Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1868 [PAGE 89]

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III. KULES OF DEBATE,

SECTION 1. In discussions, and the disposition of business, the Board shall be governed by the parliamentary rules and usages usually governing deliberative bodies. SEC. 2. Every resolution offered shall be reduced to writing, and sent to the Secretary's table. SEC. 3. No member shall speak more than ten minutes, or more than twice, upon any proposition, without the consent Of the Board.

IV. OFFICERS AND APPOINTEES OF THE BOARD.

The officers of the Board shall consist of the Regent, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, and Recording Secretary; and the Board may, from time to time, appoint such professors, tutors or instructors, and such subordinate officers and employees, as they may deem necessary to carry on the Institution.

V. TERMS OF OFFICE.

SECTION 1. The Regent and Treasurer shall be elected at each biennial meeting, and hold their offices for two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. SEC. 2. The Corresponding and Recording Secretaries shall be elected at the annual meeting, and hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. SEC. 3. Professors, and other officers and employees, shall be appointed at such time, in such manner, and for such term, as the Board shall, by resolution, in each case, direct, and be subject to removal at the pleasure of the Board.

TI. DUTIES OF REGENT.

SECTION 1. The Regent shall be the President of the Board of Trustees, and of all the several faculties of the University; may vote on all questions or propositions submitted to the Board, and, upon calling any member to the chair, may participate in debate. SEC. 2. He shall be the chief executive officer of the Board, and shall see that the orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect, when the Board shall not otherwise direct; and shall take care that the by-laws and regulations relating to the duties of subordinate officers, instructors, and students, are faithfully observed. SEC. 3. He shall be the Chairman of the Executive Committee, and, as such, shall report at each meeting of the Board the doings of the committee since the last session of the Board. SEC. 4, He shall also, as Regent, make an annual report to the Board, exhibiting the progress and condition of the several departments of the University, with such suggestions as he may deem needful for their improvement.

VII. TREASURER.

The Treasurer shall give bond, with approved security, in the sum of three hundred thousand dollars. He shall be the custodian of all moneys and securities belonging to the University, except such as are, by law, placed in the custody of the State, and of the land scrip, until the same shall be sold or located. He shall invest the funds of the University, as directed by the Board, and he shall pay no money out of the treasury, except upon a warrant of the Regent, countersigned by