.3 L V Ml/ .3 D 2111 \ - CONSTITUTIONAL ARTICLES*^ &,«-?. AND LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS RELATIVE TO THE BOARD OF OVERSEERS AND THE CORPORATION OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY; ALSO RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE OVERSEERS. CAMBRIDGE : CHARLES FOLSOM, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY. 1835. At a Meeting of the Overseers of Harvard University, in the Senate Chamber, Boston, on Thursday the l^th of February, by adjourn- ment from the 6th of February, 1834, On motion of the Hon. Judge Davis it was Voted, That the President of the University be requested to pre- pare a collection of all constitutional articles and legislative enact- ments relative to the Board of Overseers and the Corporation of the University, and of the rules and regulations of the Overseers, and to cause the same to be annexed to his next annual report. A true copy. Attest. JOHN PIERCE, Secretary. To the Honorable and Reverend Board of Overseers of Harvard University. In fulfilling the duty assigned to him, by the preceding vote, the undersigned has found no little difficulty in satisfying his own mind as to what might properly be included under the terms " rules and regulations of the Overseers ; " many things which have that character being only contained in reports of Committees, often combined with provisions in their nature temporary, without being drawn out into a formal vote, and depending for their validity solely upon the general acceptance of such reports. From a careful perusal of all the records of the Board, for more than a century, he has, however, selected every thing in his judgment entitled to the general character of "rules and regulations." These, in the subjoined pamphlet, are respectfully submitted by JOSIAH UUINCY, • President of Harvard University. em id»on \ \ o \>% CONSTITUTIONAL ARTICLES AND LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS. I. The Act establishing the Overseers of Harvard College. At a General Court held at Boston in the year 1642. Whereas, through the good hand of God upon us, there is a College founded in Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex, called HARVARD COLLEGE, for the en- couragement whereof this Court has given the sum of four hundred pounds, and also the revenue of the ferry betwixt Charlestown and Boston, and that the well ordering and managing of the said College is of great concernment : It is therefore ordered by this Court, and the authority thereof, that the Governor and Deputy Governor for the time being, and all the Magistrates of this jurisdiction, to- gether with the teaching Elders of the six next adjoining towns, viz. Cambridge, Watertown, Charlestown, Boston, Roxbury, and Dorchester, and the President of the said College for the time being, shall, from time to time, have full power and authority to make and establish all such orders, statutes, and constitutions, as they shall see neces- sary for the instituting, guiding, and furthering of the said College, and the several members thereof, from time to time, in piety, morality, and learning : As also to dispose, order, and manage to the use and behoof of the said Col- lege, and the members thereof, all gifts, legacies, bequeaths,* * [Bequeathalls is the word in the Records of the General Court] revenues, lands, and donations, as either have been, are, or shall be conferred, bestowed, or any ways shall fall, or come to the said College. And whereas it may come to pass, that many of the said Magistrates and said Elders may be absent, or otherwise employed about other weighty affairs, when the said Col- lege may need their present help and counsel, — It is therefore ordered, that the greater number of Magistrates and Elders, which shall be present, with the President, shall have the power of the whole : Provided that if any constitution, order, or orders, by them made, shall be found hurtful to the said College, or the members thereof, or to the weal-public, then, upon appeal of the party, or parties grieved, unto the company of Overseers first mentioned, they shall repeal the said order, or orders, if they shall see cause, at their next meeting, or stand accountable thereof to the next General Court. [Taken from the old Colony laws, printed 1675. Title College, p. 29. Vide General Court Records, vol. ii. p. 24.] II. The Charter of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, under the seal of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, and bearing date May 3 Is*, A. D. 1650. Whereas, through the good hand of God, many well devoted persons have been, and daily are moved, and stirred up, to give and bestow, sundry gifts, legacies, lands, and revenues for the advancement of all good lit- erature, arts, and sciences in Harvard College, in Cam- bridge in the County of Middlesex, and to the mainte- nance of the President and Fellows, and for all accommo- dations of buildings, and all other necessary provisions, that may conduce to the education of the English and Indian youth of this country, in knowledge and godliness : It is therefore ordered, and enacted by this Court, and the authority thereof, that for the furthering of so good a work and for the purposes aforesaid, from henceforth that the said College, in Cambridge in Middlesex, in New Eng- land, shall be a Corporation, consisting of seven persons, to wit, a President, five Fellows, and a Treasurer or Bur- sar : and that Henry Dunster shall be the first President, Samuel Mather, Samuel Danforth, Masters of Arts, Jona- than Mitchell, Comfort Starr, and Samuel Eaton, Bachelors of Arts, shall be the five Fellows, and Thomas Danforth to be present Treasurer, all of them being inhabitants in the Bay, and shall be the first seven persons of which the said Corporation shall consist : and that the said seven persons, or the greater number of them, procuring the presence of the Overseers of the College, and by their counsel and consent, shall have power, and are hereby authorized, at any time or times, to elect a new President, Fellows, or Treasurer, so oft, and from time to time, as any of the said person or persons shall die, or be removed, which said Pre- sident and Fellows, for the time being, shall for ever here- after, in name and fact, be one body politic and corporate in law, to all intents and purposes ; and shall have perpetu- al succession ; and shall be called by the name of President and Fellows of Harvard College, and shall, from time to time, be eligible as aforesaid. And by that name they, and their successors, shall and may purchase and acquire to themselves, or take and receive upon free-gift and donation, any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, within this jurisdic- tion of the Massachusetts, not exceeding the value of five hundred pounds per annum, and any goods and sums of money whatsoever, to the use and behoof of the said Pre- sident, Fellows, and scholars of the said College : and also may sue and plead, or be sued and impleaded by the name aforesaid, in all Courts and places of judicature, within the jurisdiction aforesaid. And that the said President, with any three of the Fel- lows, shall have power, and are hereby authorized, when they shall think fit, to make and appoint a common seal, for the use of the said Corporation. And the President and Fellows, or the major part of them, from time to time, may meet and choose such officers and servants for the College, and make such allowance to them, and them also to remove, and after death, or removal, to choose such others, and to make, from time to time, such orders and by-laws, for the better ordering, and carrying on the work of the College, as they shall think fit : Provided, the said orders be allowed by the Overseers. And also, that the President and Fellows, or major part of them with the Treasurer, shall have power to make conclusive bargains for lands