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History University of Illinois Act of 1857 creating the Illinois State Normal University. Laws of Illinois 1857; approved February 18.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That C. B. Denio, of Jo Daviess county, Simeon Wright, of Lee county, Daniel Wilkins, of McLean county, 0. E. Hovey, of Peoria county, George P. Rex, of Pike county, Samuel W. Moulton, of Shelby county, John Gillespie, of Jasper county, George Bunsen, of St. Clair county, Wesley Sloan, of Pope county, Ninian W. Edwards, of Sangamon county, John Eden, of Moultrie county, Flavel Mosley, of Cook county, William H. Wells, of Cook county, Albert R. Shannon, of White county, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, ex-officio, with their associates, who shall be elected as herein provided, and their successors, are hereby created a body corporate and politic, to be styled "The Board of Education of the State of Illinois," and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, and have power to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to acquire, hold and convey real and personal property; to have and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure; to make and establish by-laws, and alter or repeal the same as they shall deem necessary for the government of the normal university hereby authorized to be established, not in conflict with the constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States; and to have and exercise all powers, and be subjected to all duties usual and incident to trustees of corporations. 2. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, by virtue of his office, shall be a member and secretary of said board, and shall report to the legislature at its regular sessions the condition and expenditures of said normal university, and communicate such further information as the said board of education or the legislature may direct. 3. No member of the board of education shall receive any compensation for attendance on the meetings of the board except his necessary traveling expenses; which shall be paid in the same manner as the instructors employed in the said normal