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it shall be the duty of said authorities to give the usual and sea* sonable notices, required by law, according to this act, and the end in view, and to conduct and report the same in the usual way. Such election to be conducted and return made according to the law governing elections: Provided, that the registry of votes used at the last general election shall be the registry for any election to be held under this act. 4. This act shall be a public act, to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED, January 25,1867. (Sess. L. 111., 1867, p. 122.) ORGANIZATION AN ACT to provide for the organization and maintenance of the Illinois Industrial University. SECTION i f Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be the duty of the governor of this state within ten days from the passage of this act, to appoint (amended 1873) five trustees, resident in each of the judicial grand divisions of this state, who, together with one additional trustee, resident in each of the congressional districts of this state, to be appointed in like manner, with their associates and successors, shall be a body corporate and politic, to be styled (amended 1885) "The Board of Trustees of the Illinois Industrial University;" and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, 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 to alter or repeal the same as they shall deem necessary, for the management or government, in all its various departments and relations, of the Illinois Industrial University, for the organization and endowment of which provision is made by this act. Said appointments to be subject to approval or rejection by the senate at its next regular session thereafter, and the appointees to be, and they are hereby authorized to act as trustees as aforesaid, until their successors shall be appointed by the governor and such appointment shall be approved by the senate.