and tenements, to be purchased by the said Cor- poration, for valuable considerations. And for the better ordering of the government of the said College and Corporation, Be it enacted by the autho- rity aforesaid, that the President, and three more of the Fellows, shall and may, from time to time, upon due warn- ing or notice given by the President to the rest, hold a meeting, for the debating and concluding of affairs concern- ing the profits and revenues of any lands and disposing of their goods, (provided that all the said disposings be ac- cording to the will of the donors :) and for direction in all emergent occasions ; execution of all orders and by-laws ; and for the procuring of a general meeting of all the Overseers and Society, in great and difficult cases ; and in cases of non-agreement ; in all which cases aforesaid, the conclusion shall be made by the major part, the said Presi- dent having a casting voice, the Overseers consenting thereunto. And that all the aforesaid transactions shall tend to, and for the use and behoof of the President, Fel- lows, scholars, and officers of the said College, and for all accommodations of buildings, books, and all other necessary provisions, and furnitures, as may be for the advancement and education of youth, in all manner of good literature, arts, and sciences. And further be it ordered by this Court, and the authority thereof, that all the lands, tene- ments, or hereditaments, houses, or revenues, within this jurisdiction, to the aforesaid President or College apper- taining, not exceeding the value of five hundred pounds per annum, shall, from henceforth, be freed from all civil impositions, taxes, and rates ; all goods to the said Corpo- ration, or to any scholars thereof appertaining, shall be ex- empted from all manner of toll, customs, and excise what- soever. And that the said President, Fellows, and schol- ars, together with the servants, and other necessary officers to the said President, or College appertaining, not exceed- ing ten, viz. three to the President, and seven to the Col- lege belonging, shall be exempted from all personal civil offices, military exercises, or services, watchings, and ward- ings : and such of their estates, not exceeding one hundred pounds a man, shall be free from all country taxes, or rates whatsoever, and none others. In witness whereof, the Court hath caused the seal of the colony to be hereunto affixed. Dated the one and thirtieth day of the third month, called May, anno 1650. I.iS.1 THOMAS DUDLEY, Governor. [A copy of the original engrossed on parchment, under the signature of Gover- nor Dudley, with the Colony seal appendant, is among the archives of Harvard College.] III. An Appendix to the College Charter, granted by an Act of the General Court of the Colony, passed anno 1657. At a General Court held at Boston the 14th of Oct. 1657. In answer to certain proposals, presented to this Court by the Overseers of Harvard College, as an appendix to 8 the College Charter it is ordered, The corporation shall have power, from time to time, to make such orders and by-laws, for the better ordering, and carrying on of the work of the College, as they shall see cause, without de- pendence upon the consent of the Overseers foregoing: Provided always, that the Corporation shall be responsible unto, and those orders and by-laws shall be alterable by, the Overseers according to their discretion. And when the Corporation shall hold a meeting for agreeing with College servants ; for making of orders and by-laws ; for debating and concluding of affairs, concern- ing the'profits and revenues of any lands, or gifts, and the disposing thereof, (provided that all the said disposals be according to the will of the donors ;) for managing of all emergent occasions ; for the procuring of a general meeting of the Overseers and Society, in great and difficult cases, and in cases of non-agreement ; and for all other College affairs to them pertaining, — in all these cases the conclu- sion shall be valid, being made by the major part of the Corporation, the President having a casting vote : Provid- ed always, that in these things also, they be responsible to the Overseers, as aforesaid. And in case the Corporation shall see cause to call a meeting of the Overseers, or the Overseers shall see good to meet of themselves, it shall be sufficient unto the validity of College acts, that notice be given to the Overseers, in the six towns mentioned in the printed law, anno 1642, when the next of the Overseers, by reason of the remote- ness of their habitations, cannot conveniently be acquainted therewith. 9 IV. At the Second Session of the General Court for Elections, held at Boston, 8th of October, 1672, on their Adjournment. Whereas by the good hand of God, there has been erected and continued a College in Cambridge in the county of Middlesex, called by the name of Harvard Col- lege, and that by an Instrument or Charter, dated the 31st of May in the year 1650, the President and Fellows thereof were established to be one body corporate by the authority of this Court : And whereas several gifts and donations have been made, and are still making by many well devoted persons, inhabitants of this country, as also strangers, for the maintenance of the Governors and the government thereof, and for all the accommodations of the Scholars thereof, in books, buildings, lectures, scholarships, and all other necessary and fitting provisions, that may conduce to the education of English and Indian youth: Now for the perpetuation and further advancement of so good a work, and for the better encouragement of all per- sons therein concerned, or to be concerned, it is ordered and enacted by this Court and the authority thereof, that Leonard Hoare, Doctor in Physic, be the present President of said Harvard College, Mr. Samuel Danforth, Fellow of the said College, Mr. Urian Oakes, Pastor of the Church of Cambridge, Mr. Thomas Shepherd, teacher of the Church of Charlestown, Mr. Joseph Brown and Mr. John Richard- son, Masters of Art, be the Fellows, and Mr. John Richards the Treasurer of the said College and Corporation for the time being ; and that the President, Fellows, and Treasurer of the said College, or the Fellows alone, when there is no President established, and their successors from time to time be the immediate Governors thereof, and shall in name and fact for ever hereafter be one body politic and corporate 2 10 in law, to all intents and purposes, and shall have perpetual succession, having power and authority by these presents, (procuring a meeting of the Overseers, and by their counsel and consent,) to elect successors into the places of any one or more of them which shall be by death or removal made vacant: — Be it also hereby authorized and enacted, that the said Corporation and their successors shall have the power of constituting, and again at their pleasure removing all inferior officers to the said Society appertaining, — and all the next and immediate government of every member of the said Society according to such orders and laws as are or shall be established by the said Corporation ; the Overseers of the said College allowing or not contradicting the said laws, upon notice of them given to them at their next meeting. — And also the said Corporation and their successors may purchase and acquire to themselves, or take and receive upon free gift any lands, tenements, heredita- ments, annuities, services, goods, moneys, or other emolu- ments whatsoever, or from whomsoever, and (observing strictly the will of the donors) dispose of the same to the use and behoof of the said College or any members thereof; and the President may warn a general meeting of the said Corporation for debating any of the affairs aforesaid. — In all which cases the conclusion shall be made by the major part present, the President having a casting voice. And that the said Corporation