Chap. 72.—An ACT to incorporate The Hamilton Institute.
Approved February 2, 1875.

1. Be it enacted by tho general assembly, That John M.
Hamilton, Joel Kaylor, Thomas P. Hendricks, John Jett,
Senior, Enos B. Hilton, William E. Sutton, John W. Worley,
Joel H. Fleenor, William B. Aston, H. B. Clay, E. M. Camp-
bell, Cornelius Harlan, and Doctor Spurgeon, their associates
and successors, be and they are hereby incorporated for the
purposes of education, by the name and style of The Hamil-
ton Institute, in Kinderhook township, Washington county ;
by which name they shall have perpetual succession and a
common seal, may sue and be sued, implead and be im-
pleaded, and purchase, take, and hold lands, goods, and chat-
tels: provided, that the amount or value of property to be
held by said institute shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars.
2. The meinbers of the institute above incorporated (any
five of whom shall! constitute a quorum) shall have power to
make such by-laws, rules, and regulations, not contrary to
the laws of this state and of the United States, as they may
deem proper for the good of the institute; to appoint and
remove officers and teachers; and:in connection with the
principal and teachers of the institute, to confer such certifi-
cates of proficiency and distinction as they may deem best
calculatedto promote the cause of education.

3. The persons named in the first section of this chapter
shall constitute the first board of trustees.

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