artmouth College_, for the encouragement of learning and animating
the students of said _College_ to diligence and industry and a
laudable progress in literature, that they and their successors, or
the major part of any seven or more of them convened for that purpose
as above directed, do by the _President_ of said _College_ for the
time being, or any other deputed by them, give and grant any such
degree or degrees to any of the students of the said _College_, or any
others by them thought worthy thereof, as are usually granted in
either of the _Universities_ or any other _College_ in our realm of
_Great Britain_; and that they sign and seal diplomas or certificates
of such graduations to be kept by the graduates as perpetual memorials
and testimonies thereof.

And We do further of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere
motion, for us, our heirs and successors, by these presents give and
grant unto the _Trustees_ of said _Dartmouth College_ and to their
successors, that they and their successors shall have a common seal
under which they may pass all diplomas or certificates of degrees, and
all other affairs of business of and concerning the said _College_,
which shall be engraven in such form and with such an inscription as
shall be devised by the said Trustees for the time being, or by the
major part of any seven or more of them convened for the service of
said _College_ as is above directed.

And We do further for us our heirs and successors, give and grant unto
the _Trustees_ of said _Dartmouth College_ and their successors, or to
the major part of any seven or more of them convened for the service
of said _College_, full power and authority from time to time to
nominate and appoint all other officers and ministers which they shall
think convenient and necessary for the service of the said _College_
not herein particularly named or mentioned; which officers and
ministers we do hereby impower to execute their offices and trusts as
fully and freely as any one of the officers and ministers in our
_Universities_ or _Colleges_ in our realm of _Great Britain_ lawfully
may or ought to do.

And further, that the generous contributors to the support of this
design of spreading the knowledge of the only true God and Saviour
among the _American_ savages, may from time to time be satisfied that
their liberations are faithfully disposed of in the best manner for
that purpose, and that others may in future time be encour