with their distinct Treasurer (if any such be chosen) by the name of the President, Fellows, and Treasurer of Harvard College, may sue and plead, or be sued or impleaded in all Courts or places of judicature within this jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Colony, to all intents and purposes in law and with effect, as may any private person or body incorporate ; only the estate to the Corporation belonging, and not that which belongs proper to any member of the said Corporation, being liable to such impleadments : also that the said Corporation or any three 11 of them, the President being one, in all crimes by the laws of this country punishable by one magistrate, shall have the full power of sconsing, fining, or otherwise correcting, all inferior officers or members to the said Society belonging, as the laws of the country provide in such cases, or the laws of the College not repugnant unto them : and for that end any of the said Corporation shall, and hereby have power personally with such aid of the Society as they shall think meet, taking the constable along with them, to enter into any houses licensed for public entertainment, where they shall be informed, or may be suspicious of any enor- mities to be plotting or acting by any members of their Society ; and all constables and all other inferior civil officers in that place are hereby authorized and commanded to be readily aiding and assisting to them or any of them in the premises. Neither shall any person or persons legally expelled the College, abide above ten days in the township of Cambridge, unless their parents live in the said township. And be it also ordered and enacted by this Court and the authority thereof, — that all the lands, tenements, heredita- ments or annuities within this jurisdiction, to the said Corporation appertaining, not exceeding the value of five hundred pounds per annum, shall be henceforth freed from all ordinary civil impositions, taxes, and rates, and all goods to the said Corporation, or to any scholars thereof apper- taining, shall be exempted from all manner of toll, customs, and excise whatsoever, except in cases of war, or extra- ordinary exigencies of the country. And moreover that the said President, Fellows, and scholars, together with their menial servants, and other necessary officers, (not exceed- ing the number of ten,) shall be utterly exempted from all personal and civil offices, military exercises, watchings and wardings, or the like public services : And the personal estates of the said Corporation and their officers (not ex- ceeding one hundred pounds a man) shall be also freed 12 from the like country taxes for ever: All and every of which premises we do ordain and enact to be fully estab- lished for law, any law, grant, or usage to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. V. Exiracts from the Charter granted to the Province of Massachu- setts Bay, by King William and Queen Mary, bearing date the seventh of October, in the third year of their reign, anno 1691. " Provided nevertheless, and we do for us, our heirs, and successors, grant and ordain, that all and every such lands, tenements, hereditaments, and all other estates, which any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, towns, villages, colleges, or schools, do hold and enjoy, or ought to hold and enjoy, within the bounds aforesaid, by, or under any grant or estate duly made, or granted by any general court formerly held, or by virtue of the letters patent herein before recited, or by any other lawful right or title whatsoever, shall be, by such person and persons, bodies politic and corporate, towns, villages, colleges or schools, their respective heirs, successors, and assigns, for ever here- after held and enjoyed, according to the intent and purport of such respective grant. " And we do further, for us, our heirs, and succes- sors, give and grant to the said governor, and the great and general court of our said province or territory, or assembly, for the time being, full power and authority, from time to time, to make, ordain, and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, and ordinances, direc- tions and instructions, either with penalties or without, (so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to the laws of this our realm of England,) as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of our said province or territory, and for the g-" r 3rnment and ordering thereof, and of the people 13 inhabiting, or who shall inhabit the same ; and for the necessary support and defence of the government thereof." * * In an Appendix to a Report, published under the authority of the Corpora- tion, in the year 1812, the several acts of 1657, — 1672, — and 1691, — are thus historically illustrated and commented upon. " Such was the difficulty attending the attempt to execute powers so re- strained as those in the charter of 1650, — that in October 1657, upon the application of the Overseers, the Appendix to the College Charter was estab- lished, by which the orders and by-laws of the President and Fellows had immediate force and effect ; they being- responsible for the same to the board of Overseers. "Afterwards the General Court of the colony of Massachusetts Bay appear to have intended a new college charter with much larger powers, including a measure of civil jurisdiction; and passed the ordinance of 1672." " But there is no evidence that the President and Fellows ever accepted this charter, or acted under it. They never assumed the name there desig- nated of President, Fellows, and Treasurer of Harvard College, but acted under the name by which they were originally incorporated. " Thus stood the government of Harvard College as established by law until the colony charter was vacated in the year 1685. From this time to the granting of the provincial charter of William and Mary in the year 1691, no successful attempts were made to take away the property of the College or defeat its chartered rights, and it continued chiefly under the former Corpora- tion. The title of President of the College was changed to that of Rector, by Mr. Dudley, the president of the colony under king James II. The president of the colony, either with or without his council, sometimes interfered in the government of the College, probably claiming to be successors to the governor, deputy governor, and magistrates of the old colony of Massachusetts Bay. " The provincial charter of 1691 secured to the college its property, as is shown by the above extracts." " After the grant of the provincial charter, the friends of the College, desiring additional powers and privileges for the institution, and apprehensive of danger to it from the interference of the governor appointed by the king, made several attempts to obtain a new charter for the College. It is stated that three several acts of the legislature passed for that purpose, in which the board of Overseers was omitted, and as a substitution therefor the number of the Corporation was enlarged. But all these attempts proved abortive by the disapprobation of the king in council, grounded upon the proposed charter's not providing for a visitation of the king by his governor. To remove this objection, in the act sent over in 1697, passed under the administration of Lieutenant-Governor Stoughton, and in another said to be made in 1700, the governor and council were made visitors, but this was not satisfactory. " After the failure of these attempts, the friends of the College found it ne- cessary to proceed pursuant to the powers, which had been exercised under the colony of Massachusetts Bay; and upon the election of President Lev- erett, the declaration of the provincial legislature was obtained, " which ap- pears in the following extract from the resolve of the provincial General Court, passed Dec. 6, 1707. 