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SEC. 5. That if any person or persons shall be desirous to in engage any new discovery of salt water on said Big Muddy ter on saline Reserve, it shall be the duty of said commissioner to autholands, & hold rize such person or persons to undertake the same, who, on same for ten making such discovery, shall be entitled, under the provisions

years.

use timber.

of this act, to all the use, benefit and profits of such discovery, in the manufactory of salt, free of charge or lease, for the term of ten years; at the end of which term, such person or persons making such discovery shall surrender to the State, all interest and concern in such manufactory of salt that the said State could rightfully be entitled to, except as hercinafter provided by law.

SEC. 6. All timber, or as much thereof as may be necessaLessees may ry, with such other privileges and immunities as may belong to said reserve, are hereby declared to be for the benefit of such lessee or lessces as may undertake the manufactory of sult, under the provisions of this act, or to any person or persons who may engage in the discovery of salt water.

State treasury

SEC. 7. Said commissioner shall pay over into the State Money shall Treasury, to be appropriated, according to law, all moneys be paid into that may be received by him, under the provisions of this act SEC. 8. Said commissioner shall receive, as a compensaCompensati'n tion for services actually performed, under the provisions of this act, not exceeding two dollars per day, for every day that he may actually be engaged in the performance of such servi ces, to be proved by competent and disinterested testimony, or by the certificate of said commissioner.

of comm'r.

Approved, February 26, 1841.

In force, Feb. 27, 1841.

An ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act relating to the Gallatin Salines, and the lands belonging to the same," approved January 26, A. D. 1836.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That William J. Gatewood, Commissioner of the county of Gallatin, is hereby appointed commissioner, appointed. for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment, as well as the provisions of such acts in relation to the Gallatin Salines as are still in force and unrepealed.

SEC. 2. Said commissioner shall proceed to sell the lands Duty of com'r belonging to said saline, either at public sale, by giving previous public notice of the same, or by private entry, if it be Reservation. more eligible, reserving, however, unsold, all salt water wells, with the saline lots belonging to them, as well [as] the common attached to said lots.

SEC. 3. Said commissioner is hereby vested with full power Comm'r may to demand, sue for and recover all money due the State for sue for rents. the rents or sales of said salines, or from commissioners or agents hereafter employed in relation to the same; and he is

hereby required to proceed to recover all debts due to the State, on account of said salines, for the purpose of making a final settlement of this matter.

SEC. 4. Said commissioner shall give bond, and be qualifi- Bond of com'r ed, and shall deposite moneys, in his hands, and report, as

provided by the ninth and tenth sections of the act to which

this is an amendment; and shall receive, as compensation for Compensation his services, ten per cent. upon all money deposited as afore- of com'.

said.

SEC. 5. The money paid into the treasury, as aforesaid,

by said commissioner, shall be appropriated, according to the provisions of the several acts now in force in relation to ap propriations heretofore made: Provided, however, That the Proviso. sum of five hundred dollars, appropriated to erect a bridge across the Kaskaskia river, at Shelbyville, by the act of Feb- Appropriati'n for bridge at ruary sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, Shelbyville. may be paid immediately, in lands, out of any of the unsold lands in said reservation, (except the lands herein reserved,) at the last established prices for said lands; to be selected by the commissioners of Shelby county, or the person who may hold the order of said commissioners, and being entitled to the same; and a patent shall issue for said lands to the holder thereof, his heirs and assigns; said commissioner receiving the order, and reporting the lands selected.

when office is vacant.

SEC. 6. If the commissioner herein mentioned shall die, Governor to resign or be removed, it shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint com'r appoint another, who shall discharge all the duties imposed by this law, exccute bond, qualify, and be entitled to such compensation as is provided by law. This act to take effect from and after its passage.

Approved, February 27, 1841.

An ACT to incorporate the Rock River Seminary, in Ogle county, Illinois.

