Section 5
SEC. 5. The Board of Trustees shall have the following powers and duties in addition to its general powers of administration: (a) To appropriate such sums as may be provided by law for the support of the college; (b) To confer the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Arts, Bachelor of Science in. Industrial Education, Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Master of Arts in Industrial Education to successful candidates for graduation; (c) To authorize the President of the College to award a proficiency certificate to students who have finished the first two years of the three-year curriculum in Trade-Technical Education and/or a diploma to those who have completed three years of the same curriculum and after having been employed for one year, and to those who have completed the four-year curriculum in Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education, five-year curriculum in Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Master's degree in industrial Education; (d) To appoint, on recommendation of the President of the College, Dean o Instruction, Registrar, heads of departments, professors, instructors, 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 them, in its discretion, leave of absences under such regulations as it may promulgate, any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, and to remove them for cause after an investigation and hearing shall have been had; (e) To approve the curricula and rules of discipline drawn by the College Council as hereinafter provided; (f) To fix, in as moderate sums as possible, the tuition fees required of students, as well as matriculation fees, graduation fees and fees for laboratory courses, and all special fees which shall constitute a special trust fund for the college and to remit such fees in the case of deserving students; (g) To provide fellowships for faculty members and scholarships to students showing special evidence of merit; (h) To prescribe rules for its own government, and to enact for the government of the college such rules and regulations, not contrary to law, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and functions of the college as defined in Section two of this Act; and (i) 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 of a department thereof, or for aid to any student or 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.