1656 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
sity, to confer such degrees, and such only, as are recommended by the council of 
faculties, and in general to perform any and all acts (not inconsistent herewith or 
with the Constitution and laws of the United States) which may be necessary to the 
ends herein proposed. 
Sec. 4. That the first meeting of the board of regents shall be called by the 
President of the United States, and shall be held in the city of Washington within 
three months after the passage of this act. At such meeting all members represent- 
ing the several States shall be divided, as nearly as possible, into six equal classes, 
such division being according to an alphabetical arrangement of the States by them 
represented. The classes thus formed shall be numbered in the order of such 
arrangement, and shall retire in such order at the end of one, two, three, four, five, 
and six years, respectively, and their successors shall be appointed thereafter for the 
term of six years. Ifthe governor of any State shall neglect to make such appoint- 
ment within three months after the notice of a vacancy for such State, the board may 
fill the same by the election of some suitable citizen thereof. The regents first 
appointed by the President shall retire in the order of their names on the list of 
appointments at the end of one, two, three, four, five, and six years, and their sue- 
cessors thereafter shall be appointed for the term of six years. In order to the full- 
est efficiency, the board of regents shall designate seven of its members, including 
the president of the university as chairman ex officio, to act as an executive commit- 
tee, with authority to choose the members of faculties and all employees of the 
university and fix their compensation, as well as to transact ordinary current business, 
and to perform such other duties as are imposed. The six members appointed shall 
be chosen for one, two, three, four, five, and six years, respectively, and their suc- 
cessors shall be appointed for the term of six years. 
Meetings of the board shall be held annually for the transaction of general business 
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. 
Src. 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 intrusted 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, sub- 
ject to the approval of the board of regents, of designating the titles thereof and the 
instruction to which such endowment shall be devoted. No amount less than 
$100,000, however, shall be considered a full endowment for any chair in the univer- 
