CHARTER 
 
 1865. 
 

 THE CHARTER 
 
 OF 
 
 MADISON UNIVERSITY. 
 
 AN AOT TO INOOEPORATE MADISON UNIVERSITY. 
 
 PASSED MARCH 26, 1846, BY A TWO-THIBD VOTE. 
 
 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate arui Assembly, 
 do enact as follows : 
 
 1. Friend Humphrey, Seneca B. Burchard, William Colgate and their 
 associates are hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name of 
 ' ' The Madison University, " for the purpose of promoting literature 
 and science. The said corporation shall have perpetual succession, 
 with power to sue and be sued ; to make and use a common seal, and 
 alter the same at pleasure ; to hold real and personal property ; but it 
 shall not at any one time, own real estate yielding an annual income ex- 
 ceeding ten thousand dollars. The location of the said University, 
 shall be at the village of Hamilton, in the County of Madison. 
 
 2. Friend Humphrey, Seneca B. Burchard, William Colgate, William 
 L. Marcy, Palmer Townseud, William Cobb, Ira Harris, Henry Tower, 
 Nathaniel Kendrick, Alvah Pierce, Bartholomew T. Welch, Edward 
 Bright, Jr., William K. Williams, Robert Kelley, Harvey Edwards, 
 Charles Walker, Smith Sheldon, Joseph Caldwell, John Munro, John 
 N. Wilder, George Curtiss, Elisha Tucker, Pharcellus Church, James 
 Edmunds, Joseph Trevor, Amos Graves, and Alonzo Wheelock, are 
 hereby appointed Trustees of the said corporation, with power to fill 
 any vacancy in their Board ; of whom nine members shall constitute a 
 quorum for the transaction of business. 
 
 3. The said Board of Trustees shall appoint the professors, and such 
 other instructors as they may deem necessary, subject to removal by a 
 majority of the votes of all the members constituting the Board. 
 
THE CHAKTEK OF MADISON UNIVEESITT. , ^ /< r 
 
 
 4. The said University may grant to students nnder its charge, diplo- 
 mas or honorary testimonials, in such form as it may designate. It 
 may also confer such literary honors, degrees and diplomas as are usu- 
 ally granted by any University, College, or Seminary of learning in the 
 United States. 
 
 5. Diplomas granted by the University, shall entitle the possessors 
 to the immunities and privileges, allowed by usage or statute, to the 
 possessors of like diplomas from any college or seminary of learning 
 in the State. 
 
 6. No diploma shall be conferred by the University, but in conformi- 
 ty with the laws of the State, in force at the time of conferring the 
 same. 
 
 7. The said University shall be subject to the visitation of the Ee- 
 gents of the University of this State, in the same manner, and to the 
 same extent, as the various colleges in this State. 
 
 8. The Corporation hereby created, shall possess the powers, and be 
 subject to the provisions of the third title eighteenth chapter of the 
 first part of the revised statutes, so far as the same are applicable and 
 have not been repealed. 
 
 9. The Baptist Education Society of the State of New York is hereby 
 authorized to make such arrangement with the said University, for the 
 transfer of the ]property of the said Society, or any part thereof, either 
 absolutely or conditionally to the said University, as the said Society 
 shall deem proper. 
 
 10. The Legislature may at any time alter, or repeal this act. 
 
 State of New Yobk : In Assembly, March 17, 1846. This bill hav- 
 ing been read the third time, and two-thirds of all the members elected 
 to the Assembly voting in favor thereof : Eesolved, that the bill do pass. 
 By order of the Assembly, 
 
 AVm. C, Ckain, Speaker. 
 
 State op New Yoek : In Senate, March 25, 1846. This bill having 
 been read the third time, two-thirds of all the members elected to the 
 Senate voting in favor thereof : Eesolved, that the bill do pass. 
 By order of the Senate, 
 
 A. Gaedinee, President 
 
 Approved, this 26 ih day of March, 1846. 
 
 Silas Weight. 
 
THE CHAKTEK OF MADISON UNIVEESITY. 
 
 State op New York : Secretary's Office. I have compared the 
 preceding with an original law on file in this office, and do certify that 
 the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said 
 original. 
 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of this' office at 
 
 the city of Albany, the 7th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1846. 
 Arch'd Campbell, Bep. Sec. of State. 
 
 At the annual mi etmg of the Education Society, Aug. 18, 1846, Hon- 
 Ira Harris, of Albany, offered the following resolution, which was 
 unanimously adopted : 
 
 Resolved, That this Society approve of the recent successful effort 
 made by their Board of Trustees, to procure from the State Legislature 
 an Act of Incorporation for Madison University, and also the subse- 
 quent arrangement entered into with the Board of the University, 
 whereby the said charter has been made available to the Literary. De- 
 partment of the Hamilton Institution. 
 
 Tlie I5-«ix-st OoiDa.:pa.ot. 
 
 The following Terms of Arrangement were agreed upon in joint con- 
 ference of the two Boards, adopted by each Board June 9th, 1847, and 
 ratified by the Education Society, August 18th, 1847 : 
 
 Resolved, That this Conference recommend to the Board of the Edu- 
 cation Society and to the Board of the University, such terms of arrange- 
 ment as shall preserve under the charge of one faculty, the several de- 
 partments ; and that shall at the same time, secure to the Education 
 Board the control of the Theological Instruction. 
 
 Resolved, That we suggest the following as the outline of such ar- 
 rangement : 
 
 1. That to the appointment of the Theological Professors, the act of 
 the Education Board shall be sufficient ; but to the removal of such 
 Professors, the joint action of both Boards shall be requisite. 
 
 2. That to the Education Society shall be reserved the exclusive con- 
 trol of any endowments for Theological Professorships, and to the Board 
 of the University the exclusive control of any endowments for Literary 
 Professorships. 
 
 3. The Education Society to grant to the University the use of their 
 property, [a schedule of which is attached,] to be employed for pur- 
 poses of instruction. The Education Society to have the power of re- 
 
THE CHAETEB OF MADISON XJNIVEESITY. 
 
 claiming the property thus granted, after two years notice given of 
 their purpose, and with the reasons assigned therefor, in such notice. 
 
 4. The University shall sustain on the premises an Institution, in 
 which Candidates for the Christian Ministry may receive suitable in- 
 struction. The Education Board to have the privilege of rooms free of 
 rent, for all their Beneficiaries, among such candidates, paying however 
 for such Beneficiaries the regular charges for tuition, and sending none 
 of the Beneficiaries to any other Institution. 
 
 5. The University shall sustain the whole expense of instruction both 
 in the Literary and Theological departments, receiving however, from 
 the Education Society the income of their endowments for theological 
 education ; such endowments to include the existing permanent funds 
 for the support of Professorships, (and any funds hereafter to be col- 
 lected, for the support of Theological Professorships,) as also the lega- 
 cy oi, John Fleetwood Maksh. 
 
