REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4126 - AN ACT
CONVERTING THE SAMAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
CATARMAN, PROVINCE OF SAMAR, INTO A UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE
UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF
FUNDS THEREFOR
Section 1. Conversion. — The Samar Institute of Technology in
the Municipality of Catarman, Province of Samar, is hereby converted
into a university which shall be known as the University of Eastern
Philippines, hereinafter referred to as University, the same being
organized as a corporation under that name.
Sec. 2. Purposes. — The University shall primarily
give technical and professional training, advanced instruction in
literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, besides providing for
the promotion of scientific and technological researches.
Sec. 3. Powers of the University. — The following
are the powers of the University:
(a) It shall have the general powers as set forth in
Section thirteen of the Corporation Law;
(b) It shall have the power to acquire public lands
for its expansion and/or beneficial use; and
(c) It shall be authorized, through its college of
engineering, to undertake the construction of its buildings and other
permanent improvements and such sums as may be necessary for this
purpose shall be included in the annual appropriation for the
University. All public works appropriations in the name of the Samar
Institute of Technology are hereby transferred to the University as
provided for in this Act: provided, that the construction of its
buildings and other permanent improvements as authorized in the Public
Works Acts of the Government shall be undertaken by the college of
engineering as heretofore provided.
Sec. 4. Governing Board; Composition; Manner of
Appointment; Compensation; Meetings; Performance of Functions. — The
government of the University is vested in a board of regents to be
known as the Board of Regents of the University of Eastern Philippines.
The Board of Regents shall be composed of the Secretary of Education
who shall be ex-officio chairman of the Board; the Chairman of the
Committee on Education of the Senate; the Chairman of the Committee on
Education of the House of Representatives, the President of the
University, the President of the Alumni Association; and four
additional members to be appointed by the President of the Philippines
with the consent of the Commission on Appointments: provided, that two
of the additional members shall be selected from the residents of the
Province of Samar particularly of the northern municipalities.
Of the four additional members first appointed as provided above, the
President of the Philippines shall designate two to serve for three
years and two to serve for six years. Thereafter, those appointed to
succeed such members shall hold office for a term of six years until
their successors are appointed and qualified. In case of vacancy among
the members of the Board of Regents such vacancies shall be filled by
appointment by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the
Commission on Appointments and such appointees shall hold office for
the unexpired terms only. No person in the employ of the University or
in any other educational institution in any capacity whatsoever,
whether as dean, professor, instructor, lecturer or otherwise shall be
eligible for membership in the Board.
A vice-chairman shall be elected from among the members of the Board
who shall act as chairman in the absence of the Secretary of Education.
The Board of Regents shall hold regular meeting at least once a month
and may hold as many special meetings as may be necessary. The members
shall serve without compensation but they shall be reimbursed for
necessary expenses incurred either in attendance of the meetings of the
Board or other official business.
Sec. 5. Powers of the Board of Regents. — The
Board of Regents shall have the following specific powers and duties:
(a) To receive and appropriate to the ends specified
by law such sum as may be provided by law for the support of the
University;
(b) To provide for the establishment of one or more
Colleges of Liberal Arts, a College of Social and Political Science, a
College of Veterinary Science, a College of Commerce and Business
Administration, a College of Engineering, a College of Agriculture, a
College of Nursing, a School of Fisheries, a School of Surveying, a
Conservatory of Music, a School of Graduate Studies, and such other
colleges and schools as the Board of Regents may deem necessary;
(c) To confer the usual honorary degrees upon persons
in recognition of learning, statesmanship, or eminence in literature,
science or art: provided, that such degrees shall not be conferred in
consideration of the payment of money or other valuable consideration:
(d) To establish chairs in the colleges and schools
mentioned in paragraph (b) of this section and to provide for the
maintenance or endowment of such chairs;
(e) To approve the courses of study and rules of
discipline drawn up by the University Council as hereinafter provided;
to fix the tuition fees required of students, as well as matriculation
fees, graduation fees and fees for laboratory courses; and all special
fees;
(f) To provide fellowships for faculty members and
scholarships to students showing evidence of special merit;
(g) To contract for technical services, under certain
conditions;
(h) To prescribe rules for its own government;
(i) To receive in trust legacies, gifts, and
donations of real and personal property of all kinds and to administer
the same for the benefit of the University, or of a department thereof,
or for aid to any student or students, in accordance with the direction
or instructions of the donor, and, in default thereof, in such manner
as the Board of Regents may, in its discretion, determine.
