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(tis ni l?4vUii(tnent. STATUTES. PRINTED BY JOHN LOVELL, ST. NICHOLAS STREET. 1864. a I t J I e d a EXTRACT FROM THG will; OF THE LATE HON. JAMES MCGILL. I GIVE and devise all that tract or parcel of land, com- Bumsidoprop- monly called Burnaide, situated near the city of Montreal Kr^Ka* aforesaid, containing about forty-six acres, including an "®*'"*™8t- acre of land purchased by me from one Sansorainte, toge- ther with the dwelling-house and other buildings thereon erected, with their appurtenances, unto the Honorable John Richardson and James Reid, of the City of Montreal aforesaid, Esquires, the Rev. John Strachan, Rector of Cornwall, in Upper Canada, and James Dunlop, of the said city of Montreal, Esquire, and to their heirs, to, upon, and for the uses, trusts, intents, and purposes, and with, and subject to, the provisions, conditions, and limitations, hereinafter mentioned and expressed, of and concerning the aame, that is to say, upon trust that they the said John Richardson, James Reid, John Strachan, and James Dunlop, or the survivors or survivor of them, or the heirs, executors, or curators of such survivors or survivor, do and shall, as soon as it conveniently can be done after my decease, by a good and sufficient conveyance and assur- ance, convey and assure the said last-mentioned tractor 1I1V0V iiio parcel of liind, dwcllinp-liousc, builOings and premises, to K.'yni hiHiitu. the lloyal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, vancomon'rt^'' constituted and cstiiblislicd, or to be constituted and cstab- Loaruiug. Ushcd, undcr and by virtue of an Act of the Parliament of the Province of Lower Canada, made and passed in the forty-first year of His Majesty's lleiji^n, intituled ' An Act for the establishment of Free Schools and the Advance- ment of Learning in this Province ' — upon and under the conditions, restrictions, and limitations, and to and for the ends, intents, and purposes following, that is to say, upon ipon coiKiitioii condition that the said ' Royal Institution for the Ad- tlmt Koyiil 111- .,,,,„.,., stitution ill 10 vanccmcnt oi Learning do and shall, withm the space ot yearn from Ti's- ^ p t • o ^ tutors (ifconso. ten years, to be accounted from tlie tune ot my decease, sity or Coiicgt'. erect and establish, or cause to bo erected and established, upon the said last-mentioned tract or parcel of land, an University or College, for the purposes of education, and the advancement of lo;irning in this Province, with a com- petent number of I'rot'ossors and Teachers, to render such establishment effectual and beneficial for the piu'poses intended ; aiiJ if the said * Royal Institution for the Advauoement of Learning ' should so erect and establish, It an Vnivcisity or causo to be erected and established, an University, then ('oiiVp'stoV'!" upon condition also that one of the Colleges to be com- prised in the said University shall be named, and perpetu- ally bo known and distinguished, by the appellation of ' McGill College ' ; and if the said ' Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning ' should not so erect and establish, or cause to be erected and established, an Uni- versity, but should erect and establish, or cause to be If Olio College erected and established, a College only, then upon the fur- be'ca^iled'* ' *" ther conditions that the said College shall be named, and McUiii Coiiefc'o. perpetually be known and distinguished, by the appella- tion of ' McGill College ' ; and upon condition also, that until such Univeiaity or College be erected and estab- lished, the said ' Royal Institution for the Advancement Testator's wife, of Learning ' do and shall permit and suffer my said wife, death," F.' Dos- and in case of her death, the said Francis DesRivikes, to Kivi^res to en- j^^jj^ possess and eojoy the said last-mentioned tract or called >U'(ii L'oliest 6 parcel of land, dwelling-house, buildings and premises, and jov property to recover, have and receive all and every the rents, issues ..'ncti-u.'^'' *^ and profits thereof to and for iier and liis use and benefit : and upon this other and further express condition, that if the said ' Royal Institution for the Advancement of it lioyai instl. Learning ' should neglect to erect and establish, or cause vrrr't c.'i'i.'ki' to be erected and established, such University or College „f ivl^tutors*"^^ as aforesaid, in manner aforesaid within the said space of voyai'cf to be"' ten years, to be accounted from the time of my decease, """' then and in such case the said conveyance and assurance so made to the said ' Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning ' shall, from and after the expiration of the said space often years, become and bo absolutely null and void, and all and every the estate, right, title, and intcres*^ of the said ' Royal Institution for the Atlvanccment of Learning' of, in, and to the said last-mentioned tract or parcel of land and promises shall ceaso and be determined, and be as completely extinguished as if such conveyance and assurance had never been made or executed : All which conditions, restrictions, and limitations shall, in apt and sufficient latiguage, be fully expressed in such convey- ance and assurance. And upon trust that the said John Richardson, James Reid, John Strachan, and James Dunlop, or the survivors or survivor of tliom, or the heirs, executors, or curators of such survivors or survivor of them do and shall permit and suffer my said wife, or, in case of her death, the said Francis DcsRivieres, to hold, possess and enjoy the said tract or parcel of land, dwellijijj- house, buildings, and promises, and recover, have, ai. ; receive the rents, issues, and profits thereof until the mak- ing and executing of the said conveyance and assurance so as aforesaid to ba made to the said ' Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning' ; and if the said 'Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning ' should refuse to accept and receive the said conveyance and assur- ance of the said last-mentioned tract or parcel of land and premises, upon the conditions, restrictions, and limitations herein before expressed and directed, of and concerning the 6 same, or wliould, uftcr the luuking and accoptingof tho said conveyance and ansuraiice nci^lcct to erect ;ind e.stabli.sli, or cause to be erectiid and establiHlied, sueli rniverwity or College as aforesaid, in manner aforesaid, within the said space of ten years, to be accounted from the time of my decease, or if, from any legal cause, mutter, or thing, the said trust so as aforesaid to convey and assure the said iast-mcntioned tract or parcel of land and preniisiis to the said ' Royal Institutii)n for the Advancement of J^c an ing,' in tho manner herein before directed, should be inc.ipable of being accomplished or carried into efl'cct, or otherwise become or be, or be deemed or construed to be invalid, illegal, or inoperative, then and in either or any of those cases upon trust, and that they the said John llichardson, James Reid, John Straehan, and James Dunlop, or the survivors or survivor of them, or the heirs, executors, or curators of such survivors or survivor do and shall, from and immediately after the expiration of the said space of ten years, by a good and suflicient conveyance and assur- Thp property in ancc, convcy and assure the said last-mentioned tractor (iu.'nth<'(i to F. parcel of land, dwelling-house, buildings and premises to and liis iu'ii!'