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 328 FIFTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 71, 72. 1898. to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacitic Railway Company nght of tvay through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes/’ was authorized to construct, shall be extended for a. period of three years from the tirst day of April, eighteen hundred und ninety-eight, and for such purposes said railway company shall have the right to take end occupy the right 1f~·¤¤<»¤· _ ,m of way and depot grounds heretofore granted to It py S3l(l_ACtZ. Pro- ¤§;°l‘2§£T‘°*‘°“ wu ° vided, That said company shall build at least fifty miles of 1tS railway ` in said Territory within one year after the passage of this Act; find $°¤*i°¤¤- provided furtlwr, That the right of way granted for stations be hunted in length to two thousand feet for each stzmon. Approved, March 17, 1898. Merch 18· 1898- CHAP. 72.-An Act Supplemental 'to the Act of February ninth, eighteen hun- __"—; dred and twenty-one, incorporating the Columbian College in the District of Columbia, and the Acts mandatory thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _Dis¤·i¤t ¤f G<>1¤¤·· States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Columbian Univer- Mgél 6 255 eight, shall be under tliemanagement and control of a board of trus— mini gi mlmes. tees, consisting of twenty-two members; the president of the university shall be cx officio 2. member of said board, and the remaining twenty- .m»·a»a»» nm time one shall be divided into three classes with seven members in each °‘““*· class; a majority of said board shall be residents of the District of Columbia, and seven members shall constitute a. quorum for the trans- —·e1ectinncf. action of business. That on or before the thirty-first day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, a. meeting of the trustees and overseers of said university shall be held, and said meeting shall elect twenty—0ne trustees, seven of whom shall be designated to serve from the first day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, until the annual meeting in eighteen hundred and ninety-nine; and seven from the same date until the annual meeting in nineteen hundred; and seven —¤=·¤-minis, ·»¢g·.. ro until the annual meeting in nineteen hundred and one. Two-thirds of ]?§,{‘Q${§;*;°""f “""°"‘ said trustees, and also the president of the university, shall be members of regular Baptist Ohurclies; that is to say, members of churches of that denomination of Protestant Christians now usually known and recognized under the name of the regular Baptist denomination; said trustees so elected shall serve for the periods mentioned and until t__3x:·_j·(¤;;_i:;_:_t_l:;·;r_;;f their siicccssorszire elected. That on the first day of June, eighteen tm,}-it-.Ihundred and ninety-eight, the terms of office of the present trustees and overseers shall cease and determine, and thereupon the control and management of said university, its property and trusts, shall vest iu the board of trustees elected as hereinabove provided and their success•»rs. __`§ilmy_·{·I··f {t2:}::-; smc. L:. That at the annual meeting in eighteen hundred and ninety. trustees seven trustees to till the places of the class whose terms of ~¤··-¤·i¤=·¤··¤— onine expire; and the board of trustees may prescribe in a bv-mw the —f=·¤¤r<· r··e1•·<r- mode of nominating persons for election as trustees. A failure to elect trustees at the annual meeting shall not create vacancies in the board but such election may be had and vacancies occurring durinv the year may be filled for the unexpired term by the board at any general or special meeting. ¤··.m·r· ur i··»¤·n. sm;. 3, That the board of trustees provided for herein shall have, and they are hereby given, full power and authority to appoint and remove any and ull officers, professors. lecturers, teachers. tutors, agents, and employees who are now or may hereafter be elected or appointed; tlncv muy, by n vote of two-thirds of all the trustees constituting said board adopt and change by-laws for the conduct ot the business and educa; tional work of said university: they may appoint un executive com-
 * 3,,,,,,],,,,,, y,,,.,. sity, on and after the first day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-
 * ,,,;,.l_ ‘ "°` t ’ nine, and annually thereafter, there shall be elected by the board of