CHARTER, 
BY-LAWS, 
AND 
RULES OF ORDER, 
FOR THE 
Ooimt xrf tlje M fcate 
OF THE 
UNIVERSITY AT LEWISBURG. 
PHILADELPHIA: 
KING & BAIRD, PRINTERS, 9 SANSOM ST. 
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THOMAS WATTSON, Esq., Philadelphia. 
JAMES MOORE, Esq. Kelly Tp. Union Co. 
JAMES MOORE, Jk. Esq. East Buffalo, Union Co. 
JOSEPH MEIXELL, Esq. Lewisburg. 
JOHN P. CROZER, Esq. Chester. 
SAMUEL T. WALKER, Esq. Marcus Hook. 
OLIVER BLACKBURN, Esq. Pittsburgh. 
BENJAMIN BEAR, Esq. Clinton Tp. Lycoming Co. 
Rev. GEORGE B. IDE, D. D. Philadelphia. 
Rev. SAMUEL J. CRESSWELL, Philadelphia. 
Rev. A. K. BELL, Antis, Blair Co. 
Rev. WILLIAM SHADRACH, Indiana Co. 
JOHN LLOYD, Esq. Mt. Pleasant, Westm. Co. 
JOSEPH LIPPINCOTT, Mt. Pleasant, Westm. Co. 
ADAM JOHNSON, Esq. Reading. 
Rev. J. V. ALLISON, Blockley. 
Col. ANDREW GREGG, Boalsburg, Centre Co. 
WILLIAM BUCKNELL, Esq. Philadelphia. 
DAVID JAYNE, M. D. Philadelphia. 
PARK H. CASSADY, Esq. Philadelphia. 
THOMAS WATTSON, Chairman. 
GEORGE F. MILLER, Secretary. 
JOSEPH MEIXELL, Treasurer. 
Rev. WM. SIIADRACH, General Financial Agent.  
Rev. 
AND PROFESSOR OF METAPHYSICS AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY. 
HOWARD MALCOM, D.D., President, 
Rev. GEO. R. BLISS, A.M. 
PROFESSOR OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. 
GEORGE W. ANDERSON, A.M. 
PROFESSOR OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. 
CHARLES S. JAMES, A.M. 
PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 
ALFRED TAYLOR, A.M. 
PROFESSOR OF BELLES LETTRES. 
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ISAAC N. LOOMIS, Principal. 
MALACHI F. TAYLOR, Assistant. 
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NORMAN BALL, Teacher. CHARTER 
OF THE 
UNIVERSITY AT LEWISBURG. 
AN ACT 
TO ESTABLISH THE UNIVERSITY AT LEWISBURG. 
Whereas, the Baptists of Pennsylvania, as a denomina- 
tion, are not now engaged for the maintenance of any par- 
ticular College or University in this State. 
And Whereas, the chartering of a University to be placed 
under their patronage, supervision, and direction, would be 
a measure well adapted to call forth, from all parts of this 
commonwealth, concentrate, increase, and render effective, 
in the cultivation of sound learning, the efforts of said de- 
nomination, and thereby promote the general interests of 
science, literature, and good morals : Therefore, 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 
General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the 
authority of the same, That there be, and hereby is erected 
and established, at or near the borough of Lewisburg in 
the County of Union, in this commonwealth, a University 
to consist of a Primary School, an Academy, a College, 
and such other departments appropriate to a University, as 
the patrons and managers of said Institution shall find 
themselves able to maintain; and that the name and consti- 
tution of the said University shall be, and they are as fol- 
lows : 
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ARTICLE I. 
Section 1. The said Institution shall be forever called 
and known by the name of " The University at Lewisburg." 
ARTICLE II. 
Sect. 1. The said University shall be under the manage- 
ment, direction, government, and supervision of a number 
of trustees, not exceeding twenty, and a number of cura- 
tors not exceeding forty, or a quorum of each, as herein- 
after mentioned. 
Sect. 2. The trustees and a majority of the curators 
shall be regular members of the Baptist denomination. 
Five or more of the trustees shall be a quorum of the trus- 
tees ; and seven or more of the curators shall constitute a 
quorum of curators. 
ARTICLE III. 