. the said Francis DesRivieres (if then living), and to his heirs and assigns for ever, or if the said Francis Dcs Rivieres should be dead, then to the legal heirs then living, and to their heirs and assigns for ever. 1 give and becjucath, from and out of the rest and resi- due of my estates, real and personal, movable and im- movable, which shall and may remain after the fulfilment and satisfaction of the several legacies in this my Will con- :£10/"K> in ni.)- taiued, tlio sum of ten thoutirnid pounds, current money of jiitru"i' ' ' the said Province of Lower Canada, to the said John Richardson, James Reid, John Strachan, and James Dun- lop, fheh' hdrs, executors, or curators, upon the trust, and to and for the intents and purposes, and upon the con- ditions following, that is to say upon trust, that they the said John Richardson, James Reid, John Strachan, and James Dunlop, or the survivors or survivor of them, or the heirs, executors, and curators of such survivors, do and shall pay the said sura of ten thousand pounds (wltli tlio interest to accrue thereon from and after the explnitinn of three years from my decease) to the said ' Royal Institu- tion for the Advancement of Learning,' when and so soon as the said ' Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning ' shal' have ereetetl and estal)lishcd, or cause to be erected and .stablished, an University or College upon the last-mentioned tract or parcel of land, herein before directed to be conveyed to the said ' Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning,' in manner aforesaid, to he by the said ' Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning' jxiid and applied towanh d(fr pui tioil Wlll'lllMT ColIi'Hi; oi'i.'CtcJ. To lin apfitiiHl towurils (IcCniy. iiiK i'\|)<'ii-<(' ill- curriil ill cstnb- li.'liiiig Colli'h'i;, Aiul i( II ol orcctiMl within 10 ycnrs, tlio iiKPtu'v if bo- iHicatnod to V. r>i"il!i\ii''i'Orf or liis lu.'irs. AMENDED CHARTER or McGILL COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY. Date of Hon. James McOill's Will. Tract of Land devised to Trus- tees in trust to be couvoved to the Royal Insti- tution for the Advancement of LeaminK. VICTORIA, hy the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the. Faith. TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL OOME, GREETING : Whereas, the Honorable James McGill, late of the City of Montreal, in that part of the Province of Canada heretofore constituting the Province of Lower Canada, by his last Will and Testament, bearing date at Montreal aforesaid, the eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven, did give and bequeath a certain tract of land near the said City of Montreal, with the dwelling-house and other buildings thereon erected, to Trustees in trust to convey and assure the same to the Royal Institution 11 »• the Advancement of Learning, established by virtue of an Act of the Provincial Parliament of the said then Province of Lower Canada,made 9 hm 'Of the lada .by breal our give ly of ings sure It of acial aade and passed in the forty-first year of the reign of our late Royal Predocossor King Ooorge the Third, intituled " An Act " for the ostiiblirthtncnt of Free Schools and the Advancc- " mcnt of Loiirning in this Province," upon condition that the said Institution should within ten years from the decease of the said James McOill, erect and establish, or cause to be erected and established, upon the said land, an University or (college, for tlie purposes of Education and the Advancement of Learning in the said then Province, with a competent number of Professors and Teachers to render such establishment effectual and beneficial for the purpose intended, and also upon condition that one of the Colleges to be comprised in the said University should bo called " McGill College." And whereas the said James McOill, Esquire, by his said Will, did further give and bequeath to the said Trus- tees, the sum of ten thousand pounds in trust, to pay the same with interest to accrue thereon from and after the expiration of tlirco years from his decease to the said Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, to be applied as soon as the said Institution should have erected an University or College on the said land, towards defray- ing the oxponsos thereby incurred, and towards maintain- ing the said University or College so erected and estab- lished. And whereas our late Royal Predecessor King George the Fourth, upon the humble petition to that eflfett of the said Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, was pleased, by His Letters Patent, bearing date at West- minster the thirty-first day of March in the second year of His Reign, to will and ordain in manner following, that is to say : — " Whereas the Honorable James McGill, late of the " City of Montreal, in the Province of Lower Canada, now " deceased, by his last Will and Testament, bearing date at " Montreal the eighth day of January in the year of our " Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven, did give " and bequeath a certain tract of land near the said City (lllt'UtlD'd to 'Iriistt'i'H in trust to bo pniil with In- Iflt'St to till' Hoyiil liiHtitu- titiii for till' All' vunri'iiii'iit oi Louriiiiig. I'ctition ol'tlio Hoyiil Institu- tion for 11 Char- ter to His lute .Majosty tit'orge Quotation from the Churter frrantt-d by llif lite Mujoety Cit'orge IV. 10 " of Montreal, with the dwelling-house and other build- •' ings thereon erected, to Trustees in trust to coi.vey and " assure the suniu to the lloyal Institution for the Ad- " vancement of Learning, established by virtue of an Act " of the Provincial Parliauicnt of Lower Canada, made '■ and passed in the 41st year of the Reign of His late " Majesty, intituled ' An Act for the establishment of " ' Free Schools and the Advancement of Learning in this a i I'rovince,' upon condition that the said Institution '•' should, within ten years from the decease of the said "■ James McGill, erect and establish, or cause to be erected " and established, upon the said land, an T^iivcrsity or " College, for the purposes of Education and the Advanco- " ment of Learning in the isaid Province, with a compe- " tent number of Professors and Teachers to render such '' establishment effectual and beneficial for the purpose '• intended, and also upon condition that one of the Col- " leges to be comprised in the said University should bo " called ' McGill College' ; — And whereas the said James " McGill, Esquire, by his last Will, did further give and " bequeath to the said Trustees the sum of £10,000 in •' trust, to pay the same, with interest to accrue thereon *■' from and after the