Chap. 323.—An ACT modifying the Charter of Washington College.
Passed February 27, 1866.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the first
section of the act passed Anno Domini seventeen hundred
and eightystwo, entitled an act for incorporating the rector
and trustees of Liberty Hall academy, be amended and re-
enacted to read henceforth as follows:

Ҥ1. That Samuel McDowell Reid, Alfred Leyburn, Ho-
ratio Thompson, Benjamin M. Smith, Hugh Barclay, David
EK. Moore, John W. Brockenbrough, William Brown, Francis
T. Anderson, James Foote Johnson, William M. Tate, Bolivar
Christian, James D. Davidson, John McD. Alexander, Thomas
J. Kirkpatrick, William McLaughlin, William T. Poacue,
William A. Glasgow, William Henry Ruffner, and their suc-
cersors in office, for the better government of Washington
college, now located in Rockbridge county, Virginia, are
hereby continued and constituted a body politic and corpo-
rate, by the name of Washington College, Virginia; and by
that name, shall have perpetual succession, and a common
seal; may contract and be contracted with; sue and be sued;
may acquire, receive, hold, possess and enjoy, and may manage,
rent, sell, grant, convey, Invest, convert, or otherwise dispose
of, as may to them seem most conducive to the interests of
said college, all lands, tenements, goods, moneys and chattels
of any kind, which have been or may be given, or otherwise
acquired by and for the ase of the said college. The trus-
tees, as a board, shall have power to fill vacancies as they
occur in their own body; to select. a presiding oflicer there-
from, with the title of rector; and to elect a secretary and
treasurer of the corporation. They shall eleet. and for good
cause, may also remove from office, a president, professors,
tutors and other oflicers requisite to conduct the instruction
in the college course; and shall annually grant to such stu-
dents as in their opinion merit the same, diplomas or testi-
monials under the common seal, signed -by the president,
rector and at least three trustees, reciting the literary degree
granted, They shall prescribe a code of by-laws tor the
organization and detailed duties of the board of trustees, and
shall adopt and maintain a code of laws for the guidance and
government of the faculty and students; and the said code
shall be binding and lawtul, if in pursuance of the purposes
of this charter, and not Inconsistent with the laws of this
commonwealth. The trustees shall, through proper by-laws,
require of the treasurer elect bond and security, under penalty
conditioned for the faithful discharge of his office and the
satety of the college funds; and it shall be lawful for the
corporation to obtain a judgment for the amount thereof, or
for any special delinquencies or default Incurred by said
treasurer, on motion, upon ten days’ notice, in any court of
record in this commonwealth, against the treasurer and his
securities. The by-laws shall also prescribe proper oaths, or
attirmations, to be taken by each trustee, ofticer , president,

professor and tutor for the daithtul performance of his appro-
priate duty—and it shall be lawiful for the rector, as well as
any other person legally competent, to administer such oath
or aflirmation. Seven members of the board shall be re-
quisite to constitute a quorum tor the transaction of business,

but it shall require a majority of all the trustecs in oftice to
constitute a quorum for any disposition of the r al estate, for
the election of the ptesident, a protessor or trustee, for an
appropriation of a greater sum than two hundred dollars, or
to suspend, amend, adopt or abolish any by Jaw of the code
herein authorized.”

2. The second section of said act shall be amended and
re-enacted to read as follows:

“$2. That the rector, president, professors and tutors,
duly elected and bona fide acting as such im the said college,
and all students thereof, shall be exempt from milits ary duty.
All property belonging to Liberty Hall ac ademy is hereby
transferred to and vested in said cor poration.

3. The act passed January nineteenth, seventeen hundred
and ninety-eight, entitled an act to repeal the act entitled an
act for erecting Liberty Hall academy into a college, passed
December twenty-tirst, seventeen hundred and ninety-six,
and also the act passed January second, eighteen hundred
and thirteen, entitled an act changing the name of the
Washington academy. and of the rector ther eof, shall be and
the same are hereby ‘each and both repented:

4. This act shall he in force from and after its acceptance
by a majority of said trustees. in general meeting assembled.