Sect. 1. The trustees of said University shall consist 
of the following persons, to wit: James Moore, James 
Moore, jr., Joseph Meixel, William H. Ludwig, Samuel 
Wolfe, Levi B. Christ, Henry Funk, Joel E. Bradley, Eu- 
genio Kincaid, Benjamin Bear, William W. Keen, William 
Bucknell, jr., Thomas Wattson, James M. Linnard, Lewis 
Vastine, Oliver Blackburn, Caleb Lee, Daniel L. Moore; 
which said trustees and their successors, to be elected as 
herein subsequently mentioned, shall be, forever hereafter, 
and they are hereby created, established, and declared to 
be a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, 
and with all the incidents of a corporation, in deed and in 
law, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, by the name, 
style, and title of "The Trustees of the University at 
Lewisburg •" by which name and title, said trustees and 
their successors shall be capable, in law and in equity, to 
take to themselves and their successors, for the use of said 7 
University, any estate in any messuages, lands, tenements, 
hereditaments, goods, chattels, moneys, or other effects, by 
gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, assurance, will, de- 
vise, or bequest, of any person or persons whatsoever; and 
to hold ten acres of land together with the improvements 
thereon exempt from taxation, Provided, That the annual 
nett income accruing from said estate, and subject to a 
yearly appropiation or disposition of said trustees, shall not 
exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars; and the same 
messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, and estates real 
and personal, to grant, bargain, sell, convey, assure, demise, 
and to farm, let, and place out on interest, or otherwise dis- 
pose of, or invest, for the use of said University, in such a 
manner as to them, at least a quorum of them, shall seem 
most beneficial to said Institution; and to receive the rents, 
issues, profits, income, and interest of the same, and to 
apply the same to the proper use of said University; and 
by the same name, to sue and be sued, implead and be im- 
pleaded, in any court of law or equity, and in all manner 
of suits and actions whatsoever; and, generally, by and in 
the same name, to do and transact all the business touching 
or concerning the premises, or which shall be incidentally 
necessary thereto, as fully and effectually, as any natural 
person, or body politic or corporate, has power to manage 
the concerns belonging to such person, or body; and to 
hold, enjoy, and exercise all such powers, authorities, and 
jurisdictions, as are customary in other Universities, or in 
Colleges within this commonwealth. 
Sect. 2. Said trustees shall cause to be made, for their 
use, one common seal with such devices and inscriptions 
thereon, as they shall think proper, and by and with it, all 
deeds, diplomas, certificates, and acts of said incorporation 
shall pass and be authenticated; and said trustees may, at 
their pleasure, alter their seal, or break it and substitute a 
new one. 8 
Sect. 3. A quorum of said trustees shall meet at Lewis- 
burg, within ten days from the date of this charter, to 
transact any business which the interests of the Institution 
may then require. (More particular notice of said meet- 
ing shall be given by the first trustee first named on the 
list.) 
Sect. 4. There shall be a meeting of said trustees held 
as often as once in six months, at or near the borough of 
Lewisburg, and at such particular times, and place or 
places, as said trustees, or a quorum of them, shall appoint; 
of which, after the first meeting, notice shall be given by 
a written communication signed by the Chairman or Secre- 
tary of the Board, and addressed to said trustees severally, 
at least ten days before the time of such intended meeting, 
and if at such meeting less than a quorum shall be present, 
the members present shall have power to adjourn to some 
other day; but if a quorum of said trustees meet at the 
appointed time, or at any time of adjournment, then the 
majority of the votes of such quorum or Board, shall be 
capable of doing and transacting all the business and con- 
cerns of said University not otherwise provided for by this 
act, and particularly, of making and enacting ordinances 
and by-laws for the government and instruction of said 
University; of adding, within the limit prescribed by article 
two, section one, to the number of trustees whose names 
are inserted in this charter; of electing trustees in the 
place and stead of those who shall decline serving, resign 
or die, or whose places become vacant from some other 
cause; of electing or appointing the President, Professors, 
Tutors, and other teachers of said University; of agreeing 
with them for their salaries and stipends; of removing 
them for misconduct, breaches of the ordinances of the 
Institution, or other sufficient causes; of appointing a Chair- 
man, Secretary, Treasurer, and other officers necessary for 
managing the concerns of the corporation; of providing 
for the maintenance and observance of discipline in said 9 
University, and of prescribing and inflicting the penalties 
due to all violations of the rules, ordinances, or regulations 
thereof, or to other misconduct committed by students or 
other persons thereat; and generally by the majority of the 
voices of the Board or quorum of said trustees, at any 
stated or extra meeting, shall determine all matter of things 
(although not herein specified) which shall occasionally 
arise, and be incidentally necessary to be determined by 
said trustees; Provided, That said laws, rules, and ordi- 
nances, or any of them, be not repugnant to the laws and 
constitution of this Commonwealth. 
