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1844 Local Acts-11-2
SEC. 2. The said trustees and their successors shall be empowered
to receive any subscription, gift, grant, donation, and bequest, which
shall be applied solely to the use and benefit of such Church in the
manner the trustees thereof shall deem most proper and expedient.
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SEC. 3. It shall be lawful for the trustees of said Church to hold
meetings at such place and at such times, and as often as it amy suit
them, or as business may require it; sit on their own adjournments on
the call of the proper officer, or any one of their body, and to elect and
appoint such officers, and establish such rules and by-laws for their
government as they, or a majority of them, may see fit: Provided,
however, that such rules, or by-laws, shall not be incompatible with the
constitution of this State or the United States.
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SEC. 4. It shall be lawful for the members of the First Presbyterian
Church of Decatur, to perpetuate the Board of Trustees hereby
appointed, by annual appointment, or in any way they may deem
proper; and also, to fill all vacancies which may in any way occur
therein. They shall also keep a record of the proceedings, which shall
be open to the inspection of all persons concerned.
1844 Local Acts-30-1
SEC. 1. That Henry Rushaupt, Christian Stortting, Anton F. Vorght,
and Coonrod Grien, and those who are or hereafter may become
associated with them in a church or congregational capacity, with a
view to religious and moral instruction, and their successors, be and
they are hereby constituted and created a body politic and corporate,
with power to make and use a common seal, hold by purchase or
otherwise real estate, not exceeding in value twenty thousand dollars,
and personal estate of the value of five thousand dollars, and no more.
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SEC. 2. The said persons, above named, shall be the first board of
trustees for the government of said corporation, and shall continues
such until displaced by their successors; but all who may unite with
them and be received by the individuals composing said corporation as
members thereof, in all times, may, on the first Monday in May, in any
year choose and instal a new set of trustees, who shall thenceforth
supersede their predecessors.
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SEC. 3. The said corporation shall be known by the name of the
"Union Evangelical Church or Lutheran and German Reform Church
in Indianapolis;" and the object of its creation is the furtherance of
moral, religious, and intellectual culture; and it shall have power to
provide for and sustain the same, but not any other or further power
whatever. Said corporation may employ for the purpose aforesaid, such
Divines and Teachers for the instruction in religion, literature, and the
arts as may seem to them good; but shall never engage in trade,
merchandising, banking, or brokerage, or other commercial enterprise.
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SEC. 4. That this act may at any time be amended or repealed at the
pleasure of the legislature.
1844 Local Acts-31-1
SECTION 1. That Albert Bartholomew, John L. Pifer, Edgar M.
Burt, Allen Loyd, and William Woodworth, and their successors in
office, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, and shall be
known by the name and style of "The Trustees of the first regular
Baptist church of Lafayette;" and by said corporate name may sue and
be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of this State, and by that
name have perpetual succession, and they shall in law, in said
corporate name, be capable of purchasing and holding, bargaining and
selling any property either real or personal, for the use of said church,
whether by legal or equitable title, not to exceed in value twenty
thousand dollars.
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SEC. 2. They shall further be impowered to receive all and singular,
any subscriptions, gifts, grants, donations and bequests, designed for
the benefit of said church, which shall be held and solely applied to the
use and benefit of said church, in the manner which said trustees shall
deem most judicious and expedient.
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SEC. 3. It shall be lawful for such trustees to hold meetings at such
places and at such times, and as often at it may suit them, or as their
business may require, to sit on adjournments, on the call of the proper
officer, or one of their body; and to elect or appoint such officers and
establish such rules or by-laws for their government as they, or a
majority of them may see fit: Provided, however, that such rules or
by-laws, shall not be incompatible with the constitution or laws of this
State or of the United States.
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SEC. 4. It shall be lawful for the members of said church to
perpetuate this board of trustees, by annual appointment, or in any way
they may think proper, and also to fill vacancies which may in any way
occur; and the trustees at any time chosen, shall hold their office for
one year, and until their successors are chosen or appointed; they shall
also keep a record of their proceedings, which shall be open to the
inspection of all persons concerned.
