AN ACT Granting certain city lots to the corporation of the Columbian College for the purposes therein mentioned.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be, and hereby are, granted to the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia, lots in the city of Washington, to the amount, in value, of twenty-five thousand dollars; which said lots shall be selected and valued by the commissioner of the public buildings, when requested by the trustees of the said college; and when the said lots shall be so selected and valued, the same shall be vested in the said corporation in fee simple, to be by them held and disposed of in the manner following, that is to say: The said corporation, by proper and lawful act or acts, under their corporate seal, shall sell and dispose of the said lots as soon as reasonably practicable, for the best price or prices they can obtain; and shall vest the proceeds of the same in some public stock, or in stock of some incorporated bank.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, when the lots aforesaid shall be selected and valued as aforesaid, the said commissioner shall make return of the numbers and description thereof to the clerk of the circuit court of the county of Washington, to be by him recorded among the records of land titles in the said county.

SEC. 3 And be it further enacted, That the proceeds of the sales aforesaid, so to be vested, shall not be otherwise used by the said trustees than as a capital, to be by them forever hereafter kept vested as aforesaid; and the dividends or interest therefrom accruing shall, by them, be used and applied in aid of the other revenues of the said college, to the establishment and endowment of such professorships therein as now are, or hereafter shall be, established by the said trustees; and to and for no other purpose whatever. (U. S. Stat. L., vol. 4, pp. 603-604; 22d Cong., 1st sess., ch. 248.)

Approved, July 14, 1832.

AN ACT Supplemental to the "Act granting certain city lots to the corporation of the Columbian College for the purposes therein mentioned," approved the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two.

Be it enacted, &c., That the corporation of the Columbian College be, and hereby is, authorized to sell so many of the city lots, granted to said corporation by the act to which this is supplemental, as shall be sufficient to raise the sum of seven thousand dollars, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to the payment of debts due from said corporation, anything in the act to which this is supplemental to the contrary notwithstanding. (U. S. Stat. L., vol. 6, p. 751; 25th Cong., 3d sess., ch. 34.)

Approved, February 28, 1839.

AN ACT For the relief of the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the legislative assembly of the District of Columbia,a That the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia chartered by and organized

a The legislative assembly of the District of Columbia had its existence under the provisions of "An act to provide a government for the District of Columbia," approved February 21, 1871. (U. S. Stat. L., vol. 16, pp. 419-429; 41st Cong., 3d sess., ch. 62.)

This act read, in part, as follows:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that part of the territory of the United States included within the limits of the District of Columbia be, and the same is hereby, created into a government by the name of the District of Columbia, by which name it is hereby constituted a body corporate for municipal purposes, and may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, have a seal, and exercise all other powers of a municipal corporation not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States and the provisions of this act.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the executive power and authority in and over the District of Columbia shall be vested in a governor, who shall be

and acting under the act of Congress approved February nine, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, may, from the proceeds of any sale of its property, apply such sum as may be needful to pay its present indebtedness and place its libraries, buildings, and apparatus of instruction in good condition, and execute all deeds needful to quiet the title of property already sold.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of said college elected in May last shall constitute the corporation of said college until their successors in office shall be chosen and qualified as hereinafter provided, and may, until then, as vacancies occur in their number, temporarily fill them by the election of fit persons residing in the District of Columbia.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall meet in the law building of said college at noon, on the twenty-fifth day of June, eighteen

appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall hold his office for four years and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified.

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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every bill which shall have passed the council and house of delegates shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor of the District of Columbia; if he approve, he shall sign it. * * *

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That legislative power and authority in said District shall be vested in a legislative assembly, as hereinafter provided. The assembly shall consist of a council and house of delegates.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all male citizens of the United States above the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been actual residents of the District for three months prior to the passage of this act, except such as are non compos mentis and persons convicted of infamous crimes, shall be entitled to vote at said election, in the election district or precinct in which he shall then reside and shall have so resided for thirty days immediately preceding said election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said District, and for all subsequent elections twelve months' prior residence shall be required to constitute a voter; but the legislative assembly shall have no right to abridge or limit the right of suffrage. * ** *

SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That the legislative power of the District shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation within the District, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act, subject, nevertheless, to all the restrictions and limitations imposed upon States by the tenth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States; but all acts of the legislative assembly shall at all times be subject to repeal or modification by the Congress of the United States, and nothing herein shall be construed to deprive Congress of the power of legislation over said District in as ample manner as if this law had not been enacted.

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SEC. 28. And be it further enacted, That the said legislative assembly shall have power to create by general law, modify, repeal, or amend, within said District, corporations aggregate for religious, charitable, educational, industrial, or commercial purposes, and to define their powers and liabilities: Provided, That the powers of corporations so created shall be limited to the District of Columbia.

