jersey may be increased to twenty-seven whenever 
 the Board of Trustees shall by vote of two-thirds determine upon such 
 increase. 
 
 2. And be it enacted,, That this act shall take effect imme- 
 diately. 
 
 Passed at Trenton, April 6th, 1868. 
 
 Number of 
 trustees may 
 be increased 
 
 IX. 
 AN ACT to authorize corporations organised for religious, educational 
 or benevolent purposes to procure an increase in their capacity to acquire 
 and hold real and personal property. [March 27, 1899] 
 
 I. BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
 
 of the State of New Jersey, That whenever any corporation of this 
 State, incorporated for religious, educational or benevolent purposes, 
 
34 LAWS AMENDING THE CHARTER 
 
 shall, by its charter or any supplement thereto, or otherwise, be limited 
 in the amount or value of real or personal property which it may 
 acquire, have, hold and enjoy for the use and purposes of such cor- 
 poration, and the board of trustees, directors or managers of such 
 corporation shall desire to obtain for such corporation legal capacity 
 to acquire, have, hold, use and enjoy a larger amount than that to 
 which it is or shall be so limited, that it shall be lawful for such trus- 
 tees, directors or managers at any stated meeting of said board, and 
 from time to time, to adopt by vote of a majority of the whole number 
 ^of such trustees, directors or managers, a resolution declaring their 
 desire to have the amount so enlarged, and stating the amount to which 
 it is to be so increased, and to cause a copy of such resolution, authen- 
 ticated and verified as by this act directed, to be filed in the office of 
 the secretary of state. 
 
 2. And be it enacted, That the copy of the resolution author- 
 ized by the first section of this act to be filed with the secretary of state, 
 shall be certified and authenticated under the common seal of said 
 corporation, and shall be verified by the oath of the clerk or secretary 
 of said corporation that the seal affixed to said copy is the common seal 
 of said corporation, that the said copy is a true copy of the original 
 resolution as recorded on the minutes of said board, and that it was 
 passed as directed in the first section of this act. 
 
 3. And be it enacted, That on filing said copy of such resolu- 
 tion in the office of the secretary of state, it shall be thereafter lawful 
 for the said corporation to take and receive by gift, grant,- devise, 
 bequest or purchase, and to have, hold and enjoy for the uses and 
 purposes of the said corporation any real or personal estate not ex- 
 ceeding the increased amount named in said resolution, any provision 
 of the charter of said corporation or any supplement thereto, to the 
 contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall be a public act and 
 shall take effect immediately. 
 
 Approved March 27th, 1889. . . 
 
LAWS AMENDING THE CHARTER 35 
 
 preamble and resolution adopted by a majority of the whole 
 number of the trustees of the college of new 
 jersey, june i/th, 1 889. 
 Whereas, The Trustees of the College of New Jersey, 
 a corporation of the State of New Jersev, incorporated for educa- 
 tional purposes, by a supplement to their charter, are limited in the 
 value of the real and personal property they may lawfully acquire, 
 have, hold and enjoy for the uses and purposes of said incorporation, 
 to an amount the clear yearly income whereof shall not exceed one 
 hundred thousand dollars; which said sum is totally inadequate to 
 meet the urgent and imperative needs of the corporation : Therefore 
 be it — 
 
 Resolved, That it is, and by this resolution it is declared to be 
 the desire of the said Trustees to obtain the legal capacity to take, 
 acquire, have, hold and enjoy a larger amount of real and personal 
 property than that to which they are so limited as aforesaid; to wit, 
 an amount that shall yield a clear yearly income of five hundred thou- 
 sand dollars. 
 
 I, Elijah R. Craven, Clerk of the Trustees of the College of New 
 Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing preamble and resolution 
 were, at a stated meeting of the Board of Trustees of the College of 
 New Jersey, held at Princeton, New Jersey, on the 
 seventeenth day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and 
 eighty-nine, adopted by vote of a majority of the whole 
 number of said Trustees. 
 
 (Signed) E. R. CRAVEN, 
 
 Clerk of The Trustees of The College 
 of Nezv Jersey. 
 AFFIDAVIT OF THE CLERK OF "THE TRUSTEES OF THE 
 COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY." 
 [June 26, 1889.] 
 State of New Jersey, jj. 
 
 Be it known that on this twenty-sixth day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and 
 eighty-nine, before me, one of the masters of the Court of Chancery of the State of 
 New Jersey, personally appeared Elijah R. Craven, who being by me duly sworn upon 
 his oath saith — that he is the Clerk of "The Trustees of the College of New Jersey" ; 
 that the seal affixed to the foregoing resolution is the common seal of said corpora- 
 tion; that said resolution is a true copy of the original resolution as recorded in the 
 minutes of said Board of Trustees; and that said original resolution was passed as 
 
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 directed in the first section of an act entitled, "An Act to authorize corporations 
 organized for religious, educational or benevolent purposes to procure an increase of 
 their capacity to acquire and hold real and personal property," approved March 
 27th, 1889. 
 
 (Signed), LEWIS PARKER, 
 
 Master in Chancery of N. J 
 ENDORSED. "Filed June 26, 1889, 
 
 HENRY C. KELSEY, 
 
 Secretary of State." 
 
 CERTIFICATE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 State of New Jersey, 
 department of state. 
 
 I, Henry C. Kelsey, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby 
 certify that the foregoing is a true copy of resolution adopted by "The Trustees 
 of the College of New Jersey" to procure an increase of capacity to acquire 
 and hold real and personal property as the same is taken from and compared with 
 the original (filed June 26, 1889), and now remaining on file in my office. 
 5-22££&> In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed 
 
 my Official Seal, at Trenton, this First day of July, A. D. 1890. 
 
 (Signed), HENRY C. KELSEY, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 Incorporated 
 institutions of 
 learning may 
 change 
 corporate 
 name 
 
 Proviso 
 
 X. 
 
 GENERAL ACT. 
 
 A SUPPLEMENT TO AN ACT entitled, " An Act to Incorporate 
 Societies for the Promotion of Learning." (Revision), approved April 
 ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five. [April 12, 1894]. 
 
 I. BE IT ENACTED BY THE 'SENATE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
 
 of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for any associa- 
 tion, seminary, college or other institution of learning now or hereafter 
 organized under and by virtue of the act to which this is a supplement, 
 or any other act now in force in this State, whether created by special 
 charter or otherwise, to change its corporate name by a two-thirds 
 vote of the board of trustees or managers of such association, semi- 
 nary, college or other institution of learning who shall be present at a 
 regular or special meeting of the same, called for that purpose; pro- 
 vided, that said corporation cause to be made and filed a certificate in 
 writing, in manner hereinafter mentioned; such certificate shall set 
 forth, first, the name of said association, seminary, college or other 
 institution of learning in use immediately preceding said vote and 
 
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 making and filing of said certificate ; second, the new name assumed to 
 designate such corporation and to be used in its business and dealings 
 in the place and stead of that referred to in the last preceding para- 
 graph, and which said certificate shall be signed by said board of 
 trustees or managers, or a majority thereof, and filed and recorded in 
 the office of the clerk of the county where the principal office or place 
 of business of such corporation in this State shall be established ; and 
 after being so recorded shall be filed in the office of the secretary of 
 state, without fee or costs ; and to which said certificate shall be affixed 
 the official seal of said board of trustees or managers, and the affidavit 
 of the secretary or acting secretary of said board that the said certifi- 
 cate is made by the authority of the board of trustees or managers of 
 such corporation, as expressed by a two-thirds vote of the members 
 present at a regular or special meeting of said board called for that 
 purpose. 
 
 2. And be it enacted, That no change in the name of any 
 corporation, under the provisions of this act, shall be deemed effected 
 until the said certificate, made and recorded as aforesaid, shall be 
 actually filed in the office of the secretary of state, as herein directed ; 
 but no such change shall in any manner lessen or impair any liability 
 of such corporation incurred or existing at the time such change of 
 name shall be made, which liability shall continue and be capable of 
 being enforced against such corporation by its name as so changed, 
 or by its original name ; and no suit pending at the time of such change 
 of name shall abate by reason thereof, but the same may be prosecuted 
 to judgment and execution in the original name of such corporation, 
 and under such execution the property of said corporation, whether 
 held by its original or amended name, may be levied on and sold to 
 satisfy such judgment. 
 
