Excerpt from Acts of Congress Of the said College, any estate, in any messuage, merits, hereditaments, goods, chattels, moneys, and other effects, by gift, grant-5 bargain, sale, conveyance, assurance, will, devise, or bequest, Of anyperson or persons whatsoever: Provided, The same do not exceed, in the-whole, the yearly value Of twenty-five thousand dollars; and the same mes suages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, and estate, real and personal, 'to grant, bargain, Sell, convey, assure, demise, and to farm let, and place out On interest, for the use Of the said College, in such manner as to them, or at least nine of them, shall seem most beneficial to the institution, and to receive the rents, issues, and profits, income and interest, of the same, and to apply the same to the proper use and benefit of the said College: and by the same name to sue, commence, prosecute, and defend, implead and be impleaded, in any courts of law and equity, and in all manner Of suits and actions whatsoever, and generally, by and in the same name, to do and transact all and every the business touching or con cerning the premises. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.