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and after all the States shall have had such appointments, the appointments shall be 
made on the principle and rule that each State shall in due order be represented in 
the council. In all proceedings of the council the president of the board of regents 
shall preside, if present, and shall have the casting vote in cases of equal division; 
and in the absence of the president the council shall choose a presiding officer for 
the time being. A majority of all the members of the university council shall con- 
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 
Sec. 5. That the board of regents shall have exclusive control of the financial 
administration of the university and of all its affairs not by this act confided to the 
university council. 
Sec. 6, That the university council shall have power to prescribe and direct the 
work of the university in such courses of higher instruction, research, and investi- 
gation, for the increase of knowledge, as the council shall from time to time deem 
to be for the public welfare. All officers of instruction shall be appointed by the 
university council, which shall have power to remove the same. The council shall 
have power to adopt such regulations, in respect of the subjects in this section men- 
tioned, for the internal administration of the university as it shall from time to time 
deem proper. 
Sec. 7. That the board of regents and the university council shall each hold a 
meeting at least once in each year for the transaction of business, and other meetings 
- of each may be held at any time, under such regulations as shall be provided for in 
the by-laws of the corporation. 
Src. 8. That in all the operations of the university neither sectarian nor partisan 
preferences shall be allowed in any form. 
Sec. 9. That the opportunities and facilities afforded by the university shall be free 
to all persons who, in the judgment of the university council, shall be deemed com- 
petent to use them; but admissions to the university shall be of those only who shall 
have shown such advancement in and possession of knowledge as to qualify them to 
pursue the higher branches of learning, research, and investigation. Degrees may 
be conferred by the board of regents, upon the recommendation of the university 
council, upon such persons only as shall have previously received a baccalaureate 
degree from some institution recognized for this purpose by the university council, 
or who shall have shown such attainments and capacity as shall, in the opinion of 
the university council, be judged to entitle them to the degree conferred by the 
university. 
Sec. 10. That the university shall have authority to establish with other institu- 
tions of education and learning in the United States such cooperative relations as 
shall be deemed advantageous to the public interest. 
Sec. 11. That the grounds in Washington City which were designated by Presi- 
dent Washington as a site for a national university, and which for this reason were 
long known as ‘‘ University Square’’ and recently occupied by the Naval Observa- 
tory, are hereby granted to the said corporation, to be utilized for the benefit of the 
university in such manner as the board of regents may deem most advantageous. 
Sec. 12. That for the organization, preliminary work, and support of the univer- 
sity for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1900, there are hereby appropriated, 
out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $15,000 
for the fiscal year ending on the 30th day of June, 1899, and the sum of $25,000 for 
the fiscal year ending on the 30th day of June, 1900. 
Src. 13. That all payments of moneys out of the Treasury for the purposes in this 
act mentioned shall be made upon the order of such officer as the board of regents 
shall designate, and countersigned by the secretary. 
Sec. 14. That all gifts and bequests of money to the university shall, unless other- 
wise directed by the donor, be deposited in the Treasury of the United States in 
trust, and shall be invested in bonds of the United States, at an interest of 5 per 
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