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reasons, withhold the award of any scholarship, or cancel its privileges or the privi- 
leges of any student in the university. 
Src. 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 
Regents, designate their titles and the researches or investigations they shall be 
used to encourage. 
Src. 12. That in the admission and appointment of persons to places or privileges 
in the university character and competency shall be the sole test of qualifications. 
Src. 13. That as a means of partially providing building sites for the several depart- 
ments of the university, the following tract of land, selected and appropriated by 
President Washington for the site of the national university proposed by him and 
in part actually endowed by provisions of his last will and testament, to wit, that 
tract in the city of Washington long known as ‘‘ University Square’’ and heretofore 
occupied by the National Observatory, is hereby granted and set apart for the use 
and benefit of the university of the United States. 
Src. 14. That for the practical establishment, support, and maintenance of the 
university there is hereby appropriated and set apart one-third of the net proceeds 
of the sales of the public lands, as the same shall accrue from year to year, for the 
period of ten years from the passage of this act, after which the appropriation hereby 
provided for shall cease. Of this amount one-half shall be held by the Treasurer of 
the United States for use in securing and improving grounds for the seat of the uni- 
versity, for providing the necessary buildings and equipments, and for conducting 
the institution after its opening; but the remaining one-half shall be allowed to accu- 
mulate in the Treasury of the United States as a permanent fund, yielding interest at 
the rate of 5 per centum per annum asa further and permanent revenue, which interest 
shall be used for the purpose of conducting the university and defraying its expenses. 
All moneys held by the Treasurer of the United States under the provisions of this 
act shall be subject to such requisitions drawn, as may be necessary, by the president 
and secretary of the Board of Regents, under the order of said board, but with this 
limitation, namely, that after the first five years subsequent to the organization of 
the board not more than 10 per centum of the aforementioned proceeds available for 
the erection of buildings and providing equipments shall be so used in any one year. 
Src. 15. That the Board of Regents shall have power to receive and administer 
all such gifts, devises, and bequests as are made for the benefit of the university, 
which gifts, devises, and bequests, if in money, shall be deposited with the Treasurer 
of the United States, who shall pay interest thereon quarterly at the rate of 5 per 
centum per annum. 7 
Src. 16. That after the formal opening of the university for instruction the mem- 
bers thereof, under rules approved by the officers, subject to any regulations pre- 
scribed by Congress, shall have access to all institutions, collections, and opportuni- 
ties for study and research under control of the Government, so far as the same can 
be accorded without detriment to the public service; and to the end that all such 
facilities may be utilized to the fullest extent and that the Government service may 
in turn derive the largest benefit from the work done in the university, the heads of 
all bureaus, institutions, and other organizations of the Government whose work is of 
a sort to justify it, shall be, by the executive committee of the board, brought into 
such advisory and co-operative relations with the heads of corresponding departments 
of the university as such committee, with the advice of the heads of faculties, and 
the aforesaid officers of the Government shall agree upon as being advantageous. 
