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§§ 303-306 university any college in this territory, upon application of its board of trustees; and such college so received shall become a branch of the university, and be subject to the visitation of the regents.

§ 303. At the close of each fiscal year the regents through their president shall make a report in detail to the governor, exhibiting the progress, condition and wants of each of the colleges embraced in the university, the course of study in each, the number of professors and students, the amount of receipts and disbursements, together with the nature, costs, and results of all important investigations and experiments, and such other information as they may deem important, one copy of which shall be transmitted free by the governor of the territory to all colleges endowed under the provisions of the act of congress entitled "an act donating land to the several states and territories which provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts," approved, July 2, 1862, and also one copy to the secretary of the interior, as provided in said act.

§ 304. The president of the university shall be president of the several faculties, and the executive head of the instructional force in all its departments; as such, he shall have authority, subject to the board of regents, to give general direction to the instruction and scientific investigations of the several colleges, and so long as the interests of the institution require it he shall be charged with the duties of one of the professorships. The immediate government of the several colleges shall be intrusted to their respective faculties, but the regents shall have the power to regulate the course of instruction and prescribe the books or works to be used in the several courses, and also to confer such degrees and grant such diplomas as are usual in universities, or as they shall deem appropriate, and to confer upon the faculty by by-laws the power to suspend or expel students for misconduct or other causes prescribed in such by-laws.

§ 305. The object of the university of North Dakota shall be to provide the means of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the various branches of learning connected with scientific, industrial and professional pursuits, in the instruction and training of persons in the theory and art of teaching, and also instruction in the fundamental laws of the United States, and of this territory, in what regards the rights and duties of citizens, and to this end it shall consist of the following colleges or departments, to wit:

1. The college or department of arts.

2. The college or department of letters.

3. The normal college or department.

4. Such professional or other colleges or departments as now are or may from time to time be added thereto or connected therewith, and the board of regents are hereby authorized to establish such professional and other colleges or departments when in their judgment they may be deemed necessary and proper; provided, that no money shall be expended by the board of regents in establishing and organizing any of the additional colleges or departments provided for in this section, until an appropriation therefor shall have first been made.

§ 306. The college or department of arts shall embrace courses of instruction in mathematical, physical and natural sciences, with their application to the industrial arts, such as agriculture, mechanics, engineering, mining and metallurgy, manu-