Excerpt from Report of the Committee of the Overseers of Harvard College, Appointed to Procure a Perfect Copy of the College Charter, and to Lay the Same Before the Board, Etc: With Explanations and Remarks Respecting the Construction of the Third Clause of Said Charter; Submitted February 20, 1862 Your Committee presume it is already understood to whom reference is made, and they will now proceed to cite two or three instances, out Of many which may be found, to prove that the Hon. Edward Everett uses the words orders and votes as equivalent expressions. In the preface to a new edition of the laws concern ing' Harvard University, written by Mr. Everett, when President of the college, and bearing date nov. 16, 1848, he uses the following language, viz. At length. 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.