Enactments Relating To The Constitution And Government Of The University Of Virginia PDF Download

Excerpt from Enactments Relating to the Constitution and Government of the University of Virginia: For the Use of the University 1. Be it declared by the General Assembly of Virginia, That the conveyance of the lands and other property appertaining to the Central College in Albemarle, which has been executed by the Proctor thereof, under authority of the subscibers and founders, to the President and Directors of the Literary Fund, is hereby accepted, for the use, and on the conditions in the said deed of conveyance expressed. 2. And be it enacted, That there shall be established, on the site provided for the said college, an University, to be called, The University of Virginia; that it shall be under the government of seven visitors to be appointed forthwith by the Governor, with the advice of Council, notifying thereof the persons so appointed, and prescribing to them a day for their first meeting at the said University, with supplementary instructions for procuring a meeting subsequently, in the event of failure at the time first appointed. 3. The said visitors, or so many or them as, being a majority, shall attend, shall appoint a rector, of their own body, to preside at their meetings, and a secretary to record, attest, and preserve their proceedings, and shall proceed to examine into the state of the property conveyed as aforesaid; shall make an inventory of the same, specifying the items whereof it consists; shall notice the buildings and other improvements already made, and those which are in progress; shall lake measures for their completion, and for the addition of such others, from time to time, as may be necessary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.