Sect. 5. As soon as said trustees shall have obtained, in 
the form of subscriptions believed to be valid, the amount 
of one hundred thousand dollars, they shall purchase a lot 
or farm, and proceed to erect thereon suitable buildings for 
the use and benefit of said University, to procure the requi- 
site library, apparatus and specimens in natural history; 
and they shall exercise their own judgment and discretion 
in so doing, as likewise in the general management and dis- 
position of the funds of said University; Provided, how- 
ever, said trustees shall exact from their Treasurer adequate 
security for all the moneys and other property of the Insti- 
tution, which he may at any time receive; Provided, also, 
That if any person contributing to the funds of said Insti- 
tution, indicate a special appropriation of the amount so 
contributed, said contribution, if accepted, shall be disposed 
of in strict accordance with the evident intent or expressed 
wish of the contributor; Provided, likewise, That a fourth 
part of said one hundred thousand dollars, and, at least, 
twenty-five per cent, of all moneys and every species of 
property capable of producing revenue (and not herein al- 
ready specified or excepted) which shall come into the hands 
of said trustees for the use and benefit of said Institution, 
shall be placed out on interest, the principal or stock secured 
by bond or mortgage on real estate ; and the revenue thence 
accruing shall be exclusively and forever appropiated to the 10 
support of instruction in said university; And Provided 
too, That said Trustees shall not for any cause or under 
any pretext whatever, encumber, by mortgage or other- 
wise, the real estate or any other property of said Institu- 
tion, and they shall not involve it in any debt, which they 
have not the means of paying consistently with the restric- 
tions above mentioned. 
Sect. 6. Said Trustees shall annually publish an abstract 
of the minutes of their doings. 
Sect. 1. The President, Professors, Tutors, and other 
teachers, or a majority of them for the time being, shall 
constitute the faculty of the University, and, in their 
respective departments, shall have the power of enforcing 
the rules and regulations adopted by the trustees for the 
government and instruction of the students; and the Pre- 
sident and Professors, with the counsel and consent of a 
quorum of curators, shall have the power to grant and con- 
firm the students of the University, or unto others deemed 
worthy, such degrees in the liberal arts and sciences or in 
certain branches thereof, as have been usually granted in 
other universities; to grant likewise, to said graduates, 
diplomas under the common seal of the corporation, in 
order to authenticate and to perpetuate the memory of such 
graduation; and to grant, also, certificates to such students 
as have duly completed the course of studies prescribed in 
any subordinate department of the University. 
ARTICLE IV. 
Sect. 1. The curators of the University shall consist 
of the following persons, to wit: The Governor, and the 
Secretary of this Commonwealth, the Judges of the 
Supreme Courts, and the President of the University, (ex 
officio,) together with Abbott Green, G. S. Webb, George 
B. Ide, William Shadrach, J. Lansing Burrows, A. D. Gil- 
ARTICLE V. 11 
letto, J. H. Kennard, Wilson Jewell, David Jayne, A. A. 
Anderson, Charles Tucker, John 0. Rockafellow, Simon 
Schuyler, Martin Bell, James Estep, Simon Cameron, 
George I. Miles, Joseph Green, Janies Buchanan, Jackson 
M'Faddin, George F. Miller, James Irwin, Morgan J. 
Rhees, (Delaware,) George M. Keim, William R. Williams, 
(N. Y.,) T. 0. Lincoln, (N. J.,) and Jacob Wagenseller; 
which persons and their successors, in perpetual succession, 
are hereby made and declared to be, and forever hereafter, 
are to be known by the title of "The Curators of the Uni- 
versity at Lewisburg." 
