Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-03-09
AN ACT.
Entitled an Act to Establish the Univer-
sity OF Idaho.

SECTION /. There is hereby estab-
lished in this Territory, at the town
of Moscow, in the county of Latah, an
Institution of learning, by the name
and style of THE University of Idaho. .
SEC. ?. The government of the
University shall vest in a Board of
Regents, to consist of nine members,
chosen from the Territory at large,
which Board the Governor shall NOM
mate, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council
appoint. The term of office of said
regents shall be two years from the
first Monday in February in the year
in which appointed.
SEC. 3 The Board of Regents and
their successors in office shall con-
stitute body corporate by the name
of 'eThe Regents of the University of
Idaho" and shall possess all the
powers necessary or convenient to
accomplish the objects and perform
the duties prescribed by law, and
shall have the custody of the books
records, buildings and other property
of said University The Board shall
elect President, Secretary and Treas
urer who shall perform such duties as
shall be prescribed by the bylaws of
the Board. The Secretary shall keep
a faithful record of all the transac-
tions of the Board and of the Execu-
tive committee thereof The Treas
urer shall perform all the duties of
such office, subject to such regula-
tions as the Board may adopt, and
for the faithful discharge of all his
duties, shall execute bond in such
sum as the Board may direct.
Sec. 4. The time of the election
of the President, Secretary and Treas
nrer of said Board, and the duration
of their respective terms of office, and
the time for holding the regular an
nual meeting and such other meetings
as may be required, and the manner
of notifying the same, shall be deter
mined by the bylaws of the Board.
A majority of the Board shall con-
stitute quorum for the tranaction
of business, but less number may
adjourn from time to time.
SEC. 8. The Board of Regents shall
enact laws for the Government of the
University in all its branches, elect a
President and the requisite number
of professors, instructors, officers and
employees, and fix the salaries and
the term of Office of each, and deter
mine the moral and educational quail
ifications of applicants for admission
to the various courses of instruction:
but no instruction either sectarian in
religion or partisan in politics, shall
ever be allowed in any department of
the University. and no sectarian or
partisan test shall ever be allowed or
exercised in the appointment of Re
gents or in the election of professors,
teachers or other officers of the Uni
yersity, or in the admission of stu
dents thereto, or for any purpose
whatever The Board of Regents
shall have power to remove the Pres
ident or any Professor, instructor or
officer of the University, when, in
their judgment, the interests Of the
University require it. The Board may
prescribe rules and regulations for the
arrangements or the libraries, cabinet,
museum, laboratories and all the
other property of the University and
Of its several departments, and for
the care and preservation thereof,
with penalties and forfeitures, by way
of damages for their violation, which
may be sued upon and collected in
the name of the Board before any
court having jurisdiction of such
action.
SEC 6. The Board of Regents are
authorized to expend such portion of
the income of the University fund
hereinafter created, as they may deem
expedient for the erection of suitable
buildings, and the purchase of APP
paratus, library, cabinets and adj
ditions thereto.
SEC. Z. At the close of each fiscal
year the REGENTS throuoh their PROS