Powers of the Board of Regents.
Section 5
SEC. 5. Powers of the Board of Regents. — The Board of Regents shall have the following specific powers and duties: To receive and appropriate to the ends specified by law such sum as may be provided by law for the support of the University; To provide for the establishment of one or more Colleges of Liberal Arts, a College of Social and Political Science, a College of Veterinary Science, a College of Commerce and Business Administration, a College of Engineering, a College of Agriculture, a College of Nursing, a School of Fisheries, a School of Surveying, a Conservatory of Music, a School of Graduate Studies, and such other colleges and schools as the Board of Regents may deem necessary; To confer the usual honorary degrees upon persons in recognition of learning, statesmanship, or eminence in literature, science or art: Provided, That such degrees shall not be conferred in consideration of the payment of money or other valuable consideration: To establish chairs in the colleges and schools mentioned in paragraph (b) of this section and to provide for the maintenance or endowment of such chairs; To approve the courses of study and rules of discipline drawn up by the University Council as hereinafter provided; to fix the tuition fees required of students, as well as matriculation fees, graduation fees and fees for laboratory courses; and all special fees; To provide fellowships for faculty members and scholarships to students showing evidence of special merit; To contract for technical services, under certain conditions; To prescribe rules for its own government; To receive in trust legacies, gifts, and donations of pal and personal property of all kinds and to administer the same for the benefit of the University, or of a department thereof, or for aid to any student or students, in. accordance with the direction or instructions of the donor, and, in default thereof, in such manner as the Board of Regents may, in its discretion, determine. To appoint upon recommendation of the President of the University, professors, associate professors, assistant professors, other members of the teaching staff, and all other employees; to fix their compensation, hours of service, and such other duties and conditions as he may deem proper; to grant to them in his discretion leave of absence under such regulations as he may promulgate and to remove them for cause after an investigation and hearing shall have been had; and To enact for the Government of the University such general ordinances and regulations, not contrary to law, as are consistent with the purposes of the University.