March 4, 1854. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, St. Paul, April 3, 1854. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a correct copy of the original act on file in this office. J. TRAVIS ROSSER, Secretary of the Territory of Minnesota. CHAPTER 42. An Act relative to Sheep and Swine. Sheep and Swine-when to run at large. Where in force. Eligibility to office. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota: That it shall and may be lawful for Sheep and Swine, to run at large, in and upon the open commons, on unoccupied grounds in this Territory, at any, and all times, between the first day of May, and the first day of November, in each and every year. Provided, that a majority of the legal voters shall so determine at any regular meeting of said precinct. SEC. 2. And be it enacted, that this Act shall not extend to, or President of the Council. APPROVED-March fourth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. W. A. GORMAN. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, St. Paul, April 3, 1854. } I hereby certify the foregoing to be a correct copy of the original act on file in this office. J. TRAVIS ROSSER, Secretary of Minnesola Territory. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota, That there be established at some point on the Mississippi, within this Territory, as hereinafter designated, an institution by the name of the "Hamline University of Minnesota," and that David Brooks, John Kerns, Chauncey Hobart, Samuel C. Thomas, Willis A. Gorman, Thomas M. Fullerton, Matthew Sorin, Merritt Allen, Benjamin F. Hoyt, Parker Pain, W. H. Woodbury, Hart Boughton, Alexander Ramsey, William Freeborn and Ira Bidwell, and such persons as shall be elected by the Wisconsin Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, (or such Conference as may be formed out of said Wisconsin Conference, in the bounds of which the said institution may be located,) to succeed them, their associates, and successors in office, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, to be styled the "Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota," and shall be trustees of said corporation for the purpose of further establishing, maintaining and conducting an institution of learning for the education of youth of both sexes; and by the aforesaid corporate name to remain in perpetual succession, with full power to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to acquire, hold and convey property, real, personal and mixed, in all lawful ways: Provided, always, That the annual income shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars; to have and to use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure; to make and alter, from time to time, such by-laws as they may deem proper and necessary for the government of said institution, its officers and agents: Provided, Such by-laws are not inconsistent with this act, or the Constitution and Laws of the United States, or of this Territory, and also have power to confer on such person or persons, as they may deem worthy, all honors and degrees as are usually conferred by the most learned institutions in the United States. Corporate name and powers, Number of Trus SEC. 2. There shall, at all times, be fifteen trustees of said corporation, four of whom shall be members of the Wisconsin Annual tees. Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, (or such conference as may be formed out of said Wisconsin Conference, in the bounds of which the said institution may be located,) together with a board of visitors, to be composed and appointed as hereinafter provided. No religious SEC. 3. No religious tenet shall be required of any person to entitle him or her to all the privileges of the institution: and no stu- test required. dent shall be required to attend the religious worship of any particular denomination except as specified by the student, his parents or guardian. Location. First meeting of Trustees. Treasurer to give bonds. Sui ts-how brought. Division of Trustees. Who shall employ teachers. SEC. 4. The said University shall be located on the Mississippi, between St. Paul and Lake Pepin, at such place as the trustees shall elect, and shall be erected on a plan sufficiently extensive to afford ample facilities to perfect the scholar; Provided, That at no time, shall the trustees be required to exceed the means under their control, as trustees. SEC. 5. The board of trustees shall hold their first meeting at St. Paul, within six months after the passage of this act: Provided, That if a quorum shall fail of meeting, the members present shall have the right to organize and adjourn to such place and time as they may deem proper, to secure a quorum of the board; who shall have power to elect a President of the board, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, Secretary, and such officers when elected, shall constitute an executive committee, and as such committee, shall have power to execute all business of the corporation committed to them by the by-laws of the institution. SEC. 6. The Treasurer, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give bond in such penal sum as the trustees shall direct, and with such sureties as they shall by vote approve, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, and the delivery to his successor at the expiration of his office, all funds and other property and papers in his possession belonging to said University: and all other officers and agents, before entering upon their duties, shall give like bonds, if required by the board of trustees. SEC. 7. All suits against said corporation shall be by summons, which shall be served by leaving an attested copy of the same with the President or Treasurer, at their office, at least twenty days before the return thereof. SEC. 8. At the first meeting legally called and holden, the trustees shall be divided by lot into four classes of four each, in the first three classes, and of three in the fourth class,—which classes shall be numbered one, two, three and four. Class numbered one shall hold their office until the first annual meeting of the trustees; class numbered two shall hold their office until the second annual meeting: class numbered three shall hold their office until the third annual meeting, and class numbered four shall hold their office until the fourth annual meeting, and until their successors are elected. The trustees at their first meeting, shall designate the time and place of their first and future annual meetings, which shall in no case be altered, except by a vote of two-thirds of the trustees present at any regular meeting. SEC. 9. The trustees shall have authority to appoint and employ all officers, teachers and agents for the