expiration of three years from his " decease, to the said Royal Institution for the Advanco- '• ment of Learning, to be applied as soon as the said '• Royal Institution should liave erected an University or " College on the said land, towards defraying the expenses " thereby incurred, and towards maintaining the said *' T^niversity or College so erected and established ; And " whereas, We have been humbly petitioned by the said " ' Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning,' " that We would be pleased to grant our Royal Charter " for the more perfect erection and establishment of the " said College, and for incorporating the members thereof " for the purposes aforesaid, and for such further endow- " ment then C as to Us should seem meet. We, having '' taken the premises into Our Royal consideration, and " being desirous that an University or College should be 11 4 established for the education of youth in the principles of true religion, and for their instruction in the diiferent '' branches of science and literature, are willing to comply " with the prayer of the said petition, and to afford every '' assistance towards carrying the intentions of the said *' James McCJill into execution. " Therefore, know ye that We, of Our special grace, " certain knowledge, and mere motion, have willed, ordained, " and granted, and do by these presents for Us, Our Heirs, " and Successors, will, ordain, and grant, that upon the •' said land iuid in the said buildings thereon erected, or " to be erected, there shall be established from this time " one College at the least, for the education of youth and "uno coIIcbp " students in the Arts and Faculties, to continue for e.-tabUshcd." ° " ever, and that the first College to be erected thereon "shall be called • McGill College,' and that Our trusty - caiicd McGiii " and well beloved the Governor of Lower Canada, Lieu- ^""'^■"^■■" '' tenant-Gov.'rnor of Lower Canada, Lieutenant-Governor "of I'pper Canada, the Bishop of Quebec, the Chief 'Who Miouki '• Justice of .Montreal, and the Chief Justice of Upper ^dacoiiugcv'''' '■ Canada, for the time being, shall be Governors of the '• said iMcGill College, and that the said McGill College " shall cojisist of one Principal, to be elected in manner *• hereinafter mentioned, and who shall be, during his con- " tinuance in the said otfiee, a Governor of the said Col- " oiiiccrs of e- . . cified." " ernment of the said College, the performance of Divine " Service therein, the studies, lectures, exercises, and " degrees in arts and faculties and all matters regarding " the same, the election, qualification, and residence of " the Principal, Professors, Fellows, and Scholars, the " salaries, stipends, and provisions for the Principal, Pro- " fessors, Fellows, and Scholars, and Ofl&cers of the said 14 " Members of the Uoyal Insti- tution VisitOM of the College." " Students in jiaid College shall have lib- erty of taking .Degrees in the several Arts aud Faoulties." " College, and touching and concerning any other matter " or thing which to them shall seem good, fit, useful, and *' agreeable to this our Charter, provided that no such sta- " tutes, rules, and ordinances shall have any force or "effect until allowed and confirmed by Us, Our Heirs, and " Successors ; and also from time to time to revoke, aug- " ment, or alter the same as to them, or the major part of " them, shall seem expedient, subject always to Our allow- " ance and confirmation as aforesaid, provided that the said " statutes, rules, and ordinances or any of them shall not " be repugnant to the laws and statutes of this Our realm, " and of our said Province of Lower Canada ; and We do " hereby for Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, charge and " command that the statutes, rules, and ordinances afore- " said, subject to the said provisions, shall be strictly and " inviolably observed, kept, and performed, so long as they " shall respectively remain in force and effect, under the " penalties to be thereby or therein inflicted or contained; " And we do by these presents, for Us, Our Heirs, and " Successors, will, ordain, direct, and appoint, that the " members of the Royal Institution aforesaid, for the time " being, shall be visitors of the said College ; And We do " further will, ordain, and grant, that the said College shall " be deemed and taken to be an University, and that the " Students in the said College shall have liberty and " faculty of taking the degrees of Bachelor, Master, and " Doctor in the several Arts and Faculties, at the appointed " time, and shall have liberty within themselves of per- " forming scholastic exercises, for the conferring of such " degrees, in such manner as shall be directed by the sta- " tutes, rules, and ordinances of the said College ; And " We do by these presents for Us, Our Heirs, and Suo- " cessors, grant and declare that these Our Letters Patent, " or the enrolments or exemplifications thereof shall and " may be good, firm, and valid, suflBcient and effectual in " the law according to the true intent and meaning of the " same, and shall be taken and construed and adjudged in " the most favourable and beneficial sense for the best 16 " advantage of the said Governors, Principal, Fellows, and " Scholars of the said College at Montreal aforesaid, as " well as in Our Courts of Record, as elsewhere, and by all " and singular Judges, Justices, Officers, Ministers, and " other subjects whatsoever, of Us, Our Heirs, and Suc- " cessors, any misrecital, nonrecital, omission, iiiiperfec- " tion, defect, matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the <' contrary thereof, in anywise notwithstanding, without " fine or fee, great or small, to be for the same in any " manner rendered, done, or paid to Us in Our hanaper " or elsewhere to Our use." And whereas it is deemed expedient for the interests of the said College, and for the augmentation of its funds, and for the better and more easy management of its affairs and the government of the said College, to make certain altera- tions in the provisions of the said hereinbefore recited and existing Letters Patent, which said alterations are and have been assented to by the said Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning and by the said Corpora- tion of the said College : Now Know Ye, that We, of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge and mere motion, have willed, ordained and granted, and by these presents do, for Vs, Our Heirs, and Successors, will, ordain and grant, that henceforth from the date hereof, the members of the Royal Institution afore- said for the time being shall be and remain Governors of the said College, and shall have and exercise all and every the powers, authority and jurisdiction given and granted unto the Governors nominated and appointed in and by the said Letters Patent, save only in so far as the provisions of the said Letters Patent in that behalf are or may be by these presents altered ; and shall also have and exercise all and every the powers, authority and jurisdiction given and granted under and