The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-04-22

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the board shall have the power, at any regular
meeting, or at special meeting called for that
purpose, to fill any such vacancy for the unex-
pired term thereof
! 7S. The trustees of the University shall
receive no compensation for their services as
such trustees, but they shall be entitled to re-
ceive from the income of the University fund
mileage at the' rate of ten cents per mile for
the distance necessarily travelled in attending
any general or special meeting of the board.
79. The University shall never be under
the exclusive control Of any religious denom-
lination whatever. "%. ar
80. In all cases where duplicates Of speci-
mems of Natural History, and Geological ana
Mineralogical specimens which are, or lnassss
hereafter be collected by The State geolo-
gist of Iowa, or by any others appointed by
the State to investigate its natural history. ard
physical resources are produced, one shall be-
long to and be the property of the State Uni
versty, and shall form part of cabinet of
natural history, and its means of giving in
strnction In that department.
! 81. The board of trustees shall appoint a
secretary. treasurer and a librarian. and Gu
rator of the cabinet of natural history. who
shall hold their respective Offices during the
! pleasure of the board. 1t shall be the duty of
the Secretary to record all the proceedings of
the board, and carefully to preserve all its
books and papers. It shall be the duty of the
| treasurer to keen true and faithful account
OF all moneys received and paid out By him.
and before entering upon the discharge of any
of his duties, he shall take and subscribe an
oath that he will faithfully perfor m the duties
of treasurer. and he shall also give bond in
the penalty of twenty-five Thousand dollars.
conditioned for the faithful performance of
his duties as treasurer. and that be will at all
times keep and render true account of all
moneys received bv him as such treasurer. and
OF the disposition he has made of the same.
and that he will at all times be ready to dis
charge himself of the trust, and to pay over
when required; which bond shall have two
god sureties. and shall be approved as to its
form and the suffciency of its sureties, by the
board of trustees. and also by the Governor
and Secretary of State. and shall be filed in the
| Office of the latter. The librarian and curator
shall have the charge of the library and cabi :.
nets of natural history.
Se2. The board of trustees shall have pow
er and it shall be their duty to enact laws for
The government ct the University. to elect a
Chancellor and shall appoint, on the nomina-
tlon OF the Chancellor, the requisite number
of professors and tutors. and also such other
officers as they may deem expedient, also to
determine the amount Of their respective SAL
aries. ....s. r ..... .
| 50. The university shall consist Of such
department as the board of trustees shall de-
termine, subject to the provisions of this act.
and the same be altered OF changed. as the
board may prescribe. The immediate gov
eminent OF the several departments shall be
entrusted TO the faculty. The method and man.
ner OF instruction in each department shall be
provided by the board of trustees, who shall
also confer such degrees and grant such diplo-
mas as are usually conferred and granted by
the Universities, or such others as il NAV
think right and fitting. ... ...
| 5 81. The board of Trustees shall have pox.
er to remove any officer connected with the
institution, when in their judgement the inter-
ests of the institution require it.
| ) 50. The board of Trustees shall determine
/ tie amount of fees to be paid for tuition, sub
Ject to the provisions of this act
50. The board of Trustees are authorized
to eXpend such portion of the income of the
University fund as it may deem expedient in
the purchase of apparatus. library, and cabi-
nets, of natural history, in providing suitable
means TO keep and preserve the same, and in
the procurement of all means and facilities
for giving instructions. .a... ,u-t
Ss7. Meetings of the board may be called
in such manner and at such times as the board
shall prescribe, and any seven of them at any
meeting regularly called, shall be quorum for
the transaction of business. r.0 ...,
> ~. The Treasurer of the University shall
keep set of books, in which he shall keen
an accurate account of all transactions rela-
tive to the sale and disposition of the Uniyer-
sity lands, and the management of the funds
arising therefrom, which said books shall ex
hieit what parts and portions of land have
been sold, and at what price, and to whom,
and how the proceeds have been invested, and
on what securities, and what LAND still remains
unsold, and where situated, aud of what value
respectively.
SO. The Secretary shall keep book or
books in which shall be entered all minutes of
meetings, and all proceedings of the board,
which shall always be open for inspection by
all the Trustees, at any time
90. No sales of lands belonging to the
University shall hereafter take place, unless
the same shall be decided upon at a regular
meeting of the board, or at one called for that
particular purpose, aud then only in The man
ner, upon the notice and on the terms which
the board shall prescribe, and no member of
the board shall be either directly or indirectly
interested in any purchase of lands upon such
sale. And it shall be lawful for the board to
invest any surplus income which is not imme-
diately required for the purposes of instruc-
ton, in the United States, or other interest
paying State Stocks, and TO bold the same for
the University, either as perpetual fund, or
as an income to defray current expenses, as
said board NAV deem eypedient