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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. 
Src. 4. That the first meeting of the board of regents shall be called by the Presi- 
dent 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 appointive members shall 
be divided, as nearly as possible, into four equal classes. The classes thus formed 
shall be numbered in the order of such division, and shall retire from the board in 
such order at the end of one, two, three, and four years, respectively, and their suc- 
cessors shall be appointed thereafter for the term of four years. In order to the fullest 
efficiency the board of regents shall annually designate five of its members, includ- 
ng the president of the university as chairman ex officio, to act as an executive com- 
mittee, with authority to choose the members of faculties and all employees of the 
university and fix their compensation and pay the same, as well as to transact ordinary 
current business and to perform such other duties as are imposed. 
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 shall hold office during their pleasure. He shall be president 
of the board of regents and of the council of faculties, shall have general super- 
vision 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, to be approved by them. He shall per- 
form the duties usually required of such officers and such other duties as are imposed 
by the board of regents. 
Sec. 6. That the council of faculties shall consist of the president of the university 
and the deans of faculties, and 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 university 
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 permitted in any form, and no sectarian or partisan test shall be required or 
allowed in the appointment of professors or in the selection of any officer of the 
university. No amount less than $100,000 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 adopt- 
ing such titles as they may prefer. 
Sec. 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 directly concerned; but degrees shall be conferred upon 
such persons only as have previously received the degree of bachelor of arts, or some 
equivalent degree, or who have received certificates of graduation from some State 
educational institution. 
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 Representa- 
tive 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 sufficient 
