Chap. 171.—An ACT to Amend the Charter of Randolph Macon
College.

Approved April 9, 1874.

- 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the sixth
and fourteenth sections of an act entitled an act amendin
and re-enacting an act to incorporate the trustees of Randolp
Macon college, passed February third, eighteen hundred and
thirty, and ratifying the removal of said college from Boydton
to Ashland, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Ҥ 6. That the said trustees, or any seven of them, shall

- have full power and authority to meet at such times and
places as they shall think necessary, for the examination of
any candidates for literary degrees, and they are hereby au-
thorized and empowered to confer such degrees on such per-
sons as in their opinion shall merit the same, in as ample a
manner as any other college of this commonwealth can do,
and under their common seal to grant testimonials thereof,
signed by the president of the faculty of the institution and
by seven of the trustees at least. Seven trustees shall, at
any time, form a quorum for business; and should there be,
at any meeting, less than seven, they shall have the power
of adjourning from day to day, or to any future day, until a

‘quorum shall be had.”

Ҥ 14. That the said board of trustees shall never be less
than twenty-four nor more than forty-four, one of whom
shall be elected by the board president thereof: provided,
also, that no member of the faculty or board of instruction

, in the college, shall be a member of the board of trustees.”

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

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