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R. Mobley, D. Mitchell, J. U. Parsons, D. L. Chandler, L. J. Eastin, Thomas Johnson, their associates and successors in office, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, for the purpose of establishing a literary institution in or near the town of Ogden, under the name and style of the "Trustees of the Kansas Female Collegiate Institute," and by that name, in their corporate capacity, they shall be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, in all matters whatsoever, in any court of law or equity in this territory. They are authorized to have and use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure, and to grant diplomas to those who may succesfully complete the course of instruction prescribed by the officers hereinafter provided for.

SEC. 2. The corporation hereby created shall have power to purchase and hold, or to enter by pre-emption or otherwise, or to receive by donation, any quantity of land and any amount of real and personal property, not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres, necessary to the full execution of their trust; said property to be forever free from taxation of every kind while devoted to the cause of female education.

SEC. 3. Said corporators shall have power to fill their own vacancies and to choose their own officers. They are authorized to appoint from their own number a board of directors, and entrust them with such powers as they think proper under this act. Said board of directors shall be authorized to appoint a faculty of instruction, prescribe a course of study, prepare buildings, receive, invest or disburse funds, and make any by-laws and regulations whatsoever necessary to the execution of their trust. They shall report their proceedings annually to the trustees, and the trustees shall report to the legislature of the territory.

SEC. 4. Said corporators shall meet in the town of Ogden on the fourth Saturday of March, eighteen hundred and fiftyseven, for the purpose of organization, and thereafter on their own appointment or at the call of the president.

SEC. 5. The alienation of any funds received in trust by this corporation to other purposes shall work a forfeiture of those funds to the original grantors or the territory.

This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 19th, 1857.

AN ACT to incorporate the Manhattan Institute.

Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows:

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SECTION 1. That C. E. Blood, Washington Marlatt, E. M. Thurston, Albert A. Griffin, Andrew Scammon, A. J. Mead, Ira porators. Taylor, J. D. Woodworth, and their associates and successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the "Manhattan Institute," and by that name they and their successors in office shall be and they are hereby made capable in law to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, prosecute and defend, answer and be answered, in any court in this territory or elsewhere; and to receive donations and to hold Powers. any estate real, personal or mixed, and the same to grant, sell, lease, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of, for the benefit of said. institute; and they and their successors may have a common seal, and may change, break or alter the same at pleasure.

May make a

SEC. 2. That said corporation shall have the power to ordain a constitution, rules and regulations, for the government constitution. of its members, and alter and amend the same at pleasure.

SEC. 3. The object of this institute shall be the promotion of science, literature and the arts, by establishing a school of design, by literary exercises, reading original papers on new or disputed points in philosophy and science, collecting and preserving specimens in natural history, and securing an extensive library; and the funds of the corporation shall be applied exclusively to the promotion of these objects.

SEC. 4. Any person can be a member of this corporation who shall be elected by the members thereof, and may be excluded for disregarding the rules and regulations of the institute.

SEC. 5. The property held and owned by this corporation shall be free from all taxation whatsoever.

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Can hold no more estate than

SEC. 6. Said corporation shall not hold any real estate, except such as may be necessary for the use of the society, and necessary. it may continue so long as it faithfully observes the objects of its institution; but the legislative assembly, whenever satisfied that it has failed to accomplish or pursue its objects, or has violated any of the provisions of this act, may alter or repeal the same.

Act not to con flict with other

SEC. 7. Nothing herein contained is to conflict with the provisions of the law of corporations as passed by the last legis- laws. lature of the territory of Kansas.

This act to take effect and be in force from and after its

passage.

Approved February 14th, 1857.

AN ACT to incorporate the Wakarusa City Seminary.

Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows:

SECTION 1. That Robert M. Simmerwell, Wm. Yocum, G. W. Berry, Wm. Matney, sen., Matthew Rule, H. J. Strickler and Wm. O. Yager, their associates and successors, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the "Wakarusa City Seminary," and by that name shall be competent to make contracts, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all matters whatsoever. Said company is authorized to have and use a common seal, to alter the same at pleasure, and to make such by-laws as may be necessary for the government of said company and the management of its affairs.