 3. And be it enacted, That all acts and part of acts inconsis- 
 tent with this act be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this 
 act shall take effect immediately. 
 
 Approved April 12, 1894. 
 
 CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE OF CORPORATE NAME. 
 (February 13th, 1896.) 
 
 The Trustees of the College of New Jersey, a college corporation, 
 being an institution of learning organized under and by virtue of 
 
 Certificate shall 
 set forth new 
 name and be 
 filed and 
 recorded in 
 county clerk's 
 office 
 
 And also 
 secretary of 
 state's office 
 
 Shall be 
 verified by 
 official seal and 
 affidavit 
 
 No change of 
 name shall be 
 effectual until 
 conditions are 
 complied with 
 
 Existing 
 liabilities not 
 to be impaired 
 
 Repealer 
 
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 Letters Patent of his Majesty George the Second, King of Great 
 Britain, France and Ireland, granted and issued by Jonathan Belcher, 
 Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of New- 
 Jersey, September fourteenth, 1748, and established by acts of the 
 Legislature of New Jersey, now in force in this State, doth hereby 
 certify that at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of said 
 corporation, called (among other things) for the purpose of changing 
 the corporate name of said College or Institution of learning, the 
 said Board of Trustees, by a two-thirds vote of the members present at 
 said meeting, resolved to change the name of said corporation to "The 
 Trustees of Princeton University" ; and to that end the said corpora- 
 tion doth certify and set forth : 
 
 (1.) That the name of said corporation in use immediately preceding 
 the said vote, and the making and filing of this certificate, was 
 "The Trustees of the College of New Jersey." 
 (2.) The new name assumed to designate said corporation, and to 
 be used in its business and dealings in the place and stead of 
 that mentioned in the last preceding paragraph, is "The Trus- 
 tees of Princeton University." 
 
 In Witness Whereof, the said The Trustees of the 
 College of New Jersey, hath caused the official seal 
 of said Board of Trustees, being also the common 
 seal of said corporation, to be hereunto affixed; and 
 the undersigned, being a majority of said Board of 
 Trustees, have hereunto set their signatures, all this 
 thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord 
 one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six. 
 
 FRANCIS L. PATTON, President. 
 
 E. R. CRAVEN, 
 
 HENRY M. ALEXANDER, 
 
 WILLIAM M. PAXTON, 
 
 JOHN A. STEWART, 
 
 JOHN HALL, 
 
 W. HENRY GREEN, 
 
 CHARLES E. GREEN, 
 
 THOMAS N. McCARTER, 
 
 S. BAYARD DOD, 
 
 J. ADDISON HENRY, 
 
 M. TAYLOR PYNE, 
 
 JAMES W. ALEXANDER, 
 F. B. HODGE, 
 
 d. r. frazer, 
 john k. cowen, 
 george b. stewart, 
 cyrus h. Mccormick, 
 m. w. jacobus, 
 
 W. J. MAGIE, 
 EDW. T. GREEN, 
 JOHN J. McCOOK, 
 JOHN DIXON. 
 
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 State of New Jersey, 
 
 County of Mercer, 
 ss. : 
 
 Elijah R. Craven, Secretary (otherwise known and designated 
 as Clerk) of the Trustees of the College of New Jersey, being duly 
 sworn, on his oath says : That the foregoing certificate is made by 
 authority of the Board of Trustees of said corporation, as expressed 
 by a two-thirds vote of the members present at a regular meeting of 
 said Board, called (among other things) for that purpose. 
 
 E. R. Craven. 
 Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 
 thirteenth day of February, A. D. 1896. 
 
 E. C. Osborn, 
 : Notary Public. 
 
 Received in the office of the Clerk of the County of Mercer, State 
 of New Jersey, on the 27th day of May, A. D. 1896, and recorded in 
 Book C. of Corporations for said County, page 369. 
 
 Filed in the office of the Secretary of State, October 22d, 1896. 
 
 H. C. Kelsey, 
 
 Secretary. 
 XI. 
 GENERAL ACT. 
 
 An Act to authorize Colleges and Universities to increase the num- 
 ber of their Trustees, and providing for the election of such additional 
 
 Trustees. [February 18, 1901], 
 
 i. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly 
 of the State of New Jersey : It shall be lawful for any college or 
 university now or hereafter organized, whether created by special 
 charter or organized under any general law of this state, to increase 
 the number of trustees constituting the Board of Trustees of such 
 college or university; provided, that such increase shall be approved 
 by a two-thirds vote of the trustees present at any regular meeting of Provi 
 the existing board of trustees of such college or university, or at a 
 special meeting of said board called for the purpose of voting upon 
 such proposed increase in the number of said trustees; provided fur- 
 ther, that the term or terms of service of such additional trustees, the 
 mode of electing them and the rules and regulations pertaining to the 
 
 Number of 
 Trustees 
 
 Proviso 
 
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 Proviso 
 
 Resolutions 
 filed with 
 Secretary of 
 State 
 
 Lawful to 
 increase or 
 abolish such 
 trustees 
 
 election and to the term or terms of service of the additional trustees, 
 including the abolition or discontinuance of election of said trustees at 
 any time after the same shall have been instituted, shall be under the 
 control and determined by a two-thirds vote of all the members for the 
 time being of the board of trustees of such college or university; and 
 provided further, that before this act shall apply to any college or 
 university, and before any such institution shall have the right to 
 make regulations for the election of additional trustees, the said col- 
 lege or university shall cause a copy of the resolution or resolutions 
 of the board of trustees accepting the provisions of this act, and pro- 
 viding for the election of additional trustees, to be authenticated and 
 verified, as by this act directed, and filed in the office of the secretary 
 of state. 
 
 2. A copy of the resolution or resolutions authorized by the 
 first section of this act, to be filed with the secretary of state, shall be 
 certified and authenticated under the common seal of said corporation 
 and shall be verified by the affidavit of the clerk or secretary of said 
 corporation, setting forth that the seal affixed to the said copy is the 
 common seal of said corporation ; that the said copy is a true copy of 
 the original resolution or resolutions, as recorded in the minutes of 
 said board of trustees, and that such resolution or resolutions were 
 passed as prescribed by the first section of this act. 
 
 3. On filing such copy of said resolution or resolutions in the 
 office of the secretary of state, it shall be lawful for the corporation to 
 increase the number of trustees constituting the board of trustees of 
 said corporation, and to provide for the terms of service, the mode of 
 election and all rules and regulations pertaining to the election or the 
 term or terms of service of the additional members of said board of 
 trustees, including the abolition or discontinuance of the election of 
 such trustees at any time after the same shall have been instituted, 
 upon the vote of a majority of the trustees present at any regular 
 meeting of the board of trustees of said corporation, or at a special 
 meeting of said board called for the purpose of voting upon the aboli- 
 tion or discontinuance of the election of such trustees. 
 
 4. This act shall take effect immediately. 
 Approved February 18, 1901. 
 
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 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE WHOLE 
 NUMBER OF THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNI- 
 VERSITY, MARCH 14TH, 1901. 
 
 Resolved, That the Trustees of Princeton University hereby 
 accept the provisions of the Act of the Legislature of the State of 
 New Jersey, entitled, "An Act to authorize colleges and universities to 
 increase the number of their trustees, and providing for the election 
 of such additional trustees," approved February 18, 1901 (Chapter 
 No. 8 of the Laws of 1901 ), and each and every provision of said Act. 
 
 Resolved, That when and as soon as a copy of these resolutions, 
 certified and authenticated as required by the provisions of said Act, 
 shall have been filed wtih the Secretary of the State of New Jersey, 
 there shall be elected five additional trustees of the University under 
 and in accordance with the regulations adopted by this Board, pur- 
 suant to and in conformity with the provisions of section 3 of said Act. 
 
