Powers and duties, of the Board of Regents.
Section 6
SEC. 6. Powers and duties, of the Board of Regents.— The Board of Regents shall have the following powers and duties, in addition to its general powers of administration and the exercise of the powers of the corporation : a) To determine and fix the dates and time of their regular meetings, as well as special meetings as the need for same may arise: Provided, That all such meetings shall not be more than three times in any one month, nor less than one time in any one quarter; b) To recommend the President of the University for appointment by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, and who shall serve for a period of nine years; c) To fix the compensation of the President of the University and to empower him to sit as ex-officio member of the Board with right to participate in the deliberations but without the right to vote; d) To receive and appropriate to the ends specified by law such sums as may be provided by law for the support of the University; e) To provide for the establishment of colleges and schools as it may deem necessary; Provided, That at the initial establishment of the university, the Bicol Teachers College together with the Daraga Central Elementary School and the Albay Provincial High School shall be converted into the College of Education for elementary, high school and collegiate education; the Bicol Regional School of Arts and Trades into the School of Arts and Trades under the College of Engineering; the Roxas Memorial Agricultural School into the College of Agriculture, and the School of Fisheries into the College of Fisheries. It shall be required that the Board of Regents immediately establish a postgraduate course in liberal arts and sciences or in education leading to master's degree. The university shall also be required to possess and maintain a professionally administered library of at least ten thousand bound volumes of collegiate books; f) 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 University or off a department thereof, or for aid to any student or students in accordance with the direction or instructions of the donor, and/or in default thereof, in such manner as the Board may in its discretion determine; all such donations shall be exempt from the income tax of the donors; to import duty free commodities for educational purposes as an exception to existing laws; g) To appoint, on the recommendation of the President of the University, professors, instructors, lecturers and other employees of the University; 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 provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, and to remove them for cause after an investigation and hearing shall have been had; and to extend with their consent the tenure of faculty members of the university beyond the age of sixty-five, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, on recommendation of the President of the University, whenever in his opinion their services are specially needed: Provided, however, That no extension of service shall be made beyond the age of seventy: Provided, further, That all heads, professors, instructors, lecturers, researchers and other employees actually employed in the schools and colleges to be incorporated with and integrated into the university shall be automatically retained consistent with the Civil Service rules and regulations; h) To approve the courses of study and rules of discipline drawn up by the university council as hereinafter provided; to fix the required tuition fees, matriculation fees, fees for laboratory courses, graduation fees, and all special and other fees; to remit the same in special cases; and, to utilize the income derived therefrom for the maintenance of the university together with the annual appropriation provided for in Section 19 hereof; i) To provide fellowships and scholarships and to award the same to students showing special evidence of merit; j) To establish chairs in the colleges hereinbefore mentioned and to provide for the maintenance or endowment of such chairs, as well as to provide for such other professors, assistant professors, instructors, tutors, and lecturers as the progress of instruction may make necessary, and to fix the compensation pertaining to such positions; k) To confer the usual honorary degrees upon persons other than graduates of the university in recognition of learning, statemanship, or eminence in literature, science, or arts: Provided, That such degrees shall not be conferred in consideration of the payment of money or other valuable consideration; and l) To file with the President of the Philippines a detailed report, setting- forth the progress, conditions and needs of the university on or before the fifteenth day of September of each year.