P d, d, d, d, d BE EXPLANATION OF PLATE II. Doric Portico in front of the School-house. Boys' Entry, 12 by 10 feet. GE Girls' Entry, 12 by 10 feet. WR Wood-Room, 11 by 8 feet. g Fire-place. e f D, D, D, D 1,2,3,4,5,6 Closet. Sink, to be concealed by a falling door balanced with weights. Stations marked on the floor, to be used by classes when ABA The Teacher's Platform, extending across the room, 6 feet wide and 9 inches high. B A part of the Platform, to be removed in the winter, if necessary, to make room for a stove. Cabinet for apparatus, specimens, &c. y Book-case. H Master's Desk. I Assistant or Monitor's Desk. F Centre Passage; in the plan drawn 3 feet wide, but 4 feet would be better. b Scholars' Desks, 18 inches wide and 2 feet long. a Passages between the seats and the next row of desks, 15 inches wide. A desk, seat, and passage, occupy 4 feet; viz. desk 18 inches, space between the desk and seat 2 inches, seat 13 inches, and passage 15 inches. ww, w, &c. Windows, which should be placed high from the floor. The scale on which Plate II. is drawn, is one tenth of an inch to a foot. 37 ACT OF INCORPORATION. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTYONE. An Act to incorporate the American Institute of Instruction. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That Francis Wayland, Jr., William B. Calhoun, William Sullivan, John Adams, John Park, Thomas H. Gallaudet, Andrew Yates, Roberts Vaux, William C. Fowler, Reuben Haines, Gideon F. Thayer, Solomon P. Miles, William C. Woodbridge, Ebenezer Bailey, Abraham Andrews, Otis Everett and James G. Carter, together with their associates, be, and they hereby are made and constituted a Corporation in the city of Boston, by the name of the American Institute of Instruction, with all the powers, rights, duties and liabilities usually incident to Corporations, for the purpose of promoting and improving the means of education and instruction in Morality, Science and Literature. SECTION 2. Be it further enacted, That the said Corporation may appoint such officers, and make such by-laws, rules and regulations, as it may see fit; provided the same be consistent with the Constitution and Laws of this Commonwealth. SECTION 3. Be it further enacted, That said Corporation may hold real estate to the value of ten thousand dollars, and personal estate to the value of twenty thousand dollars, in its corporate name; and use and improve the same for the benefit of this Institution, and for all lawful purposes incident to the powers hereby granted. SECTION 4. Be it further enacted, That any persons named in this Act may call the first meeting of the members of this Corporation by public advertisement in any newspaper printed in Boston, two weeks successively before the day of meeting. SECTION 5. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall be subject to be altered, or amended, or repealed at any time, at the will of the Legislature. CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION. PREAMBLE. WE, whose names are hereunto subjoined, pledging our zealous efforts to promote the cause of popular education, agree to adopt the following Constitution, and to obey the By-Laws made in conformity thereto. ARTICLE I......NAME AND OPJECT. The Society shall be known by the title of the AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION. Its object shall be the diffusion of useful knowledge in regard to education. ARTICLE II......MEMBERS. 1. Any gentleman of good moral character, interested in the subject of Education, may become a member of this Institute, by signing this Constitution, and paying, at the time of his admission, a fee of one dollar.* 2. An annual assessment of one dollar, shall be laid upon each member, by neglecting to pay which, for more than one * Members of the Institute may receive their certificates of membership by sending to the Treasurer the annual assessment. Gentlemen residing at a distance, who wish to join the Institute, may do so, by sending to the Treasurer one dollar, and authorizing him to sign their names to the Constitution. |