Sect. 2. Within six months from the date of this 
charter, (the room and hour to be designated by the curator 
whose proper name is first mentioned above,) said curators, 
or at least seven of them, shall meet at or near said Lewis- 
burg, and appoint a Chancellor, a Scribe, and such com- 
mittees of their own body, as they may deem requisite in 
order to the faithful and convenient discharge of their du- 
ties, and they shall observe the same rules in calling meet- 
ings, passing decisions, adding to the number of curators 
whose names are herein specified, and filling vacancies in 
their own body, as herein prescribed to the trustees. The 
meetings are all to be held at or near the borough of Lewis- 
burg, and, after the first they are to be notified by the 
Chancellor or Scribe. 
Sect. 3. Said curators, a quorum of them, or at least 
a committee of three, are required and expected to attend 
the principal examinations and the annual commencements 
of the University; they are to make themselves acquainted 
with the manner in which the work of study and recitation 
is planned for the students, and by them executed, and 
particularly, with the scholarship, conduct, and character 
of such students as are candidates for admission from a 
lower into a higher class or department of the University, 
or for degrees; and the consent of the majority of the 12 
curators present shall be necessary in order to a student's 
promotion, or receiving a degree. 
Sect. 4. Said curators are to have access to the minutes 
of the official doings of the faculty, and they are, likewise, 
to take care to inform themselves respecting the methods of 
government and instruction adopted and practised by the 
several teachers in the University. 
Sect. 5. Said curators are to inspect the records of the 
business transactions of the trustees, and audit the Trea- 
surer's accounts. 
Sect. 6. Finally, the curators shall every year, publish, 
in at least three papers having extensive circulations in 
different parts of this Commonwealth, such a statement of 
the result of their observations as they shall reckon due to 
the University, and to its patrons and friends. 
ARTICLE VI. 
Sect. 1. No misnomer of the said corporation shall de- 
feat or annul any gift, grant, devise, or bequest, to or from 
the said corporation, Provided, The intent of the parties 
shall sufficiently appear upon the face of the gift, grant, 
will, or writing, whereby any estate or interest was intend- 
ed to pass to or from said corporation. 
Sect. 1. No religious sentiments are to be accounted a 
disability to hinder the election of an individual to any 
office among the teachers of the Institution, or to debar 
persons from admittance as pupils, or in any manner to 
abridge their privileges or immunities as students in any 
department of the University. 
ARTICLE VII. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
Sect. 1. The Legislature reserves the right to alter or 
annul this charter in case of any abuse of the privileges 
hereby granted. 13 
A SUPPLEMENT 
To an Act entitled (< An Act to Establish the University at 
Lewisburg." 
READ JANUARY 9, 1850. 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in 
General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the 
authority of the same, That so much of the fourth section 
of the third article of the act entitled 11An Act to establish 
the University at Lewisburg," approved the fifth day of 
February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and 
forty-six, as requires the trustees of said University to meet 
as often as once in six months, be and the same is hereby 
repealed; and that they shall be required to meet as often 
as twice a year, at such times as they may determine by 
by-laws or otherwise; and that no failure to meet hereto- 
fore in accordance with the second section shall be deemed 
in any wise to impair the rights and privileges of the said 
University. 
Section 2. That extracts taken from the records of the 
board of trustees of the University at Lewisburg, certified 
by the secretary under the seal of said board of trustees, 
shall be received in evidence to all intents and purposes as 
the original would be in any court of justice of this com- 
monwealth. 
Section 3. That all purchases heretofore made by said 
board of trustees of real and personal estate shall be and 
are hereby made good and valid to all intents and purposes; 
and the said trustees are hereby fully authorized to sell and 
convey so much of the same, and in such parts and parcels 
as they may deem proper. 14 
Section 4. That so much of the fifth section of the 
fourth article of the act entitled " An Act to establish the 
University at Lewisburg" aforesaid, to which this is a sup- 
plement, as requires the fourth part of the one hundred 
thousand dollars obtained in the form of subscription to 
said University, to be placed out at interest, the principal 
or stock to be secured on real estate, be and the same is 
hereby construed to mean that said trustees are not bound 
to place out at interest any part of the first, second, or 
third instalments collected, or to be collected of the said one 
hundred thousand dollars (if in their opinion the good of the 
institution requires the same to be appropriated to other pur- 
poses) but may reserve the fourth and last instalments to be 
placed out at interest, so that in the end they put out at 
interest as aforesaid one-fourth of the moneys collected. BY-LAWS 
And Rules of Order for the Government of the Board of 
Trustees. 
