Section 5
SEC 5. The Board of Trustees shall exercise for the Zamboanga Normal College all the powers of a corporation as provided in Section thirteen of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine, as amended. In addition to its general powers of administration it shall also have the following powers and duties: (a) To appoint, on the recommendation of the President law such sums as may be provided by law for the support of the College; (b) To confer the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and Master of Arts in Education to successful candidates for graduation; (c) To appoint, on the recommendation of the President of the College, instructors, professors, lecturers, and other employees of the College; to fix their compensation, hours of service and such other duties and conditions as it may deem proper; to grant to them, in its discretion, leave of absence under such regulations as it may promulgate, any other provisions of law notwithstanding, and to remove them for cause after an investigation and hearing shall have been had; (d) To approved the curricula and rules of discipline drawn up by the College Council as hereinafter provided; (e) To fix the tuition fees required of students, as well as matriculation fees, graduation fees and fees for laboratory courses, and all special fees, and to remit the same in special cases; (f) To provide fellowships for faculty members and scholarships to students showing special evidence of merit; (g) To provide rules for its own government, and to enact for the government, of the College such general ordinances and regulations, not contrary to law, as are consistent with the purposes of the College, as defined in Section two of this Act; and (h) 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 for aid to any 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.