 6. The University Board is to make earnest and extended efforts for 
 the collection of an endowment sufficiently large, to exempt from the ne- 
 cessity of continued appeals to the Churches, but never so increased as 
 to foster inaction in the Faculty, or independence of the Churches. 
 The sum at present contemplated to be ffty thousand dollars, of which 
 twenty-five thousand dollars, shall be invested by the Education Society, 
 with the advice of the University Board,, for the endowment of 
 Theological Professorships. The remaining twenty-Jive thousand to be 
 invested by the University, the proceeds to be applied to the support of 
 literary and scientific instruction. 
 
 The Conference farther resolved : 
 
 1. That these arrangements take effect Sept. 1st, 1847. 
 
 2. That the cities of New York, Brooklyn, Williamsburg, and Alba- 
 ny, be surrendered to the Board of Madison University, for the collec- 
 tion of the current expenses of said Board, for two years from the fii-st 
 of September next. 
 
 3. That no new Professorship shall be constituted by the Board of 
 the Education Society, without the consent of the University Board. 
 
 The Education Society, August ISth, 1847, made the following amend- 
 ment to the first Article, and the same was adopted by the University 
 Board : 
 
 " That the Board of the University shall appoint such Professors in 
 the Theological Department as may be nominated by the Baptist Edu- 
 cation Society of the State of New York, and shall also remove such 
 Professors in that Department, as that Society may direct." 
 
THE CHARTER OF MADISON UNIVEBSITY. 
 
 Tlxe &eci<Di:x<5. Ooiio.-pa^ct. 
 
 The following Articles of Agreement were recommended in joint con- 
 ference of both Boards, and adopted by each Board separately, Feb. 
 9th, 1853 : 
 
 1. The Institution consists of a Theological Seminary, a University 
 proper, and an Academic Department, organized under one Faculty, 
 with one Code of Laws, the maintenance and general management of 
 which, until otherwise directed by the Education Society, are in the 
 hands of the Board of Madison University. 
 
 2. The power to make laws for the general regulation and discipline 
 of the School in all its Departments, resides with the Board of Madi- 
 son University ; but to prescribe the course of study in the Theological 
 Seminary, including the text-books, belongs to the Board of the Edu- 
 cation Society. While the President shall direct in the government and 
 discipline of the University proper and Academic Department, the sen- 
 ior Theological Professor and the President shall be associated as Peers 
 in the government and discipline of the Theological Seminary ; but 
 cases of suspension and expulsion shall be referred to the whole Faculty. 
 
 3. The Laws to be given by the University Board, as a guide to the 
 _ Faculty in governing the School, shall fully recognize the prerogatives 
 
 of each Professor, in his respective Department. 
 
 4. The University having been created by the Education Society, 
 through the State Legislature, to carry out its design in reference to 
 Education, is bound to frame all its laws, and conduct all its operations 
 in harmony with the terms of compact existing between it and the Ed- 
 ucation Society. 
 
OF THE 
 
 CORPORATION OF MADISON UNIVERSITY. 
 
 Abt. I. The Stated Meetings of the Board shall be on the Monday next 
 preceding Commencement Day, at 3 o'clock p. m. Special Meetings may 
 be called by the President or any five Trustees. Notice of such call, 
 stating the object of such meeting, shall be given by the Secretary to 
 each member of the Board, not less than fifteen days before the meet- 
 ing, and no other business than that named in the notice of such Spe- 
 cial meeting, shall be done without the consent of two-thirds of the 
 members present. 
 
 Abt. n. The Officers of the Board shall be a President, Secretary, and 
 Treasurer, to be elected annually by ballot at the Stated meetings — the 
 election to take place after, the reading of the minutes — but in case of 
 failure to elect, the officers of the preceding yeat shall continue until 
 superceded by an election. 
 
 Art. m. The President, or in his absence a President pro tem. , shall 
 preside at each meeting ; decide points of order subject to appeal to the 
 Board ; appoint all Committees unless otherwise directed ; and see that 
 the business of the Board is not impeded by conversation. 
 
 Art. rv. The Secretary shall keep in a book a faithful record of the 
 transactions of the Board, with the names of members present at each 
 meeting ; shall attest the orders on the Treasurer directed by the Board; 
 shaU give due notice of each meeting ; shall preserve on file ail papers, 
 documents and reports of the Board ; and when he shaU leave the of- 
 fice, he shall deliver to the Board or his successor, all books, papers, or 
 documents belonging to the Board. 
 
 Abt. v. The Treasurer shall give sufficient bonds for theffaithful dis- 
 charge of his duties. He shall receive all monies paid into the Treas- 
 ury, and rightly appropriate the same. He shall coUect interest and 
 other dues. He is especially authorized to collect interest on all United 
 States Stocks, and State Stocks, and on other registered Stocks or 
 
BY-LAWS OF THE COBPOKATION OF MADISON UNIVEESITY. 7 
 
 Bonds, with power to appoint a substitute. He shall pay all orders of 
 the Board signed by the Secretary, shall keep an accurate account under 
 proper heads, of all Receipts and Disbursements, and make to the 
 Board an annual Report of Receipts and Expenditures, and of the con- 
 dition of all the Funds. When he leaves office he shall deliver to his 
 successor, or to the Board, all funds, books and papers that belong to 
 the office. 
 
 Abt. VI. A Provisional Committee of five members shall be appointed, 
 three of whom shall be a quorum, clothed with such powers as the 
 Board shall define. But any action of this Committee shall require 
 confirmation at the next meeting of the Board, unless otherwise ordered. 
 
 Abt . VII. All motions except for adjournment shall be made in wri- 
 ting, if required, and if seconded shall be stated by the President pre- 
 vious to discussion, and if not amended, may, by the leave of the 
 Board, be withdra\vn by the Mover or Seconder, any time prior to final 
 decision. Any member may call for a division of the question when it 
 is susceptible thereof. 
 
 Abt. VIII. The Board shall annually appoint, at its Stated Meeting 
 in August, a Librarian and a Library Committee of two members, a 
 Steward and Janitor, Patron, and College Inspector, whose duties may 
 be severally specified in the Laws of Madison University. 
 
 Aet. IX. Whenever a member wishes to speak or debate, he shall 
 arise and address the Chair, and no interruption shall be permitted un- 
 less by a call to order, or by consent of the speaker. No member shall 
 speak more than twice on the* same subject, nor more than 15 minutes 
 at once, unless by special permission of the Board. 
 
 Aet. X. Motions acted on and negatived shall not be recorded, unless 
 directed by the Board. 
 
 Abt. XI. On the call of any two members the yeas and nays shall be 
 taken on any matter before the Board and recorded, with the vote of 
 each member opposite his name. 
 
 Aet. XII. Unless a member is speaking or the Board voting, a mo- 
 tion to adjourn shall always be in order, and decided without debate. 
 
