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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