University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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1864-1914 CHARTER OF THE COLORADO SEMINARY An Act to Incorporate the Colorado Seminary Approved March 5. 1864 He It Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of Colorado Territory: Section 1. That John Evans, Samuel H. Elbert, W. X. Byers, II. Burton, A. B. Case. J. G. Vawter, A. G. Gill. W. I). Pease, Edwin Scudder, J. II. Morrison, Warren Hussey, J. W. Smith, D. II. Moffat. Jr.. K. E. Whitsitt. C. A. Cook, John Crec, Amos Steek. J. M. Chivington, J. B. Doyle, Henry Henson. Amos Widner, John T. Lynch. Milo Lee. J. B. Chaffee, Lewis Jones, O. A. Willard, W. H. H. Loveland and Robert Berry Ik and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate for the purpose of founding, directing and maintaining an institution of learning, to be styled the Colorado Seminary, and in manner hereinafter prescribed to have perpetual succession, with full power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, adopt and alter at pleasure a seal, acquire, hold and convey property, real, personal and mixed, to the extent they may judge necessary for carrying into effect the objects of this corjx ration. and. generally, to perform such other acts as may l e necessary and proper therefor. Sec. 2. Said Trustees, at their first meeting, shall be divided into four classes of seven in each class, which class shall hold office for one. two. three and four years respectively, dating from the first day of July, 1864; their successors shall lx appointed whenever terms expire, or vacancies for any cause exist, by the annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, within whose bounds the City of Denver may be included, but all of said Trustees and their successors shall continue in office until their successors are elected. Sec. 3. No test of religious faith shall ever be applied as a condition of admission into said Seminary, but the Trustees shall have power to adopt all proper rules and regulations for the government of the conduct of teachers and pupils, and the management of all affairs pertaining to said institution. Sec. 4. They shall have full power to confer all degrees and emoluments customary to l e given by similar institutions. Sec. 5. Such property as may lx necessary for carrying out the design of the Seminary in the best manner, while used exclusively for such purposes, shall be free from all taxation. Sf.c. 0. In all cases, a majority of the Board of Trustees shall constitute a quorum for transacting any business, or said majority may vest the power of the Trustees in an Executive Committee, or agent of their-number, at pleasure. Fifteen