 I, Elijah R. Craven, Clerk of The Trustees of Princeton Univer- 
 sity, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of resolutions 
 adopted by the Board of Trustees of said University at a regular 
 meeting of said Board held at Princeton, New Jersey, on the four- 
 teenth day of March, 1901. 
 
 (Signed) ELIJAH R. CRAVEN, 
 
 Clerk of the Trustees of Princeton University. 
 
 AFFIDAVIT OF THE CLERK OF "THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON 
 
 UNIVERSITY." 
 State of New Jersey, 
 
 County of Mercer. 
 ss.: 
 
 Elijah R. Craven, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says: — 
 That he is the Clerk of the Trustees of Princeton University, that the foregoing is 
 a copy of resolutions duly adopted by said Board of Trustees; that the seal affixed 
 to the said copy is the common seal of said corporation ; that the said copy is a true 
 copy of the original resolutions as recorded in the minutes of said Board of Trustees, 
 and that such resolutions were passed as prescribed by the first section of an 
 Act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey entitled "An Act to authorize 
 colleges and universities to increase the number of their trustees, and providing for 
 the election of such aditional trustees," approved February 18, 1901 ; that is to say, 
 that the increase of the number of trustees constituting the Board of Trustees of 
 said University was approved by a two-thirds vote of the Trustees present at a 
 
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 regular meeting of the existing Board of Trustees of Princeton University, held at 
 Princeton, New Jersey, on the fourteenth day of March, 1901. 
 
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this Fourteenth day of March, 1901. 
 
 JOHN W. FIELDER, Jr., 
 
 Notary Public. 
 ENDORSED. "Filed March 18, 1901, 
 
 GEORGE WURTS, 
 
 Secretary of State." 
 
 CERTIFICATE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 State of New Jersey, 
 department of state. 
 
 I, George Wurts, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby 
 certify, that the foregoing is a true copy of resolutions adopted by "The Trustees 
 of Princeton University," accepting the provisions of Chapter 8, of. the Laws of 
 1901 and the endorsements thereon, as the same is taken from and compared with 
 the original filed in my office on the 18th day of March, A. D. 1901, and now 
 remaining on file therein. 
 
 In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my 
 
 Official Seal, at Trenton, this Fourth day of March, A. D. 1902. 
 
 (Signed) GEORGE WURTS, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 Religious, etc., 
 corporations 
 may acquire, 
 hold, dispose, 
 etc., of property. 
 
 Act as 
 Trustee. 
 
 XII. 
 
 GENERAL ACT. 
 
 AN ACT concerning corporations of this state organized for relig- 
 ious, educational, charitable or benevolent purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted ey the Senate and General Assembly of the 
 State of New Jersey : 
 
 1. Every corporation of this state organized for religious, edu- 
 cational, charitable or benevolent purposes under the provisions of any 
 act of the legislature of this state, general, special or private, is hereby 
 authorized to take and hold by purchase, gift, devise, bequests or 
 otherwise, for any religious, educational, charitable or benevolent pur- 
 poses whatsoever, such real or personal property, or both, as such cor- 
 poration may require, or as, in any manner, may have been or may be 
 vested in such corporations for any or all of such purposes, and to 
 grant, bargain, sell or convey the same ; and every such corporation is 
 further authorized to take and hold in trust for any religious, educa- 
 tional, charitable or benevolent purposes whatsoever, such real or per- 
 sonal property, or both, as, in any manner, may have been or may be 
 given, granted, conveyed, bequeathed or devised to, or otherwise 
 
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 vested in such corporation in trust for any of said purposes, and to 
 grant, bargain, sell and convey property so held or to be held in trust 
 for any such purposes, in accordance with the terms of the gift, grant, 
 conveyance, bequest, devise or instrument creating such trust or trusts, 
 respectively. 
 
 2. Any and all property, real or personal, heretofore given, 
 granted, conveyed, bequeathed or devised to, or otherwise vested in 
 any such corporation in trust for any religious, educational, charitable 
 or benevolent purpose, shall, so far as the same may not have already 
 been applied in the execution of such trust, continue to be held and 
 applied by such corporation in accordance with the terms of the gift, 
 grant, conveyance, bequest, devise or instrument creating such trust 
 in the same manner and with the same force and effect as if such cor- 
 poration were originally duly authorized to act in the capacity of trus- 
 tee in the premises, provided that such trust, otherwise than in the 
 designation of the trustee, is valid under the laws of this state. 
 
 3. This act shall take effect immediately. 
 Approved April 28, 1905. 
 
 Trust to 
 continue. 
 
By-Laws 
 
 Adopted March 9, 1899 
 
Index of By-Laws 
 
 PAGE 
 
 I. Of the Trustees Generally 47 
 
 II. Of Meetings of the Board 48 
 
 III. Of Officers of the Corporation 49 
 
 IV. Of the Presiding Officer 49 
 
 V. Of the President of the University 50 
 
 VI. Of the Clerk , 50 
 
 VII. Of the Dean of the Faculty 51 
 
 VIII. Of the Dean of the Graduate School 51 
 
 IX. Of the Treasurer 52 
 
 X. Of the Secretary 53 
 
 XI. Of the Curator of Grounds and Buildings 54 
 
 XII. Of the Librarian 56 
 
 XIII. Of the Registrar 56 
 
 XIV. Of the Faculty 57 
 
 XV. Of the Standing Committees of the Board 58 
 
 XVI. Of the Committee on Finance 59 
 
 XVII. Of the Committee on Grounds and Buildings 60 
 
 XVIII. Of the Committee on the Library and Apparatus 61 
 
 XIX. Of the Committee on the Curriculum 61 
 
 XX. Of the Committee on Morals and Discipline 62 
 
 XXI. Of the Committee on Honorary Degrees 62 
 
 XXII. Of the Committee on the Graduate School 63 
 
 XXIII. Of the Committee on Faculty Minutes 63 
 
 XXIV. Of Honorary Degrees 63 
 
 XXV. Of Academic Costume 64 
 
 XXVI. Of the Order of Business 66 
 
 XXVII. Miscellaneous 67 
 
By-Laws 
 
 OF THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. 
 [provisions of the charter are printed in small capitals.] 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 OF THE TRUSTEES GENERALLY. 
 
 i. The Board shall be composed as follows: 
 
 1. the Governor of the State and the President of the 
 University during their respective official terms. 
 
 II. twenty-five Life Trustees who shall hold office 
 
 DURING THEIR NATURAL LIVES, SAVE IN CASE OF RESIGNATION, IN- 
 CAPACITY OR REMOVAL BY THE BOARD. 
 
 III. five Alumni Trustees who shall serve for the re- 
 spective TERMS TO WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN ELECTED BY THE 
 ALUMNI. 
 
 2. Of the entire Board, twelve shall be inhabitants of 
 the State of New Jersey. 
 
 3. Each Trustee, before entering upon the duties of his 
 office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation 
 faithfully and impartially to perform the duties of his 
 office, an oath to support the constitution of the united 
 States, and an oath of allegiance to the State in which he 
 resides. The oaths shall be taken in the presence of the 
 Board, and may be administered by any member of the corpo- 
 ration. 
 
 4. Of the Life Trustees eight at least shall be clergymen and 
 twelve at least laymen, save when, for reasons of expediency, it may 
 be proper to alter this proportion, in which case the proportionate 
 numbers shall be restored as soon as practicable. 
 
48 BY-LAWS OF THE TRUSTEES 
 
 5. When a vacancy occurs among the Life Trustees a new 
 Trustee shall be elected by ballot by a majority of the Board. When 
 a vacancy occurs among the Alumni Trustees a new Trustee shall 
 be elected for the balance of the term, by the duly enrolled graduates at 
 the next annual election. 
 
 6. If any Trustee shall be absent from four consecutive stated 
 meetings of the Board, his seat shall be regarded as vacated, save by- 
 a special vote of the Board to the contrary. 
 
