rules and regulations, shall not be repugnant to the laws of this State, or of the United States. Sec. 4. That in all meetings of the trustees, a majority of the whole number, shall be necessary to form a quorum for transacting business of any kind; and the vote of a majority of those present, shall be necessary to render any act done by them binding on said corporation. Sec. 5. All meetings of the trustees, shall be called at such times, in such manner, and on such notice, as the trustees by their by-laws, shall prescribe. Sec. 6. A meeting of the corporation may at any time be called, by vote of the trustees, or by a written request, presented to the Secretary or Clerk of the trustees, and signed by members of the corporation, who are owners of one third of the stock of said corporation; and each meeting of the corporation, shall be warned in such manner as the trustees shall direct. Sec. 7 In all meetings of the corporation, all the stockholders may vote in person or by proxy; and one vote shall be allowed for each share. Sec. 8. The use of such buildings as may belong to the corporation, shall be under the direction of the trustees, and shall be appropriated to no other purpose than that of a school, unless by the consent of a majority of the trustees, expressed in writing, under their hands and prescribing the terms on which, and the purposes for which, it is to be improved. Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the trustees to procure such instructors for said school as may be required; and the instructors of the school, during their continuance in office, shall be exempt from military duty. Sec. 10. The first meeting of the corporation, shall be called by Obadiah Peck of the town of Greenwich, at such time and place, and with such notice as he shall direct: provided always, that this act may be altered, amended or repealed, at the pleasure of the General Assembly. RESOLVE INCORPORATING NORWICH FEMALE ACADEMY—PASSED, MAY 1828. Sec. 1. Resolved by this Assembly, That the Hon. James Lanman and his associates, proprietors of the Norwich Female Academy, and their successors and assigns, forever be, and they hereby are made a body politic and corporate, by the name of the "Norwich Female Academy;" and by that name shall be capable of holding and conveying estate, real and personal, to any amount not exceeding six thousand dollars, which may be divided into as many shares as the by-laws of said corporation shall direct, and the same is hereby declared to be personal estate, and transferable as such only on the books of the corporation, and by the name aforesaid said corporation shall be capable of suing and being sued, and conducting the affairs of said corporation for the purposes only of literature and education, and shall have perpetual succession. Sec. 2. The affairs of said corporation shall be conducted and managed by not more than twelve trustees, to be chosen annually by the proprietors of the Academy, at a meeting to be warned for that purpose in such manner as the by-laws shall prescribe, and all officers chosen or appointed by said corporation shall hold their offices until others are chosen in their places, Sec. 3. The said corporation shall have power to make such by-laws for the government of the school, and generally for the management of all the affairs of said Academy, as its interests may from time to time require, not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of this State, or of the United States. Sec. 4. The first meeting, under this act, shall be holden at the Academy, lately erected by the proprietors in the city of Norwich, at such time as shall be appointed by the Hon. James Lanman, one of the present trustees, of which three days notice shall be given to each proprietor-this resolve being subject at all times to be repealed or amended by this Assembly. RESOLVE INCORPORATING The proprIETORS OF THE STRATFORD ACADEMYPASSED, MAY 1806. Resolved by this Assembly, That Samuel Wm. Johnson, Jabez H. Tomlinson, Stephen Wm. Stebbens, Ashbel Baldwin, Robert Fairchild, Roswell Judson and Solomon Curtis, the present trustees of said Academy, and others who now or hereafter may be proprietors of said Academy, be, and they are hereby created and made a body corporate, by the name of " The Proprietors of the Stratford Academy;" and by that name shall be, and hereby are made capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess, hold and enjoy to them and their successors, real and personal estate of any kind or quality whatsoever, to the annual amount and income of five thousand dollars, by will, deed or gift, and the same to sell, grant or alien, to sue or be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in all courts in this State, to appoint a Clerk and keep a record of their votes and proceedings, to have and use a common seal and the same to break, alter and renew at pleasure, and to ordain and carry into effect, such by-laws and regulations as shall from time to time be deemed necessary or useful for the well ordering and governing of the affairs of said corporation, not repugnant to