Chap. 323.—An ACT modifying the Charter of Washington College.
Passed February 27, 1866.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the first
section of the act passed Anno Domini seventeen hundred
and eightystwo, entitled an act for incorporating the rector
and trustees of Liberty Hall academy, be amended and re-
enacted to read henceforth as follows:

Ҥ1. That Samuel McDowell Reid, Alfred Leyburn, Ho-
ratio Thompson, Benjamin M. Smith, Hugh Barclay, David
EK. Moore, John W. Brockenbrough, William Brown, Francis
T. Anderson, James Foote Johnson, William M. Tate, Bolivar
Christian, James D. Davidson, John McD. Alexander, Thomas
J. Kirkpatrick, William McLaughlin, William T. Poacue,
William A. Glasgow, William Henry Ruffner, and their suc-
cersors in office, for the better government of Washington
college, now located in Rockbridge county, Virginia, are
hereby continued and constituted a body politic and corpo-
rate, by the name of Washington College, Virginia; and by
that name, shall have perpetual succession, and a common
seal; may contract and be contracted with; sue and be sued;
may acquire, receive, hold, possess and enjoy, and may manage,
rent, sell, grant, convey, Invest, convert, or otherwise dispose
of, as may to them seem most conducive to the interests of
said college, all lands, tenements, goods, moneys and chattels
of any kind, which have been or may be given, or otherwise
acquired by and for the ase of the said college. The trus-
tees, as a board, shall have power to fill vacancies as they
occur in their own body; to select. a presiding oflicer there-
from, with the title of rector; and to elect a secretary and
treasurer of the corporation. They shall eleet. and for good
cause, may also remove from office, a president, professors,
tutors and other oflicers requisite to conduct the instruction
in the college course; and shall annually grant to such stu-
dents as in their opinion merit the same, diplomas or testi-
monials under the common seal, signed -by the president,
rector and at least three trustees, reciting the literary degree
granted, They shall prescribe a code of by-laws tor the
organization and detailed duties of the board of trustees, and
shall adopt and maintain a code of laws for the guidance and
government of the faculty and students; and the said code
shall be binding and lawtul, if in pursuance of the purposes
of this charter, and not Inconsistent with the laws of this
commonwealth. The trustees shall, through proper by-laws,
require of the treasurer elect bond and security, under penalty
conditioned for the faithful discharge of his office and the
satety of the college funds; and it shall be lawful for the
corporation to obtain a judgment for the amount thereof, or
for any special delinquencies or default Incurred by said
treasurer, on motion, upon ten days’ notice, in any court of
record in this commonwealth, against the treasurer and his
securities. The by-laws shall also prescribe proper oaths, or
attirmations, to be taken by each trustee, ofticer , president,

professor and tutor for the daithtul performance of his appro-
priate duty—and it shall be lawiful for the rector, as well as
any other person legally competent, to administer such oath
or aflirmation. Seven members of the board shall be re-
quisite to constitute a quorum tor the transaction of business,

but it shall require a majority of all the trustecs in oftice to
constitute a quorum for any disposition of the r al estate, for
the election of the ptesident, a protessor or trustee, for an
appropriation of a greater sum than two hundred dollars, or
to suspend, amend, adopt or abolish any by Jaw of the code
herein authorized.”

2. The second section of said act shall be amended and
re-enacted to read as follows:

“$2. That the rector, president, professors and tutors,
duly elected and bona fide acting as such im the said college,
and all students thereof, shall be exempt from milits ary duty.
All property belonging to Liberty Hall ac ademy is hereby
transferred to and vested in said cor poration.

3. The act passed January nineteenth, seventeen hundred
and ninety-eight, entitled an act to repeal the act entitled an
act for erecting Liberty Hall academy into a college, passed
December twenty-tirst, seventeen hundred and ninety-six,
and also the act passed January second, eighteen hundred
and thirteen, entitled an act changing the name of the
Washington academy. and of the rector ther eof, shall be and
the same are hereby ‘each and both repented:

4. This act shall he in force from and after its acceptance
by a majority of said trustees. in general meeting assembled.