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Not tested in court or clearly established

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are similar provisions for the University of Colorado,

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for the University system of Georgia. In many respects,

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the development of a constitution, the development of

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the governmental arrangements, if you will, of a particu-

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lar subdivision or a particular state is. a matter of

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evolution, a matter of gradual development. I think in

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the original charters that were given to the various

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segments that later became the University of Maryland

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in 1920, the State was farsighted in its legislature in

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providing a good many responsibilities and authorities

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for the Board of Regents of these segments. When these

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were consolidated in 1920, the effectiveness of the

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charter was continued and, in 1952, the so-called

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Economy Act, the 1952-53 period which gave the opportunit

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for the Board under legislative authority to direct the

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affairs of the university was passed and has been of

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great value in the past twelve-year period.

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I am sure that none would want extensive pro-

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visions in the Constitution itself for an item of this

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type. I think the very simplicity of several of the