Title

An Act to modify and limit the terms and conditions of the Act for Separation relative to Bowdoin College and encourage Literature and the arts and sciences

Creator

Maine State LegislatureFollow
William King

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Document Type

Text

Contributing Institution

Maine State Archives

Identifier

322428

Description

Inscription of the text:

An Act to modify and limit the terms and conditions of the Act for Separation relative to Bowdoin College and encourage Literature and the Arts and Sciences. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, That provided the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall agree thereto, the President and Trustees and the Overseers of Bowdoin College, having already assented thereto, the terms and conditions mentioned in the Act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, passed on the nineteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled "Inscription of the text:

An Act relating to the Separation of the District of Maine from Massachusetts proper, and forming the same into a separate and Independent State," be and they hereby are so far modified, limited or annulled, as that the said President and Trustees and the Overseers of Bowdoin College shall have, hold and enjoy their powers and privileges in all respects, subject, however, to be altered, limited, restrained or extended by the Legislature of the State of Maine, as shall by said Legislature be judged necessary to promote the best interests of said institution.

[This Act passed June 16, 1820.]

Exact Creation Date

6-16-1820

Language

English