 7. The term of office and method of election of Alumni Trus- 
 tees, and all matters relating to the office, including the discontinu- 
 ance of the same, shall be under the control of and determined by a 
 majority of the Board. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD. 
 
 1. There shall be four Stated Meetings of the Board in each 
 year; the first on the day preceding Commemoration day; the second 
 on the second Thursday in December ; the third on the second Thurs- 
 day in March, and the fourth on the Monday preceding the annual 
 Commencement. 
 
 2. Special Meetings shall be held upon the requisition 
 of six Trustees made upon the Clerk. This requisition shall 
 specify the object or objects for which the meeting is called, and such 
 object or objects shall be stated by the Clerk in his notice of the meet- 
 ing; and no business shall be transacted at such special meeting other 
 than that specified in the requisition and mentioned in the notice. 
 
 3. Any nine or more of the Trustees, when duly con- 
 vened, SHALL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM, AND BE COMPETENT TO PER- 
 FORM AND EXECUTE ALL THE DUTIES AND BUSINESS OF THE CORPORA- 
 TION, PROVIDED ALWAYS, THAT THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE FOR 
 THE TIME BEING, OR IN CASE OF HIS DEATH OR ABSENCE, THE PRESI- 
 DENT of the University for the time being; or in case of the 
 death or absence of both the governor and president, the 
 senior Trustee of the University shall always be one of the 
 said nine Trustees so at any time constituting the quorum 
 as aforesaid : but in case of the absence of the Governor, the 
 
BY-LAWS OF THE TRUSTEES 49 
 
 President and the senior Trustee, then thirteen members 
 shall constitute a quorum. 
 
 4. no meeting of the trustees shall be valid or legal 
 for the transaction of any business whatever, unless the 
 Clerk of the Board has duly and legally notified each and 
 every member of the corporation of such meeting; and before 
 their entering upon any business, the clerk shall certify 
 such notification, under his hand, to the board. 
 
 5. The Clerk shall give notice of each meeting of the Board at 
 least one week before the appointed time thereof. 
 
 6. Any number convened at the time of a meeting, less than a 
 quorum and more than two, may adjourn from time to time, for a 
 period of three days; after which time they may adjourn to a period 
 not less than one week distant, of which adjourned meeting due notice 
 shall be given by the Clerk. 
 
 7. Each meeting of the Board shall be opened with prayer. 
 
 8. When in session, the Trustees shall sit, in order of seniority, 
 beginning at the right hand of the President. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 OF THE OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION. 
 
 i. The officers of the Corporation shall be the President of the 
 Board, the President of the University, the Clerk, the Dean of the 
 Faculty, the Dean of the Graduate School, the Treasurer, the Secre- 
 tary, the Curator of Grounds and Buildings, the Librarian, the Regis- 
 trar, and such other officers as the Board may deem it expedient to 
 appoint. 
 
 2. These officers, with the exception of the President of the 
 Board shall be elected by ballot by a majority of the Board, 
 
 SHALL CONTINUE IN OFFICE DURING THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD. 
 AND SHALL RECEIVE SUCH COMPENSATION AS THE BOARD MAY DIRECT. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER. 
 
 i. The Governor of the State of New Jersey shall be, 
 ex officio, President of the Board, and in his absence the Presi- 
 
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 dent of the university shall preside, and in the absence of 
 the Governor and the President, the senior Trustee present 
 at any meeting, shall preside. 
 
 2. It shall be the duty of the Presiding Officer to observe the 
 order of business and enforce the rules of order. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 of the president of the university (in his relation to the 
 
 board). 
 
 1. The President shall preside on all public occasions and 
 represent the University before the public. 
 
 2. He shall be charged with the general supervision of the inter- 
 ests of the University and shall have special oversight of the various 
 departments of instruction in the University. 
 
 3. It shall be his duty to sign all obligations and contracts 
 entered into by or on behalf of the Board, unless otherwise provided 
 by these By-Laws, and to sign all diplomas and certificates of gradua- 
 tion. 
 
 4. He shall have the custody of the Seal of the University and 
 shall affix the same to such instruments as require its use. 
 
 5. At the stated meeting of the Board in December he shall 
 present a printed report on the condition, progress and policy of the 
 University, which shall include reports to him by such of the Univer- 
 sity officers as may, in the judgment of the Board, be deemed best. 
 
 CHAPTER VI 
 
 OF THE CLERK. 
 
 i. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to notify the 
 Trustees of all meetings and to certify the fact of such 
 notice having, been given, at the opening of each meeting of 
 the Board. 
 
 2. He shall sign all diplomas and certificates of graduation and 
 all legal papers requiring the signature of the Clerk as an officer of 
 the Corporation, and shall make public announcement of all degrees 
 in course at the time they are conferred. 
 
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 3. In case of the death, absence, or disability of the Clerk, 
 the Secretary of the University shall be, ex officio, Clerk of the Board. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 OF THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY. 
 
 1. The Dean of the Faculty shall be charged with the oversight 
 of the discipline of the University, and to this end he shall be a member 
 ex officio, of the Committee on Morals and Discipline. The Curator 
 of Grounds and Buildings shall report to him upon questions of dis- 
 cipline so far as they may come under his notice; and the Proctors 
 shall be subordinated to him as well as to the President of the Univer- 
 sity, and shall report to him on all matters relating to the deportment 
 of the students. 
 
 2. He may assign rooms in the dormitories to such members of 
 the Faculty and to such Fellows as he may see fit, subject to the ap- 
 proval of the Committee on Grounds and Buildings. 
 
 3. He shall report in writing to the Committee on Morals and 
 Discipline, before the October and March meetings of the Board, on 
 the state of discipline in the University and on all matters relating 
 thereto. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 OF THE DEAN OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL. 
 
 i. The Dean of the Graduate School shall be responsible for the 
 conduct of the Graduate School and shall have the oversight of Gradu- 
 ate Students and Fellows. He shall have charge of the graduate 
 courses and degrees for graduate study, and of the work done in semi- 
 naries, laboratories and elsewhere, in so far as it is of graduate char- 
 acter, but excluding technical and professional subjects. 
 
 2. He shall consult the President of the University on all mat- 
 ters of importance affecting the Graduate School, and shall submit all 
 proposed measures to the President and Trustees for their sanction. 
 To this end he shall be a member, ex officio, of the Committee on the 
 Graduate School and shall submit a written report to the Committee 
 
52 BY-LAWS OF. THE TRUSTEES 
 
 before the December and Commencement meetings of the Board. He 
 shall present to the University Faculty an annual report showing the 
 condition and work of the Graduate School for the preceding year. 
 
 3. He shall select a committee from the University Faculty to 
 act as his advisers, and in the absence of the President shall preside at 
 the meetings of the committee. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 OF THE TREASURER. 
 
 1. The Treasurer shall, under the direction of the Committee 
 on Finance, have charge and control of the securities and funds of 
 the Corporation. 
 
 2. All letters addressed to Princeton University or in a general 
 way to the offices of the University shall be referred to him. 
 
 3. He shall sign receipts and acknowledgments for all monies of 
 the Corporation, and shall disburse the monies under the direction of 
 the Committee on Finance. 
 
 4. He shall deposit the funds of the University, in the corporate 
 name of the University, in such banks or trust companies as the 
 Committee on Finance shall direct ; which funds shall not be drawn out 
 except by cheques signed by him, and, when for sums exceeding two- 
 thousand dollars, such cheques shall be countersigned by a member of 
 the Committee on Finance, or by some other person specially desig- 
 nated by the Committee on Finance for that purpose. 
 
 5. He shall render a full and particular statement of his cash 
 accounts, accompanied by vouchers, to the Committee on Finance at 
 least one week prior to each meeting of the Board and an inventory 
 of the investments of the Corporation to the same Committee at least 
 one week prior to the December meeting. 
 
