ng incapable to serve the interests of said college;
and every trustee so elected and appointed, shall, by virtue of these
presents, and such election and appointment, be vested with all the
powers and privileges which any of the other trustees of said college
are hereby vested with. And We do further will, ordain and direct,
that from and after the expiration of two years from the enrolment of
these presents, such vacancy or vacancies shall be filled up unto the
complete number of _twelve Trustees_, eight of the aforesaid whole
number of the body of the trustees shall be resident and respectable
freeholders of our said Province of _New Hampshire_, and seven of said
whole number shall be laymen.

And We do further of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere
motion, will, give and grant unto the said trustees of _Dartmouth
College_ that they and their successors, or the major part of any
seven of them which shall convene for that purpose as above directed,
may make, and they are hereby fully empowered from time to time fully
and lawfully to make and establish such ordinances, orders and laws,
as may tend to the good and wholesome government of the said
_College_, and all the students and the several officers and ministers
thereof, and to the public benefit of the same, not repugnant to the
laws and statutes of our realm of _Great Britain_ or of this our
province of _New Hampshire_ (and not excluding any person of any
religious denomination whatsoever from free and equal liberty and
advantage of education, or from any of the liberties and privileges or
immunities of the said _College_ on account of his or their
speculative sentiments in religion, and of his or their being of a
religious profession different from the said _Trustees_ of the said
_Dartmouth College_), and such ordinances, orders and laws which shall
as aforesaid be made, we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and
successors, ratify, allow of and confirm, as good and effectual to
oblige and bind all the students and the several officers and
ministers of said _College_. And We do hereby authorize and empower
the said _Trustees of Dartmouth College_, and the _president_, tutors
and professors by them elected and appointed as aforesaid, to put such
ordinances, laws and orders into execution to all intents and
purposes.

And We do further of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere
motion, will, give and grant unto the said _Trustees_, of said
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