1844 Local Acts-34-1
SEC. 1. That Edward Frederick Sorin, Francis Lewis Coinlet,
Theophilus Jerome Marivault, Francis Gouesse, and their associates
and successors in office, be, and are hereby constituted and declared to
be a body corporate and politic by the name and style of "The
University of Notre Dame du Lac," and by that name they shall have
perpetual succession, with full power and authority to confer and grant,
or cause to be conferred and granted, such decrees and diplomas in the
liberal arts and sciences, and in law and Medicine, as are usually
conferred and granted in other universities in the United States:
Provided, however, that no degrees shall be conferred or diplomas
granted, except to students who have acquired the same proficiency in
the liberal arts and sciences, and in law and medicine, as is customary
in other universities in the United States; to elect a president and all
such other officers, professors, instructors, and agents, as they may
think necessary for the benefit of said university; to contract and be
contracted with; to acquire, hold, enjoy, and transfer property, real or
personal, in their corporate capacity; to make, have, and use a common
seal, and the same to alter at pleasure; to sue and be sued, to plead and
be impleaded, in any court of law or equity; to receive and accept of
any grant, gift, donation, bequest, or conveyance, by any person,
company, or corporation, of any property, real or personal, and to hold,
and enjoy, and dispose of the same, as may by them be deemed best for
the interest of said institution; to make, ordain, establish, and execute
such by-laws, rules, and ordinances, not inconsistent with the
constitution and laws of the United States or of this State, as they shall
deem necessary for the welfare of said university; and to do all other
acts in pursuance thereof necessary for the promotion of the arts and
sciences and the prosperity of said university: Provided, it shall not be
lawful for said corporation to hold or be the owner of real estate,
exclusive of improvements, exceeding in value thirty thousand dollars;
and if by improvements, exceeding in value thirty thousand dollars; and
if by donation, devise, or otherwise, it should become the legal or
equitable owner of real estate of greater value, the same shall be sold
by said corporation within two years after such title shall have accrued
or become vested therein.
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SEC. 2. The legislature reserves to itself the right to revise, amend,
or repeal the provisions of this act of incorporation at any time after
two years and a half shall have elapsed: Provided, that a repeal of said
act shall not operate so as to divest the owners thereof of any property
acquired under said act.
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1844 Local Acts-134-1
SECTION 1. That George H. Dunn, Abner T. Ellis, Joseph M.
Moore, Zebina Gould, and James Morrison, be and they are hereby
constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name of "The Trustees
of the Ptotestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Indiana;" and by
that name shall have perpetual succession, and may purchase and
receive any property, real or personal, and have and hold the same,
contract and be contracted with, and sue and be sued as natural
persons: Provided, however, that the property of said corporation and
the funds thereof shall never be applied to any other purpose than the
support of a Bishop of said church within said diocese, and to aid
itinerant and superannuated ministers of the said church, their widows
and children.
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SEC. 2. That said trustees shall hold their office until the next
ensuing annual convention of the said "Protestant Episcopal Church of
the diocese of Indiana," and until their successors in office shall be
appointed and qualified, at which time, and at every annual convention
thereafter, trustees shall be appointed, pursuant to such rules, by-laws,
or canons of the said church as may be in force at the time of such
appointment, which, however, shall not be repugnant to the constitution
and laws of the state.
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SEC. 3. The property or funds of the said corporation shall never be
sold, alienated, or otherwise disposed of, unless for the purpose of
re-investing the proceeds thereof, or appropriating the same as
hereinbefore provided; which the said annual convention may authorize
and require them, said trustees, to do, under such rules, limitations, and
restrictions as the said convention may adopt: Provided, that the
property held by said corporation shall never exceed, at any one time,
the sum of one hundred thousand dollars.
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SEC. 4. Any future legislature shall have power to repeal, alter, or
amend this act, but such alteration, amendment, or repeal, shall in no
case divest the property, money, or rights acquired under its provisions,
nor divert them from the purposes herein expressed.
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SEC. 5. This act shall be taken and construed liberally as a general
act, and be in force from and after its passage.