Gazetteer of New York, 1860 & 1861, page 126

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126 NEW YORK STATE GAZETTEER.

designate such academies as shall receive aid in establishing classes for instructing teachers of
common schools; conduct exchanges of books and documents with other States and countries;
maintain a system of meteorological observations at certain academies; and make full reports
annually to the Legislature upon the condition of the colleges and academies of the State, the State
Library, and the Cabinet of Natural History.

The officers of the Regents are, a chancellor, vice-chancellor, and secretary. They appoint a
librarian and assistants to the State Library, and a curator to the State Cabinet. Six members
form a quorum for the transaction of business. Their annual meeting is held on the first Thurs¬
day of January, in the Senate chamber, and is adjourned for short periods during the session of the
Legislature. Most colleges report annually to the Regents, but are not uniformly subject to visita¬
tion, nor do they share in the income of the Literature Fund. They have generally been assisted
by grants of land or money from the State.

Colleges and Academies are entrusted to boards of trustees) who possess the usual
powers of corporations, and usually fill all vacancies occurring in their number.¹ They appoint
professors and instructors, and remove them at pleasure, unless employed by special agreement.
All degrees in colleges, whether honorary or in due course of study, are conferred by the trustees.

By an act passed April 12, 1853, the Regents were required to establish general rules under
which colleges, universities, and academies might claim incorporation, subject to such limitations
and restrictions as might be prescribed by law, or which, by the Regents, might be deemed proper ;
and institutions thus formed should possess, in addition to the powers thus vested in them, the
general powers of a corporation, under the Revised Statutes of this State. The trustees of academies

¹ Genesee College, N. Y. Agricultural College, People’s College,
University of Buffalo, and University of the City of N. Y., are
owned by shareholders, who elect trustees, or officers analogous,
for stated terms. The principal State officers are ex officio trus¬
tees of Union College; and the Mayor and Recorder of cities
are, in some cases, trustees of medical colleges. The principal
facts concerning colleges and professional schools may he classed
as follows:—

Literary and Medical Colleges.

Name.	Location.	Rate of Charter.		Sow Incor¬ porated.	Remarks.
Alfred University.............	Alfred	Mar.	28,1857	Law	Seventh-day Bap., 33 trustees.
Columbia College..............	New York	Oct.	31,1754	Patent	Prot. E., 24 trustees. Formerly King’s College.
Elmira Female College......	Elmira	April	13,1855	Law	Changed from Elmira Collegiate Institute.
Genesee College................	Lima	Feb.	27,1849	Law	Meth. E., 28 to 30 trustees, elected for 5 years by classes.
Hamilton College..............	Clinton	May	26,1812	Regents	N. S. Presb., 24 trustees. Changed from Hamilton
Hobart Free College..........	Geneva	April	5,1824	Regents	Oneida Academy. Prot. E., 24 trustees. Originally Medical Dep. con¬
Ingham University..........	Le Roy	April	3,1857	Law	nected. Changed from Geneva College, April 10, 1852. N. S. Presb., 24 trustees. Changed from Ingham j
Madison University...........	Hamilton	Mar.	26,1846	Law	Collegiate Institute. j Bap., 27 trustees. Theological Depart, connected; I
N. Y. Central College Assoc.	McGrawville	April	17,1851	Law	Located on a farm. Students not excluded on ae- i count of sex or color. I 10 trustees. In course of erection. See Ovid.
N. Y. State Agric’l College	Ovid	April	15,1853	Law
People’s College⁰...............	Havana	April	12,1853	Law	24 trustees. In course of erection. Capital, $250,000,
St. John’s College.............	Fordham	April	10,1840	Law	R. C., 9 trustees. Theological Depart, connected.
St. Lawrence University...	Canton	April	3,1856	Law	Universalist, 25 trustees. Theological Department
Troy University................	Troy	April	12,1855	Regents	connected. In course of organization. Methodist E., 64 trustees. Charter conditioned to
Union College..................	Schenectady	Feb.	25,1795	Regents	$100,000, which is obtained. Organized. 15 trustees, besides those ex officio. Changed from Schenectady Academy. Law Department only organized.
University of Albany.........	Albany	April	17,1851	Law
Univ. of the City of N. Y....	New York	April	18,1831	Law	32 trustees. Medical Department connected.
University of Rochester.....	Rochester	May	8,1846	Law	Bap., 20 trustees. Theological Depart, connected.
University of Buffalo.........	Buffalo	May	11,1846	Law	Medical Department only organized.
Albany Medical College⁶ ...	Albany	Feb.	16,1839	Law
College of Pharmacy of City of New York.................	New York	April	25,1831	Law	For education of druggists. Does not report.
College of Physicians and Surgeons of N. Y...........	New York	Mar.	10,1807	Regents.	For education of druggists. Does not report.
Medical Inst, of Geneva Coll.	Geneva	April	8,1835	Trusts, of
Metropolitan Medical Coll.,®	New York	Mar.	27,1857	G. Coll. Law.
New York MediGal College,	New York		1850	Law	Mayor and Recorder ex officio trustees.
Univ. of Buffalo, Med. Dep.,<*	Buffalo	May	11,1846	Law	Medical Dep. only one organized. Full univ, charter.
University, of the City of New York, Med. Dep A...	New York	Feb.	1,1837	Law.	Medical Dep. only one organized. Full univ, charter.

° Trustees elected for 6 years. Students and teachers expected
to labor from 10 to 20 hours each week. Located on a farm of
200 acres.

⁶ Mayor and Recorder of Albany ex officio trustees. Building
erected for Lancasterian school, and leased by the city at a
nominal rent.

⁰ A college of similar name, incorp. March 28,1827, did not
organize. See Regents Report, 1858, p. 168.

^a Capital limited to $100,000. Proprietors elect council of 16
for 4 years, besides which each department elects one to the
council to hold at their pleasure.

* The council of the University of the City of New York con¬
sists of 32 shareholders elected for 4 years, besides the Mayor of
New York and 4 of the Common Council designated for the
purpose.

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