14 VI. At a Great and General Court or Assembly for her Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay, begun and holden at Boston upon Wednesday the 28th of May, 1707. Thursday, December 4, 1707. In Council. " Inasmuch as the first foundation and establishment of that House [Harvard College in Cambridge], and the gov- ernment thereof, had its original from an act of the General Court, made and passed in the year 1650, which has not been repealed or nulled, The President and Fellows of said College are directed from time to time to regulate themselves according to the rules of the Constitution, by the act prescribed, and to exercise the powers and authority thereby granted for the government of that House and support thereof." Dec. 6, 1707. Concurred by the Representatives and consented to by the Governor JOS. DUDLEY. VII. The Articles of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, confirming and securing to Harvard College the perpetual Possession, and Enjoyment of all its Estates, Rights, Powers, and Privileges. CHAPTER V. SECT. 1. The University. Art. 1. Whereas our wise and pious ancestors, so early as the year one thousand six hundred and thirty-six, laid the foundation of Harvard College, in which University, many persons of great eminence have, by the blessing of 15 God, been initiated into those arts and sciences, which qualified them for public employments, both in church and state : and whereas the encouragement of arts and scien- ces, and all good literature, tends to the honor of God, the advantage of the Christian religion, and the great benefit of this, and the other United States of America : — It is declared, that the President and Fellows of Harvard College in their corporate capacity, and their successors in that capacity, their officers and servants, shall have, hold, use, exercise, and enjoy, all the powers, authorities, rights, liberties, privileges, immunities, and franchises, which they now have, or are entitled to have, hold, use, exercise, and enjoy: And the same are hereby ratified and confirmed unto them, the said President and Fellows of Harvard College, and to their successors, and to their officers and servants, respectively, for ever. Art. 2. And whereas there have been, at sundry times, by divers persons, gifts, grants, devises of houses, lands, tenements, goods, chattels, legacies, and conveyances, heretofore made, either to Harvard College in Cambridge in New England, or to the President and Fellows of Har- vard College, or to the said College by some other descrip- tion, under several charters successively: It is declared, that all the said gifts, grants, devises, legacies, and convey- ances, are hereby for ever confirmed unto the President and Fellows of Harvard College, and to their successors in the capacity aforesaid, according to the true intent and meaning of the donor or donors, grantor or grantors, devisor or de- visors. Art. 3. And whereas by an act of the General Court of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, passed in the year one thousand six hundred and forty-two, the Governor and Deputy Governor for the time being, and all the magistrates of that jurisdiction were, with the President, and a number of the clergy in the said act described, constituted the 16 Overseers of Harvard College : And it being necessary, in this new constitution of government, to ascertain who shall be deemed successors to the said Governor, Deputy Gov- ernor, and magistrates ; It is declared, that the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Senate of this Common- wealth are, and shall be deemed their successors; who, with the President of Harvard College for the time being, together with the ministers of the congregational churches in the towns of Cambridge, Watertown, Charlestown, Bos- ton, Roxbury, and Dorchester, mentioned in the said act, shall be, and hereby are vested with all the powers and authority belonging, or in any way appertaining to the Overseers of Harvard College : Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the legislature of this Commonwealth from making such alterations in the govern- ment of the said University, as shall be conducive to its advantage, and the interest of the republic of letters, in as full a manner, as might have been done by the legislature of the late province of Massachusetts Bay. VIII. The Statute of the Commonwealth, anno 1809, ch. 113, entitled " An Act to alter and amend the Constitution of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College." Whereas the members of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, as heretofore constituted, cannot conven- iently nor constantly attend to the diligent discharge of the duties enjoined on it : Sect. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the Governor, Lieutenant- Governor, Counsellors, President of the Senate, and Speak- er of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth, and the President of Harvard College for the time being. 17 with fifteen ministers of congregational churches, and fif- teen laymen, all inhabitants within the state, to be elected as is herein after mentioned, shall for ever hereafter consti- tute the Board of Overseers of Harvard College ; they, or the major part of them, present at any legal meeting, to exercise and enjoy all the rights, powers, and privileges, and to be subject to all the duties of the existing Board of Overseers of Harvard College : Provided however, that all the ministers of congregational churches who are mem- bers of that Board shall remain members of the Board of Overseers established by this act, so long as they shall continue ministers respectively of their congregational churches, and no longer. Sect, 2. Be it further enacted, That as soon as conven- iently may be, after this act shall be in force, the present Secretary of the Board of Overseers, or, if that office be vacant, the President, or a major part of the Fellows of Harvard College, shall call a meeting of the Overseers of Harvard College, to be holden at some suitable time and place, for electing fifteen laymen, inhabitants of the state, to be members of the Board of Overseers ; the said meet- ing to be notified by publishing the time and place of hold- ing the same, in each of the public newspapers printed in Boston, ten days at the least before the time of holding the same ; and the said elections to be made by ballot, by the major part of the Overseers present : And all persons who then, if this act had not been in force, would have been members of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, shall have right to meet and vote in the said elections. Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Over- seers, as constituted by this act, may, at any legal meeting, choose by a majority of votes, a Secretary, when that office shall be vacant, who shall be under oath truly to record all the votes and proceedings of the Board, and faithfully to discharge all the duties of his office ; and the said Board 3 18 may, at any legal meeting, by a majority of votes, deter- mine from time to time, when and in what manner its meetings shall be held, called, and notified ; and at any legal meeting of the said Board, the Governor, if present, shall preside ; if not, the Lieutenant-Governor, if present, shall preside ; in their absence, the oldest member of the Council present shall preside ; if they also be absent, the President of the Senate shall preside, if present ; but in his absence also, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall preside ; and if neither of them be present, the great- er part of the Overseers present at such meeting shall choose a President pro tempore, and until one of the offi- cers aforesaid shall be present : Provided nevertheless, that the Secretary of the Overseers shall have power to call a meeting of the said Board, at such times as he shall be thereto requested by the President and Fellows of Har- vard College, such meeting to