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as the Annual Meeting, at which officers shall be chosen, and the annual report 

 made. The second meeting shall be held at Amherst during the week of the annual 

 commencement, the day and hour of said meeting to be fixed by the President of 

 the College in consultation with the Secretary of the Board. 



Special meetings may be called at any time upon the written request of the 

 Governor, or of any three members of the Board of Trustees ; such request shall 

 be made to the Secretary, who shall thereupon give notice of the same, stating 

 therein the object for which the meeting is called. 



Notice of all meetings of the Board shall be given by the Secretary, in writing, 

 by mail, to each member thereof, at least seven days prior to the date of the meeting. 



It shall be the duty of every member of the Board to visit the College at least 

 once every year. 



MEETINGS OF COMMITTEES. 



ARTICLE IV. The three Standing Committees shall hold at least two stated 

 meetings at the College in each year, as follows : 



The Commiteee on Finance and Buildings during the months of June and 

 December. 



The Committee on Course of Study and Faculty during the months of June 

 and November. 



The Committee on Farm and Horticultural Departments during the months of 

 April and October. 



Special meetings of these Committees may be held elsewhere at their 

 discretion. 



APPROPRIATIONS. 



ARTICLE V. To carry on the work of the College in its various departments, 

 the Trustees shall annually, or oftener if deemed expedient, appropriate, by vote, 

 out of the income of the College legally at their disposal, stated sums of money 

 for each department of the College, including a fund for contingent expenses, but 

 the aggregate of such appropriations shall not exceed the total annual income of 

 the College applicable for these purposes. And the officers of the College and 

 heads of departments shall, before the annual meeting of tRe Trustees, present 

 to the Committee on Finance and Building, a statement of the wants of their 

 departments, and said Committee shall thereupon consider the same and report 

 at the annual meeting such appropriations as the Committee shall deem expedient 

 to recommend for the ensuing year. 



THE FACULTY VOTING. 



ARTICLE VI. The Faculty of the College shall consist of the President of the 

 College and those instructors who hold full professorships, and shall be elected 

 to their respective positions by the Board of Trustees whenever vacancies occur or 

 whenever the Board deem it expedient; but at the written request of five 

 members of the Board, an election shall take place in any office or department of 

 instruction in the College, provided such request is filed with the Secretary at 

 least ninety days before any meeting of the board, stating the office or department 

 in which such election is requested, and the time it is desired it shall take place; 

 and upon receipt of such request the Secretary of the Board shall immediately 

 notify the members thereof, and also the incumbent of the office or head of depart- 

 ment in which said election is requested to be held, giving each the reasons for 

 such request, but the names of the Trustees signing the request shall not appear 

 in the notice issued by the Secretary, nor be communicated to any one. 



A full professorship in the Agricultural College shall be understood to be a 

 position in which its occupant is placed at the head of a particular department of 

 instruction, and such professorship can be created only by vote of the Trustees. 

 Any person elected to a full professorship shall thereupon become a member of the 

 Faculty, and be entitled to a voice and vote in the proceedings of that body. 