by virtue of these presents ; And We do further by these presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, will, and ordain, that henceforth from the date hereof, the Governor of Lower Canada, the Lieute- nant Governor of Lower Canada, the Lieutenant Governor Expedient to innko certain alterations in the above-recit" otl Charter of His late Majesty (ieorge IV. Members of Uoyal Institu- tion fortheti'Qe being to be Go- vernors of the College, The Governors appointed by the Cliartor of H is late Majesty- (jeorgelV. shall no longer act aa t-uch. 16 Cdllpgp to con- jiict ofone Prin- cipal and as many Profes- sors as may be jit'ccssiBry, and of Kclldw.'', Tu- tor-j and Scliol- At all MoPtinffs the I'ru.iiding Governor shall liavo a casting votp in cases of equality of votes President of Koyal Institu- tion to |)n>Hide at all Meetings of Governors, or in his absence the Member present first in order of ap- pointment. Principal and Professors to be elected by Go- vernors. of Upper Canada, tho Bishop of Quebec, the Chief Justice of Montreal, the Chief Justice of Upper Canada, and the Principal of the said College, shall not, nor shall any or cither of them, as such Governor of Lower Canada, Lieu- tenant Governor of Lower Canada, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, Bishop of Quebec, Chief Justice of Montreal, Chief Justice of Upper Canada, and Principal of the said College, be Governor of the said College, or use or exercise any power, authority or jurisdiction in or over the same in any manner or way whatsoever ; And We do further, by these presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, will, ordain and grant, that the said College shall consist of one Principal, of such and so many Professors in the various Arts and Faculties as from time to time may be judged necessary and expedient by the said Governors, and of Fellows, Tutors and Scholars, in such numbers and at such Salaries, and subject to such provi- sions, rules and regulations as shall be appointed by the Statutes, Rules and Ordinances of the said College ; that save and except for the purposes licrcinafter specially men- tioned and excepted, three of the said Governors shall be a sufficient number to be present at any meeting for the transaction of the ordinary business of the said College ; that the determination of all questions, matters and things submitted to the said Governors at their meetings shall be made by the votes of the majority of those present, includ- ing the vote of the Governor presiding at such meeting, who shall have a double or casting vote in the case of an equality of votes thereat ; that the President or Principal for the time being of the said Royal Institution, in all cases when present, shall preside at the said meetings, and in his absence the member of the said Royal Institution first or senior in order of appointment of those present at the meeting, shall preside thereat ; that the Principal and all the Professors of the said College shall from time to time be elected by the said Governors or the major part of them present at a meeting specially convened and holden for the purpose of such election, and shall and may hold their res- I astico i the my or Licu- vernor ice of incipal or use •r over Is, Our he said o many im time the said in such h provi- d by the ro ; that illy men- - liall be a for the College ; d things 3 shall be , includ- meeting, ase of an Principal n all cases md in his )n first or it at the )al and all ttc to time rt of them en for the their res- pective offices subject to the right and power of amotion by the said Governors for the time being, at a meeting speci- Five (iovornoM ally convened and holden for the said purpose ; provided pn-annt at eii«o- always that no leas than five of the said Govd nors shall tions. be pri!sent at every such special meeting for the purpose of election or amotion, and that special notice in writing of the spociai licpi- time, pi i(!C and object of every such special meeting, by the called. Secretary of the said College, addressed to each of the said iiovernors, shall have been delivered by the said Secretary into the Post Office of the said City of Montreal at least fifteen days before the time appointed for suol; meeting; *hat within forty-eight hours after every such election or Notice of doe- amotion, notice thereof in writing, sealed with the College to bo Rivon to Seal, signed by the Secretary of the said College or in his absence by the Governor who shall have presided at the meeting whereat such election or amotion shall have been voted, and addressed to Our Visitor of the said College hereinafter mentioned, for the time being, shall be delivered iato the Post Office of the said City of Montreal ; that Eiwstionor every such election or amotion shall bo subject to the review to'uio Visitor's of Our said Visitor, whose determination thereon being srgi'lfy^'^ d«^ signified in writing to the said Governors within sixty thp'reon withia days after such delivery as aforesaid at the said Post Office °'^"*J^* of the City of Montreal, of the said notice of such election or amotion, shall be final and conclusive, unless the same by any order or orders to be by Us, Our Heira or Succes- sors made in Our or Their Privy Council shall be altered, revoked or disallowed as hereinafter is provided ; that during the said last mentioned period of sixty days the said election or amotion, as the ca^e may be, shall have no force or effect ; and that failing such signification within the said laat mentioned period, such election or amotion shall be and be held and taken to be by him approved and confirmed ; if no aicniflM' And We do further by these presents for Us, Our Heirs ufeTteUor!*' and Successors, will and ordain, that henceforth from the uofto^beZw date hereof such election shall not be required to be notified a»^oniirmod by io Us, Ours Heirs and Successors, in the manner provided ^3*^0^3 j^y." and required in and by the said Letters Patent, or in any •'?''* *•> *•*« other manner or way whatsoever ; b 18 <)ollege eonntl- tuted ft body Corponito, with like powers and privIleKn!