QuestionsQuestions (Act No. 2623.)
The main purpose of Act No. 2623 is to appropriate ten thousand pesos for the establishment and maintenance of a Conservatory of Music as a department of the University of the Philippines.
Ten thousand pesos were appropriated for the establishment and maintenance of the Conservatory of Music.
The Conservatory of Music is to be established in the city of Manila.
The Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines has the authority to appoint the director (who shall also be the dean) and such professors as may be necessary.
Yes, the Board of Regents is authorized to fix the salaries of the director and professors.
The director shall simultaneously hold the position of dean of the Conservatory of Music.
The Act mentions a College of Liberal Arts, College of Law, College of Social and Political Science, College of Medicine and Surgery, College of Pharmacy, College of Dentistry, College of Veterinary Science, College of Engineering, College of Mines, College of Agriculture, School of Fine Arts, and the Conservatory of Music.
The Board of Regents may establish any colleges or schools as soon as, in its judgment, conditions favor their opening and the funds are available for their maintenance.
The Board of Regents, with the approval of the Governor-General, has the power to combine two or more of the colleges authorized by this Act in the interest of economy and efficiency.
The Philippine Medical School shall become the College of Medicine and Surgery of the University of the Philippines as soon as two or more colleges of the University have been established and are in actual operation.
The Act took effect upon its passage on February 4, 1916.