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SEC. 34. And be it further enacted, That a delegate to the House of Representatives of the United States, to serve for the term of two years, who shall be a citizen of the United States and of the District of Columbia, and shall have the qualifications of a voter, may be elected by the voters qualified to elect members of the legislative assembly, who shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges as are exercised and enjoyed by the delegates from the several Territories of the United States to the House of Representatives, and shall also be a member of the Committee for the District of Columbia.

The form of government by a governor and legislative assembly, with a Delegate in Congress, was abolished by "An act for the government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved June 20, 1874. (U. S. Stat. L., vol. 18, pp. 116-121; 43d Cong., 1st sess., ch. 337.) By this act a form of government by a commission, consisting of three persons appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, was instituted; and this form of government was continued, with some changes, by "An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia," approved June 11, 1878 (U. S. Stat. L., vol. 20, pp. 102-108; 45th Cong., 2d sess., ch. 180), which is the organic act of the District.

hundred and seventy-two, for the purpose of choosing, and shall then and there, or at the time and place to which said meeting may be adjourned, elect thirteen trustees and thirteen overseers, who shall, upon their election, constitute the college corporation, and they and their successors shall thenceforward be, and be known and recognized as, the Columbian College in the District of Columbia. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the trustees chosen at the said meeting in June, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, or who may thereafter be chosen, shall be residents of the District of Columbia, and that at said meeting, and at any annual meeting of trustees and overseers to be thereafter held in said city of Washington on the Tuesday next preceding the last Wednesday in June annually, the trustees and overseers in convention assembled shall fill vacancies in their board, and shall, by ballot, elect from among the trustees two suitable persons, one to be president and the other to be treasurer and secretary of said corporation and of the board of trustees, and shall establish ordinances and by-laws, or alter or repeal the same; and also frame laws and regulations for the college faculty and students in all the departments thereof, and by ballot elect such teachers, tutors, professors, lecturers, and president, and with such salaries and duties as said corporation may deem proper.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That at said annual meetings not less than seven trustees and three overseers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business except adjournment, and adjournment may be made by any number present; Provided, That a final adjournment shall not be delayed beyond one week after the time fixed for the annual meeting.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That during the interval between said annual meetings the trustees shall, as now, hold semi-annual, quarterly, monthly, and occasional meetings to fill temporarily, as the case may require, vacancies in the faculty or in their own board, and with all their present powers as modified by this act, subject to the ordinances and by-laws of the corporation: but no real estate or other property of said corporation shall, after the twenty-fifth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, be disposed of by the trustees, except by vote of the corporation or in pursuance of its ordinances. (Laws of the District of Columbia, 1871-1872, pt. 2, pp. 21, 22. Acts of the First Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia. 1st sess., ch. 18.) Approved, July 25, 1871.

AN ACT Supplemental to the act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, incorporation the Columbia [n] College, in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act to incorporate the Columbia [n] College in the District of Columbia, approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, be, and the same is hereby, so modified that said corporation shall be hereafter known and called by the name of the Columbia[n] University, and in that name shall take, hold, and manage all the estate and property now belonging to said college, or that may hereafter be conveyed, devised, or bequeathed to said corporation by its original name; that the restriction of the yearly value of the property of the said corporation to the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and the said restriction is hereby, repealed; and that said corporation may increase the number of its overseers to twenty-one and the number of its trustees to twenty-one, exclusive of the president of the faculty, who shall be ex officio a trustee of said corporation.

SEC. 2. That the act for the relief of the Columbian College in the District of Columbia, enacted by the legislative assembly of said District, and approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, be, and the same is hereby, approved and confirmed: Provided, That this act nor the said act of the legislative assembly of the said District shall be so construed as to authorize the said Columbian University to sell, or use the proceeds of any sale of land granted by Congress to said institution for any purpose other than that expressed in the act of incorporation and the act granting any such land or real estate, or contrary to any will, devise, or grant of any land or real estate heretofore or hereafter made, by any person or persons to said institution. (U. S. Stat. L., vol. 17, p. 629; 42d Cong., 3d sess., ch. 328.)

Approved, March 3, 1873.

AN ACT Supplementary to the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An Act supplemental to the act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, incorporating Columbia[n] College, District of Columbia."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, ratifying and confirming the act for the relief of Columbian College, in the District of Columbia, enacted by the legislative assembly of the said District, and approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, be so modified as to authorize the trustees and overseers of the Columbian University to hold their annual meeting on such day in May or June as the said trustees and overseers shall appoint, instead of being held on "the Tuesday next preceding the last Wednesday in June.” (U. S. Stat. L., vol. 20, p. 88; 45th Cong., 2d sess., ch. 147.)

Approved, May 31, 1878.

