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Laws of the State of Texas.
759
CHAPTER CCLXXXIX.
An Act to incorporate Davilla Institute, in the County of
Milam.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Texas, That George W. Baines, S. M. Anderson, A. E.
Vandivere, J. W. McCullough, S. D. Kendall, J. W. Carroll,
G. R. Smith, H. Chamberlain and T. A. Upshaw, be
and they are hereby incorporated a body politic, under the
name and style of Davilla Institute; capable in law of suing
and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded; of holding
property, real, personal and mixed; of selling and conveying
the same at pleasure; and of doing and performing whatever
else that may be proper and necessary to be done, for
the advancement of said institution, not contrary to the
Constitution and laws of this State.
Sec. 2. That this charter and privilege shall extend to
said trustees and their successors in office so long as they
confine the benefit of the same to the advancement of the
sciences and arts, and the promotion of useful knowledge,
and no person shall be rejected on account of religion or
politics.
Sec. 3. That the trustees and faculty of said institution
shall have full power to grant and confer any degree
in the arts and sciences, to any of the students of said
institution, or any other person or persons by them deemed
worthy, as are usually granted and conferred in other institutions
and colleges, and to give diplomas, or memorials
thereof, signed by the faculty of said institution, and
by the president and secretary of said board of trustees,
and sealed by the common seal of said institution, to authenticate
and perpetuate the memory of such graduations.
Sec. 4. That whenever any vacancy shall occur in the
board of trustees, either by death, resignation or otherwise,
such vacancy shall be filled by a majority of the remaining
trustees, until the next annual election.
Sec. 5. That the names incorporated in the first section
of this act shall constitute a board of trustees for
twelve months.
Sec. 6. That the trustees of said institution shall have
power to appoint honorary members to their number, and(1459)
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