ARTICLE I. 
The stated meetings of the Board, shall be on the third 
Thursday in February, and on the Thursday preceding the 
annual commencement, in August, at eleven o'clock, in each 
and every year. Meetings may be held by adjournment, 
or special meetings convened, at the call of the Chairman, 
or of any five Trustees. Notice of such call, stating the 
object of the meeting, shall be given through the post 
office, or otherwise, by the Secretary, to each member of 
the Board, not less than fifteen days before such contem- 
plated meeting, and no other business than that named in the 
notice of such special meeting shall be transacted or con- 
summated, without the consent of two-thirds of the members 
present. 
ARTICLE II. 
The Officers of the Board shall be a Chairman, Secretary, 
and Treasurer, to be elected annually, by ballot, at the 
stated meetings in August, the election to take place im- 
mediately after the reading and confirmation of the minutes; 
but in case of failure or omission to elect, the officers of the 
preceding year shall continue in office until superseded by 
a new election. 
The Chairman, or, in his absence, a Chairman pro tern., 
shall preside at each meeting of the Board, decide all points 
of order, subject to appeal to the Board, when seconded, 
ARTICLE III. 16 
appoint all committees, unless otherwise directed, sign all 
orders directed to be drawn on the Treasurer, and see that 
the business of the Board is not impeded by conversation 
on matters not before them. 
ARTICLE IV. 
The Secretary shall keep in a book provided for the pur- 
pose, legible and correct minutes of the transactions of the 
Board, with the names of members present at each meeting, 
attest all orders drawn on the Treasurer by order of the 
Board, give the proper notice of each meeting, and preserve, 
on file, all papers, documents, and reports directed by the 
Board, and in case of resignation, or removal from office, 
oi- the expiration of his term of service, deliver to the Board, 
or his successor in office, all books, papers and documents 
belonging to the Board. 
The Treasurer shall give good and sufficient bonds for 
the faithful appropriation of all moneys received for the use 
of the University, giving receipt for the same to the payer, 
and entering a duplicate in a book provided for the purpose; 
pay all orders drawn by the Board, signed by the Chairman, 
and attested by the Secretary; keep accurate accounts, 
under their proper heads, of all the disbursements of the 
Board, reporting at each meeting an account current of 
receipts and expenditures, and at the expiration of his term 
of service, or resignation of office, deliver to his successor 
all moneys, books, papers, and vouchers that may be in his 
possession, pertaining to the duties of his office. 
ARTICLE V. 
An Executive Committee of five members may be appoint- 
ed, three of whom shall be a quorum, clothed with such 
powers as the Board shall define; but any action of this 
ARTICLE VI. 17 
Committee shall require confirmation by the Board at its 
next meeting, unless otherwise ordered. 
All motions, except for adjournment, shall be made in 
writing, if required, and if seconded, shall be stated by the 
Chairman previous to discussion, and if not amended may, 
by leave of the Board, be withdrawn by the mover and 
seconder, any time prior to final decision. Any member 
may call for a division of a question when it is susceptible 
thereof. 
ARTICLE VII. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
Whenever a member wishes to communicate with the 
Board, or debate a subject before them, he shall rise and 
address the chair, and no interruption shall be permitted, 
unless by a call to order, or consent of the speaker. No 
member shall speak more than twice on the same subject 
nor more than fifteen minutes at any one time, unless by 
special leave of a majority of the members present. 
ARTICLE IX. 
Motions acted on, and negatived, shall not be recorded, 
unless directed by the Board. 
ARTICLE X. 
On the call of two members, the yeas and nays shall be 
taken on any matter before the Board, and recorded with 
the vote of each member opposite his name. 
ARTICLE XI. 
A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, unless 
a member is speaking, or the Board voting, and decided 
without debate. 
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ARTICLE XII. 
A motion to lay a subject before tbe Board on the table, 
shall be decided without debate, and shall not be called up 
again for action until an adjournment has intervened, unless 
by unanimous consent. 
ARTICLE XIII. 
No member in attendance shall withdraw from the meet- 
ing but by permission of the chair, nor from the business 
of the session, or the voting on any question unless excused 
by the Board. 
The minutes of the proceedings of the Board for each 
day of any meeting, shall be read at the commencement of 
the session of the following day, and the whole proceedings 
of each meeting shall be read before the fimal adjournment. 
