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Bttts and Acts to Establish an Educational Institution

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university shall be paid. At all the stated and other meetings of the board called by the president or secretary, or any five members of the board, five members shall constitute a quorum, provided all shall have been duly notified. 4. The objects of the said normal university shall be to qualify teachers for the common schools of the state by imparting instruction in the art of teaching and all branches of study which pertain to a common school education, in the elements of the natural sciences, including agricultural chemistry, animal and vegetable physiology, in the fundamental laws of the United States and of the state of Illinois, in regard to the rights and duties of citizens, and such other studies as the board of education may from time to time prescribe. 5. The board of education shall hold its first meeting at the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, on the first Tuesday of May next, at which meeting they shall appoint an agent, fixing his compensation, who shall visit the cities, villages, and other places in the state, which may be deemed eligible for the purpose, to receive donations and proposals for the establishment and maintenance of the normal university.^ The board shall have power and it shall be their duty to fix the permanent location of said normal university at the place where the most favorable inducements are offered for that purpose: Provided, that such location shall not be difficult of access, or detrimental to the welfare and prosperity of the said normal university. 6. The Board of Education shall appoint a principal, lecturer, on scientific subjects, instructors and instructresses, together with such officers as shall be required in the said Normal University, fix their respective salaries and prescribe their several duties. They shall also have power to remove any of them for proper cause, after having given ten days' notice of any charge which may be duly presented and reasonable opportunity for defense. They shall also prescribe textbooks, apparatus and furniture to be used in the university, and provide the same; and shall make all regulations necessary for its management, and the Board shall have the power to recognize auxiliary institutions when deemed practical; Provided, that such auxiliary in-