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Associate professors, tutors and lecturers may be engaged from time to time by 

 the President of the College, with the advice and consent of the Committee on 

 Course of Study and Faculty, said engagements to be made subject to the confirma- 

 tion of the Board of Trustees ; and such associate professors, tutors and lecturers 

 shall be included in the list of the Faculty printed in the annual catalogue and en- 

 titled to take part in Faculty meetings, but not entitled to vote therein, except in 

 the absence of the head of the department in which they are employed, wTicn they 

 may represent that department by vote or otherwise, if the majority of the Faculty 

 assent 'thereto : but no department shall be represented at any meeting by more 

 than one vote. 



DUTIES OF THE FACULTY. 



ARTICLE VII. The President of the College shall be the chief executive officer 

 of the Institution, and, besides teaching in some department, shall have general 

 supervision of all departments of instruction and discipline, and all matters per- 

 taining to the general welfare of the College and the students. He shall approve 

 all bills and claims against the College, and shall be responsible for the proper 

 care 'of the grounds and buildings, and all apparatus and personal property per- 

 taining thereto; and for this purpose, and for the purpose of carrying on the work 

 of the College, he may make requisition on the Treasurer, under the appro- 

 priations by the Trustees, for such sums of money as shall be necessary from 

 time to time; but such requisitions, if exceeding the sum of $500 for any one 

 purpose, except for salaries and other fixed sums, shall be subject to the approval 

 of the Committee on Finance and Buildings. All requisitions by the President 

 must be made in writing, and state the purpose for which the money is desired. 



The President shall, with the advice and consent of his associates of the 

 Faculty, establish such rules and regulations for the government of the students 

 and for the conduct of the work of the College as shall in their judgment best sub- 

 serve the interests of both. Also, " They shall make such provision for the man- 

 ual labor of the students on the farm as they may deem just and reasonable." (See 

 Acts of Massachusetts Legislature, 1863, Chap. 220, Sec. 6). 



The members of the Faculty who are the heads of departments of instruc- 

 tion, shall, under the supervision of the President, be responsible for their depart- 

 ments, including the custody and care of the apparatus belonging to their 

 respective departments. 



Associate professors, tutors or superintendents shall be under the direct super- 

 vision of the heads of the departments in which they are working and answerable 

 to them, but this shall not debar such associate professors, tutors or superinten- 

 dents from presenting to the Faculty corresponding reports of their work, or any 

 views relating to the same. 



It shall be the duty of the head of each department, or his assistant, to take an 

 inventory at the end of each year, of all apparatus and personal property belong- 

 ing in his department, and forward it to the President, who, after examination and 

 approval, shall file the same with the Treasurer as a part of the accounts oTthe 

 College, and in the case of the farm and horticultural departments, this inventory 

 shall include an account of the stock and produce at a fair market valuation. 



MEETINGS OF THE FACULTY. 



ARTICLE VIII. The Faculty of the College shall organize, with the President 

 of the College as President, and shall choose annually a Secretary and such other 

 officers as they deem expedient, and they shall be required to hold at least two 

 meetings a month during each term of the collegiate year, and a record of each 

 meeting, with the names of the instructors present shall be kept by the Secretary, 

 open at all times to the inspection of tke Board of Trustees, or any member 

 thereof. 



It shall be the duty of the members of the Faculty and all instructors and 

 lecturers in the College living in Amherst, to attend regularly the Faculty 

 meetings, and take part therein, unless excused by the President. 



