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 708 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 50, 60. 1891. exceeding the said sum of seventy-five thousand dollars for site and building ; and the site purchased shall leave the building unexposed 01>¢¤¤x¤¤¤>- to danger from iire by an open space of at least forty feet, including nam. streets and alleys: Provide, That no part of said sum shall be exupegpenmmmmm ended until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the United. "“d" °·°“’··p"“· States, nor until the State of Illinois shall cede to the United States exclusive `urisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of Said State, an the service of civil process therein. Approved, January 5, 1891. January 7,1091. CHAP. 60.-An act to incorporate The King Theological Hal]. · Be it emwted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Discricmf Columbia United States of America, in Congress dssembled, That Thomas Unw'1`*;,°auK{;g0f:0°ggg£ derwood Dudley, William Paret, J. Houston Eccleston, John A. I,,,,,,,.p,,,,,,,,S_ King; Henry E. Pellew, and J. C. Bancroft Davis be, and they are -_ here y, declared to be a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession in deed or in law to all intents and purposes w atsoever Name, em. by the name, style, and title of The King Theological Hall, by which name and title said body politic and corporate shall be competent, for Powers, cw. the purposes of this act only, at law and in equity, to take to itself ` any estate whatsoever in any messuage, lands, tenements, heriditaments, goods, chattels, moneys, and other effects, by gift, devise, grant, donation, bargain, sale, conveyance, assurance, or will; and the same to grant, bargain, sell, transfer, assign, convey, assure, demise, declare, to use and farm let, and to lace out on interest, for the use of said Hall, in such manner as shall be deemed most bene- Hcial to said institution; and to receive the same, their rents, issues. and profits, income and interest, and to apply the same for the pro er use and benefit of the said Hall; and by the same name to sue andpbe Sued, to implead and be impleaded, in any courts of law and e nity, in all manner of suits, actions, and proceedings whatsoever, and generally, by and in the same name, to do and transact, all and every, zwmo. the business touching or concerning the premises: Provided, That umn or meme. the same do not exceed the value of twenty-five thousand dollars net annual income over and above and exclusive of the receipts for the education and support of the students of said Hall. wggvemmeunbyrm Sec. 2. That the government of the body politic and corporate ‘ herebv created shall e vested in a board of not ess than five trustees, who shall be elected by the corporators at a meeting of which at least Fim¤s¤¢*¤<=¤¤¢i¤•· five days’ previous notice shal have been given. In case of any “ vacancy caused by the death, resignation, or removal of any trustee a new trustee sha 1 be elected by the survivingor remaining trustees, Removal zmmomee. and any trustee may be removed from office y the unanimous vote of all the remaining trustees. The board of trustees shall ado t a sean. common seal, which they may alter at leasure, under and by which all deeds, diplomas, and acts of the Hall shall pass and be authenti- BY-laws. cated, and may enact by—laws for the government and regulation of meetings. the institution, and change the same from time to time. All meetings of said board may be called in such manner as the trustees shall prescribe, and a majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time. P“'p°“‘· Sec. 3. That the Hall is established for the purpose of fitting students to become ministers in the Protestant Episcopal Church in A1¤v¤i¤¤¤¤¤¤· the United States. The trustees ma appoint such officers as the · thinlr fit for the management of the affairs of the corporation, incluai ing instructors, tutors, professors, and lecturers, and may prescribe