Fourth. The board of regents is authorized to receive such bequests and gratuities as may be granted to the said university and to invest or expend the same according to the terms of said bequests or gratuities. The said board shall adopt proper rules to govern and protect the receipt and expenditure of the proceeds of all fees, bequests or gratuities, and shall make full report of the same in the customary biennial report to the Governor, or more frequently, if required by law.

Fifth. The board of regents is authorized and empowered to give and execute, on behalf of the State of Washington, the bonds and other papers required by the war department for the safe keeping of the arms and equipments loaned by the United States to the University of Washington.

Sixth. The board of regents shall transmit, on the first day of January preceding each regular session of the legislature, to the Governor a printed report of all the doings since their last report, not exceeding three hundred in number, giving full information of the receipt and expenditure of money, furnish an estimate of the needs of the institution, and give such information as will be helpful to the state authorities in providing for the said institution.

Seventh. The members of said board of regents shall serve without compensation. Each regent, however, shall be paid his actual traveling expenses in going to and coming from any meeting of said board, and such claims for expenses shall be audited on vouchers issued by the president and secretary of said board the same as any other claims are audited. (L. '09, p. 240, § 5; Rem. & Bal., § 4321.)

See, infra, § 606, Code Pub. Ins., classification.

See, infra, § 447, Code Pub. Ins., authorized to apply for participation in Carnegie fund.

See, infra, § 478, Code Pub. Ins., authority of regents to expend income. Professors and instructors who attend county institutes and give lectures at the request of the county superintendent may receive compensation.-LYLE.

19. Faculty

The faculty of the University of Washington shall consist of the president and the professors, and the said faculty shall

have charge of the immediate government of the institution under such rules as may be prescribed by the board of regents. (L. '09, p. 241, § 6; Rem. & Bal., § 4322.)

Faculty may prohibit fraternity and sorority houses from occupying adjacent houses if they deem it necessary for the welfare of the students and university. -TANNER.

The University of Washington shall never be under the control of any religious or sectarian denomination or society whatever. (L. '09, p. 242, § 7; Rem. & Bal., § 4323.)

21. Attorney General legal advisor

The Attorney General of the state shall be the legal advisor of the president and the board of regents of the university, and he shall institute and prosecute or defend all suits in behalf of the same. (L. '09, p. 242, § 8; Rem. & Bal., § 4324.)

It shall be the duty of the board of regents herein provided for, as soon after their organization as practicable, and as soon as there shall be an appropriation therefor in the hands of the State Treasurer in any amount sufficient to warrant the beginning the erection of the several buildings herein provided for, or any wing or section of the same, to enter into contracts with one or more contractors for the erection and construction of such suitable buildings and improvements for the institution created by this chapter as in their judgment shall be deemed best, or the funds aforesaid shall warrant, all things considered; such contract or contracts to be let after open public notice and competition under such regulations as shall be established by said board to the person or persons who offer to execute such work on the most advantageous terms: Provided, That in all cases said board shall require from contractors a good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of the work, and the full protection of the state against mechanics' and other liens: And provided further, That the board shall not have the power to enter into any contract for the erection of any buildings or improvements which shall bind said board to pay out any sum

of money in excess of the amount provided for said purpose. (L. '09, p. 242, § 9; Rem. & Bal., § 4326.)

The meaning of "several buildings herein provided for" is not clear, as this act does not authorize or provide for any.

The board provided for in this chapter shall have power in their discretion to employ skilled architects and superintendents to prepare plans and specifications, and to supervise the construction of any of the buildings provided for in this chapter, and to fix the compensation for such services, subject to the provisions and restrictions of this act. (L. '09, p. 242, § 10; Rem. & Bal., § 4327.)

See note to last section.