 6. His books shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspec- 
 tion of members of the Committee on Finance. 
 
 7. He may be authorized by the Board to employ necessary 
 assistants when the funds of the University permit. 
 
 8. He shall give bonds for the faithful performance of his 
 duties, in such amount as the Board shall direct. 
 
 9. He shall, before the October meeting of the Board, present 
 
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 to the Committee on Finance a budget, showing the estimated receipts 
 and disbursements of the University for the current fiscal year. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 OF THE SECRETARY. 
 
 i. The Secretary shall have charge of the general correspond- 
 ence of the University under the supervision of the President. 
 
 2. He shall have charge of the publication and distribution of 
 the University Catalogue, and of such other University publications 
 as may be referred to him by the President or the Board. 
 
 3. He shall be, ex officio, Secretary of the Board, and shall keep 
 full minutes of all meetings, and at each stated meeting shall present 
 the minutes of the last preceding meeting or meetings for the ap- 
 proval of the Board. When such minutes shall have been approved 
 by the Board they shall be entered in a book of minutes. 
 
 4. He 'shall have the custody and preparation of all diplomas of 
 the University, as well as of certificates of graduation. 
 
 5. He shall be the custodian of the Charter of the University, 
 of the minute books and papers relating to the records of the Univer- 
 sity, and of the bond of the Treasurer. 
 
 6. He shall notify, by letter, all persons elected or appointed to 
 office by the Board, and shall notify those upon whom it has been voted 
 to confer Honorary Degrees. 
 
 7. As soon as possible, after each meeting, he shall transmit to 
 the President, the Deans, the Treasurer, the Curator, the Clerk of the 
 Faculty, and the Chairman of each Standing and Special Committee, 
 all papers, matters, resolutions, or business that may have been re- 
 ferred to them respectively. 
 
 •8. He shall, when he gives notice to the Chairman of a Special 
 Committee of the duties required by resolution of the Board, request 
 such Chairman to inform him of the meeting of the Committee. If 
 within two weeks of the meeting of the Board he shall not have been 
 informed of the meeting of a Committee whose Chairman has been 
 notified, he shall again notify such Chairman. 
 
 9. At least one week before each stated meeting he shall trans- 
 mit to each member of the Board a printed copy of the docket of the 
 business that will come before said meeting. 
 
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 CHAPTER XL 
 
 OF THE CURATOR OF GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS. 
 
 1. The Curator of Grounds and Buildings shall be the Resident 
 Executive of the Committee on Grounds and Buildings. 
 
 2. He shall, under the direction of the Committee on Grounds 
 and Buildings, have charge and control of the real estate belonging to 
 the University; and he shall be responsible for the proper care and 
 maintenance of the same. 
 
 3. He shall, subject as aforesaid, and subject also to such other 
 Committee or Committees having supervision of the same, have charge 
 and control of, and be responsible for, the proper care and maintenance 
 of all the personal property belonging to the University, except the 
 securities and funds, the apparatus and specimens belonging to the 
 several departments of instruction and the books in the Library. 
 
 4. He shall, subject to said supervision, have sole charge of all 
 repairs to the grounds and buildings belonging to the University, and 
 shall be responsible for the keeping of the same in repair and in good 
 order. All requests for repairs, or work of any kind, shall be made 
 to him in writing, and be signed by the person making the request, 
 upon blanks which the Curator shall furnish for the purpose; and he 
 shall enter such requests in a book to be kept for the purpose, with 
 the date of the request, the action taken upon it, and the date of such 
 action. 
 
 5. He shall make no alteration in any building, or in any part 
 of the grounds, and shall take no action in reference to the personal 
 property confined to his care, unless he shall first obtain the consent of 
 the Committee having charge of the same. 
 
 6. No alteration shall be made in any building belonging to the 
 University, by any one, except under the direction of the Curator. 
 
 7. He shall, subject to the aforesaid supervision, have sole 
 charge of the sewerage and drainage of the University grounds and 
 buildings. 
 
 8. He shall, subject to the aforesaid direction, have sole 
 charge and responsibility of the lighting and heating apparatus of the 
 University; shall make all contracts for lighting and the purchase of 
 coal and other fuel; shall have sole charge and management of the 
 
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 water supply of the University; shall audit all bills for labor and 
 materials furnished the University in his department, and shall make 
 all contracts for work to be done on the grounds and buildings, except 
 for new buildings otherwise provided for. 
 
 9. The employment, oversight and direction of all servants of 
 the University shall be committed to him. 
 
 10. He shall keep under constant inspection the grounds and 
 buildings belonging to the University, and be responsible that the 
 former are kept in good order, and that the rooms, entries, cellars, 
 roofs, and every other part of said buildings, are kept clean and in 
 good repair, and that snow is early removed whenever the same is 
 necessary. 
 
 11. Upon receiving from the Sanitary Committee of the Faculty 
 any written opinion or suggestion referring to the health of the Uni- 
 versity, he shall forthwith communicate the same to the proper Com- 
 mittee having the subject in charge. 
 
 12. Whenever in his opinion any student should be removed 
 from a room, either in a house in town or in a University dormitory, 
 for what to the Curator seems a proper cause, he shall report the 
 same to the Dean of the Faculty for the action of the Faculty. 
 
 13. He shall assess students and employees of the University 
 for damage to University property, and should any student refuse to 
 pay the amount assessed, he shall at once report the fact to the Dean 
 of the Faculty for the action of the Faculty. 
 
 14. Whenever any dereliction of duty on the part of any em- 
 ployee of the Unjversity shall be reported to him by the President, 
 Dean of the Faculty, a professor, student, or other person, he shall 
 promptly examine the matter and take such steps as the case warrants. 
 
 15. He shall, at the beginning of every fiscal year, present to 
 the Committee on Finance an estimate in writing of every expense 
 which will probably arise in his department during the ensuing year. 
 
 16. He shall decide in what houses, outside of the University 
 dormitories, students may room and board. In no case shall he permit 
 a student to reside or board in a house, if the Sanitary Committee of 
 the Faculty notify him in writing that they object to such house. 
 
 17. He shall adopt such a system as will enable him to know at 
 once if there is a case of illness in any University dormitory, or in any 
 
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 house in which students reside, and shall immediately report to the 
 Chairman or Secretary of the Sanitary Committee of the Faculty. 
 
 1 8. He shall, within a reasonable time after receiving any writ- 
 ten opinion or suggestion from the Sanitary Committee of the Faculty, 
 inform the Chairman of said Committee, in writing, what action has 
 been taken in reference to such opinion or suggestion. 
 
 19. He shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to 
 him by the Board and the several Committees. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 OF THE LIBRARIAN. 
 
 1. Members of the Library staff holding rank equivalent to that 
 of members of the Faculty shall be elected by ballot, by a majority of 
 the Board. 
 
 2. The Librarian shall, under the direction of the Committee 
 on the Library and Apparatus, have charge and control of the Library 
 buildings and their contents, and shall be responsible for the safe 
 keeping and proper care of same. 
 
 3. Before the October meeting of the Board, he shall report to 
 the Committee on the Library and Apparatus on the condition of the 
 Library; the amounts expended for purchase of books, periodicals, 
 etc. ; and for binding, cataloguing, etc. ; the accessions by purchase 
 and donation ; and the circulation and other use of books. 
 
 4. Of the annual revenue of the Elizabeth Fund for the purchase 
 of books, he shall expend two-thirds under the direction of the Library 
 Committee of the Faculty, and one-third at his own discretion, sub- 
 ject, however, to the approval of the Committee on the Library and 
 Apparatus. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 OF THE REGISTRAR. 
 
 1. It shall be the duty of the Registrar to keep the record of 
 the examinations and standing of the students, and to report the same 
 twice in each year to their parents or guardians. 
 
 2. He shall keep the record of the attendance of each student 
 
BY-LAWS OF THE TRUSTEES 57 
 
 upon the University exercises and take such action thereon as the 
 regulations pertaining to students require. 
 
 3. He shall conduct such correspondence with the parents and 
 guardians, concerning the attendance and scholarship of students, as 
 the Faculty or its Committees may instruct, or as the circumstances 
 of each case may require. 
 
