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    SEC. 3. That the said trustees and their successors, by the name and style of "The Trustees of the Indiana Asbury University," as aforesaid, shall be capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court or courts of record, before any judge, judges or justices with this State, and elsewhere, in all manner of suits, complaints, pleas, causes, matters and demands, of whatsoever kind, nature or form they may be; and all and every other matter, nature and thing therein to do, in as full and effectual a manner, as any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, of like nature, within this State, may or can do.

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    SEC. 8. That the said trustees and their successors, shall have authority, whenever in their opinion the funds of the institution will justify the measure, to admit, gratuitously, in whole, or in part, as the respective cases may require, such person or persons as they may think proper to enjoy the benefits of tuition in said University. And said trustees are hereby authorised to receive subscriptions, donations and bequests, either in money, personal, real, or mixed property, for the purpose of enabling them to meet the expenditures requisite in establishing and continuing said institution.

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    SEC. 9. That for the purpose of stimulating and encouraging the students in their progress, and promoting the general interests of the institution, the said trustees and faculties shall have full power and authority, once in every year, or oftener, as they by an ordinance shall direct, to hold a public commencement, with exercises suited to the occasion, and to graduate with literacy honors, such students as shall, from time to time, be found to have merited the same, by their character and acquirements. And said trustees and faculty shall have power and authority, in furtherance of the aforesaid objects, to confer upon the deserving any and all degrees in the arts, and in the learned professions, whether honorary or otherwise, in as full and ample a manner, as in any similar insititution; and may issue, when they deem it expedient, testimonies or diplomas, bearing the seal of said University, as certificates of the same, sgned by the president of the University. It shall also be the duty of the faculty, prior to each commencement, to hold a public examination, in presence of such trustees as may be able to attend, and of other citizens, at which time, all the students of said University shall be examined in the several branches of learning which they have respectively studied; that the fidelity of the teachers, and the diligence of their pupils may appear.

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    SEC. 10. This act is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall be construed liberally, for every beneficial purpose, hereby intended; and no omission to use any of the privileges hereby granted shall cause a forfeiture of the same, nor shall any gift, grant, conveyance or devise, to or for the benefit of the corporation, be defeated or prejudiced by any misnomer, misdescription or informality whatever: Provided, That the intention of the parties can be shown or ascertained beyond reasonable doubt.

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