In force, Feb. 18, 1841.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly. That John Clark, Leander S. Walker, Thomas S. Hitt, Jacob B. Crist, C. Burr Artz, Samuel M. Hitt, John Wallace, Nathaniel Swingley, Anthony Pitzer, and James S. Beatty, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of "The Rock River Seminary;" Name & style and henceforth shall be styled and known by that name; and

by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succes- To have persion. The number of trustees shall not exceed twelve, exclu- petual successive of the principal or presiding officer of the seminary, who shall ex-officio, be a member of the board of trustees.

sion.

SEC. 2. The object of said corporation shall be the promo- Object of semtion of the general interest of education, to qualify the youth inary.

of our country to engage in the several employments and pro

Corporate powers.

dies.

stitution.

fessions of society, and to discharge, honorably and usefully, the various duties of life.

SEC. 3. The corporate powers hereby bestowed shall be such only as are essential or useful in the attainment of said object, and such as are usually conferred on similar corporate bodies, viz: To have perpetual succession-to make contracts to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded-to grant and receive, by its corporate name, and to do all other acts, as natural persons may do-to accept, acquire, purchase or sell property, real, personal and mixed, in all lawful ways-to use, employ, moneys [manage] and dispose of all such property, and all money belonging to said corporation, in such manner as shall seem to the trustees best adapted to promote the objects before mentioned-to have a common seal, and to alter and change the same—to make such by-laws, for the regulation of the corporation, as are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States, and of this State.

SEC. 4. The trustees shall have authority, from time to Course of stu- time, to prescribe the course of study to be pursued in said seminary-to fix the rate of tuition, room rent and other semiOfficers of in-nary expenses-to appoint the principal of the institution, and such other professors and instructors, officers and agents, as may be needed in managing the concerns of the institutionto define their duties, powers and employments-to fix their compensations, and to displace and remove the principal or any of the professors, either of the instructors, officers or agents, as said trustees shall deem the interest of said seminary shall be required to fill all vacancies in the board of instructors and among the officers and agents-to erect suitable and necessary buildings-purchase books, and chemical, philosophical and other apparatus, and other suitable means of instruction-to put into operation, if the trustees deem it expedient, a system of manual labor, for the purpose of promoting the health of the students and lessening the expense of education-to make rules for the general management of the affairs of the seminary, and for the regulation of the conduct of the students.

Vacancies,

bow filled.

To purchase books, &c.

Manual labor system.

SEC. 5. The trustees shall faithfully apply all funds by Funds, how them collected, or hereafter collected, according to their best applied. judgment, in erecting suitable buildings-in supporting the necessary instructors, officers and agents-in purchasing books, maps, charts and globes, philosophical, chemical and other apparatus, necessary to aid in the promotion of sound learning in said institution.

Lands held in perpetuity.

Proviso.

SEC. 6. Any donation, devise or bequest, made for special purposes, in accordance with the objects of the institution, if the trustees shall accept the same, shall be faithfully and truly applied, in conformity with the express condition or conditions of the donor or devisor; the lands, tenements and hereditaments, to be held in perpetuity, in virtue of this act, shall not exceed one thousand acres: Provided, however, That grants, donations, or devises, in lands, which from time to time

shall be made to said corporation, may be held for the term of ten years, from the date of any such grant, donation or devise; at the end of which time the said lands, over and above the before named one thousand acres, shall be sold by the corporation; and in case of neglect to sell, said lands, so donated, When lands shall revert to the original donor or devisor, or to the lawful shall revert. heirs of the same.

SEC. 7. The treasurer and all other agents of the institu- Treasurer to tion, when required by the trustees, shall give bond, for the give bond. security of the corporation, in such penalty and such security as the board shall approve. And all process against said corporation shall be by summons, and service of the same shall be Process, how by leaving an attested copy with the treasurer, at least thirty days before the return day thereof.

served.

SEC. 8. In its different departments of instruction, the se- Persons may minary shall be open to all denominations; and the profession be expelled. of any religious faith shall not be required, in order to admission; but those students who are idle or vicious, or whose characters are immoral, may be dismissed from the institution.

