Nothing contained in sections 46a to 46k, inclusive, of this act shall be construed as limiting, restricting, or curtailing the rights or powers of any corporation to take or hold real or personal property which has been or may be incorporated under any general law of this state for the purpose of establishing or conducting a university, college, academy or other institution of learning, or as affecting or limiting in any particular the rights or powers granted to any such corporation by an act entitled, "An act to revise the law in relation to universities, colleges, academies and other institutions of learning," approved March 24, 1874, in force July 1, 1874.
805 ILCS 110/46k