Preamble. Regents of the univerfity to take poffeffion and leafe out cer the benefit of faid college and acade mies, &c. THIRTEENTH SESSION. CHAP. XXXVIII• promote science ture, as the surest basis of their liberty, property and happiness; And whereas the regents of the university in their annual reports communicated at the last and present sessions, have represented that Columbia college, as well as the respective academies incorporated by the said regents in pursuance of the trust reposed in them by the legislature, require aid and encouragement to remove the impediments under which they labour from a deficiency of their funds, notwithstanding the contributions of individuals; and it appearing to this legislature, that a proportion of the public property will be wisely and usefully employed in enabling the said regents to remove those disadvantages, and to proceed with greater energy and success in accomplishing the important office assigned to them by law as the guardians of the education of the youth of this state; Therefore, may Be it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That it shall and be lawtain lands for ful to and for the said regents of the university, and their successors, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into and take seisin and possession of the lands and tenements hereafter described, being now vested in the people of this state, that is to say: A certain tract of land in the county of Washington, adjoining the south end of Lake-George, beginning at the southeast corner of a tract of land heretofore granted to John Jones, and extending thence easterly along the said lake to the place where a small brook falls into the said lake on the east of the place where Fort-George formerly stood, thence east forty chains, thence south one hundred and sixty chains, thence west until the place of beginning bears north forty degrees east, and thence to the place of beginning; and also a certain other tract of land in the county of Clinton, called Ticonderoga, bounded southerly by the waters issuing out of Lake-George, easterly by the waters of Lake-Champlain, and northerly and westerly by the adjoining patented lands; and also a certain tract of land at Crown-Point, situate within the same county, bounded westerly, northerly and easterly by the waters of Lake-Champlain, and southerly by the adjoining patented lands; and also a certain island lying within the general bounds of the city and county of New-York, commonly called and known by the name of Governor's Island, and the same lands and tenements to lease, grant and demise from time to time for one or more lives, or for years, and [RESIDUE OF THIS ACT OBSOLETE.] An ACT to encourage Literature, by Donations to Columbia obfolete. TWENTY-FOURTH SESSION. CHAP. CXXVI. Passed 3d April, 1801. E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, Four fuccef Brepresented in Senate and Assembly, That for the Ferofuccif. directed for mentioned. promotion of literature within this state there shall be raining the and their II. And be it further enacted, That Thomas Storm, Da Seven manavid Gelston and Philip Ten Eyck of New-York, Smith gers named Thompson of Poughkeepsie, Elisha Jenkins of Hudson, powers. Daniel Hale of Albany, and John Lovett of Lansingburgh, or the survivors or survivor of them, shall be and they are hereby appointed managers of the laid lotteries, and as such they or a majority of them shall have power to adopt such schemes as to them or the major part of. Severally to give bond as ed. them may appear proper, to sell the said tickets and to su perintend the drawing of the said lotteries, and the payment of the prizes thereof. III. And be it further enacted, That each of the said herein direct managers shall before he takes upon himself the management of the said lotteries, enter into a bond to the people of this state, with such sureties as the comptroller of this state for the time being shall approve of, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful and honest discharge of the duties required of him by this act, and for rendering a just account of all their proceedings at the next session of .the legislature after the drawing of each of the said lotteries. Money to be depofited in one of the banks. Apportion. ment and dif the avails of each lottery how made. IV. And be it further enacted, That the said managers, shall as often as they shall receive five thousand dollars from the sale of tickets, deposit the same in some one of the banks established within this state for safe keeping. V. And be it further enacted, That the managers aforetribution of said, after the drawing of each lottery, shall forthwith pay out of the neat amount or avails thereof, the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars to the regents of the university of the state of New-York, for the purpose of being by them distributed among such and so many of the academies as now are or hereafter may be erected in this state, in such proportions and to be appropriated in such manner as they shall judge most beneficial for the several academies, and most advantageous to literature, and the residue into the treasury of this state; and the monies to be paid into the treasury of this state shall be applied in such manner for the encouragement of common schools, as the legislature may from time to time direct. Sale of tick. ets and draw. when to com- VI. And be it further enacted, That the said managers snall not proceed to sell tickets of any of the said lotteries until after the first day of October next, and that the said lotteries shall be drawn without delay after the sale of the tickets. Regents of tain lands to the trustees CHAP CXCI. An ACT for the Payment of certain Officers of Government, and for other Purposes. XXXIII. A Passed 8th April, 1801. ND be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the regents of the university to grant and convey to the trustees of Union. and Columbia colleges, and their successors, all the lands which are now of Union and vested in the regents, situate at Crown-Point, Ticonderoga Columbia colleges. and Lake-George, in such proportions as the regents shall deem just and reasonably, for the use of the said colleges respectively. College of Physicians. FOURTEENTH SESSION. CHAP. XLV. An ACT to enable the Regents of the University to establish a College of Physicians and Surgeons within this State. I. Passed 24th March, 1791. Breirenacted in Senate and Assembly, and it is hereby the univerfity E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, Regents of may establish a college of phyficians. Provifa enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall and ing. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Such college That the college so to be established, shall be forthwith to poffefs corporate rights. thereafter a corporation, and shall be known by such name as the said regents shall direct and appoint, and shall have, hold and enjoy, to them and their successors, all such powers, rights, privileges and immunities, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, as shall be for that purpose declared by the said regents in their said act of establishment. And be it for a hall then the noceedings of the Reput in a lution to Truftees of Union college may author. ize the facul ty to inflict Colleges. TWENTIETH SESSION. CHAP. LXV. An ACT respecting Union College, and for other Purposes therein mentioned. I. B Passed 30th March, 1797. E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall be lawful for the trustees of Union college in the town punishments, of Schenectady and state of New-York, or the major part of any thirteen or more of the said trustees, to make ordinances, rules or orders, authorizing the faculty of the said college to inflict on any student thereof the punishment of degradation and suspension; Provided, That the sentence of the faculty shall in every case be submitted to the said trustees at their next meeting after the passing of such sentence, for their approbation or rejection. And to regu- Annuity of II. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall have the power to pass ordinances authorising any number of the said trustees at the days appointed for stated or special meetings, when a sufficient number do not attend for forming a quorum, to adjourn from day to day until a quorum shall be obtained. IV. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer of this state shall annually on the first Tuesday of July, in every year hereafter, during the pleasure of the legisla ture, pay to the trustees of Columbia college the sum of five hundred dollars, to be appropriated by the said trus wheatre happy bell tees to the preservation of the anatomical museum in the 1911 said college, and for procuring additional articles thereto, and for making such allowance as they shall judge proper to the professor of anatomy in said college, for his servi ces in the care and charge of such museum. [THIRD SECTION OBSOLETE.] TWENTY-THIRD SESSION. CHAP. XIX. Excentio appropriated Passed the 7th of March, 1800. 16,000 dollars 1. represented in Senate and Assembly, That the sum E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York to the trustees of ten thousand dollars be and the same is hereby given to the trustees of Union college in the town of Schenectady, for the purpose of completing the college edifice which the said trustees have raised in the said town, and of establishing an adequate and permanent fund for the sup |