SEC. 9. Said seminary shall be located in town twenty- Location of four north, range ten east of the fourth principal meridian, seminary. and on section twenty-seven, in Ogle county, Illinois. The trustees shall hold at least one meeting in each year, for bu- Annual meetsiness, and may appoint other stated meetings of the board; ing for busispecial meetings may at any time be held, by order of the pre- ness. sident or any three members of the board, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum, to do business; and it shall be law- Quorum. ful for the Rock River Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to appoint, annually, a board of visitors, consisting of six persons, who shall have power to sit with the board of trustees, at their annual meetings, and participate with them, ex-officio, as members of the board, in the appointment of the board of instruction and filling vacancies in the board of trustees, as provided for in the tenth section.

SEC. 10. The filling of vacancies in the board of trustees, Vacancies filand the appointment of a principal to the seminary, profes- led at annual sors and trustees, shall be made only at the annual meetings, meetings. as provided for in the ninth section of this act: Provided, That Proviso. the trustees may fill any vacancy in the board of instructors, or employ additional annual teachers, when necessary, until

the succeeding regular annual meetings.

SEC. 11. This act shall be in force from and after the time Evidence of at which the persons named in the first section of the act, or acceptance of a majority of two-thirds of them, as trustees of Rock River charter. Seminary, shall accept the same; and the evidence of said acceptance shall be a copy of the order of the board ordering this act to be spread upon their journals, certified by the president and secretary of the board.

Approved, February 18, 1841.

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In force, Feb. 25, 1841.

An ACT to incorporate the Le Roy Manual Labor University.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Reverend Charles Adams, Rev. Robert D. Taylor, Elisha Gillis, Stephen Conkling, Rev. David Edwards, Edgar Conkling, and David Gillis, of the State of Illinois, and those they may appoint as hereinafter expressed, and their successors in office, be, and are Name & style hereby created a body politic and corporate, to be styled and known by the name of the trustees of the "Le Roy Manual Labor University," and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession.

Location of
University

Object of corporation

No. of trustees

Vacancies,

how filled.

SEC. 2. Said University shall be, and remain in or within one-fourth of a mile of the town of Le Roy, county of McLean, and State of Illinois.

SEC. 3. The object of said corporation shall be the promotion of the general interests of education embracing preparatory, collegiate and professional studies.

SEC. 4. The number of trustees for said university shall not exceed fifteen, one of whom shall be president of the institution, and also of the board of trustees; for the present the above named individu.ls shall constitute the board of trustees who shall fill the remaining vacancies at their discretion.

Appointment SEC. 5. The trustees in order to have perpetual succession, of secretary. shall have power to fill any vacancy, which may occur in the board by death, resignation, removal, or any other cause. They shall also elect one of their own number to act as sccretary, who shall keep a faithful and correct record of all the proceedings of said trustees. They shall also elect one of their own number to act as treasurer of the institution, who shal!, before entering upon the duties of his office, give such bonds for the faithful performance of his duties as the trustees shall require. And all proceedings in law against said incorService of pro-poration shall be by summons; and service of the same shall be by leaving an attested copy with the treasurer of the institution at least thirty days before the return day thereof.

cess.

Annual meet

ing.

Quorum.

Officers, how elected.

SEC. 6. Said trustees shall meet annually or oftener if they think necessary, in the town of Le Roy, or at the university; a majority of the trustees for the time being shall be a quorum to do business. The president of the board of trustees shall have full power to call special meetings of said trustees, and it shall be his duty upon the request of three of them to do the same; but upon any called meetings ten days general notice shall be given by the president, previous to the meeting, and he shall preside over all the meetings of the board when present.

SEC. 7. The said trustees shall have the power from time to time of electing by ballot, all the officers, instructors, instructresses, managers and servants for said university, and shall be competent in law or equity to take to themselves and their successors in office, in their said corporate name, any estate,

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