1630 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
Meetings of the board shall be held annually for the transaction of general busi- 
ness and the conferring of degrees. Special meetings may also be held upon call of 
the executive committee as the exigencies of the university shall require. 
Sec. 5. That the chief officer of the university shall be a president chosen by the 
board of regents and hold office during their pleasure. He shall be president of 
the board of regents and of the council of faculties, shall have general supervision of 
the university, and discharge such other duties as are prescribed by the board or 
by the council of faculties. The treasurer of the university shall also be appointed 
by the regents, and give bonds approved by them. He shall perform the duties 
usually required of such officers, and such other duties as are imposed by the board — 
of regents. 4 
Sec. 6. That the council of faculties, embracing the president of the university and 
all heads of faculties, shall be charged with the planning and direction of instruction 
and discipline in the ‘several departments, and with the other duties prescribed in 
the statutes or designated by the regents. 
Sec. 7. That the immediate government of each faculty shall be entrusted to its 
own members. Its chairman, to be known as dean of the faculty, shall be chosen 
by the executive committee on the recommendation of the president of the univer- 
sity, and shall be responsible for the supervision of its internal affairs. 
Sec. 8. That no chair for instruction sectarian in religion or partisan in politics 
shall be maintained upon funds derived from the general university endowment, or 
permitted in any form, and no sectarian or partisan test shall be allowed in the 
appointment of professors to the chairs so endowed and maintained, or in the selec- 
tion of any officer of the university; but chairs or faculties for instruction in any 
department of learning may be endowed by gift, devise, or bequest, and the parties 
endowing the same, or their legally authorized trustees, shall have the privilege, 
subject to the approval of the board of regents, of designating the titles thereof and 
the instruction to which such endowments shall be devoted. No amount less than 
$100,000, however, shall be considered a full endowment for any chair in the 
university. Existing institutions, which are free from controlling obligations of a 
sectarian or partisan nature, and have endowments sufficient to support a faculty, 
may, with the approval of the regents, and on terms prescribed by them, become 
faculties or departments of the university, still retaining or adopting such titles as 
they may prefer. 
Src. 9. That the facilities afforded by the university shall be open to all who are 
competent to use them, on conditions prescribed by the executive committee, with . 
the advice of the faculties and officers directly concerned; but degrees shall be con- 
ferred upon such persons only as have previously received the degree of bachelor of 
arts, or some equivalent degree, from some institution recognized for this purpose by 
the university authorities. 
Sec. 10. That in order to extend the privileges of the university and to improve 
the collegiate and other grades of public instruction in the country, it is provided 
that each State and Territory of the United States, in the ratio of population, shall 
be entitled to free scholarships of such number, not less than one for each Represent- 
ative and Delegate in Congress and two for each Senator, as the board of regents 
shall determine. The executive committee of the board of regents may, for suf- 
ficient reasons, withhold the award of any scholarship, or cancel its privileges, or 
those of any student in the university. 
Sec. 11. That for the advancement of science and learning by means of researches 
and investigations, there shall be established fellowships in the university of such 
character and number as the interests to be represented and the resources at com- 
mand shall warrant, which fellowships shall yield a partial or a full support, as the 
regents shall determine. They may be provided for out of the university income, 
or may be endowed by gift or otherwise, and the persons, organizations, corporate 
bodies, or States endowing them may, subject to the approval of the board of 