be notified as the said Board shall direct. Sect. 4. Be it further enacted, That when any minister of any congregational church, being a member of the said Board, shall cease to have the ministerial relation he now has,_or may have had at the time of his election ; or when any member of the elective part of the said Board shall re- move out of the state, the place of such minister or mem- ber shall thereupon become vacant. And the said Board may at any legal meeting, by a vote of the greater number present, remove from his place any member of the elective part of the said Board, who shall neglect to attend the meetings thereof, without reasonable excuse, when duly notified, or who by his immoral conduct shall have rendered himself unworthy of holding his place ; but before any vote shall pass to remove any member, he shall have reasonable notice, and a fit opportunity to be heard in his defence. Sect 5. Be it further enacted, That for establishing a perpetual succession in the elective part of the said Board, 19 whenever a vacancy shall happen therein, by death, resig- nation, or otherwise, the Overseers may, at a legal meeting, by a majority of the votes present, fill up such vacancy, by electing therefor some suitable person, who shall be an in- habitant of the state. Provided however, that no minister of any congregational church shall be so elected, when there are fifteen ministers of congregational churches mem- bers of the elective part of the said Board ; nor shall any layman be so elected, when there are fifteen laymen mem- bers of the elective part of the said Board ; but in all cases, when there are fifteen ministers and fifteen laymen, mem- bers of the elective part of the said Board, there shall not be deemed to be any vacancy therein. Sect, 6. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force when the Overseers of Harvard College, as hereto- fore constituted, and the President and Fellows of Har- vard College shall agree to accept the provisions in this act contained. In the House of Representatives, March 5, 1810. This bill, having had three several readings, passed to be enacted. TIMOTHY BIGELOW, Speaker. In Senate, March 6, 1810. This bill, having had two several readings, passed to be enacted. H. G. OTIS, President. March 6, 1810. Approved, C. GORE. At a meeting of the President and Fellows of Harvard College in Boston, March 16, 1810, The President, having laid before the President and Fel- lows of Harvard College an exemplification, under the great seal of the Commonwealth, of a certain act passed 20 by the General Court at the last session thereof, entitled, "An act to alter and amend the constitution of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College," in the sixth section of which act, it is enacted as follows : " This act shall be in force when the Overseers of Harvard College, as hereto- fore constituted, and the President and Fellows of Harvard College shall agree to accept the provisions in this act con- tained ; " and the said act having been read, and the pro- visions therein duly considered, it is unanimously voted, That the President and Fellows of Harvard College do agree to accept the provisions in the said act contained ; and it is farther voted, That the President be requested to lay the aforesaid vote before the Honorable and Reverend the Board of Over- seers of Harvard College. Attest. SAMUEL WEBBER, President. At a meeting of the Overseers of Harvard College, April 12, 1810, the proceedings of the Corporation and act of the legislature above stated being laid before the Board, the Board voted to accept the provisions in said act contained. JOHN LATHROP, Secretary. IX. An Act to repeal an Act, entitled " An Act to alter and amend the Constitution of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College" and to regulate certain Meetings of that Board. Sect. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That an act made and passed the seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and ten, entitled, " An act to alter and 21 amend the constitution of the Board of Overseers of Har- vard College," be, and the same is hereby repealed ; and the Board of Overseers from and after the passage of this act shall be constituted in the same way and manner, and be composed of the same persons, and no others, that it would have been, had the same act never been made or passed. Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a meeting of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, as the same will be constituted after the passing of this act, on the second Wednesday of the first session of the Gene- ral Court, annually, in the Senate-chamber, at three o'clock in the afternoon, unless otherwise ordered by the said Board of Overseers, if the General Court shall remain so long in session ; and at such other times and places as the said Board shall order ; at which annual meeting it shall be the duty of the Secretary of said Board, at the first meet- ing thereof, to lay before them the records and proceedings of the Corporation of Harvard College, and of the said Board of Overseers, which have been had since the passing of the act aforesaid, which is hereby repealed, and in like manner all the proceedings which may have been had by said Corporation and Board of Overseers shall be laid be- fore them, at their next succeeding meeting, to be held agreeably to the provisions of this act. In the House of Representatives, February 28, 1812. This bill, having had three several readings, passed to be enacted. W. E. RIPLEY, Speaker. In Senate, February 28, 1812. This bill, having had two several readings, passed to be enacted. SAMUEL DANA, President. Council Chamber, February 29, 1812. Approved, E. GERRY. 22 X. An Act to restore the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, and to maJce an Addition thereto. Sect. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That an act made and passed on the twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve, entitled " An act to repeal an act, entitled, 'An act to alter and amend the Constitution of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College,' and to regulate certain meetings of that Board," be, and the same is hereby repealed. Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Senate of this Commonwealth shall be, and they hereby are added to the Board of Overseers, constituted by an act made and passed on the fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten, entitled " An act to alter and amend the Constitution of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College," and shall, together with the persons mentioned in the said last-mentioned act, hereafter consti- tute the Board of Overseers of Harvard College ; they, or the major part of them present at any legal meeting, to exercise and enjoy all the rights, powers, and privileges, and to be subject to all the duties of the Board of Over- seers, constituted under the said last-mentioned act. Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force, when the Overseers of Harvard College, constituted by the last-mentioned act, and the President and Fellows of Harvard College, shall agree to accept the provisions of 'this act. In the House of Representatives, February 26, 1814. This bill, having had three several readings, passed to be enacted. TIMOTHY BIGELOW, Speaker. 