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Caption: Booklet - UI Charter of Freedom (1942)
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29 If respondents can with impunity commit the acts complained of in the petition, then such condu- < constitutes a serious obstacle in the way of the Board of Trustees in performing its s t a t u t o r y duties, and, in fact, imperils the independence of the University and its status as a member of an important accrediting agency (Pet., pp. 7, 8) as well as being a serious threat, to the interests of students (Pet., p. 7) who attend the University and of their parents in the State who help support it by the payment of taxes -Pet., pp. 6, 8, 9 ) . III. The acts of respondents are arbitrary, unauthorized and unlawful and constitute a denial of due process to petitioners. (a) The contract rights of petitioners have been invaded, the business of the University interfered with, its charter powers assailed, and liberty of employment denied petitioners Hodges and Johnson—all without notice or an opportunity to be heard under the protection of the general laws which govern all citizens. The Board of Trustees derives its powers from a charter granted by the General Assembly, evidenced by the Act of February 28, 1867. Illinois Revised Statutes, 1941, Chapter 144, Section 22, ff., to 57. This charter provides t h a t the University "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 man; fement or government, in all its various departments and relations." •
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