Officers of the Board.

School of Mines.

Executive Committee of Mining School.

The members of the Board residing in Phelps county, with one curator from the First or Second Congressional District, shall constitute an executive committee of the Mining School with similar powers and responsibilities with those of the executive committee of the University, at Columbia; shall keep a record of their proceedings, and submit the same to the Board at the annual meeting.—By-law of Board of Curators, 1872.

Number.—Const. 1875, Art. XI, Sec. 5. The government of the State University shall be vested in a Board of Curators, to consist of nine members, to be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

University Curator Law, 1877:

Quorum.—Sec. 1. At all meetings of the Board of Curators, seven members shall be-necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Residence.—Sec. 3. The Board of Curators of the State University shall hereafter consist of nine members, who shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, three of whom shall be residents of the county of Boone, two of the county of Phelps, two of the part of the State north of the Missouri River, and outside of the county of Boone, and two of that part of the State south of the Missouri River, and outside of the county of Phelps, and no person shall be appointed a curator who shall not have attained the age of twenty-one years, or who shall not be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of Missouri two years next prior to his appointment.

Term of Office.—Sec. 4. As soon as said Curators qualify, they shall divide themselves into three classes of three members each, one of which classes shall hold their office for two years, from January 1st, 1877, and until their successors are appointed and qualified; one class for four years from January 1st, 1877, and until their successors are appointed and qualified, and one class for six years, from January 1st, 1877, and until their successors are appointed and qualified.

Filling Vacancies.—Sec. 5. During the session of the General Assembly in 1879, and each regular biennial session thereafter, the Governor shall, by and with the consent of the Senate, fill all vacancies caused by the expiration of the term of office of any Curator, and he shall also fill all vacancies occasioned by death, resignation or removal which may occur while the General Assembly is not in session; but all such appointees shall continue in office until the next meeting of the General Assembly next thereafter, and until their successors be appointed and qualified.

Board of Visitors.

Sec. 16. Inasmuch as all trust funds committed to the management of the State are to be deemed a sacred deposit and to be vigilantly guarded from perversion, waste or wrongful use, it is provided that a Board of Visitors, to consist of five persons, three at least of whom shall be citizens eminent in the agricultural and mechanic arts, and not less than two graduates of the University, shall be appointed by the Governor. It shall be the duty of the visitors to make personal examination into the condition of the University, in all its departments, once at least each year, and report the result to the Governor, suggesting such improvements and recommendations as they may consider important,'which report shall be published with the annual report of the Curators. The visitors shall receive no per diem, but they, together with the Curators, shall have their actual expenses paid, and upon the certificate of the Secretary of the Board of Curators, the Auditor shall draw his warrant upon the Treasurer of the State, who shall pay the same out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

—Act, February 24, 1870.

The visitorial power holds a conspicuous and important place in European universities and its faithful exercise with us would doubtless exert a wholesome influence.