23 In Senate, February 28, 1814. This bill, having had two several readings, passed to be enacted. JOHN PHILLIPS, President Council Chamber, February 28, 1814. Approved, CALEB STRONG. At a meeting of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, March 10, 1814. The President having laid before the President and Fel- lows, an attested copy of a certain act, passed by the General Court at the last session thereof, entitled " An act to restore the Board of Overseers of Harvard College and to make an addition thereto," in the third section of which act it is enacted as follows : " This Act shall be in force when the Overseers of Harvard College, constituted by the last-mentioned act," that is to say, an act passed March sixth, in the year of our Lord 1810, "and the President and Fellows of Harvard College shall agree to accept the provisions of this act," and the said act having been read, and the provisions therein duly considered; it is unanimously voted, That the President and Fellows of Harvard College do agree to accept the provisions in the said act contained ; and it is farther voted, That the President be requested to lay the aforesaid vote before the Honorable and Reverend the Overseers of Har- vard College designated in said act, and that the Secretary be requested to call a meeting of said Overseers on the 17th day of March, 1814. J. T. KIRKLAND, President At a meeting of the Overseers, March 10, 1814. The act of the General Court, passed February 28, 1814, entitled "An act to restore the Board of Harvard College, and to make an addition thereto," in the third sec- 24 tion of which act it is enacted as follows : " This act shall be in force when the Overseers of Harvard College, as constituted by the act of March 1810, and the President and Fellows of Harvard College shall agree to accept the provisions of this act ; " and the said act having been read and the provisions therein duly considered, it is voted that the Overseers do accept the provisions in said act contained. Attest. JOHN LATHROP, Secretary. RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE OVERSEERS i. At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1718, Nov. 12. Voted, That the votes of the Overseers should be writ- ten in a book by themselves, and that the book should be produced at the Overseers' meetings. [Records of the Overseers, Vol. I. page 15.] II. At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1722, August 14. Voted, That the Clerk of the Overseers for the future give due notifications to the Overseers of the appointment of their meetings, and of the time and place thereof, agreea- bly to what the act constituting the Overseers and the Appendix to the Charter (made A. D. 1657) requires. 2d. That, upon the desire of five of the Overseers, sig- nified in writing under their hands, for a meeting, his Excellency the Governor or the Commander-in-chief, for the time being, shall be first acquainted therewith, in order to his giving direction to the Clerk of the Overseers for summoning the members accordingly. [Records, Vol. I. page 36.] HI. At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1722, August 30. Voted, That the Clerk of the Overseers, from time to time and as soon as conveniently may be, deliver to the President an attested copy of the votes of the Overseers, to be by him communicated to the Corporation. [Records, Vol. I. page 39.] 26 IV. At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1740, Oct. 7. Voted, That, for the more regular and certain meetings of the Overseers' Committees for the future, from time to time the Committees chosen by the Overseers at their stated half-yearly meetings, to inquire into the state of the College, &c, shall meet in the College Library that day fortnight at ten in the morning before the stated half- yearly meeting of the Overseers next ensuing, and that, a fortnight at least before said stated Committee meeting, the Clerk shall cause to be delivered to the Chairman of the Committee a copy of the Overseers' vote, appointing them to make the said inquiry, and that the said Chairman shall, a week before the stated Committee meeting, notify the same to all the rest of the Committee. [Records, Vol. I. page 186.] V. At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1741, June 4. A Committee report, That in addition to the crder made by the Overseers, August 30, 1722, for the more certain efficacy of the Overseers' votes, we propose to the Overseers to make a further order, that for the time to come their Clerk shall, within a week next after the Overseers' meeting, from time to time, deliver to the President an attested copy of those votes which the Overseers recommend to the consider- ation of the President, or of the Corporation, as also deliver an attested copy of all other votes respecting other persons, to the persons concerned, and that said Clerk shall make report of his so doing to the next meeting of the Overseers from time to time. The above report of their Committee was accepted by the Overseers, [Records, Vol. I. page 189.] 27 VL At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1753, April 24. Voted, That, when the Overseers recommend any thing to the Corporation, a copy of the said Overseers' vote be given by the Clerk to the President, for him to lay it before the Corporation. [Records, Vol. II. page 27.] VII. At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1757, April 27. Voted, That the 3d article of the Committee's Report respecting the Clerk's being directed, within four days from the appointment of any Committee of the Board, to serve the Chairman of such Committee with a copy thereof, &,c. be confirmed by the Overseers. Voted, That the 4th article of the Report, " that, at the opening of every semi-annual meeting of the Overseers, the votes of the preceding semi-annual meeting be pub- licly read," be confirmed by the Overseers. [Records, Vol. II. page 45.] Voted, That the 7th article of the Report, respecting the Overseers appointing a number of them to be a Quorum, was not passed by the Overseers ; but it was voted, that, whensoever any nine of the Overseers of the College that judge it needful that a meeting of the Overseers should be had, it shall be lawful for them, by writing under their hands directed to their Clerk, to cause such a meeting to be warned, and held at the College at such time and for such purposes as in such writing shall be expressed ; and all matters transacted at such meeting shall be deemed and accounted valid as if passed at any of their stated meetings; and the Clerk of the Overseers is directed to notify such 28 meeting accordingly, in time and manner as has been usual. Voted unanimously. [Records, Vol. I. page 46.] VIII. At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1759, April 24. Voted, That the 6th article of the Report, viz., That there always be presented an attested copy of such votes of the Corporation as are laid before the Overseers for their confirmation, was accepted by the Board. [Records, Vol. II. page 59.] IX. At a meeting of the Overseers, 1762, July 21. Voted unanimously, That the Overseers will not re- ceive any votes from the Corporation about giving degrees on Commencement day, but such as shall be ready to be presented on or before 10 o'clock in the forenoon on said day, and that the grounds and reasons for conferring occa- sional degrees be laid before the Board as well as the Corporation. Records, Vol. II. page 127.] X. At a Meeting of the Overseers of Harvard College, 30th Sept. 1776, at the Council Chamber in Watertown. Voted, That it be recommended to the Corporation, whenever they make choice of any person to sustain any office in the College, that they give notice to the Secretary of the Board of Overseers, that he may either lay it before the Board at one of their meetings, or insert it in the notifi- cation for the meeting at which it is to be considered, seven days at the least before such election be passed upon by the Overseers. [Records, Vol. III. page 101.] 