 Aet. xin'. A motion to lay on the table shall be decided without de- 
 bate, and the subject shalj not be called up again for action until an ad- 
 joTirnment has intervened, unless by unanimous consent. 
 
 Abt xrv. No member in attendance shall withdraw from the meet- 
 ing, but by permission of the Chair ; nor from the business of the ses- 
 sion, nor from voting on any question, unless excused by the Board. 
 
a BY-LAWS OF THE GOEPOEATION OF MADISON UNIVEESITY. 
 
 Akt. XV. The minutes of each day's proceedings shall be read at the 
 next day's session, and the whole of the minutes shall be read before 
 the final adjournment. 
 
 Aet. XVI. Though in the transaction of ordinary business, the char- 
 ter quorum is to be deemed competent, yet in the election of President 
 and Professors, and in the removal of the same, and in fixing their sal- 
 aries, and in altering the By-Laws, the consent of the majority of the 
 whole Board shall be requisite. 
 
 Aet. xvn. Every meeting of the Board shall be opened and closed 
 with Prayer. 
 
 Aet. XVIII. No alteration of these By-Laws shall be made but at a 
 regular Stated Meeting of the Board. 
 
 ORDER OF BUSINESS„ 
 
 1. Call of the EoU. 
 
 2. Prayer. 
 
 3. Reading and adopting the Minutes. 
 
 4. Report of the Provisional Committee, 
 
 5. Report of the Treasurer. 
 
 6. Annual Report of the Faculty. 
 
 7. Report of Agents or Superintendents. 
 
 8. Report of Committees. 
 
 9. Unfinished Business. 
 
 10. New Business, 
 
 11, Prayer. 
 
OF 
 
 MADISON UNIVERSITY. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 <3-eziera,l Org-a^nlza^tlon. 
 
 § 1. The Institution known as Madison University consists of a 
 Theological Seminary, a College and a Grammar School, organized 
 under one Faculty. 
 
 § 2. The government and discipline of the Theological Seminary is 
 intrusted to the Theological officers constituting a Faculty of Instruc- 
 tion, amenable to the Board of the Education Society ; except that the 
 admission of students to the Seminary upon the recommendation of 
 the Theological officers, and the dismission, suspension and expulsion 
 of students, shall be subject to the vote of the whole Faculty. 
 
 § 3. The government and discipline of the College is committed to 
 the President and Faculty. The Faculty are to appoint standing com- 
 mittees. 
 
 § 4. The government and discipline of the Grammar School is com- 
 mitted to the Principal under the general direction of the Faculty. 
 
 § 5. The University Laws define the duties and prerogatives of the 
 President and Faculty, and the duties and relations of the Students. 
 The By-Laws of the Faculty define the duties and relations of the 
 Standing Committes. 
 
 § 6. The Laws and Regulations, so far as applicable, and especially 
 in regard to the opening and closing of Terms, the deportment of Stu- 
 dents, the occupancy of Rooms, and attendance on Church and Chapel, 
 extend alike to the Seminary, College and Grammar School. 
 
LAWS OF MADISON UNITEKSITY. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 OlJ-ZTiCULlUL lOCL -, 
 
 § 1. The Theological Seminary shall have a Course of Study of two 
 years, with provision for Students taking a partial course, and for 
 Resident Graduates. 
 
 § 2. The College shall have a course of Classical and Scientific Study 
 of four years, with provision for resident graduates, and a Literary and 
 Scientific Course of three years with provision for University Students. 
 
 § 3. The Grammar School shall have a Course of Study of two years, 
 with provision for Students in English. 
 
 § i. The details of the Course of Study entire are to be published in 
 the annual Catalogue. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 TERMS, AND VACATIONS. 
 
 § 1. There shall be annually a Junior Exhibition, a Univeesity 
 Commencement, and an Anniveesaby of the Theological Seminary. 
 The JuniorEshibition shall take place on the fii-st Wednesday after New 
 Year ; the University Commencement on the first Wednesday in Au- 
 gust, and the Anniversary of the Theological Seminary on the day 
 preceding the University Commencement. 
 
 § 2. At the Junior Exhibition, members of the Junior Collegiate Class, 
 elected by the Literary Societies to which they respectively belong, are 
 to pronounce Orations ; at the Commencement, and the Theological 
 Anniversary, the speakers are to be appointed by the Faculty. 
 
 § 3. No student shall be permitted to appear on any of these public 
 occasions, unless his composition be presented for correction, at least 
 two weeks before hand ; and if any student fail to perfoim the part 
 assigned him, or if he shall exhibit any thing not allowed by the proper 
 officer, if a member of the Junior Class, he may be dismissed, or if of 
 the Senior Class or of the Theological Seminary, his diploma or cer- 
 tificate may be denied him. 
 
 § 4l. There shaU be two Sessions in the year, embracing forty weeks — 
 a holiday recess of eight days included. The Winter Session shall be 
 divided into two terms ; the first term to open eight weeks after the Uni- 
 versity Commencement, and to close with the Holiday E-ecess ; the 
 second term to close with the first Wednesday in April. The Summer 
 Session shall consist of 14 weeks, closing with the University Com- 
 mencement. 
 
CHAPTER IV. 
 
 § 1. The President shall have the general supervision of the Univer- 
 sity, exclusive of the Theological Seminary. He shall be ready at all 
 times to communicate to the Board of Trustees and to the Faculty, 
 such suggestions and measures as he shall think will promote the good 
 of the Umversitj\ He is empowered to direct and administer the gov- 
 ernment of the College in all cases not requiring an act of the Faculty, 
 He is to announce and execute acts of the Faculty, touching the con- 
 duct and relations of Students. He is to preside in all meetings of the 
 Faculty, may call extra meetings whenever he shall deem it expedient, 
 and has the right to vote on all questions. He shall be the organ of 
 communication where no other is appointed, between the Faculty and 
 the Board, and between the Faculty and the Students. He shall have 
 power to give leave of absence to students for any time not exceeding 
 four weeks, and provided the permission does not involve absence 
 from examination. He shall have the power to attend the Lecture or 
 Recitation of any member of the Faculty, to be present at any gather- 
 ing of the students, and disperse it by requiring them to repair to their 
 rooms or otherwise. He . may from time to time adopt any expedient 
 not inconsistent with the laws to secure obedience on the part of the 
 students to the laws, and to promote good order, sound morals and 
 piety. 
 
 § 2. The Faculty, consisting of the President, Professors and Tutors, 
 are charged vnth the administration of the laws, so far as this is not 
 committed to the President. They shaU by their direct vote or dele- 
 gation exercise their power of admitting, dismissing, suspending or 
 excluding students. They shall mark out the different Courses of Study, 
 classify the students, fix upon the text books upon the recommenda- 
 dation ot the respective officers concerned, arrange the College hours, 
 and adjust those of Recitations and Lectures. They shall from time to 
 time adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with these laws, 
 as shall appear to them adapted to secure the right management of the 
 University. 
 