ARTICLE XIV 
ARTICLE XV. 
In all ordinary transactions, the charter quorum shall 
govern ; but in the election of a President, and Professors, 
and fixing their salaries, the consent of a majority of the 
whole Board shall be requisite. 
ARTICLE XVI. 
Every meeting of the Board shall be opened and closed 
with prayer. 
ARTICLE XVII. 
No alteration of these By-Laws shall be made, but at a 
regular stated meeting of the Board. 19 
ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
1. Roll call. 
2. Prayer. 
3. Reading and adopting the minutes of the preceding 
meeting. 
4. Treasurer's Report. 
5. Executive Committee's Report. 
6. Agents or Superintendent's Report. 
7. Reports of Committees. 
8. Unfinished business. 
9. New business. 
10. Prayer. IMO ©> OSlfm 
Rev. HEMAN LINCOLN,Philadelphia, Chancellor. 
0. N. WORDEN,Lewisburg,Scribe. 
His Excellency, WILLIAM BIGLER,..Harrisburg 
FRANCIS W. HUGHES, 
Secretary of Commonwealth,...Pottsville. 
Hon. JEREMIAH S. BLACK, 
Chief Justice S. Court,...Somerset. 
Hon. WALTER H. LOWRIE, 
Assoc. Judge S. Court,...Pittsburg. Ex Officio. 
Hon. J. B. GIBSON, LL.D. 
Assoc. Judge S. Court,...Carlisle. 
Hon. ELLIS LEWIS, LL.D. 
Assoc. Judge S. Court,...Lancaster. 
Hon. GEO. W. WOODWARD, 
Assoc. Judge S. Court,... Wilkesbarre. 
Rev. H. G. JONES, D. DRoxborough, 
Rev. G. S. WEBB,New Brunswick, N. J. 
Rev. J. LANSING BURROWS,Philadelphia. 
Rev. A. D. GILLETTE, do. 
Rev. J. H. KENNARD, do. 
Rev. GEO. I. MILES, do. 
WILSON JEWELL, M. D do. 
GEORGE F. MILLER, Esq Lewisburg. 
JOHN 0. ROCKAFELLOW, EsqHarrisburg. 
SIMON SCHUYLER, EsqMuncy. 
MARTIN BELL, Esq Logan's Valley. 
Rev. JAMES ESTEP, M. D Pittsburg. 
Hon. SIMON CAMERON,Middletown. 
Hon. JAMES BUCHANAN, LL. DLancaster. 
Hon. JAMES IRVIN,Bellefonte. 
Hon. GEORGE M. KEIM,Reading. 
JOSEPH GREEN, EsqMilesburg. 
WILLIAM CAMERON. EsqLewisburg. 
JOHN WALLS, Esq do. 
JAMES P. ROSS, Esq do. 
JAMES F. LINN, Esq do. 
JOHN GUNDY, EsqEast Buffalo, Union Co. 
Rev. GEORGE W. YOUNG,Washington. 
Rev. MORGAN J. RHEES,Williamsburg, N. Y. 
Rev. WILLIAM R. WILLIAMS, D. D...New York City. 
Rev. GEORGE KEMPTON,Philadelphia. 
Rev. E. W. DICKINSON,Lewisburg. 
Rev. J. R. DOWNER,Alleghany City. 
Rev. A. LEVERING,Pottsville. 
E. D. GUNNISON, EsqErie. BY-LAWS AND RULES OF ORDER 
For the Government of the Board of Curators of the Uni- 
versity at Lewisburg. 
1. A stated meeting of the Board shall be held at Lewis- 
burg, on the day preceding the Annual Commencement of 
the University, in August, in each and every year, at two 
o'clock in the afternoon. 
2. Meetings may be held by adjournment; and special 
meetings may be convened at the call of the officers and 
five other members of the Board. 
3. Notice of all meetings, stating the object, shall be given 
by the Scribe to each member of the Board, not less than 
twenty days before the meeting shall be held. 
ARTICLE I. 
ARTICLE II. 
The Chancellor and Scribe shall be elected annually, by 
ballot, the election to take place on the first day of the 
stated meeting in August, immediately after reading the 
minutes of the preceding meeting. In case of failure or 
omission to elect, the officers of the preceding year shall 
continue to act until their successors shall have been chosen. 