29 XL At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1777, Oct. 7. The Committee take the liberty to recommend to this Board a more strict attention to the vote passed at their meeting, Sept. 30, 1776, That the election of any person to sustain any office in the College be laid before the Board at one of their meetings, or inserted in the notifica- tion for the meeting at which it is to be considered, at least seven days before such election is passed upon by the Overseers; as such previous notice is necessary in order to the Overseers satifying themselves of the qualification of the person elected. Voted, That this report be accepted. [Records, Vol. III. page 119.] XII. At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1787, March 26. Voted, That, for the time to come, when the consent of this Board shall be asked to a vote of the Corporation, electing any person to be a governor or instructer in the College, or conferring on any person an honorary degree, the decision shall be by ballot. [Records, Vol. III. page 340.] XIII. At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1790, May 4. The Committee recommend, that future meetings of Overseers be notified by printed messages left at each one's house, instead of verbal or written messages as heretofore adopted. They also recommend, that the Secretary of the Board attend all future meetings of the visiting Committees, and keep a record of all their proceedings in a separate book. Voted to accept this Report. 30 Voted, That, for the time to come, the reports of Com- mittees appointed to inquire into the state of the College, and the doings of the Overseers thereon, be recorded by the Secretary in a separate book and lodged with the Pres- ident. [Records, Vol. IV. page 44.] XIV. At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1793, May 7. Considering that by the alterations annually made in the Council and Senate, the names of the members of the Board of Overseers are imperfectly known to each other, and there is not a proper rotation observed in the choice of Committees, it is recommended, that the Secretary always have a correct list of the members ready to be produced at every meeting, from which list the Committees may be nominated. Read and accepted in the Board of Overseers, [Records, Vol. IV. page 130.) XV. At a Meeting of the Overseers of Harvard College by adjourn- ment at the Council Chamber in Boston, May 24th, 1810. The Committee appointed at the last meeting to con- sider the powers and duties of the Board of Overseers, the existing regulations for the government of the said Board, and what farther regulations may be expedient, made the following Report, viz. The Committee appointed the 17th inst. to consider the powers and duties of the Board of Overseers, the existing regulations for the government of the said Board, and what farther regulations may be expedient, have attended that service, and report, 31 That the powers and duties of the Board of Overseers, as one branch of the College Government, are pointed out in sundry acts and instruments, among which, besides the Constitution of the Commonwealth, are the following, — 1st. An act establishing the Overseers passed by the General Court in Boston, 1642. 2d. The Charter granted to the President and Fellows of Harvard College, under the seal of the Colony of Mas- sachusetts Bay, bearing date, May 30, A. D. 1650. 3d. The Appendix to the Charter granted by an act of the General Court of the Colony, passed A. D. 1657. — Copies of which acts and instruments, with extracts from the Charter granted to the province of Massachusetts Bay by King William and Queen Mary, A. D. 1691, accompany this Report. The existing regulations for the government of said Board are contained in the records of the meetings and in the printed Laws of the College ; — among them are the following. Besides meetings to be always called and held as deter- mined by the vote of the Board at any legal meeting, and also w 7 hen requested by the President and Fellows, it is moreover ordered, that whenever any nine of the Overseers of the College shall judge it needful that a meeting shall be had, it shall be lawful for them by writing under their hand directed to the Clerk (Secretary) to cause such meeting to be warned and held at the College, at such time and for such purposes as in such writing shall be expressed. In addition to the meeting of the Board on Commence- ment day, the existing regulations provide for two stated meetings in every year, viz., one on the first Tuesday in May, the other on the fourth Tuesday in October. It is ordered that a Committee be semi-annually appointed to inquire into the state of the College; also, two Commit- tees to attend the examination of the students, one to 5 32 examine the Treasurer's accounts, and one to join a Com- mittee of the Corporation for the purpose of inspecting the Library, Philosophical Apparatus, Medical Rooms, Cabinet, and Museum, The method of notifying meetings is by written or print- ed messages, left at the house, or delivered into the hands, of each member of the Board belonging to either of the six neighbouring towns. The Committee recommend that the same rules with re- gard to holding, calling, and notifying meetings which have heretofore been adopted shall be observed in future, with this addition, — That the written or printed notifications shall be sent to all the elected members, also to the Gover- nor of the Commonwealth, the President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, whenever the Council or the General Court be in session. The Committee also propose that the Committee of the Over- seers, annually appointed to inspect the Library, Philoso- phical Apparatus, Medical Rooms, Cabinet, and Museum, shall be instructed to inspect the Colleges and ascertain their internal and external state, with a view to repairs or alterations that may at any time be necessary or expedient. JOHN T. KIRKLAND, per order. The Report having been considered, and such parts ex- plained as were objected to by some of the Board at first reading, Voted, That the Report be accepted. [Records, Vol. V. page 260.] XVI. At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1812, June 25. The Committee appointed on the 9th instant to consider and report rules and orders with respect to holding, calling, and notifying meetings, of the Board, made the following Report : — 33 That the Board adopt the same time and places of meet- ing for the present Board of Overseers, which were ap- pointed by the late Board of Overseers, pursuant to their vote of May 24, 1810, with the following addition, viz. — And a farther meeting of the said Board at every meet- ing of the Legislature, on the second Wednesday of said session, at three o'clock in the afternoon in the Senate Chamber, if the Legislature shall remain so long in session. SAMUEL DANA, Chairman. Voted to accept the Report. [Records, Vol. VI. page 4.] XVII. At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1822, May 7. Voted, That, in addition to the usual notifications of the meetings of the Board of Overseers, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to publish notifications thereof, in at least two of the newspapers printed in Boston ; and such notifi- cations shall be published at least seven days previous to such meetings, except in those cases, in which the urgency of the business to be transacted shall require a shorter notice. [Records, Vol. VII. page 443.] XVIII. At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1825, January 21. The following standing rules were unanimously adopted. 1st. That the semi-annual meetings of this Board shall hereafter be holden in Boston, on the second Thursday of each of the regular sessions of the Legislature, and with the permission of the Senate, in the Senate Chamber. 