Section 6
SEC. 6. The Board of Regents shall have the following power and duties in addition to its general powers of administration and the exercise of all the powers of a corporation as provided in Section thirteen of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred Fifty-Nine as amended otherwise known as the Corporation Law. To prescribe rules for its own government and to enact for the government of the University such rules and regulations not contrary to law, as may be necessary to carry out the purpose and functions of the University; To receive and appropriate to the ends specified by law such sums as may be provided for the support of the University; To receive in trust, legacies, gifts, and donation of real and personal property of all or the department thereof, or for aid to any student in accordance with the directions and instructions of the donor, and in default thereof, in such manner as the Board of Regents may in its discretion determine. All such donations shall be exempt from all taxes and shall be considered as deductible items from the income tax of the donors; To approve the curricula and rules of discipline drawn from the College Councils as herein after provided; To confer degrees upon successful candidates for graduation, to award honorary degrees upon persons in recognition of learning, public service, statesmanship or eminence in any field of specialization of the University, and to authorize the President of the University to award certificates for completion of non-degree programs; To appoint, on recommendation of the President of the University, provosts, vice-presidents, deans, directors, registrars, heads of departments, professors and other officials and employees of the University; to fix their compensation, hours of service, and such other duties and conditions as it may promulgate, and in accordance with budget, compensation, and other pertinent law, rules and regulations; to remove them for cause after and investigation and hearing; To establish chairs in the University and to provide fellowships for qualified faculty members and other scholarships to deserving students; To fix tuition fees, matriculation fees, graduation fees, laboratory fees, and such special fees and charges as it may deem proper to impose. Such fees and charges including other income generated by the University, shall revert to the General Fund in accordance with the provisions of P.D. 711. To authorize the University to undertake the construction and/or repair of its building, machinery, and equipment and other facilities, provided that the funds for the purpose shall come from its appropriation.