 4. He shall conduct the correspondence relating to the admis- 
 sion of students to the University. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 OF THE FACULTY. 
 
 i. The University Faculty shall consist' of the President of the 
 University, the Deans, the Professors, Assistant Professors and 
 Preceptors. The University Faculty shall be divided into two sub- 
 Faculties, to be designated respectively, the Academic Faculty and the 
 Scientific Faculty. The Academic Faculty shall consist of the Pro- 
 fessors, Assistant Professors and Preceptors, whose duties pertain 
 wholly, or in the main, to the Academic Department, and the Scientific 
 Faculty shall consist of the Professors, Assistant Professors and Pre- 
 ceptors, whose duties pertain wholly, or in the main, to the John C. 
 Green School of Science. The proceedings of the sub-Faculties shall 
 be regularly reported to the University Faculty, and in all ordinary 
 cases the action of each sub-Faculty, in respect to the admission, stand- 
 ing and discipline of students, shall be final. 
 
 2. Professors, Assistant Professors and Preceptors shall be 
 elected by ballot by a majority of the Board. 
 
 3. Instructors, Lecturers, Assistants and Demonstrators shall 
 be appointed by the President of the University subject to the approval 
 of the Board, and shall have the privilege of sitting with the Faculty, 
 but shall not be entitled to vote. 
 
 4. Officers of instruction shall not substitute or appoint any one 
 to perform their duties in the class-room without the approval, in each 
 case, of the President of the University. 
 
 5. The University Faculty and the sub-Faculties shall keep 
 books of minutes, which books shall be laid before the Committee on 
 Faculty Minutes before the Commencement meeting of the Board. 
 
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 6. The University Faculty may, before each stated meeting of 
 the Board, elect, by ballot, three Professors, two from the Academic 
 and one from the Scientific Faculty, who shall attend and present to 
 the Board the views of the Faculty on matters pertaining to the in- 
 struction, order and government of the University. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD. 
 
 i. The Board, at the Commencement meeting, shall choose, by 
 ballot, the members of the following eight Standing Committees, each 
 one of which (including the ex officio members thereof) shall consist 
 of not more than nine members, who shall hold office for one year and 
 until others are appointed in their place : 
 i. The Committee on Finance. 
 
 The Committee on Grounds and Buildings. 
 
 The Committee on the Library and Apparatus. 
 
 The Committee on the Curriculum. 
 
 The Committee on Morals and Discipline. 
 
 The Committee on Honorary Degrees. 
 
 The Committee on the Graduate School. 
 
 The Committee on Faculty Minutes. 
 
 2. The President of the University shall be, ex officio, Chairman 
 of the Committee on Honorary Degrees and a member of the other 
 Standing Committees. The Dean of the Faculty shall be, ex officio, 
 a member of the Committee on Morals and Discipline, and the Dean of 
 the Graduate School shall be, ex officio, a member of the Committee on 
 the Graduate School. 
 
 3. At the March meeting of the Board in each year the Presiding 
 Officer shall appoint a committee of five members of the Board, to 
 whom may be presented suggestions for changes in the composition of 
 the several Standing Committees. This Committee shall report at the 
 June meeting its recommendations as to the constitution of each 
 Standing Committee for the year following. 
 
 4. Each Committee, except the Committee on Honorary De- 
 gress, shall be empowered to elect its own Chairman, and no Trustee, 
 other than the President of the University, shall be a member of 
 
BY-LAWS OF THE TRUSTEES 59 
 
 more than three of these Committees, and no Trustee shall be Chair- 
 man of more than one Standing Committee. If a Trustee be elected 
 as Chairman of more than one Standing Committee, he shall have the 
 privilege of selection. 
 
 5. The Committees on Finance and on Grounds and Buildings 
 shall meet at least four times a year, and the other Standing Commit- 
 tees shall meet before those meetings of the Board at which a report is 
 to be made. Each Standing Committee shall meet at such other times 
 as may be ordered by the Board, and the Chairman of a Committee 
 shall always call a meeting of the Committee on the requisition of the 
 President of the University, or of three members of the Board. One 
 week's notice of each meeting shall be given, except that in cases of 
 emergency, meetings of the Committees on Finance, Grounds and 
 Buildings or Morals and Discipline may be called upon shorter notice. 
 
 6. Any number, not less than three, shall constitute a quorum 
 for the transaction of business. 
 
 7. Each Standing Committee shall report in writing to the 
 Board, and the reports shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting. 
 
 8. The Chairman of each Committee having a report to make 
 shall be in readiness to report at the opening of the meeting of the 
 Board. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. 
 
 1. The Committee on Finance shall have charge and control 
 of the funds and securities of the Corporation. 
 
 2. They shall keep a careful oversight of the investments of the 
 Corporation, and shall report to the Board their judgment as to the 
 investment of the funds, and the changes that should be made. 
 
 3. Should any funds accrue during an interim of the Board they 
 shall have power to invest the same, making a report of such invest- 
 ment at the next stated meeting. 
 
 4. If at any time during an interim of the Board they should 
 deem it essential to the interests of the University that a change of 
 investments be made, they shall have the power to make such change 
 and to direct the transfer, if the investments to be changed are in 
 
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 registered securities, and they shall always report the fact of such 
 change and the reason thereof to the Board at its next stated meeting. 
 
 5. Whenever the interest upon any security of the University 
 shall become overdue they shall proceed to collect the same. 
 
 6. They shall see that no contracts are made for the payment 
 of money, unless the money is arranged for beforehand; and no dis- 
 tinct fund shall be borrowed from, for any other use than that for 
 which it is designated, save by vote of the Board. 
 
 7. They shall, at least once a year, examine the securities of the 
 Corporation, and report the result of such examination to the Board. 
 
 8. They shall designate in writing to the Treasurer in what 
 banks or trust companies the cash of the Corporation shall he de- 
 posited, and in what depository the securities of the same shall be kept. 
 
 9. They may designate a person to sign the cheques of the Cor- 
 poration with the Treasurer, as provided for in Chapter IX., Article 4. 
 
 10. Expenditures authorized by any of the Standing Commit- 
 tees shall not be made until it be certified by the Committee on Finance 
 to the Treasurer that there is money available for that purpose. 
 
 11. They shall appoint an expert accountant, who shall care- 
 fully audit the accounts of the Treasurer, verify his statements, and 
 report upon the same to the Committee at least once in each year, 
 which report, together with the Treasurer's Report, the Committee 
 shall present to the Board at the stated meeting in October. 
 
 12. They shall report at the October and December meetings 
 of the Board and may report at any other stated meeting. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 OF THE COMMITTEE ON GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS. 
 
 i. The Committee on Grounds and Buildings shall have charge 
 and control of the real estate and personal property belonging to the 
 University, except as mentioned in Chapter XVIII., Article 1. 
 
 2. They shall instruct the Curator of Grounds and Buildings as 
 to what repairs are necessary, and shall give him such power as they 
 think necessary to enable him to attend to the care and repairs of the 
 real estate, buildings and furniture. 
 
BY-LAWS OF THE TRUSTEES 61 
 
 3. They shall have charge and control of all servants of the 
 University, and shall instruct the Curator of Grounds and Buildings 
 as to their number and compensation. 
 
 4. They shall be responsible that the Curator of Grounds and 
 Buildings takes care of all matters in their department, and keeps the 
 buildings, fences, drains, walks and furniture in proper condition. 
 
 5. They may authorize the Curator of Grounds and Buildings 
 to act in cases where delay would work an injury. 
 
 6. They shall report at the October meeting of the Board and 
 may report at any other stated meeting. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY AND APPARATUS. 
 
 1. The Committee on the Library and Apparatus shall have 
 charge and control of the Library buildings and their contents, the 
 historical collections and all the apparatus and specimens belonging 
 to the several departments of instruction. 
 
 2. They shall have supervision of the Library, shall prescribe the 
 times of opening and closing the same, and shall authorize the pur- 
 chase of books in conformity with the By-Laws relating to the Libra- 
 rian. 
 
 3. It shall be their duty to see that none of the property under 
 their charge is lost or needlessly injured ; and they shall hold the 
 Librarian, Professors and Instructors, having charge of the same, to 
 strict accountability in the premises. 
 
