Powers of the University.
Section 4
SEC. 4. Powers of the University.—The following are the powers of the University: a) It shall have the general powers as set forth in Section 13 of Act No. 1459, as amended. The exercise of its corporate powers are hereby vested exclusively in the Board of Regents and in the President of the University in so far as authorized by the Board; b) It shall have the power to acquire public lands for its expansion and/or beneficial use; and c) It shall be authorized, through its college of engineering, to undertake the construction of its buildings and other permanent improvements and such sums as may be necessary for the purpose shall be included in the Annual General Appropriations Act for the University. All public works appropriations in the name of the Bicol Teachers College, the Daraga Central Elementary School, the Albay Provincial High School, the Bicol Regional School of Arts and Trades, the Roxas Memorial Agricultural School, and the School of Fisheries are hereby transferred to the University so provided for in this Act: Provided, That the construction of its buildings and other permanent improvements as authorized in the public works Acts of the Government shall be undertaken by the college of engineering as herein provided any provision of existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding.