said corporators to call a meeting of the stockholders, whose duty it shall be to elect, by ballot, one president and five directors, including the president and one secretary, who shall be exofficio treasurer. Said board of directors shall proceed to organize said corporation, by the adoption of suitable by-laws, by purchasing a farm, on which shall be erected suitable buildings for carrying into effect the objects of said corporation. 5. The stock, property and concerns of said corporation shall be managed by said directors, who shall hold their offices for one year from their election, and until their successor shall have been elected. 6. In employing professors and teachers to impart instruction in practical agriculture and the mechanical arts to the pupils attending said institution, it shall be the duty of said directors to give said pupils an opportunity and to require of them to labor in the field, in the workshop or in the laboratory one-half of the time, from the first of March to the first of December, to the end that all the pupils may learn the practice of productive industry as well as mental improvement, so useful to every citizen. 7. Said directors, in locating said college and experimental farm shall be confined to that part of the State south of a line drawn east and west through the center of the state. 8. That the college and seminary lands of this state be and they are hereby donated to said corporation, with power to lease, sell, dispose of and convey the same, and to receive and collect the money arising therefrom, for the purposes of establishing, improving and carrying on said college and farm. 9. The said institution shall receive annually one student from each county of the state, free of charge, for tuition, to be instructed in the science and practice of scientific agriculture and the mechanical arts: Provided, however, that said pupils may be expelled for disorderly conduct and insubordination. 10. Said corporation shall make a full biennial report to the legislature, when in session, of their financial condition, their progress, the number of pupils received and discharged, stating the residence of each, etc. 11. Said corporation may adopt a common seal; may sue and be sued in any court in this state. 12. Provided, That no part of the proceeds derived from the sale of the lands herein granted shall be expended in purchasing lands or in the erection of buildings, or for liquidating the debts of any institution to which said funds may be donated, or for expenses of commissioners in locating the institution. 13. This act shall take effect and in force from and after its passage. Approved February 21, 1861. DOCUMENT NUMBER 24 The following circular which was printed and distributed shows the arguments employed in Morgan county in the effort to secure the location of the university. This address is perhaps typical of the arguments used not only in Illinois but in other states; in any case they are interesting in light of events of a half century. |