Powers conferred. May have a common seal. Of members, term of office, &c. sales, enfeoffments, releases, devises and other conveyances, is, or are declared limited and expressed. Also, that said corporate members and their successors shall be able and capable, by the name and style aforesaid, to purchase, have, receive, take, hold and enjoy in fee simple, or of lesser estate or estates, and lands, tenements, rents, annuities, franchises and other hereditaments by gift, grant, bargain, sale, alienation, enfeoffment, or release of any person or persons, bodies politic and corporate, capable and able to make the same, and shall have full power and authority to convey all land so held or possessed. SEC. 2. That said corporate members and their successors, by the name and style aforesaid, shall be able and capable to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity in this Territory. SEC. 3. That the said corporate members and their successors shall have full power and authority to make, have and use a common seal, with such device and inscription as they may adopt, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure. SEC. 4. That the aforesaid corporate body shall consist of nine members, and, at their first regular meeting, shall divide themselves into three classes of three each, whose term of office shall expire in one, two or three years, according to their own Vacancies, how arrangement, and these vacancies, as well as any that may be caused by death or resignation, shall be filled up, excepting in cases hereinafter provided for, by appointments of the Presbytery of Highland, from time to time, as these vacancies may filled. " Church may take charge of University, cords of their acts, &c. occur. SEC. 5. That if, at any time, the General Assembly of the Old School Presbyterian Church in the U. S., should see fit to take the charge and oversight of the affairs of this corporation, they shall, and hereby have, full power so to do, by appointing in part, or in full, a board of trustees, who shall have full right and power to go forward with the business of the corporation according to the provisions of this charter. Shall keep re- SEC. 6. That the aforesaid corporation shall keep a full and faithful record of all their acts and proceedings, and also a fair and just account of all their receipts and disbursements, to be signed from time to time by the president and secretary. And these records shall always be open to the inspection of the Presbytery of Highland, the General Assembly of the Old School Presbyterian Church, and the Legislature of this Territory. SEC. 7. That said corporate members and their successors, laws, &c. under the name and style aforesaid, are hereby empowered to May pass bymake their own by-laws and ordinances, elect their own officers, and do everything incident to, and necessary for the government and management of said institution. bonds from &c. SEC. 8. That said corporate members and their successors, May take under the name and style aforesaid, shall have full right and their officers, power to take bonds and security from the treasurer, or any agent or officer they may employ; and also the privilege to confer literary and honorary degrees at any regular meeting, and to do all that, in common usage, is done by college trustees. SEC. 9. This Act is hereby declared a public Act. [Signed,] G. W. DEITZLER, AN ACT to Incorporate the Holton Seminary Association. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas: porators. SECTION 1. That Chancey Cowell, Andrew W. Smith, George Names of corSmith, M. A. Morris, Asa Raynard, are hereby constituted and created a body politic, by the name and style of the Holton Powers. Seminary Association, and by that name shall be capable to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, may have and use a common seal, alter and break the same at pleasure. convey real es SEC. 2. That said company is hereby authorized to purchase May hold and and receive by donation, devise or otherwise, any quantity of tate. land, not to exceed three hundred and twenty acres, for the purpose of erecting suitable buildings for the accommodation of said seminary, they shall have full power to make any by-laws, or By-laws, &c. make all useful regulations for said purposes. This Act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. [Signed,] G. W. DEITZLER, Speaker of House of Representatives. President of the Council, Approved February 12, 1858. J. W. DENVER, Acting Governor. Names of corporators. Powers. CHAPTER L. KANSAS EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE M. E. CHURCH. AN ACT Incorporating the Kansas Educational Association of the Methodist Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of SECTION 1. That L. B. Dennis, A. Still, C. H. Lovejoy, Ira Blackford, W. J. Piper, T. J. Ferril, Wm. Butt, N. Paylor, and their associates and successors, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, under the name and title of the "Kansas Educational Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and a common seal; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and May hold and be defended, in