J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       1081

necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability
of construction of any project, administrative expenses, and such
other expense as may be necessary or incident to the construction
of any project, the financing of such construction and the placing
of any such project in operation. Any obligation or expense hereto-
fore or hereafter incurred by the said Board of Trustees for prepara-
tion of plans and specifications, and other engineering services in
connection with the construction of any such project shall be re-
garded as a part of the cost of such project and may be reimbursed
to said Board of Trustees out of the proceeds of the revenue bonds
hereinafter authorized; (3) the term "housing unit" and the term
"housing units" shall mean and embrace housing facilities and
living accommodations which may include such facilities as eating
facilities, recreational facilities and student facilities, and shall
include student union buildings; and (4) the term "related facilities"
shall mean and embrace but shall not necessarily be limited to eating
facilities, recreational facilities and student facilities.

165B.

In order to provide additional facilities for the public colleges
under its direction and control, the Board of Trustees of the State
Colleges is hereby authorized and empowered, from time to time:

(a)  To construct, equip, maintain, repair and operate one or more
housing units for students, both graduate and undergraduate, at
each of the public colleges under its direction and control;

(b)   To issue revenue bonds of the Board of Trustees for the
purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any one or more of
said housing units;

(c)  To fix and revise, from time to time, fees, rents and other
charges for the use of such housing units;

(d)  To acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property
in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under
Sections 165A-165J, inclusive, of this sub-title;

(e)   To make and enter into all contracts and agreements neces-
sary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution
of its powers under Sections 165A-165J, inclusive, of this sub-title,
and to employ consulting engineers, attorneys, construction and
financial experts and such other employees and agents as may be
necessary in the opinion of said Board of Trustees and to fix their
compensation; provided that all such acts and agreements shall be
payable solely from the proceeds of revenue bonds issued under
the provisions of Sections 165A-165J, inclusive, of this sub-title, or
from funds otherwise provided;

(f)  To receive and accept from the United States of America or
any agency thereof grants for or in aid of the construction of any
housing unit or any part thereof, and to receive and accept aid or
contributions from any source of either money, property, labor or
other things of value, to be held, used and applied only for the
purposes for which such grants and contributions may be made; and

(g)   To do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry
out the powers expressly granted by the provisions of Sections 165A-
165J, inclusive, of this sub-title.