* a* in Original Char- ier. AnthoriKd to hold property, of what kind so- ever, not ex- eoedinein year- ly value £12,000. And We do further by these presents, for Us, Our Hein and Successors, will, ordain and grant, that the said Gover- nors, Principal and Fellows, and their Successors for ever, shall bo ono body politic and corporate, by the name of " The Governors, Principal and Fellows of McGill College," and by the said name shall have perpetual succession, and a common seal, and shall by the same name sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and answer and be an- swered unto, in every Court of Us, Our Heirs and Succes- sors, henceforth from the date hereof, and shall no longer be known by the Jiamo in the said Letters Patent men- tioned, and shall retain all and every the property, fran- chises, rights and privileges granted under and by virtue of the said Letters Patent, and belonging to the said Corpor- ation immediately before the date hereof, and shall be and remain liable to all claims and duties to which immediately before the date hereof they were subject, save only in so fai as by these presents muy be otherwise specially pro- vided ; And We do further by these presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, will ordain and grant, to the said Governors, Principal and Fellows, and their Successors, by the name aforesaid, full authority and free license to have, take, purchase and hold, to them and their Successors to and for the use of the said College, any goods, chattels or personal property whatsoever ; and also that by the name aforesaid they shall be able and capable in law, notwith- standing any Statutes or Statute of mortmain, law, usage or custom wh tsoever to the contrary, to have, tako, pur- chase and hold to them and their Successors to and for the use of said College, any other manors, rectories, advowsons, messuages, lands, tenements, rents and hereditaments of what kind, nature, or quality soever, over and above the manors, rectories, advowsons, messuages, lands, tenements, rents and hereditaments in the said Letters Patent men- tioned of the yearly value of Six thousand pounds above all charges as in the said Letters Patent is set forth, but not for the purpose or with the view of re-selling the same ; ;S 19 r Heirs I Gover- br ever, lamc of Jollege," ion, and 3 and be I be an- I Succes- 10 longer !nt men- rty, fran- virtue of i Corpor- II be and mediately inly in so ially pro- Us, Our • the said sessors, by le to have, cessorg to chattels or the name notwith- law, usage tako, pur- ind for the advowsons, tamenta of above the tenements, atent men- ds above all :th, but not the same; provided always, that the whole shall not exceed the yearly valueof Twelve thousand pounds above all charges, such annual value to be calculated and ascertained at the period uf taking, purchasing or acquiring the same ; And we do further by these presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, appoint as our Visitor in and over and for the said College, Our Governor General of Our said Pro- vince of Canada, for the time being, or in his absence the Administrator of tbe Government of the same for the time being ; who shall exercise, use and enjoy all and every the powers and authority of a Visitor, for and in the name and behplf of Us, Our Heirs and Successors, of the said College in all matters and things connected with the said College, as to him shall seem meet, according to the tenor and effect of these presents, and of the laws in force in Our Realm of England in relation to such powers and authority. And We do further by these presents for lis, Our Heirs and Successors, revoke and annul the power and authority in and by the said Letters Patent given and granted to the members for the time being of the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, to be V'sitors of the said College ; and do will and ordain that henceforth from the date of these presents the power and authority so given and granted to the said members of the said Royal Insti- tution to be such Visitors, shall absolutely cease and determine, and shall not be exercised or used by them or any of them. And We do further by these presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, will, ordain and declare that the Statut'^s, Rules and Ordinances from time to time framed and made by the said Governors of the said College, touching the matters and things in the said Letters Patent and in these presents enumerated, or any thereof, or for the revoking, augmenting or altering of any Statutes, Rules or Ordi- nances theretofore framed and made, so always as the same be not repugnant to the Laws of Our Realm or of Our said Province of Canada, or to the objects and provisions of this Our Charter, shall have full force and effect, without Uovernor-Qen- eral of the I'ro- viDce appointed Visitor ot th« Colluge, with lilce poweri m VisitoK exer- cise in EoglaaA, Memben of Um Hoyal Institu* n tion DO toBgw VivitON. UoverTtora to make StatutM By-la«ri. 4k*. 20 Her M^jmty re- wrvoi power to hereelt' in hpr ^*rtiflpd ropiM the Allowance and Confirmation of TIs, Our Ilcirs and to bo wnt to ' vioitor, who Succcssora, as ordained in and by the said Letters Patent; may di»nllow .11, -n 1 n n n the Kiimo within provided alwavs, that a certified Copy of nil such Statutos. m (iayn. If no „ , , ^ ,. 1 1 • , . « „ r, , \ diHBiiowancc Uuies and Ordinances, sealed with the College Seal and sSitutfld'to be addressed to Our said Visitor of the said College for the pf'ovnd '** t,iinc beinij;, shall have been delivered into the Post Office of the said City of Montreal, and that the same shall not have been disallowed by Our said Visitor, and such dis- allowance signified in writing to the said Governors, within sixty days after such delivery of such Copy into the said Post Office. And We do by those presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, expressly save and reserve to Us, Our Hoir« to roviso"'Sou- and Successors, the power of receiving, and by any order deciaionripi^" or ordors to bc by Us, or Them made in Our or Their "Bftde^b/Viiitor Privy Council revising, confirming, altering, revoking or disallowing, all or any of the decisions, sentences or orders 80 as aforesaid from time to time by the said Visitor to be made and rendered in reference to any such Statutes, Rule« and Ordinances, or the disallowing thereof, or in reference to any matter or thing whatsoever, as to which any power or authority is by these presents given and granted to him; And We do by these presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, will, ordain and grant, that nothing herein contained shall be hold, construed or considered to have in any manner or way whatsoever revoked, cancelled, abro- gated or altered the provisions, powers, authorities and grants in and by the aaid Letters Patent ordained and granted, or any thereof, save and except in the particulars hereinbefore spscially and expressly set forth ; but that all Th Ch rt r f ^""^ evory the said provisions, powers, authorities and grants His iat« Majesty \^ and bv the Said Letters Patent ordained and granted, George IV. con- •' . . /. n /, 1 «. \ firmed, except ghall subsist and oantmue m full force and effect, save and altered by the exoept in the particulars aforesaid, in the same manner a* «d Charter. if these Our Letters Patent had never been made, ordained or granted ; And We do further by these presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, grant and declare that these 21 Our Letters Patent, or the enrolment or exemplification thereof, flhall be in all things valid and effectual in the Law according to the true intent and meaning of the same, and shall be taken, construed and adjudged in the most favorable and benoticial sense for the best advantage of the said College, and of the said Governors, Principal, Fellows and Scholars thereof, as well in Our Courts of Record as elsewhere, and by all and singular Judges, Justices, Offioors, Ministers and other subjects whatsoever of Us, Our Hoirs and Successors, any