(110 ILCS 510/0.01) (from Ch. 144, par. 601.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Southern Illinois University Objects Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(110 ILCS 510/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 602) Sec. 2. The objects of Southern Illinois University shall be to qualify teachers for the schools of this State in all branches of study which pertain to a common school education; to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, including military tactics; to offer such courses of instruction as shall best serve to provide liberal and vocational education customarily offered at the college level; and to offer such other courses of instruction as the University determines; provided no professional courses culminating in degrees in law, medicine, dentistry or pharmacy may be offered by such University unless approved by the Board of Higher Education as provided in Section 7 of "An Act creating a Board of Higher Education, defining its powers and duties, making an appropriation therefor, and repealing an Act herein named", approved August 22, 1961, as heretofore and hereafter amended. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 3272.)

(110 ILCS 510/12) (from Ch. 144, par. 612) Sec. 12. The Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University shall appoint instructors, and such officers as may be required, fix their respective salaries and prescribe their duties. The board may remove any instructor or officer for proper cause giving ten days' notice of any charge presented, and reasonable opportunity of defense. The board shall prescribe and provide the textbooks, apparatus and furniture to be used in the university and make all regulations necessary for its management. The board may, on recommendation of the faculty of the university, issue diplomas to persons who have satisfactorily completed the required studies and confer such degrees as are suitable for the courses of study authorized by Section 2. (Source: Laws 1949, p. 1420.)

(110 ILCS 510/15) (from Ch. 144, par. 615) Sec. 15. The expense of the building, improving, repairing and supplying fuel and furniture and the necessary appliances and apparatus for conducting said school, and the salaries or compensation of the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, superintendent, assistants, agents and employees, shall be a charge upon the State Treasury; all other expenses shall be chargeable against pupils, and the board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University shall regulate the charges accordingly. (Source: Laws 1949, p. 1420.)