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MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE APPEAL. 



ARTICLE IX. All important matters relating to the work of the College, its 

 discipline, instruction, and well-being of the students, also all plans touching the 

 arrangement of the grounds and buildings, shall, as a rule, be considered by the 

 Faculty as a body, and in case of disagreement shall be decided by vote. In the 

 event of a tie vote, or the inability to agree from any cause, an appeal may be 

 taken to the committee of the Trustees before whom the matter would properly 

 come, or directly to the full. Board. 



Any professor, associate professor, tutor or superintendent, who is dis- 

 satisfied with any decision of the Faculty or the President of the College, or who 

 has any matter which he would like to bring before the Trustees, may present the 

 same in writing or in person to the committee of the Trustees before whom the 

 matter would properly come, or directly to the full Board, as he may elect. 



VACANCIES IN THE FACULTY. 



ARTICLE X. In the event of a vacancy in the office of President of the 

 College, or during his absence or inability to attend to the duties of that office, the 

 senior professor of the Faculty shall perform the duties of President until some 

 member of the Faculty or other suitable person is appointed President pro tern 

 by the Board of Trustees, or until the office is regularly filled by the Board. 



In the event of a vacancy in any chair of instruction, or during the absence 

 of any instructor, the President, with the advice of the Faculty, may appoint an 

 associate professor or some suitable instructor to perform the duties of the absentee 

 until his return or until the vacancy is filled by the Board of Trustees. Such 

 appointee shall be entitled, for the time being, to a vote in the Faculty as though 

 regularly elected to a full professorship. 



PAYMENT OF FACULTY. 



ARTICLE XL Instructors in the College occupying full professorships, and 

 associate professors, shall draw pay quarterly at a fixed yearly rate from the time 

 they enter upon their duties, and thereafter from the first of July in each year. 

 Other instructors, tutors and lecturers shall draw pay for such length of time, and 

 in such manner, as is agreed upon at the time they are engaged. 



CONFERRING DEGREES. 



ARTICLE XII. The Board of Trustees shall confer such degrees upon grad- 

 uates and former students of the College as the Faculty from time to time may 

 recommend, provided such candidates are deemed by the Board worthy of receiving 

 such degrees. The Board may also confer such honorary degrees as shall in their 

 judgment best subserve the interests of the College and the public. 



QUORUM. 



ARTICLE XIII. At all meetings of the Board, nine members must be present 

 to constitute a quorum. (See Chap. 220, Sec. 2, Acts of 1863). 



AMENDMENTS. 



ARTICLE XIV. These By-Laws may be changed or amended, and additional 

 By-Laws may be adopted at any annual meeting of the Trustees, and at any 

 regular meeting of the Trustees, provided notice has been given in writing to each 

 of the Trustees at least seven days before such meeting, that the subject of the 

 By-Laws will be brought before the meeting, and such notice shall be given 

 by the Secretary, stating the change proposed. 



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