Section 6
SEC. 6. The Board of Trustees shall have the following powers and duties in addition to its general powers of administration and the exercise of all the powers of a corporation as provided in Section thirteen of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred fifty-nine, as amended, otherwise known as the Corporation Law: To elect a temporary chairman in the absence of both the Secretary and the Undersecretary of Education; To receive and appropriate to the ends specified by law such sums as may be provided by law for the support of the Colleges; To confer the titles of Associate in Business Education, Associate in Commerce, and the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Business Education, Bachelor of Science in Education, Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Master of Arts in Business Education, Master of Arts in Education, and Master of Arts in Commerce, to successful candidates for graduation; To appoint, on the recommendation of the President of the Colleges, professors, instructors, lecturers, and other employees of the Colleges, 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 to the contrary notwithstanding, and to remove them for cause after an investigation and hearing shall have been had; To approve the curricula and rules of discipline drawn up by the Colleges 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, and to remit the same in special cases, constituting special trust fund of the Colleges; To provide fellowship for faculty members and scholarships to students showing special evidence of merit; To prescribe rules for its own government, and to enact for the government of the Colleges such general ordinances and regulations, not contrary to law, as are consistent with the purposes of the Colleges as defined in Section two of this Act; and 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 Colleges, or of the department thereof, or for aid to any student or students in accordance with the direction and instructions of the donor, and, in default thereof, in such manner as the Board of Trustees may in its discretion determine.