2606 ARTICLE 65A

ARTICLE 65A.

MORGAN STATE COLLEGE.¹

	1. Commission.	7-8. Executive head; powers.
	2-3. Agreement and acquisition of College.	9. Alumni.
	4. Deed to property.	10. Legal adviser.
	5. Trustees; powers.	11-12. Appropriations transferred.
	6. Officers, teachers, etc.	13. Use of proceeds of loan.

1939, ch. 331, sec. 1.

1. A Commission of five persons, to be known as the Commission on a
State College for Negroes, is hereby established, to consider the advisabil-
ity of the acquisition by the State of all or part of the property of Morgan
College located on the Hillen Road, in Baltimore City, in order that the
State may establish on that site an educational institution for Negroes of
collegiate or more advanced grade. The Commission shall consist of John
E. Semmes, Chairman, H. C. Byrd, B. Howell Griswold, Thomas W. Pang-
born and A. W. W. Woodcock.

The Governor shall have power to fill vacancies occurring in the per-
sonnel of the Commission. The members of the Commission shall serve
without pay, but they shall be entitled to be paid for their necessary ex-
penses out of any appropriation that may be made for the purpose.

1939, ch. 331, sec. 2.

2. Said Commission shall have power to enter into an agreement on
behalf of the State with the Board of Trustees of Morgan College for the
acquisition of said property, upon such terms as the Commission shall deem
advisable. The decisions of the majority of the Commission shall be bind-
ing upon it; but the agreement shall not become effective until approved by
the Board of Public Works.

1939, ch. 331, sec. 3.

3. Upon the approval of such agreement by the Board of Public Works,
it shall thereupon appoint a Board of Trustees consisting of not more than
nine, citizens of the State, who shall have control of said Morgan College,
under the name and style of "Morgan State College", until such time
as the General Assembly shall provide for the permanent management of
said Morgan State College. The said Board of Trustees shall have full
authority and responsibility for the conduct and management of the affairs
of Morgan State College, and shall perform all the duties and functions and
exercise all the powers herein set forth.

1939, ch." 331, sec. 4.

4. The Board of Public Works shall accept a deed for the property
covered by said agreement, when approved by said Board, and shall hold
said property and all other property and funds herein or hereafter granted
to it, and shall use the same to provide for Negroes an education of col-
legiate or more advanced grade.

¹ As to Interracial Commission, see art. 49B.