misreoital, non- recital, omission, imperfection, defect, matter, cause or thing whatsoever to the contrary thereof in any wise not- withstanding. In witness whereof Wo have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent. Witness Ourself at Our Palace at Westminster, this sixth day of July, in the sixteenth year of Our Reign. (1852.) By Her Majesty's command, (Signed) EDMUNDS. I OoTernor may appoint Trus- tee* of Schools of Royai Foun- (iatioD. CONSOLIDATED STATUTES. Chapter XVII. An Act respecting the Royal Institution for the Ad- vancement of Learning. HER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows : CONSTITUTION, INCORPORATION. ETC. 1. The Governor may, )>y an instrurasnt under the great seal of this Province, appoint such and so many persons as he 8363 fit, to b3 Trustees of the Schools of Royal foundation in Lower Canadi, and of all other institutions of Royal foundation, established for the advancement of learning therein, and for the administration and improve- ment of all estates and property, in any m inner appropri- ated to the said schools and institutions, for the purposes of education and the advancement of learning in Lower Ca- nada, and may remove, from time to time, the said Trus- tees or any of them, and appoint others in the place of those so removed, or whi' die or resign their trusf. 4 J G. 3,0. 17, s. 1. sachT^Mt^>c« ^» '^^^ ^^^^ Trustees shall be a body corporate and *<»^*Corp> politic, by the name of The Royal Institution for the Ad- vancement of Learning ; and by that name shall have per- •>:^ ^'1 Thoir cornoraU llltllK' Mid peiual HUOcoflHion und a coiiiuion Hoal, und may ultor, bnsak and make now thcHaiiic, wluiri und .»-i "Oimi «> thoy judj^c the H.imo to bo cxpodiont ; mid iii:iy, by tlio viiiii' nunie, huo and bo stiud, implotid aiil(>a>b>d, un:iwer und bo answered unto, in all or any Court of llccurd or placcH of judicature witbin this Province , ;ind by tbc ikuiio ufore- said nj;iy |)urcharte, take, hold und possess, witlioul lici'!i.>e in mortmain or letlnn d'umortisHf.nicnt, all real or inimov- alilc property, ujoney and movable property, paid, j:;iven, gnutod, purchtwed, appropriated, devised or becjueathod in UM> manner wbatsoovcr, tor and in luvor of the said Schools and institutions of Royal foundation, to and for the pur- poses of education and tho advancement of learning, with- in Lower Canada, and may do all and every lawful act and thinp; which any other body politic or corporate, by law, may do. 41 G. '.), c. 17, s. 2. 8. All immovable property, and all rcnt^ and sums of money charj^ed upon, and issuing or payable out of any im- movable property, and all sums of money or movable pro- perty, paid, given, granted, purchased, appropriated, de- vised or bequeathed in any manner whatsoever, for and in favor of tho said Schools and Institutions of lloyal found- ation, to and for tho purposes of education and the ad- vancement of Jearning within Lower Canada, shall be vested in the said Trustees for tho uses and purposes herei mentioned ; And the said Trustees, or the major part of them, may demise, let and lease any imi lovablo property so given, granted, purchased, appropriated, devised or be- queathed, for any term of years not exceeding twenty-one years, and have, take and retjoive tho rents, issues and pro- fits thereof. 41 G. 3, c. 17, s. 3. and 16 V., c. 58, s 7. 4. 1'he Governor may, by an instrumeut under the president of great seal of this Province, from time to time, appoint <^'*>'"P"'"'''>"»- a President or Principal of tho said Corporation hereby ijrected. 41 G 3, c, 17, s. 4:, part. All tlir proper- ty l)p|onKinK to IllNtitK'ioilHoC Koyul b'uunda- tioii veHtod in fiiid rrui -./^r.V» 11, n? effect rcliKioM Act 41 Gr. 3, c. 17, nor to any school or house of inatruc- communities or tion then existing de facto, in Lower Canada, nor to any Corporation legally established in Lower Canada, nor to any private school or other private establishment by indi- viduals, for the purposes of education. 41 G. 3, c. 17, s. 4. part. 9. All By-laws, Rules, Orders, Constitutions and Ordi- By-iaws mail* '' ' ' ' . since II certain nances, made by the said Corporation after the Tenth day date need not be sanctioned of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, by tiie (iovt*r- not being repugnant to any law of this Province, shall have full force and effect wituout being sanctioned or con- tirmed by the Governor ; but a certified copy thereof shall be sent to the Governor through the Post Office, and he may signify his disallowance of the same within sixty days thereafter. 16 V.. c. 58, s. 4, 10. The Governor may, by an instrument under his Goternor may •" *' appoint Masters hand and seat at arms, appoint a fit and proper person to of KreeSohooiB be the School-master of each free school of Koyal founda- tion, established by virtue of this Act, and may, from time to time, remove .«uch school-master, and appoint another in his stead, or in the stead of any master dying or resigning his trust, — and may fix the salary or annual stipend to be allowed to each such school-master ; and no such master shall teach in any free school of Royal found- ation established after the passing of this Act, 41 G. 3 c. 17, without a commission for that purpose from the Governor, under his hand and seal at arms. 41 G. 3, c. 17, s. 10. ADMINISTRATION AND DISPOSAL OP PROPERTY BBLONQINO TO m'gill colleqe or otherwise vested in THE SAID CORPORATION. 11. The said Corporation of the ^o^aZ /«8 iii- vesfod in roiil i>8tat<> for their i.wn use aiiil uocupation. Such invpst- inents to be in- cluded in an- nual report. Corporation may effect cer- tain loans. said Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning on account of any real estate by them alienated or to be alienated, or on account of the capital of any ground rent, whether for McGill College aforesaid, or for any department; or branch thereof, or for any Institution of Royal founda- tion wholly or in part under their control, may be by them invested in such buildings or other real estate as may be required for the actual use of such College or department or branch thereof, or institution, as the case may be. 22 V., (1859,) c. 53, s. 3. 18. The said Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, shall, at all times in their yearly statements of account rendered to the Governor of tliis Provi nee specially and in detail, state all such receipts and all such investments or re-investments as may have taken place under authority of this Act during the year covered by such statement. 22 V., (1859,) c. 53, s. 4. 19, The said Corporation may further, from time to time, obtain and take loans of money, upon such security, whether by hypothecation of their said lands or of any part or parts thereof or otherwise, and upon such other terms and conditions as they may stipulate and assume ; but the total amount of such loans shall not at any on* time, in the whole, exceed the sura of twenty thousand dollars. 