1768 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 926

Agriculture, provided, however, that the said Board of Regents
may, until they think it expedient otherwise to order, permit
any department, faculty or school of the University of Mary-
land, existing prior to the going into effect of this consolida-
tion, to govern itself, in whole or in part; to appoint its pro-
fessors, teachers and instructors, and provide for their com-
pensation and the expenses of conducting said department out
of any available funds, including the tuition fees to be received
by it from the students therein, with power to discipline, sus-
pend, expel or reinstate any of such students.

Said Regents shall have, in addition to the powers con-
ferred upon them by the Act of Incorporation of the Mary-
land State College of Agriculture the powers, rights and
privileges heretofore possessed by the Regents of the Univer-
sity of Maryland, under the charter of the University of Mary-
land, and may exercise such of them as they shall from time
to time deem judicious.

The Regents of the University of Maryland shall have power
to conduct or maintain such departments or schools in said
University and in such localities as they, from time to time,
may deem wise.

Upon the going into effect of this Act, all the property and
assets belonging to each of the said corporations named here-
in, and all the debts and liabilities thereof, of whatsoever
nature and description, shall be devolved upon the said con-
solidation and merged corporation.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That Section 1 of Article
2A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Agriculture", be and it is hereby repealed, and that a new
Section 1 be and it is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, and to
read as follows:

1. The Board of Regents of the University of Maryland shall
act as the State Board of Agriculture.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1941.

Approved May 29, 1941.

CHAPTER 926.
(House Bill 844)

AN ACT to repeal Section 259 of Article 21 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Talbot
County", sub-title "Foxes", said section making it unlawful