AN ACT To amend the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, for the Relief of the Columbian University, in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act supplemental to the act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, incorporating the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia " be, and the same is, so modified that hereafter the treasurer and secretary of said corporation, the Columbian University, need not be one person nor a member of the trustees of said corporation, but the trustees and overseers of said corporation, in convention assembled, shall annually elect by ballot two suitable persons from among the trustees or not, as they may deem proper, one to be treasurer and the other secretary of said corporation, and of the board of trustees.

SEC. 2. That in case of the death, resignation, or inability to act of either the treasurer or secretary, the board of trustees shall have power to fill the vacancy until his successor is duly elected. (U. S. Stat. L., vol. 27, p. 420; 52d Cong.,

2d sess., ch. 38.)

Approved, January 14, 1893.

AN ACT Supplemental to the Act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, incorporating the Columbian College in the District of Columbia, and the Acts amendatory thereof.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Columbian University, on and after the first day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, shall be under the management and control of a board of trustees, consisting of twenty-two members; the president of the university shall be ex officio a member of said board, and the remaining twenty-one shall be divided into three classes with seven members in each class; a majority of said board shall be residents of the District of Columbia, and seven members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. That on or before the thirty-first day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, a meeting of the trustees and overseers of said university shall be held, and said meeting shall elect twenty-one trustees, seven of whom shall be designated to serve from the first day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, until the annual meeting in eighteen hundred and ninety-nine; and seven from the same date until the annual meeting in nineteen hundred; and seven until the annual meeting in nineteen hundred and one. Two-thirds of said trustees, and also the president of the university, shall be members of regular Baptist churches; that is to say, members of churches of that denomination of Protestant Christians now usually known and recognized under the name of the regular Baptist denomination; said trustees so elected shall serve for the periods mentioned and until their successors are elected. That on the first day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the terms of office of the present trustees and overseers shall cease and determine, and thereupon the control and management of said university, its property and trusts, shall vest in the board of trustees elected as hereinabove provided and their successors.

SEC. 2. That at the annual meeting in eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and annually thereafter, there shall be elected by the board of trustees seven trustees to fill the places of the class whose terms of office expire; and the board of trustees may prescribe in a by-law the mode of nominating persons for election as trustees. A failure to elect trustees at the annual meeting shall not create vacancies in the board, but such election may be had and vacancies occurring during the year may be filled for the unexpired term by the board at any general or special meeting.

SEC. 3. That the board of trustees provided for herein shall have, and they are hereby given, full power and authority to appoint and remove any and all officers, professors, lecturers, teachers, tutors, agents, and employees who are now or may hereafter be elected or appointed; they may, by a vote of twothirds of all the trustees constituting said board, adopt and change by-laws for the conduct of the business and educational work of said university; they may appoint an executive committee composed of trustees, designate the number and chairman thereof, with such powers and authority as are usually exercised by an executive committee, and, which shall be conferred by the board, subject always to the control of the board of trustees; they may create and establish schools and departments of learning to be connected with and become a part of said university; they may receive, invest, and administer endowments and gifts of money and property for the maintenance of educational work by said university, and by any department and chair thereof now established or which may hereafter be created or established by said university; and they shall have all the powers and authority heretofore granted to and vested in the trustees and overseers of said university.

SEC. 4. That the annual meeting of the board of trustees shall be held in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, on the Wednesday nearest the first day of June in each year; two other stated meetings shall be held on the second Wednesday of October and January in each year, and special meetings may be called by the president of the university or by the executive committee or by seven membe:s of the board of trustees upon such notice and at such hour and place as may be designated in the by-laws; at all meetings any business necessary to be transacted may be considered and acted upon, and any meeting may be adjourned from time to time by the trustees present, whether constituting a quorum or not, notice of such adjournment to be given, as of called meetings, to those trustees not present.

SEC. 5. That the terms of office of the president of the university, the treasurer and other officers, professors, and lecturers, and the employment of agents and employees, and the title to all the property and rights in and management of the endowment funds of the university shall not be affected by the change of management herein provided for, but they shall continue and be subject to the control and management of the board of trustees hereby created the same as they are now subject to the control and management of the corporation.

SEC. 6. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. (U. S. Stat. L., vol. 30, pp. 328, 329; 55th Cong., 2d sess., ch. 72.)

Approved, March 18, 1898.

AN ACT Supplemental to the act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, incorporating the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia, and the acts amendatory thereof.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act to incorporate the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia, approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, and the amendatory act approved March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be, and the same are hereby, amended by repealing and striking out of the said charter the following words in lines twenty to twenty-five in section one of the said amendatory act of March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, namely, "Two-thirds of said trustees, and also the president of the university, shall be members of regular Baptist churches; that is to say, members of churches of that denomination of Protestant Christians now usually known and recognized under the name of the regular Baptist denomination."

SEC. 2. That section thirteen of the original charter of February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, which provides That persons of every religious