20 v., c. 53, s. 3. Learning or to be imd rent, epartment al founda- c by them as may be epartment be. 22 V., Ivancement statements 1 Provi nee td all 8uch aken place covered by ora time to ich security, 3 or of any such other nd assume ; at any on« ty thousand XXVI Victoria. An Act to amemi the Act cliaptor scvontecn of the Consolidated Statutos^i for Lower Canada, respecting the Rojal lustitutiou for the Advancement of Learn- ing. WHEREAS the Royal Iiistilutioii for the Advancement Pretmble. of Learning, Groveriiors of McClill Callegt-, by their petition havo in ofFoct set forth, that fn- lUiiny yoar.s past the said Royal Institution f)r tbo Adviincenient of Learn- ing, Governors of McGill Collea;o luive in fact had no func- tions to perform other than those incident to their capacity as such Governors, and no property or funds to administer, other than those appertaining to the .said College and University, or to Departments or Institutions of Learning belonging or affiliated thereto, — that the endowments thereof arc the result of private liberality, and that, for the further development of such liberality, and the ad- vancement in other respects of the interests of the said- University, it i.s desirable that the Provincial Statule con- stituting the said Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning should be amended as hereinafter is set forth ; and whereas it is expedient to grant their prayer for such amendment thereof ; Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows : 1. Notwithstanding anything contained in the first, fourth, and fifth sections of the Act, chaptered seventeen of the Consolidated Statutes for Lower Canada, provisioQ :M 30 ProTlsion may bn made by Statute of McGiU Collcze fur au^tnonting the number of Trustee!!, &c,, Jfcc. Con. Stat. L. C, Cap. 17. fit«U. And touoliing appointment, dutieii, &c., of the President of the Royal Insti- tution. may from time to time be made by any Statute of McGilf College and University aforesaid, duly passed, for aug- menting the number of the Trustees, members of the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, and Governors of the said College and University from the number of ten presently established, to not more than fif- teen in the whole ; and also for regulating the selection and appointment thereafter in such manner and with such formalities as may be deemed expedient, of fit and p roper persons to become such Trustees ; and also for fixing and limiting, in so far as may be doemed expedient, the term of office of such Trustees, and also for regulating the selec- tion and appointment, in such manner and with such for- malities aa may be deemed expedient, and the duties, title and term of service, of the President or Principal of ih« said Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, and generally for the conducting of the affairs thereof, and of the said University; and any such Statute of the said- University may thereafter, from time to time, be amended or repealed by any other Statute thereof, in like manner duly passed. ii.>nactments in- ^» Upon the due passing of any such Statute or Stat»- lucii'^statute'to ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ University, so much of the said first, fourth, stand repeaied. ^^nd fifth sections of the said Act as may be in anywise in- consistent therewith, shall wholly cease to have force and effect, to all intents as though hereby expressly repealed. McGiii CoiiegB ^« '^^^ ^'"■^^ University and the several departments or School'^or'fnsu- branclies thereof, and such institutions of education as fr om foundaS* ^'^^"* ^^"^^ ^^ *^™^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^'^*^^ ^^ hereafter may be affiliated thereto, in terms of the Statutes thereof, shall alone be deemed to be Schools and Institutions of Royal foundation within thcmeani ng of the said Act. ■I Sectioa 10 pealea. re- 4. The tenth Section, and also the proviso or limitation forming part of the nineteenth section of the said Act, is hereby repealed. rublio Act. «S. This Act shall be a Public Act. ,f McGil! for aug- rs of the ning, and from the 5 than fif- cction and with such ind proper fixing and ■^ the term (T the selec- h such for- duties, title cipal of ih« f Learning, thereof, and ; of the said be amended like manner ituteor StaUr Id first, fourth, in anywise in- ave force and sly repealed. lepartments or dcation as fr om ay be affiliated shall alone be Loyal foundation nao or limitation ■ the said Act, ia STATUTES OF THE lllf^m iHniv^rsltij. CHAPTER I. OF THK GOVEUXORS. 1. — The Number of the Trustees, Members of the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, (rovernorH of McGill College and University, shall be not more than fifteen in the whole. 2. — They shall be Laymen of some Protestant denomination, selected with a view to the representation at the Board (so far as may be found practicable) of the several Protestant denominations in Lower Canada, and (at the time of their notuination) resident in Lower Canada; and none of them shall derive emolument from the College, or hold any appoint- ment, or exercise any functions connected with the College, otherwise than as hereby provided, and incidentally to their charge as Governors. 3. — Resignations of the office of Governor shall be addressed to the Board, and by it accepted or otherwise acted on in its discretion. 4. — Vacancies on the Board whether by death, disqualification, resig- nation or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board, as soon after their occurrence as it may see fit. Provided always, that no such vacancy »hall be so filled unless at a meeting specially convened and holden for that purpose, — that notice in writing of the time, place and object of such meeting, addressed to each of the Governors, shall have been delivered by the Secretary into the Post-Office of the City of Montreal, at leait fifteen dajs before the time appointed therefor — that not less than five Governors sl.all be present at such meeting, — that at least two-thirds of all the Governors shall subscribe on the records of the Board a declaration of their concurrence in and approval of each and every nomination made, failing which the same shall not be held to have beeri made, — and that within one week after such declaration shall have been so subscribed, a copy thereof sealed with the College Seal, and certified by the Secretary, or, in his absence, by the Governor who presided at such meeting, and addressed to the V'.sitor, shall be deli- vered into the Post Office of the City of Montreal. 5. — If within sixty days thereafter, the Visitor shall signify to the Board that he declines to confirm the nomination thereby declnred, the appointment of such person as. a Governor shall ipso facto cease and determine on and from the first day of January next following; and the same person shall not then b'^ eligible to fill the vacancy so occasioned. In default of such signification within the said sixty days, such nomi- nation shall be held to be confirmed. 