institution; and shall have power to displace any or all of them, as the interests of the institution may require; to fill vacancies which may happen by death, Vacancies filled resignation or otherwise, among said officers, teachers and agents. All elections of trustees, president of the University, professors, officers and agents, shall be by ballot. -how. Power of Trustees. SEC. 10. This institution shall be under the patronage of the Wisconsin Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, (or of such conference as may be formed out of the Wisconsin Conference, in the bounds of which the said institution may be located,) and the said conference shall annually at its annual session, fill all vacancies of the trustees, occasioned by the provisions of sections 8 and 12 of this act, who shall hold their office for the term of four years from the time of such vacancies, and until their successors are elected and shall also at its annual session elect by ballot, seven suitable persons, members of its own body, visitors to said University, who shall ex-officio be members of the board of trustees, and have the right to vote on all questions that may come before them, and who shall attend the examination of the students; look into the condition of the institution and report thereon to the next session of said Conference. SEC. 11. The trustees shall have power to prescribe and regulate the course of studies to be pursued in said institution; to fix the rate of tuition, and other expenses; to make rules for the regulation of the conduct of the students and for the expulsion of such as are disorderly; they shall faithfully apply all funds by them collected or received, according to their best judgment, in erecting suitable buildings; supporting the necessary officers, instructors and agents, in procuring books and apparatus necessary to the success of the institution: Provided however, That in case any donation or bequest be made for purposes which accord with the design of the institution, the trustees shall receive and accept the same, and shall apply such donation or bequest in conformity with the conditions or designs of the donor; and all corporate property belonging to the institution, both real and personal is, and shall be free from taxation. SEC. 12. The board of trustees may meet on their own adjournment, any seven of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the president, with the concurrence of two trustees, or any four trustees, may call special meetings of the board, by giving notice to the members thereof in writing or otherwise, at least ten days before the time of such meeting; and any trustees may be removed for a neglect of duty for more than one year. Meetings of Trustees. Preparatory SEC. 13. The trustees of the University shall have power to establish a preparatory department, to raise, collect and receive Department. funds, to erect buildings, appoint a principal, professors, and to do all necessary acts for the establishing, maintaining and conducting of the Preparatory department, and all appointments and officers of said department to be governed by this charter. shall be construed liberally in all courts for the purposes herein expressed. This act SEC. 14. Any three of the corporators named in this act, may First Meeting. call the first meeting of the trustees, by giving two weeks notice of the time and place of such meeting, and in one or more newspapers published in this territory. N. C. D. TAYLOR, President of the Council. APPROVED-March third, one thousand eight hundred and fifty four. W. A. GORMAN. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Saint Paul, April 3d, 1854. } I hereby certify the foregoing to be a correct copy of the original act on file in this office. J. TRAVIS ROSSER, Secretary of the Territory of Minnesota. March 2004. CHAPTER 44. To Incorporate the Minneapolis and Little Falls Plank Road Company. Corporate name and powers. Capital Stock. Notice of meeting Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota: That P. Prescott, Joel Bassett, Franklin Steele, E. Case, R. P. Russell, Jno. H. Stevens, Anson Northrop, Ard Godfrey and H. Fletcher be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, under the direction of a majority of whom, subscriptions may be received to the capital stock of the Minneapolis and Little Falls Plank Road Company, hereby incorporated; and they may cause books to be opened at such times and places as they shall direct, for the purpose of receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of said company, first giving thirty days' notice of the time and places of taking such subscriptions, by publishing the same in one or more newspapers printed in this Territory SEC. 2. The capital stock of said company shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, in shares of ten dollars each; and as soon as one thousand dollars of the capital stock shall be subscribed, and one dollar on each share actually paid in, the subscribers of such stock, with such other persons as shall associate with them for that purpose, their successors and assigns, shall be, and they are hereby declared and created a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of "The Minneapolis and Little Falls Plank Road Company, with perpetual succession; and by that name, shall be capable in law of purchasing, holding, selling, leasing, and conveying estate, real, personal or mixed; and in their corporate name may sue and be sued, may have a common seal, which they may alter or renew at pleasure, and generally may do all and singular the matters and things which are authorised by law for the interest and well being of said company. SEC. 3. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, after the said one thousand dollars of stock shall have been subscribed as aforesaid, shall give at least twenty days' notice in the newspapers hereinbefore mentioned, of the time and place of a meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of electing seven directors; and annually thereafter, the said stockholders shall meet on the first Monday in July, for the purpose of electing directors as aforesaid, upon a like previous notice to be given by a majority of the directors for the time being, in such newspapers as they may think proper: Provided, That previous to the first election, the commissioners hereinbefore named, shall elect one of their number president, and they shall perform all the duties and be invested with all the powers of directors: Provided, further, That if from any cause, an election shall not be held at the regular time specified therefor, the same may be held at any other time on notice as aforesaid, that until such election, the directors of the preceding year shall contin |