244 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sec. 2. The trustees shall annually elect one of their num- 

 ber to be president of the board. They shall appoint a clerk 

 and treasurer, both of whom shall be sworn, and shall hold 

 their offices at the pleasure of the trustees. The clerk shall 

 record all proceedings of the board, and copies of their 

 records certified by him shall be evidence in all cases in which 

 the originals might be used. The treasurer shall be required 

 to give suitable bond, and to renew the same, whenever the 

 trustees shall require. 



Sec. 3. The governor and council shall at all times have 

 power, by themselves, or such committee as they shall appoint 

 to examine into the affairs of the college, and the doings of 

 the trustees, and to inspect all their records and accounts, 

 and the buildings and premises occupied by the college. 

 Whenever the governor and council shall have reason to 

 believe that the trustees are exercising or attempting to exer- 

 cise any unlawful powers, or unlawfully omitting to perform 

 any legal duty, they may direct the attorney general to insti- 

 tute process against the trustees in their corporate capacity, 

 iu the nature of a complaint in equity before the supreme 

 i}udicial court, in the county in which the college may be 

 ^established, and the court, after notice, shall hear and deter- 

 mine the same, by summary proceeding in term time, or by 

 any judge in vacation, and may make any suitable decree, 

 restraiuing the trustees from performing or continuing the 

 unlawful acts complained of, for requiring them to perform 

 .whatever is unlawfully omitted, and may enforce such decrees. 

 Jin like manner a complaint may be instituted against any 

 individual trustee, and be heard in the county where he 

 resides, alleging against him any cause deemed by the gov- 

 ernor and council sufficient to disqualify him for the trust ; 

 and if in the judgment of the court such allegation shall be 

 sustained, a decree shall be made removing such trustee from 

 office, and his place shall be thereby vacated. 



Sec. 4. No person shall be a trustee, who is not an inhabi- 

 tant of this state, nor any one who has reached the age of 

 seventy years. The clerk of the trustees shall give notice of 



