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III Blackston -s Commentaries I 2nd ed , 262, 203. Conini Qtariea ( 1st ed. i, 485 Statutes of Illinois, 1869, C. 2 pp. 107-08. Smith-Hurd, R. S., 1941, C. 112, Sec. 9(a ( e ) , 1 0 ; C. 32, Sec. 157. VI. The university is a public corporation with extensive governmental and proprietary powers, such as tin power "to sue and he sued, plead and be impleaded," acquire and transfer property, create trusts, issue bonds, and to formulate and carry out an extensive educational program with comprehensive disciplinary or police authority over both faculty and students. It is a legal entity separate and apart from the State. It has the right to employ its own counsel as an incident to its corporate life, and essential in the execution of powers expressly granted. Illinois R. S., 1941, C. 144, Sec. 22 Saint v. Allen, 172 La. 350. 134 Sou 4< 252, 253. Cooper v. Delavan, 61 111. 96 (1871 >, Town v. Thomas, 82 111. 259 1187< Town v. Patton, 94 111. 65 (1879), Town of Bruce v. Dickey, 116 111. 527, Culver v. Village, 220 111. App. 97 1 1020 Woods v. Village of La Grit mi 287 IU \nu 201, 208. Statutes of Illinois, 1869, p. 755. Laws of 1861, pp. 278, 220. Laws of 1861, p. 218. City of Birmingham v. Wilkinson 2 < A I . > AU 199, 194 So. 548. ' " Chrestman v. Tompkins, 5 S W 19 ) OK* (Tex.)'.