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such laws and regulations for the government of the univer-
sity, and preservation of order and good morals therein,
as are usually made in such seminaries, and as to them may
appear necessary; provided, the same are not contrary to the
unalienable liberty of a citizen, or to the laws of the state.
And the faculty of the University, that is to say, the pres-
ident and professors, by and with the consent of the trustees,
shall have the power of conferring all such degrees, or marks
of literary distinction, as are usually conferred in colleges
or universities.

8. And be it further enacted, That every person, who
within the term of five years, shall subscribe ten pounds
towards this university, to be paid within five years, at
five equal annual payments, shall be entitiled to have one
student educated at the university, free from any expense of
tuition.

9. And it be futher enacted, That the public hall of
the library and four of the colleges, shall be called sever-
ally by the names of one or another of the six persons,
who shall within four years contribute the largest sum to-
wards the funds of this university, the highest subscriber
or donor having choice in the order of their respective dona-
tions. And a book shall be kept in the library of the uni-
versity, in which shall be fairly entered the names and places
of residence of every benefactor to this seminary, in order
that posterity may be informed as to whom they are indebted
for the measure of learning and good morals that may prevail
in the state.

Passed at the session of 1789.