National University - Docket Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.

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PART ONE THE SCHOOL AND FACULTY

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i | i - i m ni i i t i t i t ■ 1 1 i 1 ! 1 i i i • 1 1 1 1 1 1 l I i 1 1 1 1 1 • 1 • ■ ! 1 lAIAt I 1 It ' ll ' i i » . i i i .1 i i iiii ivivK i i ivivi 192 5 THE D 0 C K E T Page 15 National University ' s Birth Certificate E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Arthur McArthur, Richard G. Alvey, Charles C. Cole, William B. Webb, Eugene Carusi, H. O. Claughton. Thomas Wilson, Matthew G. Emery, John Goode, Chas. Lyman, John T. Winter, Howard H. Barker and William C. Whittemore, their associates and successors, are hereby constituted a tody politic and corpor- ate by the name of the National University, with power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and to have per- petual succession to ; acquire, take by devise, bequest, or otherwise hold, purchase, encumber, and convey such real and personal estate as shall be required for the purpose of its ' incorporation; to make and use a common seal, and the same to alter at pleasure. Sec. 2 That the aforesaid incorporators shall be and con- stitute a board of trustees for the said university, seven of whom shall constitute a quorum to do business, and which board shall be, and are, authorized to fill any vacancies in their number, to appoint such officers and agents as the busi- ness of the corporation shall require, and to make by-laws for the accomplishment of its purposes, for the management of its property and for the regulation of its affairs. Said corporation is hereby empowered to establish and maintain within the District of Columbia a university for the promo- tion of education. The said corporation shall have power to grant and confer diplomas and the usual college and uni- versity degrees and honorary degrees, and also such other powers as may be necessary to carry out and execute the general purposes of the said corporation as herein ap- pearing. Sec. 3 That this act may be amended or repealed at any time by the Congress at its pleasure. Approved, June, 1896. 29 Stat. L.,194.