May 1999
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Acts of 1861, Chapter 183 |
An Act to Incorporate the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and to Grant Aid to Said Institute and to the Boston Society of Natural History Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Section 1 Section 2 Section 10 Approved April 10, 1861 |
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Acceptance by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston, April 9, 1862 To His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable the Council of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Gentlemen, "Resolved that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology accept the Charter and other provisions of the Act of April 10, 1861, relating to said Institute." William B. Rogers, |
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| Acts of 1863, Chapter 186 |
An Act in Addition to the Act to
Incorporate the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Approved April 27, 1863 |
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Acceptance by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Office of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
At a Meeting of the Government of the Institute held this
day the following Resolutions were passed, viz. Resolved that a copy of the preceding Resolution, signed by the President and Secretary of the Institute be forthwith furnished to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
William B. Rogers,
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| Acts of 1868, Chapter 247 |
An Act in Addition to an Act Incorporating the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1
Section 2 Approved May 25, 1868 |
| Acts of 1869, Chapter 97 |
An Act in Addition to the Several Acts Incorporating the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4 Approved March 20, 1869 |
| Acts of 1891, Chapter 423 |
An Act to Assent to the Purpose of and to Accept the Grants of
Money Authorized by Congress for the More Complete
Endowment and Support of Colleges for the Benefit of
Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4 Approved June 11, 1891. |
| Acts of 1905, Chapter 412 |
An Act to Authorize the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology to Hold Additional Real and Personal Estate
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1
Section 2 Approved May 17, 1905 |
| Acts of 1912, Chapter 681 |
An Act to Authorize the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology to
Receive Real and Personal Property by Gift, Devise or Bequest
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1
Section 2 Approved May 29, 1912 |
| Acts of 1967, Chapter 292 |
An Act Authorizing Massachusetts Institute of Technology to
Award Graduate Degrees in Conjunction with Certain Other
Institutions
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is hereby authorized and empowered to award and confer, in conjunction with other universities, colleges and institutions duly authorized to award joint graduate degrees within the commonwealth, joint graduate degrees appropriate to the courses of study pursued in programs jointly administered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and such other universities, colleges or institutions, on such conditions as are usually prescribed in universities and colleges in the United States, and according to such tests of proficiency as shall best promote the interests of sound education in this commonwealth. Approved May 23, 1967 |
Acts of 1908, Chapter 240
The Institute library to receive a copy of the supplement to the Revised Laws.
Acts of 1912, Chapter 228
The Armory Commissioners authorized to release land on the
east side of Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, from restrictions
and easements affecting such land.
Acts of 1941, Chapter 240
The librarian of the Institute to be a member of the New England
Deposit Library.
Acts of 1957, Chapter 364
The Armory Commission authorized to convey to the Institute the
State Armory at 120 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge.
Acts of 1966, Chapter 598
The County Commissioners of Essex County authorized to
convey 77.3 acres in Middleton to the Institute for construction
and operation of a Linear Accelerator Facility and similar
facilities related to basic research; and the County
Commissioners further authorized to grant to the Institute
an option exercisable not earlier than September 1, 1971,
and not later than September 1, 1976, to purchase, for the
same purposes, two additional parcels in Middleton.
Acts of 1969, Chapter 105
The Institute to appoint annually one trustee of the
Museum of Fine Arts. (This amended chapter four of the acts of
eighteen hundred seventy, which authorized the Institute to
appoint three such trustees.)
Article XVIII of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution, as amended in nineteen hundred seventeen by Article XLVI, prohibited the making of any grant or appropriation of public money in aid of any educational, charitable, religious or other institution not wholly under public ownership and control, except to carry out legal obligations already entered into and with certain other exceptions not here material. A further amendment of Article XVIII, approved as Article CIII on November 5, 1974, authorizes the Commonwealth to make grants-in-aid to private higher educational institutions or to students or parents or guardians of students attending such institutions.
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The Institute is now subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and eighty of the General Laws, which sets forth the statutory provisions governing corporations organized for charitable purposes. Pursuant to section seven of this chapter the Institute may authorize any amendment of its articles of organization, including a change in its corporate purposes or an amendment to the provisions governing the management of its internal affairs, by vote of two-thirds of the persons legally qualified to vote in meetings of the Corporation at a meeting duly called for the purpose, all as more fully set forth in section seven. Any amendment of the specific provisions setting forth the relationship between the Institute and the Commonwealth, such as the provisions with respect to ex officio membership of certain public officers on the Corporation, may require a petition to the General Court for legislation which must include a statement setting forth why the object sought cannot be accomplished under the General Laws. In accordance with section seven of chapter three of the General Laws and joint rule nine of the General Court, the petition and statement are referred to the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State reports to the General Court whether or not, in his or her opinion, the object sought may be accomplished under the General Laws or whether such object requires legislation. |
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Vote of the Corpor- ation October 7, 1977 |
Vote Authorizing Massachusetts Institute of Technology
to Invest
in or Accept Gifts of Property in a Limited Partnership or
Partnership
The Corporation shall have and may exercise in furtherance of its corporate purposes the power to be a partner in any enterprise which it would have power to conduct by itself, provided that no such power shall be exercised in a manner inconsistent with Chapter 180 or any other chapter of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. |