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Educational Institutions. before payment such orders shall be countersigned by the secretary. Said committee shall keep a specific and complete record of all matters involving the expenditure of money, which record shall be submitted to the board of directors at each regular meeting of the same.

§ 287. Whenever any building is to be erected, or extensions, alterations or repairs are to be made in connection with the university, or other improvements, the board of directors shall have authority to procure all necessary plans, drawings and specifications for such building, alterations, repairs or improvements; to advertise for proposals for the erection and completion or performance thereof, in such manner as may be most advantageous, and to contract with the lowest responsible bidder therefor, such contractor in every case to give adequate security for the faithful performance of his contract; to appoint and discharge a building superintendent, who shall superintend the work and perform such other duties as they may require, and receive such compensation as the board shall determine; and to examine and certify to the correctness of the estimates and accounts for work under the contract, and of the superintendent and employes.

§ 288. The board of directors shall elect a secretary, who shall hold his office at the pleasure of the board. He shall record all the proceedings of the board of directors, and carefully preserve all books and papers. He shall countersign and register all orders for money on the treasurer, and the treasurer shall not pay an order on him for money, unless the same be countersigned by the secretary

§ 289. The board of directors shall elect a treasurer, who shall hold his office at the pleasure of the board. He shall keep a true and faithful account of all moneys received and paid out by him, and before entering upon the duties of his office he shall take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully perform the duties of treasurer; and he shall also give a bond in a penal sum fixed by said board, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as treasurer, and that he will at all times keep and render a true account of moneys received by him as treasurer, and of the disposition he has made of the same, and that he will at all times be ready to discharge himself of the trust, and to pay over when required; which bond shall have two or more good securities, and shall be approved as to its form and sufficiency of its sureties by the board of directors, and also the auditor and secretary of the territory, and shall be filed in the office of the latter.

§ 290. The board of directors shall enact rules for the government of the university, and shall appoint a president and the requisite number of professors and tutors, together with such other officers as they may deem expedient, and shall determine the salaries of such officers, the compensation of the secretary and treasurer. They shall remove any officers connected with the university when in their judgment the good of the institution requires it.

§ 291. The board of directors is authorized to expena suco sums of money as may be appropriated for the university funds as it may deem expedient, in the purchase of apparatus, library and a cabinet of natural history, in providing suitable means to keep and preserve the same, and in procuring all other necessary facilities for giving instruction.