rated. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Richard Richardson, senior, James Davis, Tho- Trustees mas Nightingale Johnson, John Peter Richardson, incorpoSamuel Montgomery, senior, Mathew James and James Burchill Richardson, shall be, and they are hereby appointed trustees for the purposes of establishing and conducting a public school in Clarendon county, with full power and authority, from time to time, to make, constitute and establish such by-laws, rules and orders, as to them shall seem necessary and convenient, for the better regulation, government, well-ordering and directing of themselves, as trustees aforesaid, as well as of the said public school so to be established. And the said trustees, and their successors, shall for ever hereafter be a body politic and corporate, in deed and in name, and by the style of The Trustees of the Public School of the Clarendon Orphan Society;" and by the said name shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, and a common, seal, with power to change, alter and make new the same, as often as the said corporation shall judge expedient. ritable do nations. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawfat for the said May recorporation to take, retain, and hold for ever, any ceive chacharitable donations, devices or bequests, of lands or personal property, and to appropriate the same to the purposes of said corporation; and by its name to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any court of law or equity in this state. when to meet and And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said public school, in Clarendon coun- How and ty, shall be under the management and direction of the aforesaid trustees, or a majority or board elect offithereof, to be chosen, appointed and perpetuated il vacanas follows: The said trustees, and their succes- cies. sors, shall meet on the second Monday, in May in every year, at any place so to be appointed by the cers and said trustees, between the hours of ten o'clock in the morning, and three o'clock in the afternoon, (after due notice being given by the trustees, at Icast eight days before,) and the majority of those so met shall elect, by ballot, a president and such other officers as they shall think necessary, for the ensuing year. And on the death, resignation, or removal from the state, by residence, of any trustce or officer, the president, or, in his absence, the next presiding officer, shall, in a convenient place, and within two months, after duc notice, convene the said trusees, and, in the manner aforesaid, so supply and fill up all vacancies that may so take place from time to time. And be it further enacted by the authority aforeTo keep said, That the aforesaid trustees shall keep an acan account curate account of all their proceedings, in regard proceed to the property granted as aforesaid, which, whenever required so to do, they shall lay before the legislature for their information. of their ings. Trustees And be it further enacted by the authority aforefor estab- said, That Henry Dana Ward, col. Jacob Rumph, lishing schools in James Stewart, James Carmichael, David Coalter, Orange William Fitzpatrick, Jacob Seibels, Alexander burgh dis- Bell, Hargrove Arthur, Robert Stark, Charles trict. Brown, Aaron Smith, Joseph Vince, Charles Goodwin and Tarleton Brown, shall be, and they are hereby appointed trustees for the purposes of establishing schools and other seminaries of learning in the district of Orangeburgh; and that the said trustees, and their successors, shall, for ever hereafter, be one body politic and corporrate, in deed and in name, by the style of "The Trustees for establishing Public Schools in the district of Orangeburgh;" and by the said name shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, and a common seal, with power to alter, change and make new the same, as often as the said corporation shall judge expedient. And be it further enacted by the authority afore chase and and re sid, That the said corporation shall be capable in May pur; law to purchase, have, hold, receive, enjoy, possess coldlands and retain to itself, in perpetuity, or for any term or other of years, any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, property, or other property, of what kind or nature soever, ceive doand to seil, alien, or lease the same, as they shall nations. think proper: And also that it shall and may be law ful for the said corporation to take and hold for ever, any charitable donations, devises or bequests of land or personal property, and to appropriate the same to the purposes of the said corporation; and by its said name to sue and be sued, impled and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any court of law or equity in this state: Provided always, That all such purchases, donations, devises and bequests of lands or personal property, and the property vested by virtue of this act in the said trustees, shall not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars. how per officers. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said school shall be under the man- Trustees, agement and direction of the aforesaid trustees, or petuated, a quorum of them, to be chosen, appointed and and how perpetuated in the following manner, that is to to elect say: The said trustees and their successors, shall meet on the first Monday in May, in every year, at Orangeburgh, or such other place as shall be appointed by a majority of them, between the hours of nine in the morning and three in the afternoon; and the major part of those so met, shall clect, by ballot, a president and such other officers as they shall think necessary, for the year ensuing. And on the death, resignation or removal from the state, of any trustce or trustees, the president, or in his absence the next presiding officer, shall, within three months thereafter, cause the other trustees to belsummoned to meet at Orangeburgh aforesaid, or such other place as the president or presiding officer shall appoint, giving at least thirty days notice: and the trustees who shall meet, not less than sevent being present, or a majority of those so met, shall choose, by ballot, another trustee or trustees, in the place or places of any one or more so dying, removing or resigning: and in case of the death, removal or resignation of the president, or other officer, the presiding officer shall convene the trustees in the same manner as the president is herein before directed; and the trustees being met, shall proceed to the election of a president, or other officer, in the same manner as prescribed at their annual election: Provided, That such president, or other officer, shall only continue in office until the next annual election. And be it further enacted by the authority aforeShall have said, That the said trustees, or a majority of them, power to shall have full power and authority, from time to make bylaws, &c. time, to make, constitute and establish such and so many by-laws, rules and orders, as to them shall seem necessary and convenient, for the better regulation, government, well ordering and directing themselves, as trustees aforesaid, and the schools to be established by virtue of this act, and all officers, professors, or other persons by them employed, or to be employed, in and about the same, and of all students in the said schools, and for the better management and transacting all things necessary for and concerning the government of the same schools, and the same by-laws, rules and orders, to put in force and execution accordingly, and the same again at their will and pleasure to revoke, alter, change or annul; all which by-laws, rules and orders, so to be made as aforesaid, shall be binding on each and every of the trustees, and on all officers, professors and other persons by them employed, and on all students in the said schools, and shall be, from time to time, by each and every of them, invariably and punctually observed, according to the tenor thereof, under the several pains, penalties and disabilities therein to be expressed, fixed, appointed or declared: Provided, That the same shall be reasonable, and not contrary or repugnant to the laws of this state or of the United States. trustees & quorum. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That seven of the said trustees, assembled Seven together for that purpose, public notice of such meeting being given by the president, or presiding officer, at least thirty days previous thereto, shall be capable in law of doing, executing, performing, and carrying into effect, all the powers, duties and authorities, by this act vested in them. escheat And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees shall be, and are hereby Trustees declared to be escheators for the district of Orange- appointed burgh, and that all the lands, or other property, ors. which has already, or shall hereafter escheat, in the district of Orangeburgh, not exceeding the value of twenty thousand dollars, shall be, and are hereby vested in the said trustees, for the purposes aforesaid. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforesaid trustees shall keep an ac- To keep an curate account of all their proceedings, in regard account. to the property hereby vested in them, which, whenever required so to do, they shall lay before the legislature, for their information. And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That this act shall be deemed a public act, This act a and judicially taken notice of as such, without public act. special pleading; and that the same shall or may be given in evidence, on any issue to be tried in any court of law in this state. In the Senate House, the twenty-first Day of December, in JOHN WARD, President of the Senate. |