CHAPTER 28

S.P. 623 - L.D. 1805

An Act to Amend the Charter of Bates College

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. P&SL 1937, c. 28, §4, first sentence is amended to read:

The said corporation may adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations, not repugnant to the laws of the state of Maine, as it may deem determines expedient for the management of the affairs of the college and for the transaction of its business; it shall have power to establish in said college such courses of study, departments and schools as it may elect; it shall appoint officers, including a treasurer of the corporation, such other officers of business administration and such officers of educational administration as it shall deem determines proper, and all officers of instruction; and subject to the contractual rights of such appointees, it may remove them at pleasure; it shall have power to confer such academic degrees as are usually conferred by colleges or universities.

Sec. 2. P&SL 1937, c. 28, §§5, 6 and 7 are repealed and the following enacted in their place:

*Sec. 5.__President.__The president must be chosen by the concurring votes of at least 8 members of the board of fellows and of at least 13 members of the board of overseers, each board acting separately.__The president may be removed from office in

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