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 114 74Ta CONGRES S. SESS. I. CH. 47. APRIL 8, 1935. Funke, Alma Hummel, Rose Larkin, Margaret Sweeney, Edith Stowell, Julia Chisholm, Angela Keenan, known in the above-named religious order under and by the names respectively of Sister Berch- Originalboard ; chair mans Julia, Sister Odilia, Sister Marie Louis, Sister Julitta, Sister ma n, etc . Margaret of the Trinity, Sister Mary Agnes of the Infant Jesus, Sister Julie, and Sister Angela Elizabeth, shall constitute the orig- inal board of trustees under this Act ; that the person holding the office and title of Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Arch- diocese of Baltimore shall be ex officio a member of the board of trustees and chairman thereof, and the person holding the office of Provincial Superior of the congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame of N amur of the Bal timore Province shall be ex o fficio a member of Ele ction of succes- the board and vice chairman thereof ; that the successors to the trus- sors. tees other than the aforesaid ex officio members shall be elected at suitable intervals by the members of the congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame of Namur from among their number in accordance with the rules and practices of the said religious congregation now Quorum. or hereafter established and obtaining ; that a majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and for all purposes ; that at the first meeting of the board of trustees, held subsequent to this Act, the board shall elect from among them- Officers. selves one member to be president, one member to be vice president, one member to be treasurer, one member to be secretary ; the board of trustees shall fix the term for which the officers shall serve, their duties and authority, and shall elect their successors at such regular intervals thereafter as they may determine ; and the board may elect, appoint, or employ such further minor or assistant officers and agents as they may deem necessary and expedient for the purposes of the corporation, it not being necessary that such officers or agents be members of the board. ity of tru ste es. author- SEC. 3. The board of trustees shall have the power to establish bylaws and ordinances for the conduct of the business of the corpora- tion and to alter, repeal, or amend the same ; to frame laws and regulations for the government of the faculty and students ; to offer and prescribe courses in undergraduate and in graduate work ; to confer the customary undergraduate and graduate degrees ; to determine the subjects and branches of learning to be taught and to establish chairs, professorships, courses, schools, and departments th er ei n. Th e board of trus tees may create and establish a board of regents, an endowment board and such other auxiliary boards of an academic or adv isory nature as may be deemed necessary and proper ; and they shall have all the powers and authority heretofore granted to or invested in the trustees of the said Trinity College by chapter 18 of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia. in Affiliation with other SEC. 4. The said Trinity College may enter into affiliated agree- ments with any institutions of learning within or outside of the District of Columbia, for the purpose of giving students of such institu tions the ed ucatio nal fac ilitie s of s aid co llege u pon su ch ter ms as are mutually agreed upon. ves tmentan e .1andtcin SEC. 5 . The said Trinity College may receive, invest, and admin- ister end owme nts and gift s of mon ey a nd p rope rty abso lute or sub- ject to payment s by way of ann uities during t he life of the donor, for the mainten ance of the edu cational work o f the institut ion and of any departments, school, or chair thereof, now established or which may hereafter be created or established. S eal to be adopted. SEC. 6. The said Trinity College shall adopt a common seal, under and by which all deeds, diplomas, and acts of the said corporation