the Board of Instruction, in regard to the government and instruction in said College, be enforced.

Duties of

Sec. 10. The Secretary of said Board of Instruction shall secretary. record all the proceedings of said Board, and all regulations and by-laws for the government of said College, and shall publish the same, and furnish a copy thereof to the Governor of this State, to each member of the Board of Education, to the County Clerk of each county, and to the Clerk of each organized township in this State. He shall also keep a full record of all improvements and experiments made on said lands, their cost and results. He shall also keep a careful account with each field, in connection with a plan of the farming lands or farm, exhibiting the position of each, in which shall be shown the manner and cost of preparing the ground, the kind of crop, time of planting or sowing, the after condition, the time and manner of harvesting, the labor devoted to each process, and its cost price, with the cost of preparing the matured crop for market, and the price for which it was sold, and of such other matters as the Board of Education and of Instruction, or either of them, may require of him; and he shall furnish a copy thereof at the end of each term to the President of the Board of Education; and the said record shall, at all reasonable hours, be open to the inspection of any citizen of this State.

treasurer.

Sec. 11. The Treasurer shall receive and keep all moneys Duties of arising from the sale of products of the farm, and from fines and penalties that may be imposed; and shall give bonds in such sum as the Board of Education may require. He shall pay over all moneys upon the warrant of the Presi dent, countersigned by the Secretary, on account of such contingent expenses of the Institution as may arise. He shall render annually, in the month of December, to the Board of Education, and as often as required by said Board, a_full and true account of all moneys received and disbursed by him; stating for what received and paid, and

Visitors to be appointed.

shall produce vouchers for such payment. The surplus money, if any remain in his hands at the time of rendering such account, shall, if required by said Board, be paid over to the State Treasurer, to be placed to the credit of said institution."

Sec. 12. After said College shall have commenced its first term, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall ap Their duties. point Visitors for the same, who shall perform the like duties required of such Visitors by law, in reference to the State Normal School.

"INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING."

An Act to Provide for the Incorporation of Institutions of Learning.

[Compiled Laws, p. 564.]

incorpora

association,

Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That any number of persons not less than five, may become How may be a Corporation for the purpose of founding and establishing ted. a College, Seminary, Academy, or other Institution of Learning, by complying with the provisions of this Act. When stock, legacies, bequests or donations, to the amount of thirty thousand dollars for any such College, or five thousand dollars for any such Seminary, Academy, or other Institution of Learning, so intended to be founded and estab lished, shall be in good faith subscribed or given, and twenty per cent. thereon actually paid in, as herein required, such persons may elect Trustees for such College, Seminary, Academy, or other Institution of Learning; and thereupon said Trustees shall severally subscribe Articles of articles of association, in which shall be set forth the name, what to set character and object of the Corporation, the amount of where to be capital stock so subscribed, bequeathed, donated or given, and the amount paid in; the names and place of residence of the Trustees; the length of time they shall continue in office, not to exceed thirty years; the manner in which their successors shall be elected, who shall not be less than five, nor more than thirty-five, and the place where such College or other Institution is to be located. Said articles of association, when subscribed as aforesaid, may be filed in the office of the Secretary of State; but such articles shall not be so filed until there is annexed thereto an affidavit, made by at least three of such Trustees, that the amount of stock required by this section has been in good

filed.

faith subscribed, and that twenty per cent. thereon has been paid in; and thereupon the persons who have subscribed said articles, with such other persons as may from time to time become donors to such Institution, or if said Powers of articles of association so declare, the Trustees elected as corporation. herein provided, shall be a body corporate and politic, capable of suing and being sued, and may have a common seal, which they may make and alter at pleasure, and be capable in law of receiving by gift, subscription, bequest, will, donation or devise, and of purchasing, holding and conveying any real estate or personal property whatever, for the purpose of founding, establishing and conducting any such College, Seminary, Academy, or other Institution of Learning.

Certified copy of Arti

davit made evidence.

Sec. 2. A copy of any such articles of association filed ales and affi in pursuance of this Act, with a copy of the affidavit annexed thereto, and certified by the Secretary of State to be a copy, shall, in all Courts and places, be presumptive evidence of the incorporation of such Institution, and of all the facts therein stated.

Additional powers of

Sec. 3. The Trustees of any College or Seminary incorpoCollege or rated under the provisions of this Act, besides the general tedder powers and privileges of a Corporation, shall have power: 1. To elect their own chairman or clerk;

Seminary incorpora

this Act.

2. Upon the death, resignation, or other vacancy in the office of any Trustee, to elect another in his place;

3. To declare vacant the seat of any Trustee who shall absent himself from five successive meetings of the Board;

4. To take and hold, by gift, grant, or devise, any real or personal property, the annual income or revenue of which shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars;

5. To sell, mortgage, let, or otherwse use such property, in such manner as they shall deem most conducive to the educational interests of such Corporation;

6. To direct and prescribe the course of study and discipline to be observed in the College, Seminary or Acad

emy: Provided, That no religious test whatever shall be required of any pupil in such Institution;

7. To appoint a President, Professors, Tutors, and such other officers and agents as they may deem necessary, who shall hold their offices during the pleasure of the Trustees;

8. To grant such literary honors as are usually granted by any such College, or similar Institutions in the United States, and in testimony thereof to give suitable Diplomas, under their seal, and the signatures of such officers of the Institution as they may deem expedient: Provided, That the course of study pursued in such College be, in all respects, as thorough and comprehensive as is usually pursued in similar Institutions in the United States;

9. To ascertain and fix the salaries of the President, Professors, and other officers and agents;

ploma.

10. And to make all ordinances and by-laws necessary and proper to carry into effect the foregoing powers. Sec. 4. Every Diploma granted by such Trustees, shall Effect of Dientitle the possessor to all the immunities which, by usage or statute, are allowed to possessors of similar Diplomas granted by any similar Institution in the United States.

powers of

Sec. 5. The Trustees of any Academy incorporated under Additional the provisions of this Act, besides the general powers and Trustees of privileges of a Corporation, shall have power:

Academy in. corporated under this

1. To take and hold, by gift, grant, subscription, bequest, Act. or devise, any property, personal or real, the annual income or revenue of which shall not exceed four thousand dollars; 2. To sell, mortgage, let, or otherwise use and dispose

of such property for the benefit of such Academy;

3. To direct and prescribe the course of study and discipline in such Academy;

4. To appoint a Treasurer, Clerk, Principal, and such other officers and agents as they shall deem necessary, who shall hold their offices during the pleasure of the Trustees;

5. To ascertain and fix the salaries of all the officers of the Academy;