 They shall appoint a member of their body to act as Secretary, who 
 shall keep a record of all their proceedings ; and, who shall record in a 
 book for that purpose the name of every student, his age, date of his 
 admission, the class he enters and the date and manner of his dismis- 
 sion. The Faculty at each Annual Meeting of the Board, shall make a 
 detailed rejjort of their work for the year, and of the internal condition 
 of the University. This Report shall be in a suitable form to be embodied 
 in the Report of the Board to the Regents of the University of the 
 State of New York. 
 
 L'jz^ 
 
§ 3. Each Professor is Head of his own department, and responsible 
 to the Board for its general condition and success. Each Professor and 
 Tutor shall devote himself to the interests of the University, and shall 
 engage in no foreign employment which shall interfere with his appro- 
 priate work. He shall call the roll at each exercise or otherwise, note 
 absentees. He shall mark all delinquents and grade each student ac- 
 cording to his performance. He shall report weekly at each regular 
 meeting of the Faculty, all unexcused absences and delinquencies of 
 students, and the recitations and lectures lost by himself He shall 
 have power to excuse a student for a single exercise only. Each Pro- 
 fessor shall consider himself an officer of discipline as well as instruc- 
 tion, and shall co-operate with the government in the maintenance of good 
 order. He shall have power at any time to enter a student's room or 
 to dissolve any assemblage of students which he may deem disorderly, 
 and require them to repair to their rooms. Every Instructor employed 
 by the Board shall make out for the Faculty near the close of the year, 
 such a detailed Eeport of his work as shall insure completeness and 
 accuracy in the Eeport of the Faculty to the Board and in the Eeport 
 of the Board to the Eegents. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 §1. Admission. — Candidates for admission must furnish evidence of 
 a good moral character. Each candidate must first present himself 
 to the President and exhibit his testimonials. He must then call on 
 each member of the Faculty and submit himself to examination. Be- 
 fore entering upon his studies, he is to present himself to the Secretary 
 that his name may be duly registered. After his admission, he shall 
 call upon the President and possess himself of a copy of the Laws of 
 the University, Before he can be admitted to the privilege of recita- 
 tions, his College bills must be settled one Term in advance. Every 
 student must regard the fact of his admission and the record of his 
 name, as a solemn pledge that he will obey all the rules and regulations 
 of the University while he remains a member of it. 
 
 § 2. EooMS. — No Student shall take a room in any location not ap- 
 proved by the President. He shall room in the University buildings 
 unless permitted to room out of them. Those students rooming in 
 the College buildings, shall in aU cases lodge there unless otherwise 
 permitted by the President, and no student shall lodge out of his room 
 without express permission. Each student when leaving town, shall 
 deposit the key of his room with the Janitor. He shall make no re- 
 pairs, alterations or additions without permission from the proper au- 
 thority. 
 
 Students who room out of the College buildings or board away from 
 the Hall shall conform to College hours and rules. 
 
LAWS OF MADISON UNIVERSITY. 
 
 § 3. Recitation or Lecture Eoom. — Every student shall appear 
 with his class in the Recitation Room, the first day of recitation at the 
 opening of the Term, or on the first day after his admission or return 
 to the College. He shall at all times be quiet and orderly in the recita- 
 tion room, in the presence or absence of the officer ; shall be 
 present within five minutes after the ringing of the bell ; shall not leave 
 without permission ; shaU attend to no call of his fellow student at the 
 door, unless made through the officer present ; shall not mar the room 
 or its furniture with knife, pen, pencil or any other instrument ; shall 
 take into the room no book except such as may be required by his in- 
 structor ; no pamphlet, cane or unnecessary incumbrance. He shall 
 previouly make thorough preparation on the work assigned him, and 
 while in the room, shall give his undivided attention to the subject un- ■ 
 der consideration, without talking or any other unnecessary interruption. 
 
 § 4. Examinations.— When a student enters the University, he shall 
 submit himself for examination upon such authors and subjects as the 
 course prescribes, and upon such jportions of the same as the respective 
 officers may require. He shall prepare himself for examination on the 
 recitation assigned each day to his class ; at the close of each session, 
 for examination on all the studies of the session, and at the close of the 
 Senior year, on all the studies of the Junior and Senior years. Absence 
 from the Institution or from a recitation shall not exempt the student 
 from examination. If a student at any time propose an advance stand- 
 ing, he must be examined on the studies which intervene. If he shall 
 fail at an examination, he shall be required by the Faculty to make up 
 the deficiency in the vacation or be degraded to the next class as the 
 case may require. If he shall absent himself from examination, he 
 shall forfeit his standing in his class, or suffer such other penalty as the 
 Faculty shall inflict. 
 
 § 5. Devotional Exercises and the Sabbath.— AU the members of 
 the University shall, at the hour appointed by the Faculty, assemble 
 every morning for social worship, consisting of Reading the Scriptures, 
 Singing and Prayer. 
 
 They shall, likewise, reverence the Lord's day, and thereon regularly 
 attend stated jjublic Worship with some Christian denomination. 
 
 Beneficiaries and Minors are expected to attend, on the Sabbath, the 
 religious meetings recommended to them by their Parents, Guardians, 
 or Benefactors. 
 
 On the days set apart by the civil authority for Thanksgiving and for 
 Fasting and Prayer, the ordinary duties of the University are to be sus- 
 pended, and the Faculty and Students are to attend the religious ser- 
 vices customary on such occasions. 
 
 § 6. General Prohibitions.-No Student shall open an unoccupied room 
 nor enter that of another Student without permission. 
 
No Student shall smoke (either pipe or cigar) in the public Eooms or 
 Halls of the University ; a Student shall keep in his room excepting his 
 wood-box, no open box or vessel filled with any combustible substance ; 
 he shall not remove ashes from his stove and leave them in any story 
 or room of the Institution buildings ; he shall in no manner take away 
 fire from any stove or fire-place in the common rooms, neither shall he 
 carry any fire in or about the edifices, except in a covered fire-pan, nor 
 shall he carry any light into the basement story of the Eastern Edifice, 
 unless it be in a lantern, nor shall he place a wood-box or any combust- 
 ible article within twelve inches of the sides or eight inches of the bot- 
 tom of the stove ; he shall not move his stove in his room, except by 
 permission from the Janitor ; and when a Student is about to leave his 
 room fifteen minutes, he shall extingiiish the lights in his room and 
 close both the door and damper of his stove. 
 