ARTICLE III. 
The Chancellor, or in his absence a Chairman pro tem., 
shall preside at each meeting of the Board; maintain de- 
corum ; decide all points of order, subject to appeal to the 
Board; and, unless otherwise directed, appoint all the Com- 
mittees. 
The Scribe shall keep, in a book provided for the pur- 
pose, legible and correct minutes of all the transactions of 
ARTICLE IV. 22 
the Board, with the names of the members present, at 
each meeting; register the names of all persons, students 
of the University and others, upon whom any degree or 
degrees may have been conferred; notify new members of 
their election to this Board; preserve, on file, all papers, 
documents, and reports directed by the Board; and, on 
going out of office, deliver all books and papers to the Board, 
or to his successor in office. 
At each annual meeting, the following Standing Com- 
mittees shall be appointed, to wit: 
1. A Committee of three on the examination of Students 
for promotion or degrees. (See Charter, Art. V., Sect. 3.) 
2. A Committee of three on the Departments of Govern- 
ment and Instruction. (See Charter, Art. V., Sec. 4.) 
3. A Committee of three on the Treasurer's accounts, 
whose duty it shall be likewise to make themselves ac- 
quainted with the business transactions of the Board of 
Trustees (See Charter, Art. V., Sect. 5.) 
4. A Committee on Publication. (See Charter, Art. V., 
Sect. 6. 
ARTICLE V. 
ARTICLE VI. 
The order of business, unless otherwise directed by a 
majority of the members present, shall be as follows : 
1. Roll call. 
2. Prayer. 
3. Reading minutes of the preceding meeting. 
4. Reports of Committees. 
5. Appointment of Standing Committees. 
6. Unfinished business. 
7. New business. 
8. Prayer. 23 
ARTICLE VII. 
The order of debate shall be as follows : 
1. Any member, about to speak, shall arise and address 
the Chair; shall confine his remarks to the point in hand, 
and avoid all personalities. 
2. When two or more members arise at once, the Chair 
shall decide which is first to speak, and no interruption 
shall be permitted, except by a call to order or permission 
to explain. 
3. No member shall be allowed to speak longer than 
fifteen minutes at one time, nor oftener than twice on the 
same subject, unless by special leave of a majority of the 
members present. 
4. A member called to order by the Chair, or by any 
other member, shall immediately take his seat until the 
question of order is settled. The decision of the Chair in 
all such cases shall be final, unless an appeal be made to 
the Board. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be stated 
from the Chair before any debate is had upon it. Every 
motion made and seconded shall be put to the Board for 
decision, unless withdrawn by the mover and seconder, 
which may be allowed at any time previous to a vote being 
taken, by amendment or otherwise. 
ARTICLE IX. 
If any member doubt the correctness of the judgment of 
the Chair in announcing the vote, a division may be called 
for, when the members shall arise and be counted. 
ARTICLE X. 
On the call of two members, the yeas and nays shall be 
taken on any matter before the Board, and recorded with 
the vote of each member opposite his name. 24 
ARTICLE XI 
All motions and resolutions acted upon, shall be recorded, 
unless the Board direct otherwise. 
ARTICLE XII. 
When a question is under debate, no motion shall be re- 
ceived, except to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the pre- 
vious question, to postpone to a certain day, to commit or 
amend, to postpone indefinitely, which several motions 
shall have precedence of each other in the order in which 
they are here arranged. 
A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, unless a 
member is speaking, or the Board voting; that, and the 
motion to lay on the table, shall be decided without debate. 
ARTICLE XIII. 
ARTICLE XIV. 
No member in attendance shall withdraw from the meet- 
ing without permission of the Chair, nor from the 
business of the session, or from voting on any question, 
unless excused by the Board. 
ARTICLE XV. 
The minutes of the proceedings of the Board at each 
meeting, shall be read before final adjournment. 
No alteration in these By-Laws and Rules of Order shall 
be made, nor shall the Rules be suspended in any case, 
without a two-third vote of the members present. 
ARTICLE XVI. 
ARTICLE XVII. 
Any member failing to be in attendance at any stated 
meeting of the Board, shall be requested to furnish a written 
excuse for his absence; and neglecting to attend for three 
meetings in succession without a justifiable cause, shall be 
considered as having resigned his membership.