Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Section four of Executive Order Numbered Three hundred ninety-three, commonly known as the Charter of the Central Luzon Agricultural College, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 4. The Central Luzon Agricultural College shall have the general powers set out in section thirteen of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine, as amended, and the government and administration of said College and the exercise of its corporate powers are hereby vested exclusively in the Board of Trustees and the President of the College insofar as authorized by said Board. The Board of Trustees 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 Director of Public Schools, the President of the College, and the President of the Central Luzon Agricultural College Alumni Association. When the Secretary of Education is unable to perform his duties as ex officio Chairman of the Board, owing to illness, absence, or other cause, or in case of a vacancy in the office, the Undersecretary of Education shall temporarily perform the functions of ex officio Chairman of said Board. When both the Secretary and the Undersecretary of Education are unable to exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, or when these two positions are vacant the members of the Board may elect from among themselves a temporary chairman who shall act as Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

"Members of the Board shall serve without compensation, other than actual and necessary expenses incurred either in attendance upon meetings of the Board or upon other official business authorized by resolution of the Board."

SEC. 2. The opening clause of section five of Executive Order Numbered Three hundred ninety-three is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 5. The Board of Trustees shall have the following powers and duties, in addition to its general powers of administration and the exercise of all the powers of a corporation as provided in section thirteen of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine, as amended."

SEC. 3. Section eleven of Executive Order Numbered Three hundred ninety-three is hereby amended so as to include a new section to read as follows:

"SEC. 11-A. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be ex offlcio Treasurer of the College, and all accounts and expenses thereof shall be audited by the Auditor General or his duly authorized representatives, and all disbursements shall be made in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by him."

SEC. 4. Section twelve of Executive Order Numbered Three hundred ninety-three is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 12. Heads of bureaus or offices of the National Government are hereby authorized to loan or transfer, upon request of the President of the college, such apparatus or supplies as may be needed by the college, and to detail employees for duty therein, when in the judgment of the head of the bureau or office such supplies or employees can be spared without serious detriment to the public service. Employees so detailed shall perform such duty as may be required by the head of the institution, and the time so employed shall count as part of their regular official service."

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 20, 1953.