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oii/ecis. § 3. The object of said corporation shall be the pro-

motion of the general interests of agricultural and me-chanical education, and to qualify students to engage inthe several pursuits and employments of society, and todischarge honorably and usefully the various duties oflife.

r.„n)»rawpowers § 4. The corporate powers hereby created shall besuch only as are essential or useful in the attainment ofsaid object, and such as are usually conferred on similarbodies corporate, viz : to have perpetual succession, tomake contracts, to sue and be sued, to plead and be im-pleaded, to grant and receive by its corporate name, andto do all other acts the same as natural persons ; to accept,acquire, purchase or seli property, real, personal or mixed,in all lawful ways, to use, employ, manage and dispose ofall such property and money belonging to said corporation,in such manner as shall seem to the trustees best adaptedto promote the objects aforementioned, and to have a com-mon seal, and to alter the same at pleasure ; to make suchby-laws for its regulation as shall not conflict with theconstitution and laws of the United States or of this state,and to confer on such persons as may be considered worthysuch academical and honorary degrees as the nature andtitle of the institution indicate.

< ™*.• of studies § 6. The trustees of the corporation shall have au-

thority from time to time to prescribe and regulate thecourse of studies to be pursued in said institution, and inthe preparatory departments attached thereto; to fix therate of tuition, room rent and college expenses ; to ap-

Awvju.t iflicers point instructors and such other officers and agents as maybe necessary in managing the concerns of the institution,to define their powers, duties and employments, to fix theircompensation, to displace and remove either of the in-structors, officers or agents as said trustees shall deem tothe interest of the said institution to require ; to fill all va-cancies among said instructors, officers and agents; to

■-ect building, purchase lands, erect suitable buildings, to purchase booksand chemical and pliilos ‘ "cal apparatus, and other suita-ble means of instruction; to put in operation a sy stem ofmanual labor for the purpose of lessening the expenses ofeducation and promoting the health of the students, and toadd, as the ability of said institution shall increase and theinterest of the community shall require, additional depart-ments for the study of the agricultural and mechanical artson scientific principles.

. , , SC. The trustees shall have power to remove any

trustee from his office of trustee for any dishonorable orcriminal conduct: Provided, that no such removal shalltake place without giving to such trustee notice of thecharges exhibited against him, and an opportunity to de-