the laws of this State or to the constitution or laws of the United States. Sec. 2. And for the governing of said corporation it is hereby resolved, that the seven trustees above named shall be and remain the trustees of said Academy until the first Wednesday in September next, when said proprietors shall meet at their Academy, in said Stratford, and choose seven trustees to superintend the affairs of said corporation and carry into effect all the bylaws and regulations thereof, which trustees or a majority of them shall have power to appoint a chairman, and as the property of said Academy is divided into one hundred shares, said proprietors shall vote at their several meetings according to the number of their shares respectively, allowing one vote to each share, and to constitute a quorum seventy-five shares at least shall be represented, and a majority of that number necessary to carry a vote. And said proprietors shall have power in their meetings to constitute and appoint any other officers they may deem necessary for the well-ordering of said Academy, and to require and receive of such officers such security, and annex such pecuniary penalties to a neglect or breach of trust, as they shall judge reasonable, and to make such rules and regulations concerning the mode of transferring shares by assignment or otherwise, all which rules to be made as aforesaid, shall be valid in law, and to enlarge the number of shares as they shall deem expedient, in which last case to constitute a quorum, the same proportion of shares shall be represented as above described, and to alter such regulations as they may from time to time, except such as are established and made permanent by this resolve: provided, that this resolve or any part thereof may be altered, amended or repealed at the pleasure of the General Assembly. RESOLVE CONFIRMING THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF STRATFORD ACADEMY -PASSED, OCTOBER 1806. Whereas it is represented to this Assembly, by the proprietors of Stratford Academy, that on account of the absence of the Clerk, they were unable to ascertain the day pointed out by a Resolve of the General Assembly, for them to meet and choose their annual officers, but met on a different day, and elected said officers, in consequence of which, their proceedings were not strictly in conformity to said resolve. Resolved by this Assembly, That the votes and proceedings of the proprietors of Stratford Academy, at a meeting holden by them on the 22d day of September 1806, be, and they are hereby declared legal and valid, as they would have been, provided said meeting had been holden, and said proceedings and votes had passed on the first Wednesday of said September, and that in future said proprietors may meet and elect their trustees and other officers, at any time during the month of September annually. RESOLVE INCORPORATING THE TRUSTEES OF TOLLAND ACADEMY- Sec. 1. Resolved by this Assembly, That Ansel Nash, Calvin Willey, Elisha Stearns and Jeremiah Parish, and their associates, be and they are hereby, with their successors and assigns made and established a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Trustees of the Tolland Academy;" and by that name, they and their successors and assigns shall be, and hereby are authorized to purchase, take, hold and possess any personal estate, and any lands, tenements and hereditaments, and to erect or provide any buildings on such lands, said property not to exceed in value ten thousand dollars, and the same to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of at pleasure; also to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and to have a common seal and the same to alter at pleasure. Sec. 2. That said corporation may, and hereby are authorized to make and establish such by-laws and regulations, as they shall deem necessary for the well ordering the affairs of said corporation, not repugnant to the consti tution and laws of this State or of the United States; and to appoint such. officers, and to do all such acts and things, as may be deemed necessary or proper to promote the objects of said institution. Sec. 3. That Rev. Ansel Nash be, and he is hereby authorized to call the first meeting of said trustees, and all future meetings shall be notified and held in such manner as may be prescribed by the votes or by-laws of said corporation provided, that this grant may at any time, be altered or repealed by the General Assembly. RESOLVE INCORPORATING THE PROPRIETORS OF UNION ACADEMY- Upon petition of Samuel Cook and others. Resold by this Assembly, That the petitioners, and those who shall hereafter associate with them, their heirs and assigns, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of "The Proprietors of Union Academy," with the right to sue and liable to be sued, to plead and be impleaded in any court in this State, to purchase, hold, sell, and convey estate, real or personal, not exceeding in value five thousand dollars, to make, alter, amend and annul rules and regulations for the management of said property, and the instruction and government