Chap. 331.—An ACT to Incorporate the St. John’s Roman Catholic Col-
lege, in the City of Norfolk.

Approved July 11, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That John McGill,
James Gibbons, Mathew O’Keefe, Thomas Mulvey, and John
Doherty, and others, their associates and successors, be and
they are hereby constituted, as trustees, a body politic and cor-
porate by the name and style of The St. John’s Roman Catholic
College, for the purpose of maintaining in the city of Norfolk
a college or institution of learning; that they shall have per-
petual succession, and a common seal, which they may alter or
renew at their pleasure, and may sue and be sued, plead and be
impleaded with power to purchase, receive and hold, to them
and their successors forever, any estate, real or personal, which
may be purchased by or devised or given to them for the use of
the said college; and to lease, sell, rent, or otherwise dispose of
the same in such manner as shall seem most conducive to the
advantage of the said college: provided, that not less than a
majority of the trustees, for the time being, shall be sufficient
to authorize the sale of any real estate belonging to the said
college: provided, that the said college shall not take or hold,
at any one time, more than ten acres of land in the said city of
Norfolk, nor more than two hundred acres out of said city.

2. The said trustees and their successors shall have power to
elect and employ a treasurer and such other officers and agents
as they may deem proper; to elect and employ such president,
professors, instructors and teachers as they may deem neces-
sary to promote the welfare and prosperity of the said college;
to make, ordain, establish and execute, from time to time, such
by-laws, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the con-
stitution and laws of this state, as they may deem necessary
for the good government of the said college; and, generally
to do all acts necessary and proper for the interest and advan-
tage of the said college. Three of the trustees shall constitute
a board for the transaction of business; and the said trustees
may at any time, if they shall think proper, enlarge their num-
ber to fifteen, by electing additional trustees, and also fill any
vacancy which may occur in their body by death, resignation,
removal, or other disability; they shall also have power, from
time to time, to ordain, regulate, and establish the mode and
course of instraction and education to be pursued in said
college.

3. The president, professors, teachers, and instructors in
said college, shall be styled the faculty of the St. John’s Ro-
man Catholic college, and are hereby empowered to enforce
such rules and regulations as may be deemed expedient and
adopted for the good government of the college, which are.
not inconsistent with the laws of this state.” The said faculty
are hereby authorized to confer such degrees as they may deem
proper on such persons as may merit the same, in as ample a
manner as any college in the commonwealth, and, under the
common seal of the college, grant diplomas as testimonials
thereof, signed by the said faculty.

4. The treasurer shall be elected for such term of office as
the trustees may prescribe. He shall receive afl moneys ac-
cruing to the said college and properly delivered to his care,
and shall pay or deliver the same to the order of the board of
trustees. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, he
shall give bond, with such security and in such penalty as the
board may direct, made payable to the said corporation, and
conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his
office, under such rules and regulations as the board of trustees
may adopt; and it shall be lawful for the said corporation to
obtain a judgment for the amount thereof, or any special de-
linquency incurred by said treasurer, on motion or by suit, in
any court of record in this commonwealth having jurisdiction,
against the said treasurer and his securities, his or their per-
sonal representatives.

5. The stock of the said college shall be deemed personal
estate, and as such shall pass to the personal representative or
assignee of a stockholder.

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