 4. The purchase of all new and movable property, chemicals 
 and apparatus, and all repairs of the same, shall be authorized by the 
 Committee, to the extent only of the appropriations made by the Board. 
 
 5. They shall report at the October meeting of the Board. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE CURRICULUM. 
 
 1. The Committee on the Curriculum shall have supervision of 
 the studies pursued in the University. 
 
 2. They shall assign the duties of the Professors, Assistant 
 Professors and Preceptors and Instructors. 
 
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 3. They shall receive from the Faculty the names of candidates 
 for Degrees in Course, and report to the Board the names of whom 
 they recommend for such Degrees. 
 
 4. They shall report at the March and Commencement meetings 
 of the Board, and at such other meetings as may be necessary. 
 
 5. No appointments involving additional expenditure for sal- 
 aries shall be proposed by the Committee on the Curriculum unless 
 presented to the Committee on Finance for their consideration at least 
 two weeks before the meeting of the Board at which confirmation is 
 desired. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 OF THE COMMITTEE ON MORALS AND DISCIPLINE. 
 
 1. The Committee on Morals and Discipline shall acquaint them- 
 selves thoroughly with the plans for discipline pursued in this and 
 other Universities, and shall suggest to the Trustees and Faculty such 
 plans as may, in their opinion, be of advantage to the University. 
 Before the October and March meetings of the Board they shall con- 
 fer with the Dean of the Faculty regarding the discipline of the 
 University and make a report to the Board thereon. 
 
 2. They may be consulted by the Faculty in devising the best 
 methods for managing the discipline and as to preserving the morals 
 of the University. 
 
 3. They shall report at the October and March meetings of the 
 Board and at such other stated meetings as may be necessary. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 OF THE COMMITTEE ON HONORARY DEGREES. 
 
 i. All nominations for Honorary Degrees made at a meeting of 
 the Board shall be referred to the Committee on Honorary Degrees 
 to be investigated and reported upon to the Board, unless otherwise 
 ordered by the unanimous vote of the members present, in number not 
 less than a majority of the entire Board. 
 
 2. The Committee shall, on recommending a person for a par- 
 ticular Degree, set forth in writing the special qualifications possessed 
 by him which seem to them to entitle him to the honor. 
 
 3. They shall report at the December and March meetings of the 
 Board. 
 
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 CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE GRADUATE SCHOOL. 
 
 i. The Committee on the Graduate School shall have supervi- 
 sion of the Graduate Students, Fellowships, Graduate Courses and 
 Degrees for graduate study, and of the work done in Seminaries, 
 Laboratories and elsewhere, in so far as it is of graduate character, 
 but excluding technical and professional subjects. 
 
 2. They shall report at the December and Commencement meet- 
 ings of the Board. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 OF THE COMMITTEE ON FACULTY MINUTES. 
 
 I. The Committee on Faculty Minutes shall, before the Com- 
 mencement meeting of the Board, examine the minutes of the Faculties 
 and present a report upon the same to the Board at that meeting. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 OF HONORARY DEGREES. 
 
 1. All nominations for Honorary Degrees shall be made in 
 writing, setting forth the full name of the nominee, his place of resi- 
 dence, and the name of the Trustee making the nomination. 
 
 2. The Secretary shall keep, in retentis, a list of nominations for 
 Honorary Degrees that lie over, with the date of each nomination, and 
 the name of the person making such nomination, and also the Report 
 of the Committee on Honorary Degrees on the nomination. The 
 names of those nominees upon whom it shall not have been voted to 
 confer Degrees within one year after the Committee on Honorary 
 Degrees shall have reported upon them shall be stricken from the list. 
 
 3. Nominees for Honorary Degrees may be voted upon by ballot 
 at any stated meeting of the Board, but no such Degree shall be con- 
 ferred save at the annual Commencement or on Commemoration day 
 and only when the candidate is present to receive it, nor shall any 
 
64 BY-LAWS OF THE TRUSTEES 
 
 Degree be then conferred unless it be accompanied with a public state- 
 ment of the reasons for which it is given. 
 
 4. The Board shall not vote to confer an Honorary Degree on 
 any one not recommended by the Committee on Honorary Degrees, 
 except by a three-fourths vote of all the members of the Board. 
 
 5. The Board shall not vote to confer the Degree of LL.D., D.D. 
 or L.H.D, at the stated meetings at which the nomination of the can- 
 didate is made, save by the unanimous vote of the members present, in 
 number not less than a majority of the entire Board. At the following 
 stated meeting, however, the Board may vote to confer such Degrees 
 by the affirmative votes of a majority of the entire Board, in the case 
 of one recommended by the Committee on Honorary Degrees; or, in 
 the case of one not so recommended, by a three-fourths vote of the 
 entire Board. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 OF ACADEMIC COSTUME. 
 
 i. The following academic costume is permitted to be worn by 
 members of the Board and of the Faculty and by other Officers and 
 the Graduates of the University, upon all appropriate University occa- 
 sions, such as the public exercises of Commemoration day, of Com- 
 mencement week and whenever they appear officially in public. 
 
 Gowns. i. Pattern. Those commonly worn, with pointed 
 sleeves for the Bachelor's Degree, with long, closed sleeves for the 
 Master's Degree, and with round, open sleeves for the Doctor's De- 
 gree. 2. Material. Worsted stuff for the Bachelor's Degree, silk for 
 the Master's and Doctor's Degrees. 3. Color. Black. 4. Trim- 
 mings. For the Bachelor's and Master's Degrees the gowns are to be 
 untrimmed. Far the Doctor's Degree the gown is to be faced down 
 the front with black velvet, with bars of the same across the sleeves ; 
 or the facings and crossbars may be of velvet of the same color as the 
 binding or edging of the hood, being distinctive of the Faculty to 
 which the Degree pertains. 
 
 Hoods, i. Pattern. The pattern usually followed by Colleges 
 
BY-LAWS OF THE TRUSTEES 65 
 
 and Universities, save as modified below. 2. Material. The same 
 as that of the gown. 3. Color. Black. 4. Length. The length 
 and form of the hood shall indicate the Degree as follows : For the 
 Bachelor's Degree, the length shall be three-fourths that of the Mas- 
 ter's Degree. The hood for the Master's Degree shall be of the cus- 
 tomary length, not exceeding four feet; and that of the Doctor's 
 Degree shall be of the same length but have panels at the sides. 5. 
 Linings. The hoods shall be lined with the official colors of Princeton 
 — Orange and Black. 6. Trimmings. The binding or edging, not 
 more than six inches in width, to be of silk, satin or velvet, the color 
 to be distinctive of the Faculty to which the Degree pertains, thus : 
 Faculty of Arts and Letters, white. Faculty of Theology, scarlet. 
 Faculty of Law, purple- Faculty of Medicine, green. Faculty of 
 Philosophy, dark blue. Faculty of Science, gold yellow. Faculty of 
 Fine Arts, brown. Faculty of Music, pink. 
 
 Caps. The caps shall be of the material and form generally 
 used, and commonly called mortar-board caps. The color shall be 
 black. The Doctor's cap may be of velvet. Each cap shall be 
 ornamented with a long tassel attached to the middle point at the top. 
 The tassel of the Doctor's cap may be, in whole or in part, of gold 
 thread. 
 
 Members of the Governing Body of the University shall be en- 
 titled, during their term of office, to wear the gown of highest dignity 
 — that of the Doctor's Degree — together with the hood appropriate 
 to the Degree which they may have severally received. Members of 
 the Faculties, and any person officially connected with the University 
 who have been recipients of academic honors from other universities 
 or colleges in good standing, may assume the academic costume corres- 
 ponding totheir Degree, as described in the foregoing section, provided, 
 that such right shall terminate if such persons shall cease to be con- 
 nected with the University. The President and the Deans may adopt 
 distinctive badges, not inconsistent with the costume hereinbefore de- 
 scribed. 
 
