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sooner removed. The power of appointment of their successors and the 

 power of removal of trustees shall be exercised by the governor with the 

 advice and consent of the council. An appointment to fill a vacancy 

 occurring prior to the expiration of the term of a trustee shall be for the 

 unexpired part of the term, and all other appointments shall be for the 

 term of seven years. The governor, the commissioner of education, the 

 secretary of the state board of agriculture, and the president of the faculty 

 of the college shall be, ex-officiis, members of the board of trustees. The 

 number of appointive trustees shall never exceed fourteen. 



Section 3. The powers and duties heretofore conferred and imposed 

 upon the trustees of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, are hereby 

 conferred and imposed upon the trustees of the state institution, the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College, who shall manage and administer 

 any grant or devise of land, and any gift or bequest of money or other 

 personal property, made to the commonwealth for the use of said institu- 

 tion, and shall carry out said trusts, and shall invest the proceeds thereof 

 in notes or bonds secured by good and sufficient mortgages or other 

 securities. All property now held by the corporation, the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College, upon special trusts shall be managed and adminis- 

 tered by said trustees in behalf of the commonwealth in accordance with 

 the provisions of such special trusts. 



Section 4. All expenditures for the maintenance of the institution 

 shall be authorized by a majority of the trustees, or by a majority of a 

 duly appointed committee of the trustees. Complete records and files of 

 the pay rolls and bills shall be kept in the office of the treasurer. A com- 

 plete accounting of all receipts and expenditures of the institution from all 

 sources shall be made by the trustees to the governor annually. There 

 shall be a complete audit of the accounts of the institution, including all 

 receipts and expenditures, under the direction of the trustees at least 

 twice a year, and also under the direction of the auditor of the common- 

 wealth, whenever he may deem it proper. Monthly statements of re- 

 ceipts and expenditures shall be rendered by the treasurer to the auditor. 

 The expenditure of special appropriations shall be under the direction and 

 control of the trustees, and shall be accounted for in the same manner as 

 appropriations for maintenance. 



Section 5. All employees of the institution shall be considered state 

 employees, but shall not be subject to the civil service laws and regula- 

 tions. 



Section 6. All acts and parts of acts which apply to the present 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College shall continue in force and apply to 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural College hereby created so far as they are 

 not inconsistent with this act. 



Section 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved 

 May 31, 1918. 



