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callings. Special schools are of secondary, college or university grade, respectively, according as they require for entrance the completion of the elementary, secondary or college course.

7. "Professional schools" are those giving special training for pursuits which require a liberal education or its equivalent and mental rather than manual labor. No school is classified as professional which does not require for admission at least a full high school course or its equivalent.

8. "Advanced education" is that in advance of elementary schools, and is divided into secondary, college and university grades, according as an institution requires for entrance the completion of an elementary, secondary or college course. Besides the work of colleges and universities, it also includes the work of high schools and academies, of special schools and of home education.

9. "Home education" is that gained through individual reading and study, libraries, museums, study clubs, classes, lectures, extension, correspondence, or personal instruction; summer, evening, vacation or other continuation schools or other agencies for providing educational facilities and opportunities outside the common schools and ordinary teaching institutions.

10. "General education" is that general or liberal training and culture not designed as a special preparation for a particular

calling as are the courses of the professional, technical and other special schools.

11. The “University" means University of the State of New

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13. Trustees unless otherwise indicated, means the govern

ing board of an educational institution or association, whether called trustees, directors, managers or by any other name.

14. "President" includes chancellor, warden, director, dean or other name of the officer recognized by a University institution as its official head.

15. "Ordinances are rules made by the regents affecting institutions, associations or individuals brought into relation with the University by law.

16. "By-laws" are rules governing the regents' own organization and procedure, and defining the duties and powers of their committees and officers.

17. "Rules" includes ordinances, by-laws or other regulations. 18. "Registered" means registered by the University of the State of New York as maintaining proper educational standards.

19. "High school fund" means the total amount of money appropriated by the state from the literature fund or other sources for the benefit of high schools, academies and one, two or three year secondary schools.

Based on Univ. Law, § 2, but mostly new.]

§ 601. The University. The corporation created in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-four under the name of the Re

gents of the University of the State of New York, is hereby con

tinued under the name University of the State of New York.

[See N. Y. Const., art. 9, § 2.]

§ 602. Objects.-The University shall

1. Encourage and promote advanced education.

2. Visit and inspect all departments and institutions under its

supervision.

3. Distribute to or expend or administer for them all property

and funds which the state may appropriate or the University may own or hold in trust or otherwise for this purpose.

4. Perform other duties imposed on it by law.

[Univ. Law, § 3, second sentence rewritten, but without intended change in substance. The first sentence of § 3 is omitted here, being covered by § 601 of revision.]

§ 603. Regents.- The University shall be governed and all its corporate powers exercised by a board of four exofficio and nineteen elective regents. The governor, lieutenantgovernor, secretary of state and superintendent of public instruction are ex-officio regents, and possess all the powers of elective regents. An elective regent must be chosen by the legislature at such time as it may determine, in the same manner as a senator in congress, and at the time of his election must be thirty years of age. An elective regent shall hold his office during good

behavior.

A president, principal, instructor, trustee, or other officer or employee of an institution in the University is not eligible to the office of an elective regent.

If a regent fails to attend three consecutive meetings without written excuse accepted as satisfactory by the regents not later than the third consecutive meeting from which he is absent, his

office shall be deemed vacant and shall be filled by the legislature

as herein provided.

[Univ. Law, § 4, rewritten and changed as follows:

By the present law no term is fixed for an elective regent. We provide that such term shall be during good behavior, and that an elective regent shall be at least thirty years of age.]

§ 604. Officers.-The elective officers of the University shall be a chancellor and a vice-chancellor, who shall serve without salary, and a secretary. These and such other officers as the University by-laws prescribe shall be chosen by ballot by the regents to hold office during their pleasure. Ten votes are necessary for election,

removal or change of salary of an elective officer.

[Univ. Law, § 5 in part rewritten.

That part of § 5 which relates to the oath of office is omitted here, being sufficiently covered by Public Officers Law, § 2 and Const., art. 13, § 1. For remainder of § 5 see §§ 605, 606 of revision.]

§ 605. Duties of chancellor.-The chancellor shall preside at all convocations and meetings of the regents, and fix the time and place of all special meetings. If he is absent or unable to act, the vice-chancellor, or if he also is absent, the senior regent present, shall perform all the chancellor's duties.

[Univ. Law, § 5 in part rewritten without intended change. For remainder of § 5 see § 606 of revision.]

§ 606. Duties of secretary.-The secretary shall give an under

taking in the sum of ten thousand dollars for the faithful dis

charge of his duties, and as executive and financial officer shall be responsible for the safe keeping and proper use of the University seal, and of all money received from appropriations or otherwise, and of all books, records, and other property in charge of the University, and for the proper administration and discipline of its various departments, offices and interests. He may appoint, subject to confirmation by the chancellor, one or more deputies to exercise any powers of the secretary specified in the appointment or a by-law.

[Univ. Law, § 5 in part rewritten without intended change.]

§ 607. Executive committee.-The regents may elect or otherwise provide for an executive committee of not less than seven, which may transact such University business as the regents may authorize, either by general rule or special vote, except to grant, alter, suspend or revoke charters, or to grant honorary degrees. [Univ. Law, § 7 rewritten without intended change, except the provision in § 7 relating to a quorum of the regents is omitted as unnecessary. The Statutory Construction Law, § 19, provides that a majority of a board or body shall constitute a quorum. The commissioners think that this general rule should apply to the regents, and have accordingly in rewriting § 7 omitted the provision relating to a quorum.]

§ 608. Meetings.-An annual meeting shall be held by the regents at the time and place fixed by their by-laws. A regular meeting shall be held on the third Thursday of February and November, on the Monday after the fourth Friday in June, and at such other times as the regents may fix. A special meeting

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