768 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 372

the leading object of which shall be to carry information on
rural life subjects to the people of Maryland.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Trustees of the
Maryland State College of Agriculture, as herein constituted,
shall meet and organize, and for the orderly conducting of the
business of said corporation said Trustees shall have the power
and authority, from time to time, to elect such officers as may
be required and to prescribe their duties and tenures. The
meetings of the Board of Trustees of the College shall be open
to the public and the press, and all records of such meetings
and of all proceedings of such Board shall be open to inspec-
tion by the public and the press at reasonable times thereafter;
provided, that said Board may hold executive sessions, the
findings of said executive sessions to be made a part of the
records of the proceedings of said Board.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Trustees
of said corporation shall have full power and authority to de-
termine the time and place of meetings and the manner of
notifying its members to convene at such meetings, and also
to elect, by a majority vote of the whole Board, an executive
head of the said College, who may attend all meetings of the
Board. The said Board of Trustees shall establish the posi-
tion and fix the salaries and emoluments of the executive head
of the College, all heads of departments, professors, teachers, in-
structors, and other officers; and the said Board of Trustees is
further empowered to make or ordain as the occasion may re-
quire, reasonable rules, orders and by-laws not in conflict with
the Constitution and Laws of this State, with reasonable penal-
ties, for the good government of the said Corporation, for the
regulation of their own body, and also by and with the advice
of the executive head of the College to determine and regulate
the course of instruction in said College, but no instruction,
either sectarian in religion or partisan in politics shall ever be
permitted in any department of the College; and no sectarian
or partisan test shall be allowed or exercised in the appoint-
ment of Trustees; or in the appointment of any instructors or
other officers of the College, or in the admission of students
thereto, or for any purpose whatever. And the Board of Trus-
tees shall confer such appropriate degrees as they may deter-
mine and prescribe. The Trustees shall have the care, con-
trol and management of all the real and personal property, and
all monies of the said College, Farms and Experiment Station,
and shall keep a correct and easily understood record of the