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ACT NO. 1870

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ACT NO. 1870

ACT NO. 1870 - AN ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FOUNDING A UNIVERSITY

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:

Section 1. The Governor-General is hereby authorized, within the powers and limitations hereinafter
specified, to establish in the city of Manila, or at the point he may deem most convenient, a university which
shall be known by the designation of "University of the Philippines," the same being organized as a
corporation under that name.
Sec. 2. The purpose of said university shall be to provide advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the
sciences, and arts, and to give professional and technical training.

Sec. 3. No student shall be denied admission to the university by reason of age, sex, nationality, religious
belief, or political affiliation.

Sec. 4. The government of said university is hereby vested in a board of regents to be known as the "Board
of Regents of the University of the Philippines." The Board of Regents shall be comprised of the Secretary of
Public Instruction, the Director of Education, the chairman of the Committee of Public Instruction of the
Philippine Assembly, the president of the university, and five additional members to be appointed by the
Governor-General, by and with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission. The president of the
university shall be selected and his compensation shall be fixed by the Board of Regents, of which board he
shall be ex officio chairman. The members of the Board of Regents appointed by the Governor-General shall
hold office for a term of five years: Provided, however, That the regents first appointed by the Governor-
General shall hold office as follows: One for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four
years, and one for five years, the term of office of each to be specified in his appointment by the Governor-
General. In case of a vacancy among the members of the Board of Regents appointed by the Governor-
General, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor-General, by and with the advice and
consent of the Philippine Commission, and such appointees shall hold office for the unexpired term. All
members of the Board of Regents shall be citizens of the Philippine Islands or of the United States, and shall
be residents of the Philippine Islands. Members shall serve without compensation other than actual and
necessary traveling expenses incurred either in attendance upon meetings of the Board or upon other official
business authorized by resolution of the Board.

Sec. 5. The University of the Philippines shall have the general powers set out in section thirteen of Act
Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine, and the administration of said university and the exercise of its
corporate powers are hereby vested in the Board of Regents.

Sec. 6. The Board of Regents shall have the following powers and duties, in addition to its general powers of
administration and the exercise of tile powers of the corporation:

(a) To receive and appropriate to the ends specified by law such sums as may be provided by law for
the support of the university;

(b) To provide for the establishment of a College of Philosophy, Science, and Letters; a College of Law
and of Social and Political Science; a College of Medicine and Surgery; a College of Pharmacy; a
College of Dentistry; a College of Veterinary Science; a College of Engineering; a College of Mines; a
College of Agriculture; and a School of Fine Arts: Provided, That the Board of Regents may establish
these colleges or any of them as soon as in its judgment conditions shall favor their opening and funds
shall be available for their maintenance:And provided further, That the Board of Regents, by and with
the approval of the Governor-General, shall have power to combine two or more of the colleges
authorized by this Act, in the interests of economy and efficiency: And provided further, That the
Philippine Medical School, as established by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifteen, as amended,
shall become the College of Medicine and Surgery of the Philippine University as soon as two or more
colleges of the University of the Philippines shall have been established and in actual operation;
(c) To confer the usual honorary degrees upon persons other than graduates of the university in
recognition of learning, statesmanship, or eminence in literature, science, or art: Provided , That such
degrees shall not be conferred in consideration of the payment of money or other valuable
consideration;

(d) To establish chairs in the colleges herein before mentioned, and to provide for the maintenance or
endowment of such chairs, as well as to provide for such other professors, assistant professors,
instructors, tutors, and lecturers as the progress of instruction may make necessary, and to fix the
compensation pertaining to such positions;

(e) To appoint, on recommendation of the president of the university, professors, instructors, lecturers,
and other employees of the university, to fix their compensation and to remove them for cause after
an investigation and hearing shall have been had;

(f) To approve the courses of study and rules of discipline drawn up by the university council as
hereinafter provided; to fix the tuition fees required of students, as well as matriculation fees,
graduation fees and fees for laboratory, courses, and all special fees; and to remit the same in special
cases;

(g) To provide fellowships and scholarships and to award the same to students giving special evidence
of merit;

(h) To prescribe rules for its own government, and to enact for the government of the university such
general ordinances and regulations, not contrary to law, as are consistent with the purposes of the
university as defined in section two of this Act.

Sec. 7. A quorum of the Board of Regents shall consist of a majority of all the members holding office at the
time the meeting of the Board is called. All process against the Board of Regents shall be served on the
president or secretary thereof.

Sec. 8. On or before the tenth day of August of each year the Board of Regents shall file with the Governor-
General a detailed report, setting forth the progress, condition, and needs of the university.

Sec. 9. There shall be a university council, consisting of the president of the university and of all instructors
in the university holding the rank of professor, associate professor, or assistant professor. The council shall
have power to prescribe the courses of study and rules of discipline, subject to the approval of the Board of
Regents. It shall fix the requirements for admission to any college of the university, as well as for graduation
and the receiving of a degree. The council alone shall have the power to recommend students or others to be
recipients of degrees. Through its president or committees it shall have disciplinary power over the students
within the limits prescribed by the rules of discipline approved by the Board of Regents. The powers and
duties of the president of the university, in addition to those specifically provided for in this Act, shall be
those usually pertaining to the office of president of a university.

Sec. 10. The body of instructors of each college shall constitute its faculty, and as presiding officer of each
faculty there shall be a dean elected by the faculty to which he belongs. In the appointment of professors or
other instructors of the university, no religious test shall be applied, nor shall the religious opinions or
affiliations of the instructors of the university be made a matter of examination or inquiry:Provided, however,
That no instructor in the university shall inculcate sectarian tenets in any of the teachings, nor attempt,
either directly or indirectly, under penalty of dismissal by the Board of Regents, to influence students or
attendants at the university for or against any particular church or religious sect.

Sec. 11. Professors and other regular instructors in the university shall be exempt as such from any civil-
service examination or regulation as a requisite to appointment.

Sec. 12. There shall be a secretary of the university, appointed by the Board of Regents. He shall be the
secretary of such Board and also of the university, and shall keep such records of the university as may be
designated by the Board.

Sec. 13. The Treasurer of the Philippine Islands shall be ex officio treasurer of the university, and all accounts
and expenses thereof shall be audited by the Insular Auditor, and all disbursements shall be made in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by him.

Sec. 14. Heads of Bureaus and Offices of the Insular Government are hereby authorized to loan or transfer,
upon request of the president of the university, such apparatus or supplies as may be needed by the
university and to detail employees for duty therein, when in the judgment of the head of the Bureau or Office
such supplies or employees can be spared without serious detriment to the public service. Employees so
detailed shall perform such duty as is required under such detail, and the time so employed shall count as
part of their regular official service.

Sec. 15. The President of the Commission, the Speaker of the Philippine Assembly, and the justices of the
Supreme Court shall constitute a board of visitors of the university, whose duty it shall be to attend the
commencement exercises of the university, and to make visits at such other times as they may deem proper,
to examine the property, courses of study, discipline, the state of finances of the university, to inspect all
books and accounts of the institution, and to make report to the Governor-General upon the same, with such
recommendations as they favor.

Sec. 16. The sum of one hundred thousand pesos is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended in the discretion of the Board of Regents for the
establishment of a college or colleges authorized by this Act the establishment of which may be considered
most urgent.

Sec. 17. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted: June 18, 1908.

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