(j) To appoint upon recommendation of the President
of the University, professors, associate professors, assistant
professors, other members of the teaching staff, and all other
employees; to fix their compensation, hours of service, and such other
duties and conditions as he may deem proper; to grant to them in his
discretion leave of absence under such regulations as he may
promulgate, and to remove them for cause after an investigation and
hearing shall have been had; and
(k) To enact for the Government of the University
such general ordinances and regulations, not contrary to law, as are
consistent with the purposes of the University.
Sec. 6. Administration. — (a) The administration
of the University shall be vested in the President of the University
who shall render full time service. The President of the University
shall be elected by the Board of Regents which shall also fix his
salary not to exceed twenty-four thousand pesos per annum.
(b) The President of the University shall be assisted
by three vice-presidents: one Executive Vice-President, one
Vice-President of Academic Affairs, and one Vice-President for External
Affairs, who shall be appointed by the Board of Regents upon the
recommendation of the President of the University and whose
compensation shall be fixed by the Board.
Sec. 7. Powers of the President. — The powers and
duties of the President of the University shall be those usually
pertaining to the office of the president of a university which are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter.
Sec. 8. Admission. — No student shall be denied
admission to the University by reason of age, sex, nationality,
religious belief, or political affiliation.
Sec. 9. Quorum; service of process. — A quorum of
the Board of Regents shall consist of a majority of all the members
holding office at the time the meeting of the Board is called. All
processes against the Board of Regents shall be served on the President
of the University or the Secretary thereof.
SECTION 10. Report. — On or before the fifteenth day
of August of each year the Board of Regents shall file with the
President of the Philippines a detailed report, setting forth the
progress, condition, and needs of the University.
SECTION 11. University Council; composition; powers.
— There shall be a University Council, consisting of the President of
the University and all instructors in the University holding the rank
of professor, associate professor, and assistant professor. The Council
alone shall have the power to recommend students or others to be
recipient of degrees. Through its president or committees it shall have
disciplinary power over the students within the limits prescribed by
the rules of discipline approved by the Board of Regents.
SECTION 12. Appointments of deans; limitations. — The
body of instructors of each college or school shall constitute its
faculty, and as presiding officer of each faculty, there shall be a
dean elected from the members of such faculty by the Board of Regents
on nomination by the President of the University. In the appointment of
professors or other instructors of the University, no religious
opinions or affiliations of the instructors of the University shall be
made a matter of examination or inquiry: provided, however, that no
instructor in the University shall inculcate sectarian tenets in any of
the teachings nor attempt, either directly or indirectly, under penalty
of dismissal by the Board of Regents, to influence students or
attendants at the University for against any particular church or
religious sect.
SECTION 13. Exemption from civil service examination.
— Professors and other regular instructors in the University shall be
exempt as such from any civil service examination or regulation as a
requisite to appointment.
SECTION 14. Appointments of Secretary of University.
— There shall be a secretary of the University, appointed by the Board
of Regents. He shall be the secretary of such Board and also of the
University, and shall keep such records of the University as may be
designated by the Board.
SECTION 15. Accounts and expenses. — The Treasurer of
the Philippines shall be ex-officio treasurer of the University, and
all accounts and expenses thereof shall be audited by the
Auditor-General, and all disbursement shall be made in accordance with
the rules and regulations prescribed by them.
SECTION 16. Board of Visitors. — The President of the
Philippines, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House
of Representatives shall constitute a Board of Visitors of the
University, whose duty it shall be to attend the commencement exercises
of the University, and to make visits at such other times as they may
deem proper, to examine the property, course of study, discipline, the
state of finances of the University, to inspect all books and accounts
of the institution, and to make a report to the Congress of the
Philippines upon the same, with such recommendations as they favor.
SECTION 17. Abolition and transfer. — The Samar
Institute of Technology is hereby abolished and all its personnel,
unexpended appropriations, real and personal properties, and other
assets are transferred to the University.
SECTION 18. University Town. — The university
reservation shall henceforth be known as the University Town, Samar,
with a ruling body composed of school officials and employees who shall
be selected in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by
the President of the University.
SECTION 19. Appropriations. — The sum of one million
pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, for the current fiscal
year and succeeding fiscal years, out of any funds in the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as annual aid to the University,
to be expended at the discretion of the Board of Regents for the
establishment of a college or colleges authorized by this Act, in
addition to existing appropriations of the Samar Institute of
Technology: provided, that the sum of one hundred thousand pesos out of
the appropriations authorized hereof, shall be utilized for fellowship
and scholarships as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 20. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect
upon its approval.
Approved: June 20, 1964
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