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DRAFT
OF THE
CONSTITUTION AND STATUTES
OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH,
ADOPTED AT THE MEETING HELD IN
New Orleans, from February 8th to 13th, inclusive,
AND LAID OVER, FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION, TO THE
NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD.

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NEW ORLEANS:
PRINTED AT THE BULLETIN BOOK AND JOB OFFICE.
1860.

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CONSTITUTION
OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH.

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ARTICLE I.

This University shall be called THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH,
and shall in all its parts be under the sole and perpetual direction
of the Protestant Episcopal Church, represented through a Board
of Trustees.

ARTICLE II.

OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

The Board of Trustees shall be composed of the Bishops of North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,

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Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, and the Bishop exercising jurisdic
tion in Arkansas, ex-officio, and of one clergyman and two laymen
from each of said Dioceses, to be elected by the Conventions of
the same; who shall hold their offices for the term of three years
from the date of their election, or until their successors shall have
been appointed. If there should be an assistant Bishop in any of
these Dioceses, the Diocese in which there is an assistant Bishop
may be represented by either its Bishop or its assistant Bishop,
but never by both at the same time.

Fifteen of their number shall constitute a quorum for the transac-
tion of business; provided each class of trustees--to wit, bishops,
clergy and laity--shall be represented. A vote by orders may be
demanded, and then the joint consent of the bishops as one order,
and of the clerical and lay trustees as another order, shall be neces-
sary for the adoption of any measure proposed. Vacancies
occuring in the order of clerical and laly trustees, shall be filled in
such manner as shall be provided for by the Conventions of the
respective Dioceses.

ARTICLE III.

OF THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

The Board of Trustees shall have power from time to time to
appoint, and for cause, to remove the Vice-Chancellor, the Pro-
fessors, Assistant Professors, Lecturers and Fellows, and all officers,
agents and servants of the University, and shall have the entire
management and surpervision of the affairs, concerns, and property
of the University. In all cases unprovided for by the Charter,
Constitution or Statutes, it shall be lawful for the Board of Trustees
to act in such manner as shall appear best calculated to promote
the welfare of the University.

The Board shall have power from time to time to make, alter, or
repeal any statutes and regulations not inconsistent with the Con-
stitution or the laws of the land, touching the government of the
University, the appointment and removal, number and rank, powers
and duties, stipends and emoluments of the several persons em-
ployed therein, the terms and conditions upon which students shall
be admitted, the course of instruction, the police and government,
times of meeting of the Board of Trustees and other Boards which
may be hereafter provided for by statute.

The Board may erect all necessary buildings, and in general
shall have power touching all other matters whatsoever, regarding

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