of a school or schools under their care, to appoint times and places for the meetings of said proprietors, to choose and appoint such officers as they may deem expedient, to devise and establish a mode of transferring the interests of the proprietors by assignment or otherwise, to levy and collect taxes by warrant as provided by law for towns or societies, to impose fines and penalties for breach of their rules and regulations not exceeding three dollars, and to do all acts which in their judgment may be for the benefit of the institution and not contrary to law: provided, and it is further resolved: First. That the said land and buildings be considered as consisting of shares of five dollars; that the number of shares shall not exceed two hundred and fifty, and that the interest of each proprietor, the number of votes to which he shall be entitled in any meeting of the prorietors, and the taxes for which he shall be liable, shall be in proportion to the number of shares which he shall hold, and for which payment shall have been made. Second. No taxes shall be assessed for any purpose except repairing the buildings and appurtenances, and repairing and building a fence around the same. Third. In consideration of the donation of Porter Cook one of said proprietors, he, his heirs and assigns be and they are hereby exempted from all taxes and expense whatsoever, relating to said property, on any number of shares which are or may be owned by him or them, not exceeding twenty seven, on condition he and they shall not exercise the right of voting in the assessment of taxes. Fourth. If said property shall be rented or used for any other purpose than a school house or Academy, and no school be taught therein, the said Porter Cook his heirs or assigns shall receive of the rent or avails thereof at the rate of eight dollars and twenty-five cents for each year, and if sold, said Cook shall receive of the avails one hundred thirty seven dollars and fifty cents, being the appraised value of the land by him subscribed, which sums respectively shall be in full of his part and proportion of said avails. Fifth. Should any part of said building be hereafter used or occupied by a district school, the committee of such district shall become personally responsible to the committee of said proprietors, to pay to them for the benefit of said proprietors for such part of said building as the district school shall occupy, at the rate of one hundred dollars a year for the whole—and in case said district committee shall not become responsible as aforesaid, each proprietor shall have a right to sue for and recover his proportion of said rent in his own name. Sixth. The first meeting of said proprietors shall be held at said Academy, on the first Monday in July next, of which a written notification signed by any five of said proprietors, and posted in some public place in said town, twenty days previous thereto shall be sufficient notice. Seventh. A deed executed by the trustees aforesaid, or by the survivors or survivor of them, shall vest the title to the premises in said proprietors who are empowered to demand and receive the same. RESOLVE INCORPORATING WOODSTOCK ACADEMY-PASSED, MAY 1802. Sec. 1. Resolved by this Assembly, That Samuel McClellan, Eliphalet Lyman, Nehemiah Child, Ebenezer Smith, Wm. Potter, Hezekiah Bugbee, Ichabod Marcey, Jesse Bolles, David Holmes and others, who are or hereafter may be proprietors of Woodstock Academy, so called in Woodstock, be and hereby are erected and made a body corporate by the name and title of "The Proprietors of Woodstock Academy;" and by that name shall be and hereby are made capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess and enjoy to them and their successors, real and personal estate of any kind and quality whatsoever, to the annual amount of three thousand dollars, and the same to sell, grant or alien, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in all courts in this State; to have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at pleasure, and to ordain and carry into effect such by-laws and regulations as shall be deemed necessary or useful for the well ordering and governing of the affairs of said corporation, not repugnant to the laws of this State, or to the constitution and laws of the United States. Sec. 2. There shall be five trustees annually appointed by the proprietors, which annual meeting shall be at such times as said proprietors may appoint, which trustees shall have power, or a major part of them, to choose their chairman, to superintend the affairs of the corporation, and carry into effect all the by-laws and regulations of the proprietors. Sec. 3. The first meeting of the proprietors shall be called by any two of their number, by giving a verbal or written notice to all the other proprietors of the time and place of meeting; and to constitute a quorum twelve shares at least shall be represented, and the proprietors shall have power in their meetings to ordain and constitute any officers, which they may deem necessary for the well ordering the concerns of the said Acade |