Section 16-60-50 Board of trustees – Establishment; composition; appointment. The Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district of which Jackson County is a part and the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district of which DeKalb County is a part, the members of the […]
Section 16-60-51 Board of trustees – Organization; initial officers; vice-president; meetings; terms of members; compensation and expenses. The Governor shall be ex officio chairman of the board, and he shall call a meeting of such board within 60 days after September 15, 1961. At this meeting the board shall organize itself, make provisions for the […]
Section 16-60-52 Date of commencement of operations of college; selecting location. The junior college hereby authorized shall be established and ready for operation not later than September 1, 1963. The board of trustees, with the advice and consent of the State Superintendent of Education, shall decide exactly where in the above named counties the college […]
Section 16-60-53 Incorporation of college. When a location for the college has been determined and the board has chosen a name for the college, the board of trustees shall file in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate stating the name and location of the college and the names of persons currently serving […]
Section 16-60-54 Donations; sale of property of college. The board of trustees is hereby invested with full and ample authority to receive and accept for the use and benefit of the college all gifts, donations, devises and bequests of any and all money and real and personal property necessary and useful in carrying into effect […]
Section 16-60-55 Rules and regulations. The board of trustees shall have full, ample and sufficient power and authority to make, adopt and enforce all rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this state, which may be necessary for the management, control and conduct of the college and the business connected therewith. (Acts 1961, […]
Section 16-60-56 Appropriations by counties and municipalities therein for college; use of public school funds. The governing bodies of the Counties of Jackson and DeKalb, and of each municipality in such counties, are hereby authorized to appropriate funds in their respective treasuries, not otherwise appropriated, to be used for the acquisition of land and the […]
Section 16-60-57 Programs to be offered. The college shall offer to all eligible students in attendance a program of general education consisting of courses parallel to those of the first and second years of work at a state institution of higher learning offering a four-year course. The college shall also offer and administer a program […]
Section 16-60-58 Control of college; president. The junior college established pursuant to this article shall be under the direct control of the board of trustees hereby established and shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of a president, appointed by the board of trustees for a term to be fixed by the board. The […]
Section 16-60-59 Compensation of teachers and officers; faculty. The president, with the advice and consent of the board of trustees, shall appoint and fix the compensation for all professors, instructors and other necessary teachers and officers. The president, professors and instructors shall compose the faculty of the college. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. […]
Section 16-60-60 Secretary. The board of trustees of the college shall elect a secretary for the school who shall hold office for the term prescribed by the board and shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the trustees and shall perform such services as may be required of him. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., […]
Section 16-60-61 Treasurer – Generally. The board of trustees shall also elect a treasurer for the college who shall not be a trustee. The treasurer shall receive, hold and pay out all moneys belonging to the college, or that may be paid in for the necessary expenses of any student in the college, or for […]
Section 16-60-62 Treasurer – Removal; temporary custodian for funds. Whenever the funds in the hands of the treasurer or funds about to be received by him are in danger of being lost, the board of trustees or the president may remove the treasurer from office and take from him all funds and choses in action […]
Section 16-60-63 Accounts of officers. The secretary, the treasurer and all other officers, agents or servants of the college who are required to keep, use or dispose of any property of the college shall keep accounts of transactions relative thereto in books to be furnished them by the board of trustees, which shall at all […]
Section 16-60-64 Matriculation, library and laboratory fees. A matriculation fee may be collected from all students enrolled in the college, and the amount of such fee shall be determined by the board of trustees. The proceeds of the fee shall be expended under the direction of such board. A reasonable fee for the use of […]
Section 16-60-65 Exemption of college property from taxation; exemption of officers, teachers and employees from jury duty and town licenses. The property of the college, of every kind and description, shall forever be exempt from all taxes, municipal, county or state and from all local assessments. The president, other officers, professors, teachers and employees of […]
Section 16-60-66 Diplomas and certificates. The faculty, with the approval of the board of trustees, may grant and confer diplomas or certificates upon such students as may be entitled thereto under the rules adopted by the board of trustees governing the subject. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §17.)
Section 16-60-67 Annual reports and reports to Legislature. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made an annual report to the State Board of Education, to the boards of education and county commissions of Jackson and DeKalb Counties, to the governing bodies of each municipality within […]