24. To begin building when funds are available

Whenever there shall be any money in the hands of the State Treasurer to the credit of any of the specific funds set apart for that institution created by this chapter, deemed sufficient by the board to commence the erection of any of the necessary buildings or improvements, or to pay the necessary running or other expenses of said institution, the State Auditor, on the request in writing of said board, shall, and it is hereby made his duty to draw his warrant in favor of the treasurer of said board and upon the state treasury against the specific fund belonging to said institution in such sum not exceeding the amount on hand in such specific fund at such time as said board may deem necessary: Provided, That said board shall draw said money as it may be necessary to disburse the same. (L. '09, p. 243, § 11; Rem. & Bal., § 4328.)

25.

CHAPTER 2-STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON
Establishment and purpose

The State College, Experiment Station and School of Science of the State of Washington, as heretofore located at Pullman, Whitman county, shall be an institution of learning open to the children of all residents of this state, and to such other persons as the board of regents may determine, under such rules

and regulations as may be prescribed by the board of regents; shall be non-sectarian in character, and devoted to practical instruction in agriculture, mechanical arts, and natural sciences connected therewith, as well as a thorough course of instruction in all branches of learning upon agricultural and other industrial pursuits.

No student shall be admitted except upon examination satisfactory to the faculty of the State College: Provided, however, That students shall be admitted without examination upon presentation of certificates from those public high schools and other educational institutions in this state whose courses of study shall have been approved by said faculty of the State College and accredited by the State Board of Education: Provided further, That said faculty shall have power to specify the preparation required for admission to any department of the State College. (L. '09, p. 243, § 1; Rem. & Bal., § 4333.)

The State College of Washington is a state institution: State ex rel. Johnson v. Clausen, 51 Wash. 458.

The Governor of the State of Washington, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, members of the legislature, and county commissioners shall be ex-officio visitors of said college. But said visitors shall have no power granted to control the action of the board of regents or to negative its duties as defined by law. (L. '09, p. 244, § 2; Rem. & Bal., § 4334.)

27. Course of instruction

The course of instruction of said college shall embrace the English language, literature, mathematics, philosophy, civil and mechanical engineering, chemistry, animal and vegetable anatomy and physiology, the veterinary art, entomology, geology, political economy, rural and household economy, horticulture, moral philosophy, history, mechanics, and such other courses of instruction as shall be prescribed by the board of regents. One of the objects of said college shall be to train teachers of physical science, and thereby further the application of the principles of physical science to industrial pursuits;

to collect information as to schemes of technical instruction adopted in other parts of the United States and in foreign countries, and to hold farmers' institutes at such times and places and under such regulations as the board of regents may determine: Provided, That no student shall be admitted to any department of the State College who is under the age of sixteen years. (L. '09, p. 244, § 3; Rem. & Bal., § 4335.)

28. Departments of instruction

The board of regents shall provide that all instruction given in the college shall, to the utmost practicable extent, be conveyed by means of practical work in the laboratory, and shall provide in connection with said college the following laboratories: One physical laboratory or more, one chemical laboratory or more, and one biological laboratory or more, and suitably furnish and equip the same. Said board of regents shall provide that all male students shall be trained in military tactics. Said board of regents shall establish a department of elementary science, and in connection therewith provide instruction in the following subjects: Elementary mathematics, including elementary trigonometry, elementary mechanics, elementary and mechanical drawing and land surveying. Said board of regents shall establish a department of said college to be designated as the department of agriculture, and in connection therewith shall provide instruction in the following subjects: First. Physics, with special application of its principles to agriculture. Second. Chemistry, with special application of its principles to agriculture. Third. Morphology and physiology of plants, with special reference to the commonly grown crops and their fungus enemies. Fourth. Morphology and physiology of the lower forms of animal life, with special reference to insect pests. Fifth. Morphology and physiology of the higher forms of animal life, and in particular of the horse, cow, sheep and swine. Sixth. Agriculture, with special reference to the breeding and feeding of livestock, and the best mode of cultivation of farm produce. Seventh. Mining and metallurgy. And it shall appoint demonstrators in each of these