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and-to encourage and aid them in the completion of the conh;mplated organization, Congress does hereby grant, [See late laws of Congress, sec. 4th, page 121:] 26. Be it further enacted, That the respective sums due and payahle to the Government on account of grants, surveys, returns and records for the benefit of said institution are hereby remitted and donated to the sam.e, and the lands, buildings, and other property belonging to it are hereby declared to b-e free from any kind of public tax. 27. Be it further enacted, That every Trustee elected or appointed by the provisions of this act, shall, before entering on the duties assignea him as trustee, take and subscribe the following oath before some judge or justice of the peace, "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I wm faith- fully discharge the duties assigned me as Trustee, to the best of my skill and abilities without partiality or affection. 28. Be it further enacted, That they shall take effectual care that students of all denominations receive fair, generous, and impartial treat- ment, and that means be used to examine and promote the attainments for which the institution is established; and they shall have power to confer the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Doctor of Medi- cine and,Doctor of Laws. passed the following resolutions, viz: Whereas, we have been providentially prevented from applying to the late Congress for a Charter, and the loss of time in so important an undertaking is much to be deprecated, therefore, Resolved, That the persons named as Trustees in the plan of the charter, approved by this meeting, be appointed, as far as the power of this meeting can appoint them, to the offices of Trustees, and that they be requested to accept and immediately exercise the office, according to the principles of the proposed Charter, as if it were already a law; and in the hope that it will be adopted by the next Congress, and that they take prompt and adequate measures to establjsh a Primary School at the City of Galveston. Whereas, the circumstances of our City and Country require early and zealous exertions for the promotion of learning; and we have beer. providentially prevented from applying to the late Congres~ fvr f! Charter, and to wait for the next would be an imporiant and unnecessary loss.of time, and in the meentime the citizens of Galveston, trusting in the goodness of Heaven and in the accustomed liberality of the supreme Lcigislature of the country, having approved a form of a Charter to be presented to Congress, and ha.ving appointed us as Trustees, with in- structions to act immediately according to the principles of that Char- ter, in hopes of the ratification of their constitutional acts, and ours in so good a cause, by the next Congress, therefore, On the 73 day of February, 1840, a meeting of the citizens On the 19th day of February, 1840, a quorum of the Trustees met and unanimously adopted the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That we, who are now present, being members of the Board appointed by the citizens of Galveston and forming a quorum according
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