Attorney General v. Illinois Agricultural College
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Washington county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
An act of the General Assembly, adopted on the 21st of February, 1861, incorporated the Illinois Agricultural College “for the purpose of instruction in practical and scientific agriculture, and in the mechanic arts.” The capital stock of the corporation was fixed at $50,000, with liberty to increase it to $100,000, to be divided into shares of $100 each. The capital stock was, by the charter, required to be exclusively devoted to the purposes for which it was incorporated. It provided, the stock, property and concerns of the company should be managed by the directors.
The charter further…
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