any court of law or equity, and shall have full power to hold by gift, grant, devise, purchase or otherwise, any land, tenements, hereditaments, moneys, rents, goods and chattels, of whatsoever kind, which have been heretofore, or may hereafter be given, granted or devised to, or purchased by them for the benefit of said association, and may sell and dispose of the same, or any part thereof, or lease, or rent, or improve the same, in such manner as they shall deem most conducive to the interest of said association. convey real estate. Objects of association. SEC. 2. That the objects of this association are, and shall be, the promotion of education in Kansas, under the patronage of the Kansas and Nebraska Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, or such Conferences as may be hereafter formed out of said Conference, within the bounds of the Territory of Kansas, and for the mutual benefit of the members of this association. ferred. SEC. 3. That it shall be lawful for this association, to locate Privileges cona university to be called "Baker University," at the town of Palmyra, or within one mile of said town. Also, to locate other seminaries of learning, in such places and of such grades as may be deemed best for the cause of education. of property of how appropri SEC. 4. That the proceeds arising from the sale of any prop- Proceeds of sale erty belonging to this association, shall be appropriated to the the association, Baker University, as the said association may direct, to the ated. amount of at least three hundred thousand dollars, except such property as may be purchased or donated for other purposes. laws, &c. SEC. 5. That the association shall have power to make all May pass byrules, by-laws and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. from taxation. SEC. 6. That all the property or funds, real, personal or Exemption mixed, that may be received, held, or appropriated by, or for said association, for the exclusive purposes of religion or education, including a cemetery not exceeding forty acres, shall be forever exempt from taxation. SEC. 7. That in case said corporation shall hereafter, at any Required to dispose of land. time, receive by gift, grant or devise, any number of acres of land exceeding one township of land, they shall be, and are hereby required to sell and dispose of the same, within twenty-five years from the date of such gift, grant or devise, and said corporation are hereby expressly limited to the holding at any one time, of more than one township of land, except when received by gift, grant or devise, as aforesaid, in which case they shall dispose of the same within the time aforesaid. This Act to take effect [and be in force] from and after its passage. [Signed,] G. W. DEITZLER, Speaker of House of Representatives. President of the Council. Approved February 3, 1858. J. W. DENVER, Acting Governor. Names of corporators. Powers. Object of corporation. May hold real estate. CHAPTER LI. MONEKA UNIVERSITY. AN ACT to Incorporate the Moneka University. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas: SECTION 1. That Augustus Wattles, John O. Wattles, Erastus Heath, John B. Wood, Andrew Stark, R. Gillpatrick, and their successors be, and they are hereby constituted a body corporate, in deed, and in law, by the name, style, and title of the Moneka University, and by that name and title shall have perpetual succession, shall be capable in law and in equity to receive, take, and hold, for the use of the said university, lands, tenements, hereditaments, and estate real and personal, whatsoever, and the same to grant, bargain, sell, transfer, assign, mortgage, and convey, in such manner as the said corporators or a majority of them shall deem proper; and to receive and make all deeds, transfers, contracts, conveyances, covenants, and assurances whatsoever; and to make, have, and use a common seal, under and by which all deeds, assurances, diplomas, and acts of the said university or corporation, shall pass and be authenticated, and the same seal to change and renew at pleasure; and generally to do every other act or thing necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Act, and to promote the objects and designs of the said corporators. SEO. 2. The object and design of said corporation, shall be the establishment of a university adjoining to, or within the town of Moneka, in which are to be taught the elementary branches of education, modern and ancient languages, mathematics, and modern sciences, in such manner as may be determined from time to time, by the proper officers of the said university, and the same may be set forth in their by-laws and regulations: Provided, such by-laws and regulations are not inconsistent with this char ter. SEC. 3. The corporation hereby created, shall have power to purchase and hold, or to enter by pre-emption, or otherwise, or to receive by donation, any amount of real and personal property, and any quantity of land, not to exceed four sections, neceesary to the full execution of their trust; said property to be forever free from taxation of every kind, while devoted to the cause of education. |