288 REPORT OF OFFICK OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Assiii iation. Tlii' station cuuiicil iiu'i-ts once ;i yrar, and it.s recuimncinlations are 

 refiTR'il to tlio trust('«'« for ralifiration. Ai>i)oiiitiin'iitH to llic station s'aff art; made 

 by tilt' hoard of trnstfos on tlio roconiiucndation of tlic director and ])n'sident, 

 awfiistants usually for a dclinitc jK-riod of time, and iicads of divisions for indefinite 

 jH'riods. At tlie annnal meeting of the station eonncii tlie tlirector reviews the work 

 which has l)een umlertaken for tiie past year ami inai<es ri'coniinendations for the 

 following year. The director is charf^ed with carrying out the ])lanH of work approved 

 by the council, and, in general, acts as the executive officer of the station. No 

 formal rules have been adopted liy tlie trustees. 



MAUVLATSTJ). 



Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, Colleye Fark. 



department of .Maryland Agricultural College. 



The .Maryland college is a combined Stat<? and stockhol<ler institution, and, with 

 its experiment station, is governed by a ])oard of trustees, which consists of the gov- 

 ernor of the State, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of delegates, 

 attorney-general, State treasurer and comptroller, ex fttiicio, (> mendiers ajjpointed 

 by the governijr of the State, 1 fnjm each Congressional district, for terms of six 

 years, and 5 mend)ers elected by the stockholders and serving for one year, or until 

 their successors are elected. The governor of the State is ex-oflicio president of the 

 board. The entire board of trustees elect officers and fix salaries, but all other 

 exjienditures are direct^'d by a station cf)mmittee, consisting of 5 mend)ers of the 

 fK)ard appointed by the governor for a term of one year. The following by-laws of 

 the corporation contain the only regulations adopted for the conduct of station affairs: 



Maryland AciKicui/ruKAL College. 



BY-LAWS OF THE CORPORATION. 



(1) Stated meetings of the trustees shall be held at the college on the second Friday 

 in the months of June, October, December, and March, and the registrar shall give 

 at least ten days' notice thereof, in writing, to each of ttie trustees. Five members 

 shall constitute a quorum as i)rescril)ed by the charter. 



(2) Special meetings may l)e called at any time and place that may be deemed 

 expedient by the president of the board, or three of the trustees, and the object of 

 every called meeting shall be stated in the notices sent to the trustees. Any meet- 

 ing may be adjourned to meet again at any time and place that the majority present 

 shall decide, except that the regular quarterly meeting shall be held at the college. 



(9) The A'oice of the majority of all the members— viz, nine — of the ])oard of trus- 

 tees shall be necessary for disi)Osing of money or other jjroperty belonging to the col- 

 lege and experiment station exceeding $500 in amount or value, also for the election 

 or removal of any officer or professor of the institution, including the experiment 

 station, or for reversing any action of the faculty in cases of discipline appealed to the 

 board <jf trustees. 



(10) No money shall be expended and no debt contracted in the name of the col- 

 lege or experiment station not approved at a meeting of the board of trustees. 



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(12) The president oi the faculty shall be an honorary member of the board of 

 trustees, and be invited to be present at their meetings, and also at all stated meet- 

 ings of the standing committees of the board, and any officer or professor shall be 

 pennitted to attend any meeting of the trustees, held at the college, for the purpose 

 of directing their attention to any business in which he may be personally inter- 

 ested. 