2d. That, in addition to the Reports now required, there shall be laid before the Board, at its meeting in January, a 6 34 statement of the expenses of the Institution during the preceding College year, and an estimate of its expenses for the next year. 3d. That no election of a member of this Board shall be made, nor shall the appointment of any member of the Corporation, or of a permanent Professor, be ratified by this Board, excepting at a meeting holden in Boston during some session of the Legislature. [Records, Vol. VII. page 92.] XIX. At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1825, June 10. Ordered, That, whenever any vacancy shall occur in this Board, by death, resignation, or otherwise, notice shall be given thereof, at some meeting of the Board holden in Boston, while the Legislature is in session ; and a nomina- tion list shall remain open, during the whole of the same session, upon which every member of the Board may insert the name of any one person, whom he may wish to fill the vacancy. And no election shall be made of any person to fill such vacancy until the next meeting of the Board, which shall be holden at Boston, during the next ensuing session of the Legislature. Ordered, That the order of this Board, respecting the filling of vacancies, passed in 1816,* be, and the same is hereby repealed. Voted, That this Report be accepted. Voted, That at future meetings of the Overseers, during the session of the General Court, the Secretary be requir- ed to send notices to the Governor, asking him to invite the attendance of the Honorable Council ; to the Lieutenant- * No such " order " appears, on the Records of the Overseers, to have been passed in the year 1813. A Report of a Committee of the Board was communi- cated, March 7th of ihat year, on the subject of filling vacancies ; but it does not appear that the Report was accepted, or that any order was passed thereon. 35 Governor ; to the President of the Senate, asking him to invite the attendance of the Honorable Senate ; to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the per- manent Members of the Board who are not of the Council or Senate. [Records, Vol. VII. page 233.] XX. At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1832, February 23. The Committee of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, appointed on the 12th of January last, to inquire whether any, and, if any, what modifications of the standing rules it may be expedient to make, respectfully report the following Rules and Orders, which they recommend for the consideration and adoption of the Board. Submitted by order of the Committee. JOSIAH QUINCY, Chairman. 1st. The annual meeting of this Board shall be hereafter hold en in Boston, on the second Tuesday of each of the regular sessions of the Legislature ; and, with the permis- sion of the Senate, in the Senate Chamber. 2d. There shall be laid before the Board at this meeting, by the President, a statement, authenticated by the Treas- surer, of the expenses of the Institution during the past College year, and an estimate of its expenses for the cur- rent year. 3d. No election of a member of this Board shall be made, except at the annual meeting in January, or at an adjournment of that meeting to a time within the same session of the Legislature. For this purpose, whenever any vacancy shall occur in this Board, by death, resignation, or otherwise, notice shall be given thereof by the Secretary of the Board, at the first meeting next succeeding the oc- currence of such vacancy ; and thereupon a nomination-list 36 shall be opened, upon which every member of the Board may write the name of any person, whom he may wish to fill such vacancy. And no election shall be made of any person to fill such vacancy, until the next meeting of the Board to be holden at Boston during the session of the Legislature, nor until fourteen days after notice of such vacancy has been given, as aforesaid, and no ballots shall be received for any person not on the nomination-list. 4th. No appointment of any member of the Corporation or of any permanent Professor, shall be ratified by this Board except at a meeting holden in Boston during a ses- sion of the Legislature, nor without the lapse of at least seven days between the time of the presentation of such appointment for concurrence and its ratification, unless the Board, for special reasons, by vote in which three fourths of the members present shall concur, determine to proceed to take up the question of concurrence with such appointment immediately. 5th. There shall be appointed, at every annual meeting of the Board in January, three general and six special Committees. The General Committees shall be as follows. (1.) A visiting Committee to consist of twelve members, of which the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, President of the Senate, and speaker of the House of Representatives shall be ex officio members ; and the remaining eight shall be chosen, two from the Council, two from the Senate, two from the clerical, and two from the lay elective members of the Board. The duty of this Committee shall be to visit the Uni- versity, at the Spring Exhibition on the first Tuesday of May, and at the Autumn Exhibition on the third Tuesday of October, to inquire into its state, to consider what may tend to increase its reputation and usefulness, and to nomi- nate suitable persons to receive the incomes of Madam 37 Mary Saltonstall's and Mrs. Joanna Alford's legacies, and to report at the annual meeting in the succeeding January. (2.) A Committee to visit the Library, the Philosophical Apparatus, the Medical, Chemical, and Anatomical depart- ments, and to report at the next annual meeting ; to consist of at least nine members. (3.) A Committee on the Treasurer's accounts, to con- sist of at least three members. The Special Committees shall be as follows : (1.) A Committee to examine the Students in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew; to consist of at least jive members. (2.) A Committee to examine the Students in Modern Languages, to consist of at least five members. (3.) A Committee to examine the Students in Grammar? Rhetoric, and the Philosophy of Language, to consist of at least six members. (4.) A Committee to examine the Students in Mathe- matics, Natural Philosophy, and Astronomy, to consist of at least six members. (5.) A Committee to examine the Students in Chemis- try and Natural History, to consist of at least six members. (6.) A Committee to examine the Students in Intellect- ual and Moral Philosophy, to consist of at least six mem- bers. After mature consideration, and a few alterations and amendments, the Report as above recorded, was accepted. [Records, Vol. VIII. page 105.] 38 At a Meeting of the Overseers, 1835, January 15. The Committee appointed on the 13th of February, 1834, to inquire into the expediency of making further provision by By-law for calling special meetings of this Board, Report the following By-law. Special meetings of the Board shall be called by the Secretary, upon application made to him, in writing, by the President and Fellows, or by nine or more members of the Board, setting forth the time, place, and objects of such meeting. And the Secretary upon the receipt of such application, shall, seven days at least before the time of such meeting, deliver or send to each member of the Board, a written or printed notice thereof, expressing the time, place, and objects of such meeting. Provided that during the Session of the General Court, such notice being delivered or sent as aforesaid to the Governor and Presi- dent of the Senate, with a request that the same be com- municated by them to the Council and Senate respectively, shall be deemed sufficient notice to the members of those bodies. And provided further, that, in cases of great urgency, notices for such meetings shall be sufficient, if delivered or sent as aforesaid, three days before any such meeting. And all former By-laws for calling and notifying special meetings of the Board, are hereby repealed. IRA BARTON, SAM. P. P. FAY, JAS. SAVAGE, A. H. EVERETT, BENJ. SHELDON, CHAS. LOWELL, December 29, 1834. January 15, 1835. Read and accepted. Attest. JOHN PIERCE, Secretary. Committee. Erratum. — Page 35, line 10, for second Tuesday read second Thursday. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 029 908 947 2 /f3f 0J29J08 947 2 Hollinger Corp. pH 8.5