those in such indigent circumstances as shall appear by the certificate of any member of the police jury of the parish, or the mayor of the city where they reside, to render such aid necessary, shall also be furnished with clothing and traveling expenses to and from the institution.

mechanical in

SEC. 1187. The institution shall afford all requisite facilities Shall afford for providing a good literary education and a mechanical depart- literary and ment in which instruction shall be given in such trades as may be struction. best suited to render the pupils self-sustaining citizens.

SEC. 1188. The general control of said institution shall be vested in a board of trustees, to be composed of the Governor of the State, who shall be ex officio president of the board, the superintendent of the institution, and five members to be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Said board is hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate in deed and in law, and shall have full power to sue and be sued, to make contracts, and to acquire and hold by purchase or donation any real or personal estate, as may be necessary for the uses of said institution. The domicile of said corporation is established at Baton Rouge, and the vice president of the board shall be the officer upon whom all legal process shall be served to bind said board.

SEC. 1189. The first meeting of the board of trustees shall be held at such time and place as may be fixed by the Governor, and they shall at said meeting elect a superintendent for the institution, a vice-president of the board, a treasurer, and such other officers as may be necessary for the proper organization and management of the institution.

Control of

said institution.

in whom vested.

Officers of the institution.

Duties of the

SEC. 1190. The superintendent shall have the charge and management of the institution; he shall reside in the institution superintendent. and receive such salary and perform such duties as may be determined by the board.

Duties of the

SEC. 1191. The treasurer shall give bond in such sum as the board of trustees may determine, with security to the satisfaction treasurer. of the vice-president. He shall receive from the State Treasurer the appropriation made from time to time by the Legislature for the support of the institution, upon his warrant countersigned by the Governor. He shall pay out the same upon the order of the superintendent of the institution, countersigned by the vicepresident. He shall receive such salary as may be determined by the board, and both he and the superintendent may be removed by the board for any good cause.

board.

SEC. 1192. The board of trustees shall have power to make Quorum and all needful rules and regulations for the government of said in- rules of the stitution, and three members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of the president the vice president shall act as president of the board.

procure snit

SEC. 1193. The board of trustees shall have power to procure, Board shall by lease or purchase, a suitable building or buildings and have power to grounds for all the necessary purposes of said institution, and, able buildings. as soon as this may be done, they shall grant the temporary use of the buildings and ground now occupied and held by said institution, to the Louisiana State University until said university be otherwise provided for.

How expenses

of trustees are to be paid.

SEC. 1194. The expenses of the members of the board of trustees, incurred in attending the meetings of the board, shall be paid out of the funds of the institution.