Section 5
SEC. 5. The Board of Trustees shall have the following powers and duties in addition to its general powers of administration: (a) To receive and appropriate for the ends specified by law such sums as may be provided for by law for the support of the College; (b) To confer the usual honorary degrees upon persons in recognition of learning, statesmanship, or eminence; (c) To appoint, upon recommendation of the President of the College, the registrar, the dean of the college, the heads of the various branches of the College, professors, instructors, lecturers, and other employees of the College and to fix their compensation subject to P.D. No. 985 and other pertinent budget and compensation laws, prescribe the hours of service, duties and the conditions of work as it may deem proper, to grant to them, in its discretion, leaves of absence in accordance with the rules that it may promulgate, and to remove them for cause after proper investigation and hearing pursuant to Civil Service laws governing disciplinary action; (d) To approve the curricula and rules of discipline drawn up by the Academic Council as hereinafter provided; (e) To provide fellowship and scholarship for deserving faculty members and students of the College; (f) To prescribe rules for its own government, and to enact for the government of the College such rules and regulations, not contrary to law, as may be necessary; and (g) To receive in trust legacies, gifts, and donations of real and personal property of all kinds and to administer the same for the benefit of the College, or of a department thereof, or for aid to any student or students in accordance with the directions and instructions of the donor, and, in default thereof, in such manner as the Board of Trustees may in its discretion determine.