 No Student shall sweep dirt from private rooms into the halls after 
 the hour appointed by the Janitor for sweeping them, nor leave therein 
 any trunk, box, or other article ; Students shall not place in the base- 
 ment of the Eastern Edifice any thing whatever except ftiel already fit- 
 ted for their stoves ; they shall throw neither water nor anything else 
 from the windows of the Institution Edifices ; in front, they shall place 
 nothing ; and on the other sides of said buildings, they shall deposits 
 nothing within sixty-feet. In short, no student shall place any article 
 whatever, or do anything in his own room, or any part of the University 
 Buildings, or near them, to render the premises unsightly or the air of 
 the buildings either disagreeable or unwholesome ; and every Student 
 shall frequently ventilate and thoroughly cleanse the rooms which he 
 is permitted to occupy. 
 
 No Student shall enter into nor aid or abet combinations to resist 
 the authority of the laws. They shall form no organizations and hold 
 no assemblies, except with the consent or under the direction of the 
 Faculty ; and they shall not become members of secret societies in this 
 College or in this place. 
 
 'Students shall not in term-time, without permission from the Faculty, 
 receive instruction in any branch of learning not specified in the course 
 of studies adopted in this University, nor from any teachers, except 
 such as are approved by the Faculty. 
 
 Students in hours of study, shall abstain from singing, loud talking, 
 playing on a musical instrument, and from every species of disterbance, 
 and, at all times, shall withhold themselves from noisy plays in the 
 University buildings. 
 
 No student shall originate or circulate a mock scheme or other paper 
 whose tendency is to ridicule any member of the Institution, or of the 
 community, nor shall any student abet others in so doing. 
 
 Students shall associate with no persons of known bad character ; 
 they shall not, without permission from the President, visit places of 
 public amusement ; they shall resort to no tavern or other place where 
 
LAWS OF MADISON UNIVEKSITY. 
 
 intoxicating drinks are kept for sale ; they shall neither make nor at- 
 tend any festive entertainment or theatre in term-time, nor receive com- 
 pany into their rooms, in study hours or late in the evening, or to lodge 
 during the night without permission from the President or one of the 
 Professors ; nor be absent from their rooms in the stated hours for 
 study, nor from their lodgings after ten o'clock in the evening ; nor at 
 any time leave Hamilton without express permission from the President. 
 
 No Student shall receive ordination, except in special cases to be 
 judged of by the Faculty ; nor shall a Student engage to preach to any 
 Church, during Term time, without having pre-viously obtained the 
 permission of the Faculty. 
 
 The members of this Institution shall not play at cards, billiards or 
 any species of gambling ; they shall neither keep nor use weapons or 
 gunpowder, nor shall they use intoxicating liquors. Finally, Students 
 shall not use profane or obscene language ; they shall not violate the 
 sanctity of the Sabbath ; they shall occasion no unnecessary disturb- 
 ance ; they shall do no injury to the person or property of any individ- 
 ual, and they are strictly prohibited from committing any indecent 
 immoral, or impious act. 
 
 § 7, Dismission. — Every Student who shall have maintained a good 
 character and standing, shall be entitled at his own request— (or if a 
 minor at the request of his parents or guardian,) to an honorable dis- 
 mission, and to a paper from the Faculty, showing his standing and 
 scholarship. 
 
 If any Student shall pursue such course of conduct as is regarded 
 unprofitable to himself or to the University, he may be privately separ- 
 ated from the Institution, or be subject to such other penalty as the 
 Faculty shall prescribe. 
 
 If a Student shall many during his Course of Study, he thereby dis- 
 solves his connection with the University. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 IDeg-rees a.zic3- TestlzzcLozila-ls. 
 
 § 1. The regular Degrees in Course to be conferred in this University, 
 are Bachelor of Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts, and Master of Arts. Ev- 
 ery Student who has regularly completed the Literary and Scientific 
 Course of Study, is entitled to the Degree of B. P. 
 
 Every member of the Senior Collegiate Class, who has faithfully 
 obeyed the Laws and Eegulations of the University, and who, at the 
 final examintion of said Class, is found to have creditably accomplished 
 the Course of Studies in the Collegiate Department, is fully entitled 
 to the Degree of A. B. 
 
 Every Bachelor of Arts of three Years' standing and sound moral 
 character, and every Student of the same Degree, who has, free from 
 censure, completed the Course of Studies in the Theological Seminary, 
 shall, on application made two days before Commencement, receive the 
 Degree of A. M. 
 
LAWS OP MADISON UNITEBSITY. 
 
 Application is to be made two weeks prior to the Commencement I'or 
 Honorary Degrees. 
 
 Certificates referring strictly to Studies of the Grammar School, shall 
 be signed by the Principal ; those to Studies in the abridged Course, 
 by the Secretary of the Faculty ; and all Diplomas relating to Degrees 
 conferred by the Board on the recommendation of the Faculty, whether 
 Honorary or in Course, shall be signed by the President of the Univer- 
 sity, and the Faculty in behalf of the Trustees. 
 
 No Student, however, shall receive Degrees nor any testimonial of 
 honorable dismission, who has not presented to the Secretary of the 
 Faculty, certificates from the proper Officers, that his College bills are 
 duly settled ; and from the Librarian, that he has returned or replaced 
 every book which he may have taken from the Library, and deposited 
 the key of his room in the hands of the Janitor. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 §1. The Libeaeian. — The Librarian shall be appointed by the Board 
 upon the recommendation of the Faculty, and be responsible to the 
 Board for the good order and safe keeping of the Library. He shall 
 see that all volumes are duly labeled and numbered, and the title and 
 number of each entered upon a book. He shall acknowledge all do- 
 nations and keep a record of the names of the donors and their gifts. 
 He shall see that books are duly arranged in the Library, and when not 
 drawn, kept in their proper places. He shall conduct, the correspon- 
 dence immediately affecting the Library. He shall collect such fines 
 as he is able, and repori such as he is not able to collect, to the Treasur- 
 er, to be embodied in the Term-Bills of the delinquent. If he have 
 funds in his hands given him for the purpose or collected by fines, he 
 shall from time to time with the advice of the Library Committee, 
 make such purchases of books as the needs of the Library demand. 
 He shall at each Annual Meeting report to the Board the condition of 
 the Library, the money received and expended by him, and the titles of 
 all the books added within the year, with the names of the donors. He 
 may with the advise of the Faculty for the better preservation of the 
 books and regulation of the Library, make such rules as are not incon- 
 sistent with these Laws. 
 
 § 2. The Assistant Libeaeian. — An Assistant Librarian, (or two if 
 necessary,) shall be appointed by the Faculty, to aid the Librarian. He 
 shall oiDen the Library at 1 o'clock, p. m. , of each day, except on Saturday, 
 for the drawing, and for the consulting of books. He shall keep the 
 room in order, and be present when the Library is open, unless a 
 substitute or the Librarian be present. He shall keep an exact record 
 of every book taken from the Library, of the date of drawing and 
 the name of the person, the title and number of the book, and note 
 
LAWS OF MADISON UNIVEBSITY. 
 
 the return of the same. He shall also keep a record of the names of 
 all persons who by these Laws are subject to fines. 
 
