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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER OF TRUSTEES OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:


Chapter 15 of the acts of 1793 is hereby amended by striking out the third paragraph, as most recently amended by chapter 107 of the acts of 1977, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

For the more orderly conduct of the business of the Corporation, the President and Trustees shall have full power and authority, from time to time, as they shall determine, to elect a Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation and to declare the tenures and duties of their respective offices and to remove any Trustee from the Corporation when, in their judgment, a Trustee is rendered incapable, by age or otherwise, of discharging the duties of the office or has neglected or refused to perform the same; and to fill all vacancies in the Corporation, by electing such persons as Trustees as they shall judge best. The number of the Trustees, including the President of the College, shall be determined by the Trustees from time to time as provided in the by-laws of the College.

Approved October 22, 1999.