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 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 
 OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
 
 i. A printed docket shall be placed before the Board by the 
 Secretary at each stated meeting. The general schedule shall be as 
 follows : 
 
 I. Organization with Prayer. 
 II. Reading of the Clerk's Certificate. 
 
 III. Reading, correction, and approval of Minutes. 
 
 IV. Clerk's Report. 
 
 V. President's Report. 
 
 VI. Reception of Committee from the Faculty. 
 VII. Nomination for Honorary Degrees. 
 VIII. Reports of Committees : 
 i. Finance. 
 
 2. Grounds and Buildings. 
 
 3. Library and Apparatus. 
 
 4. The Curriculum. 
 
 5. Morals and Discipline. 
 
 6. Honorary Degrees. 
 
 7. Graduate School. 
 
 8. Faculty Minutes. 
 
 9. Special Committees. 
 IX. Miscellaneous Business. 
 
 X. Balloting on Nominees for Honorary Degrees. 
 XI. Appointment of next meeting. 
 XII. Adjournment with prayer. 
 
 2. Other matters may be placed upon the docket as they arise, 
 or by special order of the Board. 
 
 3. The order of business prescribed in the docket shall not be 
 departed from, unless by a vote of the Board upon motion. 
 
 4. Whenever a matter requiring the action of a Committee shall 
 arise, it shall be referred to the Standing Committee having charge 
 of the subject, unless by special order of the Board. 
 
 5. Committees shall, in all cases, report to the Board in writing. 
 Should a Standing Committee fail thus to report, such failure shall be 
 
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 entered in the record book of the Committee, with the reasons thereof, 
 and noted upon the minutes of the Board. 
 
 6. Those entrusted with the awarding of fellowships and prizes 
 shall report to the Board, through the Secretary, on the first day of 
 the meeting, except in cases where the competition takes place during 
 the session of the Board. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 1. No resolution shall be considered by the Board, unless it be 
 first put in writing and delivered to the Secretary. 
 
 2. No change in these By-Laws shall be made, save by a vote of 
 two-thirds of the entire Board at the stated meeting at which the pro- 
 posed change is made, or by a majority vote of the members present 
 at a stated meeting subsequent to a meeting at which notice of pro- 
 posal to change such By-Law shall have been given (and no change 
 shall be made in Chapter XXIV., Article 5, at a meeting at which a 
 change is proposed, save by a unanimous vote of the members present, 
 in number not less than a majority of the entire Board). The opera- 
 tion of these By-Laws shall not be changed or suspended save by the 
 unanimous vote of the members present, in number not less than a 
 majority of the entire Board. 
 
 3. All resolutions of the Board, inconsistent with these By- 
 Laws, are hereby repealed. 
 
 4. All proceedings of the Board, the debates, and every part of 
 the. business transacted at its meetings, shall be considered as confi- 
 dential, and shall not be divulged, except officially or when permitted 
 by the Board. 
 
 5. The Commencement Arrangements shall be under the direc- 
 tion of a Committee of the Trustees, who shall be authorized to add to 
 their number from the Faculty or otherwise. 
 
Rules of Order 
 
Rules of Order 
 
 OF THE 
 
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. 
 
 i. The Presiding Officer shall take the chair precisely at the 
 hour to which the Board stands adjourned; and shall immediately 
 call the members to order; and, on the appearance of a quorum, shall 
 open the session with prayer. 
 
 2. The business shall be taken up and disposed of in the order 
 prescribed in the By-Laws. 
 
 3. The Presiding Officer may speak to points of order, in prefer- 
 ence to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall 
 decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Board by any 
 two members. 
 
 4. If the Presiding Officer desires to discuss any question he 
 shall leave the chair for that purpose, and shall call the senior member 
 of the Board present to take the chair. 
 
 5. When a vote is taken by ballot, the Presiding Officer shall 
 vote with the other members ; but he shall not vote in any other case, 
 unless the vote be equally divided; when, if he do not choose to vote, 
 the question shall be lost. 
 
 6. A motion made must be seconded, and afterwards repeated 
 by the Presiding Officer or read aloud, before it is debated. 
 
 7. Any member who shall have made a motion, shall have liberty 
 to withdraw it, with the consent of his second, before any debate has 
 taken place thereon; but not afterwards, without the leave of the 
 Board. 
 
 8. If a motion under debate contains several parts, any member 
 may have it divided, and a vote taken on each part. 
 
 9. When various motions are made, with respect to the filling 
 of blanks with particular numbers or times, the questions shall always 
 be first taken on the highest number and the longest time. 
 
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 10. Motions to lay on the table, to take up business, to adjourn, 
 and the call for the previous question, shall be put without debate. On 
 questions of order, postponement, or eommitment, no member shall 
 speak more than once ; on all other questions each member may speak 
 twice, but not oftener without express leave of the Board. 
 
 1 1 . When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received 
 unless to adjourn, to lay on the table, to postpone indefinitely, to post- 
 pone to a day certain, to commit, or to amend ; which several motions 
 shall have precedence in the order in which they are herein arranged ; 
 and the motion of adjournment shall always be in order. 
 
 12. An amendment, and also an amendment to an amendment, 
 may be moved on any motion ; but a motion to amend an amendment 
 to an amendment shall not be in order. Action on amendments shall 
 precede action on the original motion. 
 
 13. A distinction shall be observed between a motion to lay on 
 the table for the present, and a motion to lay on the table uncondition- 
 ally, viz. : A motion to lay on the table for the present shall be taken 
 without debate; and, if carried in the affirmative, the effect shall be to 
 place the subject on the docket, and it may be taken up and considered 
 at any subsequent time. But a. motion to lay on the table uncondi- 
 tionally, shall be taken without debate; and, if carried in the affirma- 
 tive, it shall not be in order to take up the subject during the same 
 meeting of the Board without a vote of reconsideration. 
 
 14. The previous question shall be put in this form, namely: 
 "Shall the main question be now put ?" It shall be admitted only when 
 demanded by a majority of the members present, and the effect shall 
 be to put an end to all debate and bring the body to a direct vote — first, 
 on the motion to commit the subject under consideration (if such 
 motion shall have been made) ; secondly, if the motion for commitment 
 does not prevail, on pending amendments; and, lastly, on the main 
 question. 
 
 15. A question shall not be again called up or considered at the 
 same meeting of the Board at which it has been decided, unless by 
 consent of two-thirds of the members who were present at the decision, 
 and unless the motion to reconsider be made and seconded by persons 
 who voted with the majority. 
 
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 1 6. When the Presiding Officer has commenced taking the vote, 
 no further debate or remarks shall be admitted, unless there has evi- 
 dently been a mistake, in which case the mistake shall be rectified and 
 the Presiding Officer shall recommence taking the vote. 
 
 17. The yeas and nays on any question shall not be recorded 
 unless required by one-third of the members present. 
 
 18. No member, in the course of the debate, shall be allowed to 
 indulge in personal reflections. 
 
 19. If more than one member rise to speak at the same time, the 
 member who is most distant from the Presiding Officer's chair shall 
 speak first. 
 
 20. When more than three members of the Board shall be 
 standing at the same time, the Presiding Officer may require all to 
 take their seats, the person only excepted who may be speaking. 
 
 21. Every member, when speaking, shall address himself to the 
 Presiding Officer. 
 
 22. No speaker shall be interrupted, unless he be out of order, 
 or for the purpose of correcting mistakes or misrepresentations. 
 
 23. Without express permission, no member of the Board, while 
 business is going on, shall engage in private conversation. 
 
 24. Members shall attend closely, in their speeches, to the subject 
 under consideration; and when they deviate from the subject, it shall 
 be the privilege of any member, and the duty of the Presiding Officer, 
 to call them to order. 
 
 25. If any member consider himself aggrieved by a decision of. 
 the Presiding Officer, it shall be his privilege to appeal to the Board, 
 and the question on the appeal shall be taken without debate. 
 
 26. Any member shall have the right to have his dissent from, 
 or protest against, any action- of the Board, with the reason therefor, 
 if couched in respectful language, recorded in the minutes.