 § 3. LiBRARy Committee. — A Library Committee of two (the Chair- 
 man of which shall be the President of the University) shall be appointed 
 by the Board, who shall be associated with the Librarian in the pur- 
 chase of books, and shall examine the Library near the close of each 
 year, and if they deem it necessary, report to the Board such recom- 
 mendations as they may deem important. It shall be the duty of each 
 member of the Faculty, to present yearly to the Cofnmittee a list of books 
 needed in his Department. 
 
 § 4. GENERiVL Rules. — Members of the Board of the Education So- 
 ciety and of the University, of the Faculty, of the Theological Semina- 
 ry, of the College, Eesident Graduates, Clergymen and donors residing 
 in the place, shall be allowed to draw Books. Others may consult the 
 Library when it is open. 
 
 Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, General Grammars, Commentaries, Maps, 
 Charts, and Atlases, shall not be di'awn except by permission from the 
 Faculty ; and the Librarian or the Assistant may retain any costly works 
 with plates which in his judgment should not be taken from the Library. 
 
 No book shall be taken from the Library without ;the knowledge of 
 the Librarion or his assistant under a fine of twenty-five cents for each 
 offence. 
 
 No Student shall draw or have out of the Library more than two 
 books at a time ; nor shall any book be kept out more than two weeks 
 from the time of drawing under a penalty of two cents a day for each 
 book. 
 
 No Student shall take a book out of town or lend it to others. If he 
 shall leave town for more than a week, he shall return to the Library 
 the books which he may have drawn. 
 
 Every Student when he returns a book to the Library, shall inform 
 the Librarian of the fact and have the book discharged from the record. 
 
 Every Student while in the Library shall have his head uncovered, 
 shall conduct himself in an orderly manner, shall avoid conversation, 
 and shall not use ink while consulting the book. 
 
 Every person using or drawing a book, shall be responsible for its 
 safe keeping. If damaged or lost he shall make it good, either by pay- 
 ing the damages or by replacing a new copy at the discretion of the 
 Librarian. 
 
10 LAWS OF MADISON TJNITEESITY. 
 
 J'a.Daitor. 
 
 The Janitor is an Officer of the Board under the direction of the 
 Committee of the Board and the President of the University. 
 
 He shall, under the direction of the Committee, have charge of the 
 University Buildings and the grounds in immediate vicinity, and shall 
 see that they are kept in good order and repair. He shall see to the warm- 
 ing, lighting and cleaning of the Public Eooms and Halls. He shall 
 have a general charge of the rooms of Students and of such furniture 
 in them as is not under the control of the Steward. He shall, under 
 the direction of the President of the University, see to the locating of 
 Students in their rooms. He shall keep the Keys, and deliver them to 
 no one but the occupant unless by the direction of the President, or 
 the Faculty. He shall report aU damages done by the Students to the 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Halls. — The Janitor is to keep the Halls free from all obstruction. 
 He shall see that they are swept, and lighted every evening from dark 
 until 10 o'clock. 
 
 The Recitation Rooms. — He is to see that these are cleaned and 
 warmed at the hours of appointed exercises. 
 
 The Chapel. — He is to see that the Chapel is cleaned and warmed 
 and the Orchestra lighted on the occasions of the Public Meetings and 
 Lectures of the Literary Societies, and the Exercises of Commencement 
 Week. 
 
 The Public Rooms.^ — He is to prepare the PubUc Rooms for all Lec- 
 tures given before the body of the Students, under the approbation of 
 the Faculty. 
 
 Geounds and Walks.-— He shall take care of all the made-walks 
 within sixty-feet around the Edifices. In winter he shall remove the 
 snow from them, and in Summer shaU keep them regular and neat. It 
 shall be his duty to cut, as often as is necessary, the grass on the Cam- 
 pus within 60 feet in the rear, and 30 feet in the front, and 20 feet from the 
 ends of the Buildings, with the privilege of the grass for his compen- 
 sation. If he shall, under the direction of the Committee, bestow labor 
 upon the walks beyond the above specified limits, he shall receive ex- 
 tra compensation. 
 
 It shall be his duty to keep the Out-Houses of the University clean. 
 It shall be his duty, under the direction of a Committee of the Board 
 to furnish fuel and light for the Public Rooms of the University, at the 
 expense of the Board, out of funds raised by tax for incidental expenses. 
 
LAWS OP MADISON UNIVERSITY. H 
 
 MONITORIAL SYSTEM. 
 
 I. A record of the Attendance, Deportment and Scholarship of each 
 Student shall be kept by the respective Ofiacers, and at the regular 
 Meeting of the Faculty, immediately after the reports of the standing 
 Committees, it shall be in order for each officer to report all cases of 
 absences, tardiness, failures and improprieties of conduct which have 
 occurred during the week, not excused. 
 
 II. The delinquencies shall be marked upon a scale of demerit, as 
 follows : 
 
 Absence from Recitation or Lecture, not excused - 5. 
 
 Tardiness " " " " " . . 2. 
 
 Failures " '' " " " - . 3. 
 
 Improprieties of conduct may be marked at the discretion of the Of- 
 ficer. Absences at the commencement of a Term shall be marked in 
 the same way. 
 
 III. Whenever these unexcused delinquencies standing against any 
 Student amounts in the samfe Term to flfteen, he shall be admonished 
 by the President, and wh^n these delinquencies amount to the same 
 number the second time, during the same Term, he shall receive a 
 written admonition from the President, with a full statement of the 
 rule in such cases, and if a minor, the same shall be co.mmunicated by 
 him to the Parent or Guardian of the Student, and whenever a third 
 time these delinquencies amount to the same number in the same Term 
 the Student shall be put upon probation for the remainder of the Term, 
 and if at the close of this period there is no satisfactory evidence of 
 amendment, he shall be degraded from his Class, or required to leave the 
 University as the Faculty may think proper in his case. Delinquen- 
 cies less than fifteen standing against a Student not excused at the end 
 of the Term, shall be deducted one half, and the remainder carried 
 over to the next Term. 
 
 IV. The standing in Scholarship shall be marked as follows : 
 Maximum or highest grade, - - - 5. 
 Superior Grade, ----- 4. 
 
 Medium, ------- 3. 
 
 Inferior, " - - - - - - 2. 
 
 Minimum or lowest Grade, - - - - . 1. 
 
 Examinations shall be marked according to the above scale. 
 
12 LAWS OP MADISON UNIVEESITy. 
 
 At the close of each Session,' the standing of each Student shall bs 
 made out by the Oflacer in each Department, from which an average 
 standing shall be made out and preserved in a permanent form. 
 
