288 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

respective governing bodies of the said institution and of the
said Maryland State University seem meet and proper; 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 hospital, in-
firmary, laboratory, home, asylum, or similar institution with
any normal school, school of pedagogy, institute of art and de-
sign, library, or other institution of a similar character, the
terms of contract between the said Maryland State University
and the said contracting institutions to be such as the governing
bodies of the several contracting institutions may deem meet
and proper; provided, always, that the terms of alliance and
contract be not repugnant to the form of government or to the
laws of this State; that the affiliation with the said University
of any other institution shall not be held to deprive such insti-
tution of any of its corporate rights, privileges or franchises
under its charter and the supplements thereto, nor in any way
injuriously to affect or impair the same, nor vest in the said
University the right or title to any of the property of any such
other institution.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the said Board of Regents to provide for a closer relation
between the High Schools of the State and the colleges affiliated
under this charter, and also between the said colleges and pro-
fessional schools constituting the University.

SEC. 1. And be it further enacted, That the Maryland State
University shall have power to pass by-laws for its own govern-
ment, to name its own officers and employes and fix their duties
and compensation, and shall have power to establish, ordain,
promulgate and publish by-laws, rules, regulations and ordi-
nances, respecting the requirements for admission and gradua-
tion; and all matters that are susceptible of and which it is de-
sirable should be governed by general regulations shall be within
the province of the Maryland State University.

SEC. 8. And fee it further enacted, That it shall be lawful
for the said University to receive, and it is hereby empowered
to receive, by gift, grant, bequest or devise, or by Federal State,
or municipal appropriation, land, money, property or other
things of value and to hold or expend such gifts, grants, be-
quests, devises or appropriations of money or property for the
purpose to further which said University is in this Act created.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That in case any land,
money, property or other thing of value has been, or may here-