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Administrative History
The following statutory citations are relevant to "charter" records:
L. 1784, Ch. 51: Established University of the State of New York headed by the Board of Regents
L. 1787, Ch. 82: Amended earlier statute and authorized Board of Regents to grant charters of incorporation to academies and colleges
L. 1853, Ch. 184: Regulated procedures for Regents' incorporation of a college, university, academy, or other "institution of learning"
L. 1889, Ch. 25: Required certificate of dissolution of an academy to be filed in the office of secretary to the Board of Regents
L. 1889, Ch. 529: Clarified procedures for incorporation by the Board of Regents, specifically including libraries, museums, and "other educational institution[s]"
L. 1892, Ch. 378 ("University Law"): Codified provisions of L. 1889, Ch. 529
Education Law, sect. 216-223: Current provisions relating to Regents' charters (deriving from Consolidated Laws of 1909 and recodified Education Law of 1947)
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