 V. Any Student whose standing in Scholarship falls at the Inferior 
 Grade in any Study shall be admonished by the President, and if his 
 standing falls at the same Grade in all his Studies, he shall be put upon 
 probation for one Term, and if at the close of that period, the condi- 
 tions of his probation are not fulfiilled he shall lose his place in his 
 Class, unless in all such cases there is satisfactory evidence that the 
 Student has applied himself diligently to his studies. 
 
 VI. Absences from Chui-ch and Chapel shall be subject to the same 
 regulations as those from Eecitations and Lectures. 
 
 VII. — 1st. Students shall not be excused from Eecitations to attend 
 to any duties connected with the Literary Societies or other organiza- 
 tions in the University, except in those cases authorized by the resolu- 
 tions' of the Faculty, viz : 
 
 On the day of the Junior Exhibition, the Junior Class shall be ex- 
 cused from their Eecitations, and on the day of the Eegular PubKc 
 Meetings of the Literary Societies, the Speakers and Eeaders shall be 
 excused. 
 
 2d. Students shall not be excused on the plea of sickness when able 
 to be about the Village and University grounds and go to their meals, 
 except by vote of the Faculty. 
 
 3d. Students shall not be excused from attending their Eecitations 
 on the ground that they are not prepared to recite. 
 
 4th. All excuses must be presented by Chapel time on Saturday 
 morning of each week, otherwise they shall not be accepted. 
 
 VIIL The above Monitorial System shall be applicable to the Theo- 
 logical Department only in the particulars of Church and Chapel. 
 
 [Eepublican Opi'ice, Hamilton, N. Y., 1864,] 
 
THE CHAKTEB OF THE EDUCATION SOCIETY, 
 
 THE CHARTER 
 
 Of the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate the Baptist Education . Society of the State of iVew 
 York, passed Ma^ch 5, 1819. 
 
 Whereas, the members of a Society instituted in this State for the 
 purpose of educating pious young men to the gospel ministry, have pe- 
 titioned for an act of incorporation, the better to enable them to attain 
 the objects of their association : Therefore, 
 
 I. Be it enacted by the people of the State of New York, represented 
 in Senate and Assembly, That Obed Warren, Joshua Bradley, John 
 Bostwick, John Peck, Silas Spaulding, Eliada Blakeslee, Elijah F. Mil- 
 ler, Thomas Cox, Charles Babcock, Charles W. Hull, and such other 
 persons as now are, or hereafter may be associated with them, shall be, 
 and hereby are, constituted a body corporate and politic, in fact and in 
 name, by the name of the " Baptist Education Society of the State of 
 New York," and by that name shall have succession, and be in law ca- 
 pable of suing and being sued, defending and being defended, in all 
 courts and places, and in all manner of actions and cases whatsoever, 
 and may have a common seal, and change the same at their pleasure, 
 and by that name and style, be capable in law of purchasing, holding 
 and enjoying, to them and their sviccessors, any real estate in fee sim- 
 ple, or otherwise, and any goods, chattels, and personal estate, and of 
 selling or otherwise disposing of the real and personal estate, or any 
 part thereof, at their will and pleasure ; Provided, nevertheless, that the 
 clear annual value or income of such real and personal estate shall 
 not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. 
 
 II. And be it further Enacted, That the said associates and their suc- 
 cessors, may, from time to time make such Constitution, By-Laws, or- 
 dinances and regulations for the appointment of officers, the govern- 
 ment of the Seminary, the management of their property, and conduct- 
 ing all their concerns, as to them shall appear proper ; Provided the 
 same be not inconsistent with the laws or constitution of this State or 
 of the United States. 
 
 in. And be it further enacted, That this act be and is hereby declared 
 a public acf, and that the same be construed in all courts and places, 
 benignlj' and favorably, for every beneficial purpose therein intended, 
 and that no misnomer of the said corporation in any deed, gift, grant, 
 demise, or other instrument of contract or conveyance, shall vitiate or 
 defeat the same ; Provided the corporation shall be sufficiently described 
 to ascertain the intention of the parties ; and provided always, that if 
 the said Society appropriate their funds, or any part thereof to any pur- 
 pose Or purposes, other than those intended and contemplated by this 
 act, or shall at any time pass any law or regulation affecting the rights 
 of conscience, that thenceforth the said corporation shall cease and be 
 void ; and also the Legislature may at any time alter or repeal this act, 
 as in their discretion shall seem proper. 
 
 Amendment, April 17, 1842.— The Baptist Education Society of the 
 State of New York, incorporated by act of the Legislature, March 6th, 
 1819, may take, hold, and enjoy by gift, grant, or by devise, real and 
 personal estate, to an amount, the clear annual value or income of 
 which shall not exceed ten thousand dollars. 
 
10 CONSTITUTION OF THE EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 CONSTITUTION 
 
 Of the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York. 
 
 Art. 1. The object of this Society shall be to furnish the means of 
 instruction to such young men of the Baptist denomination as shall 
 give to the Churches of which they are members, and to the Faculty 
 of the Institution under the patronage of the Society, satisfactory evi- 
 dence of their personal piety, and of their call to the Gospel Ministry. 
 
 Art. 2. Any person may become a member of this Society by paying 
 into the Treasury, annually, the sum of one dollar ; or a member for 
 life by paying twenty dollars, at any one time, or in four equal annual 
 installments. 
 . Art. 3. The of&cers of the Society shall consist of a President, Vice 
 President, Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, and a Treas- 
 urer. These, with thirty Directors, shall constitute a Board of Trus- 
 tees, who shall be elected at each annual meeting of the Society, seven 
 of whom shall be a quorum. All the members of the Board, and other 
 acting officers, as well as the immediate beneficiaries of the Society, 
 shall be members in g'6od standing, of some regular Baptist Church. 
 
 Art. 4. The Board of Trustees shall transact the business of the 
 Society ; take charge of its property ; fill vacancies in their own body ; 
 appoint beneficiaries and necessary Agents ; keep a faithful record of 
 their proceedings, and make an annual report of the same to the Soci- 
 ety. The Board shall have the especial oversight of the Theological 
 Seminary, connected with Madison University ; shall direct the course 
 of instruction in this department ; secure as far as practicable, endow- 
 ments lor it ; and appoint Professors and Teachers ; doing all things 
 in accordance with arrangements authorized by the University Charter, 
 and existing between the two Boards. 
 
 Art. 5. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys and other property 
 belonging to the Society, and make investments of the same in the 
 name of the Society, in the safest and most productive forms, under 
 the direction of the Board ; shall make payments of money from time 
 to time agreeably to the order of the Board ; shall render to the Socie- 
 ty, annually, a written account of all the receipts and expenditures 
 within the year ; of the amount of its funds and the manner in which 
 they are invested ; he shall give to the Board, whenever thejj request it, 
 a particular account of the state of the treasury, or of any portion of 
 its funds ; he shaU also give full and ami^le security to the Board for 
 the faithful discharge of the duties of his office 
 
 The Treasurer's accounts, before they are presented to the Society, 
 shall be audited by a committee appointed by the Board for that purpose. 
 
