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4. The said trustees shall have a seal with such devices and inscriptions thereon as they shall think proper under and by which all deeds, diplomas, certificates and acts of said corporation shall pass and be authenticated. The said board shall require their treasurer from time to time, as may be necessary, to give bond and security, which bond shall be made payable to the Governor for the use of the people of the State of Illinois, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office of treasurer to said corporation, which bond shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State. 5. The said Board of Trustees, when organized as aforesaid, shall from time to time, as occasion may require, make and ordain rules, ordinances and by-laws for the good government of the said institution and the regulation of their own body, not repugnant to the laws of the State; provided that a majority of the said trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 6. The said trustees shall have full power to remove any one of their own body for misconduct, breach of the by-laws, or gross immorality, and from time to time, as the interests of the institution may require, to elect a president of said University and such professors, tutors, instructors, and other officers of the same, as they may judge necessary, and shall determine the duties, salaries, emoluments, responsibilities, and tenures of their several offices, and designate the course of instruction in said institution. 7. No president, professor, tutor or other officer of the institution shall whilst acting in that capacity, be a trustee; nor shall any president, professor, tutor, instructor or student ever be required to profess any particular religious opinions, and no student shall be refused any of the privileges or honors of said institution on account of any religious opinion he may entertain, nor shall any sectarian tenets or principles be taught or inculcated at said University by any president, professor, tutor or other person. 8. The said trustees shall have power to contract for the erection of a suitable building or buildings for said institution, and for any quantity of land for the use of said institution,