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seal  to  use  in  their  affairs,  and  the  same  or  either  of  them  to  change  at 
pleasure;  to  make  contracts  relative  to  said  institution,  to  sue  and  be  sued, 
and  by  that  name  and  style  to  be  capable,  in  law,  of  purchasing,  taking, 
holding,  and  conveying  any  estate,  real  or  personal,  for  the  use  of  said 
corporation:  Provided,  that  the  annual  income  of  such  estate  shall  not 
exceed  in  value  five  thousand  dollars,  nor  be  applied  to  any  other  purposes 
than  those  for  which  this  corporation  i3  formed. 
Sect.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  the 
said  College  may  establish  By  Laws  and  Rules  for  its  government  and  regu- 
lation, and  for  the  preservation  and  application  of  the  funds  thereof,  not 
repugnant  to  the  Constitution  and  Laws  of  the  United  States  or  of  this 
Commonwealth,  and  shall  have  power  to  erect  an  edifice  for  their  accommo- 
dation, and  to  constitute  a  faculty  or  learned  body,  to  consist  of  such  head 
or  heads,  and  such  a  number  of  professors  in  pharmacy,  materia  medica, 
chemistry,  and  the  collateral  sciences,  as  they  may  judge  necessary  and 
proper,  and  to  do  everything  needful  and  necessary  to  the  establishment  of 
said  College  and  Faculty. 
Sect.  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  the 
officers  of  said  Collego  shall  be  a  President  and  two  Vice  Presidents,  a 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  whose  respective  duties  may  be  assigned  by  the 
By-Laws,  and  who  shall  be  elected  at  the  stated  meeting  of  the  College, 
held  in  the  month  of  March  in  each  year,  and  any  vacancy  that  may  occur 
may  be  supplied  by  a  special  election;  there  shall  also  be  elected  a  Board 
of  Trustees  consisting  of  sixteen  members,  and  the  officers  of  the  College 
shall  also  be  ex-officio  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees ;  one  half  of  the 
said  Trustees  shall  be  chosen  at  the  stated  meeting  in  March,  and  the  other 
half  at  the  stated  meeting  in  September ;  and  the  said  Board  of  Trustees, 
nine  of  whom  shall  constitute  a  quorum,  shall  conduct  the  ordinary  affairs 
of  the  College,  make  such  rules  and  regulations,  and  do  all  other  things 
necessary  for  the  government  and  support  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy,  as 
they  may  deem  fit  and  proper,  and  perform  such  duties  as  are  or  may  be 
from  time  to  time  committed  to  them  by  the  said  College;  the  acts  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  however,  to  be  subject  to  the  revision  of  the  College  at 
each  stated  meeting, 
Sect.  4.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  if  the 
annual  and  semi-annual  elections  for  officers  of  said  College,  and  members 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  shall  not  be  held  on  the  stated  days,  the  said  cor- 
poration shall  not  be  Ihereby  dissolved,  but  the  officers  and  trustees  shall 
continue  in  office  until  a  new  election. 
JOSEPH  LAWRENCE, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
WILLIAM  MARKS,  Ju.v, 
Speaker  of  the  Senate, 
Approved  March  30,  1822, 
JOSEPH  HEISTER. 
