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members by death, resignation, disqualification or otherwise,
the Governor shall fill such vacancy; that in addition to the
above the Board of Regents shall consist of two representatives
from each of the institutions affiliated with said University,
which affiliated institutions shall be entitled to change such
representatives, whenever the governing body of such affiliated
institution shall see fit; provided that such changes be always
made so as to take effect on the first Monday in May in each
year; that the governing body of any institution so changing
its representative shall always designate whom the newly-
appointed representative is to succeed; and that for the first
year and until their successors shall have been chosen and shall
have qualified the following persons shall be the representatives
on the Board of Regents of the various affiliated institutions
with which they are associated, viz:

James Alfred Pearce and James W. Cain, representing Wash-
ington College;

Robert Moss and Thomas Fell, representing St. John's Col-
lege;

Randolph Winslow and Philemon H. Tuck, representing the
University of Maryland;

Thomas H. Lewis and Joshua W. Miles, representing the
Western Maryland College;

William F. Lockwood and John W. Chambers, representing
the College of Physicians and Surgeons;

Joseph H. Branham and Frederick Crowthers, representing
the Maryland Medical College;

Edward C. Bixler and J. Walter Engler, representing Blue
Ridge College;

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Board of
Regents shall elect a Provost who shall be the executive head
of the University and who shall be, ex-officio, a member of the
Board of Regents; the Governor of Maryland shall be ex-officio
Chairman of the Board of Regents, but said Board shall have
power to choose from among the members a Vice-Chairman who
shall act in the absence of the Governor.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for
the said Maryland State University to enter into any contract,
articles of agreement or mutual ordinances or statutes with
any existing or hereafter created college, university, conser-
vatory, institute, technical, professional, military or agricultural
school, or other similar institution, and to affiliate said institu-
tion with the said University under such terms as may to the