SEC. 2. The corporation hereby created shall have power to purchase and hold any quantity of real estate, in the county of Shawnee, not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres, and to sell and dispose of, and convey the same.

SEC. 3. Said company shall have power to pass by-laws for the election of such officers, at such time or times, as may be necessary to carry out the business of said company; and all deeds for the conveyance of the real estate of the company shall be signed by such officers as the said company may by its by-laws designate, which deeds shall be acknowledged and recorded as other deeds of conveyance, and when so made and acknowledged shall be deemed and held a sufficient execution of the same in all courts of law in this territory.

SEC. 4. Said company shall have further power to erect on said lands a seminary of learning, and shall prescribe rules and regulations for the government thereof; may provide for the erection of the necessary buildings, and receive donations in money or in property, real, personal or mixed, and may do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, not inconsistent with the provisions thereof.

This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 17th, 1857.

AN ACT to incorporate the Leavenworth Lyceum.

Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows:

Corporators of the company and

SECTION 1. Thomas F. Campbell, Jacob E. New, Teffin Sinks, George M. Myers, D. L. Henry, Joseph F. Smith, A. their powers. W. Robinson, John J. Moore, R. R. Rees, W. H. Adams, John T. Myers, Reece Paynter, and their associates and successors, are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic by the name and style of the Leavenworth Lyceum, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended against, in all courts and places whatsoever; and to purchase and hold real and personal estate, so far as may be necessary for the proper management of their affairs, and to convey and dispose of such real or personal property in such manner as they may prescribe; to have a common seal and alter and change the same at pleasure, and to do all other acts and things necessary to effect the objects of their association.

SEC. 2. Said lyceum may, by joint stock, donation, or otherwise, create or procure such funds as may be necessary for the establishment of a library at the city of Leavenworth, and for the increase of and taking care of the same, and for the erection of suitable buildings for the purpose of said association.

SEC. 3. Said lyceum may pass all necessary by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws of the land, which may tend to the advancement of the objects of said association, and may enforce the observance of the same in such manner as they may prescribe.

This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, February 10th, 1857.

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CEMETERIES.

AN ACT to incorporate the "Laurel Hill Cemetery Association." Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows:

SECTION 1. That Albert G. Boone, Wm. O. Yager, Charles Pleasants, Robert L. Johnston, Andrew J. Rodrique, John Donaldson, and such other persons as they may associate with them, and their successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, in law and in fact, by the name and style of the "Laurel Hill Cemetery Association," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all courts and places whatsoever, and in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes whatsoever; and may have and use a common seal, and the same at their pleasure alter and renew; and shall have power to purchase, have, hold and enjoy, to them and their successors, any land or real estate which they may purchase within ten miles of the city of Lecompton, Douglas county, K. T., for the purpose of establishing said cemetery, provided the whole quantity of land to be held shall not exceed eighty acres; and the said corporation shall have authority to receive gifts or bequests for the purpose of improving said cemetery, and to hold personal property, such as may be deemed necessary to carry out the object of this act.

SEC. 2. That the affairs of said corporation shall be conducted by a board of managers, composed of a president and four managers, three of whom shall form a quorum for the transaction of business; and that said board of managers shall be organized by the corporators, who may vote by proxy, and be so represented.

SEC. 3. That the board of managers, so organized, shall have power to make such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem proper for conducting the affairs of said corporation, for the government of lot holders and visitors to the cemetery; for the transfer of lots and the evidence thereof; have power Powers of mana- to lay out and ornament the grounds purchased for said cemetery; to erect such buildings thereon as may be proper and necessary for the enjoyment of the same; to lay out, sell and dispose of burial lots; to appoint all necessary officers, and fix their several duties and compensation.

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