 Art. 6. The Society may appoint a discretionary number of Honor- 
 ary Vice Presidents, and any person may become an Honorary Life Di- 
 rector, by paying into the treasury the simi of fifty dollars, and shall 
 have a right to sit and deliberate in all meetings of the Board. 
 
 Art. 7. The President, and in his absence, the Vice President, shall 
 have power at the request of three Directors, to call special meeting* 
 of the Society, by giving due public notice thereof. 
 
 Art. 8. The annual meetings of the Society shall be held at such 
 time and places as the Board may direct, unless the Society shall have 
 otherwise determined. 
 
 Art. 9. Any alteration may be made in this Constitution at an annual 
 meeting by a vote of three-fourths of the members present, provided 
 that notice shall have been given one year previously. 
 
'X 
 
 BY-LAWS 
 
 Of Board of Baptist Education Society of the State of New York. 
 
 1. The sessions of the Board shall be opened and closed with prayer. 
 
 2. The following shall be the Order of Business : 
 
 1. Reading of the minutes of the last meeting. 
 
 2. Reading of the Constitution and By-Laws. 
 
 3. Report of the Executive Committee. 
 
 4. Report of the Corresponding Secretary. 
 
 5. Report of the Faculty. 
 
 6. Reports of the Treasurer, Agent, Steward and Accountant 
 
 7. Reports of the Standing and Special Committees. 
 ^ 8. New Business. 
 
 3. All Committees shall be nominated by the presiding officer, and 
 the first named on each committee shall be Chairman thereof. 
 
 4. No resolution shall be discussed unless it be moved and seconded; 
 and any resolutou shall be reduced to writing at the request of any 
 member of the Board. 
 
 5. Any member desirous of giving his view* on any question be- 
 fore the Board, shall rise and address himself to the presiding officer. 
 
 6. During the session of the Board, it shall be . duty of each mem- 
 ber to devote his undivided attention to the subject upon which it may 
 be deliberating. No member shall leave the room without permis- 
 sion from the presiding officer. 
 
 7. At its first meeting, the Board shall appoint an Executive Com- 
 mittee of not less than Sevm or more than nine, consisting of the Pres- 
 ident, the Secretary, the Treasurer and other members of the Board, 
 five of whom shall be a quorum. 
 
 8. The Faculty of the Institution shall present, at each stated meet- 
 ing of the Board, a written report, giving a faithful view of the internal 
 condition and prospects of the Institution, in its various departments. 
 
 9. The Corresponding Secretary shall, at each stated meeting of the 
 Board, make a written report on the general interests of the Society, 
 and present such subjects for the action of the Board as he may be- 
 lieve its welfare demands. 
 
 10. The Treasurer, Agent, Steward and Accountant, shall present 
 writtent reports of the condition of their individual departments, at 
 each stated meeting of the Board. 
 
 11. The reports of all committees appointed by the Board, shall be 
 presented in writing. 
 
 1 2. All orders given by this Board on the Treasury, shall be signed 
 by the Recording Secretary. 
 
 13. The stated meetings ot this Board shall be held in the Society's 
 building at Hamilton, on the first Wednesday in August ; and the sec- 
 ond Tuesday in June ; and the Monday before the first Wednesday in 
 August. 
 
 14. It shall be the duty of the President or presiding officer, to en- 
 join the observance of all rules of order in these By-Laws ; and no 
 rule shall be suspended, or amendment made in them, but by a vote 
 of the Board. 
 
 15. These By-Laws shall be read at each regular meeting of the 
 Board, with the Constitution of the Society. 
 
RULES AFFECTING BENEFICIARIES. 
 
 The Board cannot appropropriata sums beyond what patrons furnish, 
 without involving the Society in debt. They aid — 1 . By Permanent 
 Scholarships, najned Btftev the Don6r, unless otherwise directed, and 
 yielding an annual income of $70, or more. 2. By Temporary Schol- 
 arships, made by Churches or individuals, and secured by the pledge 
 of a responsible person. These are named, unless otherwise directed, 
 after the individual who becomes responsible for their payment. They 
 extend to any time not less than a year ; or suificiently long to aid a 
 student through his course of study. 3. By occasional appropriations 
 as the resources of the Society allow. 
 
 The Donor may nominate a candidate to receiTe the benefit of his 
 Scholarship in accordance* with the rules affecting Beneficiaries. The 
 nomination shall be in writing, addressed to the Secretary of the Board. 
 
 ApPLiCATioN.— The candidate should furnish a certificate from the 
 Church to which he belongs, commending him on the ground of his 
 qualifications, call to the ministry and dependence on aid, and after he 
 has received aid for ou§ year ha must obtain and present a license to 
 preabh. He must have been at least one term a member of the Uni- 
 versity,- and must be regarded by the Faculty as an exemplary christ- 
 ian and successful stiideht. He must give a written pledge to the Sec- 
 retary to complete his course at this Institution, unless prevented by a 
 sufficient cause, of which the Faculty are the judges. 
 
 He must be qualified for the Freshman Class, except a scholarship is 
 made for him, or money paid for his benefit, or adonor nominate him 
 at some earlier period of his course. 
 
 APPKOPKIA.TION, — The Beneficiary at the close of each College term is 
 to receive in cash the income of his Scholarship, or the money appro- 
 priated to him, to apply on his tuition and board. If, however, he is 
 oh a temporary Scholarship, he is not entitled to draw more than is 
 actually paid i%, nor in any case is he entitled to draw for time he is 
 abseht from the Univei-^ity. 
 
 Conditions. — The Beneficiary receives money on the condition that 
 he promptly pay it out for his tuition and board, and not for debts, or 
 any other purpose. It is on the further condition, that if he should 
 not enter the mfhistry, or should at a;ny time leave it for a secular em- 
 ployment, he is to refund what he has received, for which he shall give- 
 a written pledge to the Secretary. Disregard for the Rules of the Board, 
 failure to keep a fair standing in the Class, or any moral obliquity may 
 be a forfeiture of the Scholarship, or other appropriations made. The 
 Beneficiary is looked upon as one who in all his College relations, 
 should be marked for his consistent piety, punctuality, economy, 
 urbanity and thorough scholarship. 
 
 ^rThe individual or Church, that pledges aid for a student by a 
 temporary Scholarship or otherwise, will see the importance of prompt 
 payments, as the Treasurer, under the Eules of the Board, can pay to 
 the student only what has been actually paid in for him, and delay 
 might occasion the student double embarrassment, and oblige him to 
 leave his studies. 
 
 gy Patrons who expect the money, paid for students, to be acknowl- 
 eSged in the Annual Report, should send their payments through the 
 Treasurer of the Society, and not directly to the student. 
 
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