6. — Should the total number of the Governors at any time fall below ten, and so remain for as long as three months, the Visitor may name in his discretion such one or more qualified persons as r:.ay be requisite to bring the total number of the Governors up to ten ; and, every nomina- tion so by him made, being transmitted to the Board in vi-'iing, under his hand and seal, shall be entered on the records of the Board, and shall take offect to all intents, as though the same had been in ordinary course made by the Board, and confirmed by the Visitor. 7. — The President of the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning shall be elected from time to time from among the Governors by themselves ; and shall hold office, unless sooner resigning, for so long as he shall remain a Governor ; and shall also bear the title, and discharge the functions, of Chancellor of the University. 8. — Meetings of the Governors shall be held, whenever convened by order of the President, or of any two Governors, at such place and hour as from time to time may be fixed ; and may be adjourned when neces- sary. 9.— At least three days' written notice of all such meetings shall be given by the Secretary to every Governor. 8 CHAPTER 11. OF THE PRINCIPAL AND VICK-CKkNCKLLOR 1. — The Principal shall have general superintendence of all affairs of the College and University, under such llcgulatiuns us may be in force for the time being, and shall preside, when present, at the meetings of the several Faculties. lie shall also perform such duties, in the instruc- tion of Students, and otherwise, as muy from time to time be assigned to him by the Governors. 2. — He shall also boar the title, and discharge the functions, of Vfce- Chanoellor of the University. • CHAPTER III. OP THE FKLLOWS The Fellows of the University shall be — the Deans of the respective Faculties, and the Rector of the High School; two Members of the Faculty of Arts, and one Member of each of the other Faculties, to be elected yearly by their respective Faculties ; the Principal of the McGill Normal School, so long as it shall remain affiliated with the University ; the several representatives of every Affiliated College in connection with the University, to be named as hereinafter is provided ; the several Members of Convocation, to be thereby elected yearly as hereinafter is provided ; and such other Members of Convocation, not more than five in number, as the Governors from time to time, for a term of not more than three years, may in their discretion see fit so to appoint. CHAPTER IV. OF THE CORPORATION OF THE UNIVERSITY. 1. — The Corporation of the University shall hold its Regular Meetings at such place and hour as from time to time may be ordained, on the fourth Wednesday in April, June, October, and January; Provided tlways, that if any such Wednesday shall fail upon a Holiday, the meeting Hhall bo deferrvd till the day following. The Corporation ahiill huvo power at such ineotini^H to bursements of the University, to the Corporation at its Regular Meeting in October yearly, as also to the Governors, at all such periods as they shall direct ; and generally, to obey and carry out all instructions of the Governors and of the Corporation. Provided always, that so long as the Governors shall see fit to maintain the usage heretofore practised in that behalf, it shall be competent to them from time to time to name — or to allow the Faculties of Law and Medicine respectively, by Regula- tion or otherwise, to name — any Member of such Faculty to be the Bursar thereof, under such Regulations as they, the Governors, may direct or allow, and in that case each such Bursar shall report in writing, fully and in detail, as to all matters falling under his charge, to the Secretary, Registrar and Bursar, at least once in every year, when and as the Governors may direct or allow, — and each such Bursar's Books, Accounts and Vouchers shall be open at all times to the inspection and audit of the Secretary, Registrar and Bursar, and suflScient abstracts and state- ments therefrom shall always by him be "kept of record in his general Books of Account, and exhibited in his Reports, The Secretary, Regis- trar and Bursar shall further enter into bonds towards the Corporation, with security to the satisfaction of the Governors, in such sum not less than one thousand dollars, as they may from time to time ordain, for the faithful accounting for all moneys collected or received by him, and the correct performance of his duties g^jnerally. CHAPTER VII. OF MATRICULATION, COl'USES OF STUDY, FEES, &c. 1. — No person shall matriculate as a Student in any Faculty, unless i »i»!*»it*«i*>.'rt>»-;*,?,«r."'J»i?.-»:?Si'S 9 sfter such examination iis the Regulations of the Corporation maj require. 2. The t)can of each Faculty shall keep or cause to be kept a Register of all Students of such Faculty; wherein shall be inscribed the Christian and Surnames of all such Students, with their ages and places of birth and education, and the names, places of residence and profession or calling of their Parents or Guardians, and whereon each Student shall subscribe his name to a Declaration that he will faithfully observe th« Statutes, Rules and Ordinances of the University ; and the contents of such Registers shall be fairly entered in the general Matricula or licgister, to be kept by the Secretary, Registrar and Bursar of the University. 3. — The Fees for Matriculation and for Tuition in the several Facul- ties, and for the Library or Libraries of the University, shall be such as from time to time by the Regulations of the Corporatio i, or of the several Faculties, may be ordained ; an.': shall be payable as thereby required. 4. — The Academical Year for the several Faculties shall commence on the sixth day of September, and sliall end on the first day of May, or such otiier day as may be fixed by the Corporation, for the conferring of Degrees. Ihere shall bo a Christmas Vacation of not more than two weeks, and which sliiill include Christmas day and New Year's day. Pro- vided, however, that it shall be competent to any Faculty by Regulation or Order (oubjeet always to approval or amendment by the Corporation) to provide for the opening either of its Regular Course of Study, or of any Special Course of Study connected with such Faculty, on any con- venient day other than that of the commencement of the Academical Year, — and also for the prolonging of any such Course, whether Regular or Special, beyond the close of the Academical Year, or for the delivery of any Course or Courses of Lectures or Instruction betweer the close of the Academical Year and the time of the opening of such Course of Study, Regular or Special. 5. — The Regular Course of Study of the Faculty of Law shall extend »ver three years ; that of the Faculty of Medicine over four years ; that of the Faculty of Arts over four years; and that of any other Facultieg respectively, when established, over such number of years as by Statute in that behalf shall hereafter be ordained. In each Faculty, the detail of the Course shall be such as from time to time shall be prescribed by itc Regulations ; and Students qualified to enter at an advanced period 10 of such Course, shall be allowed so to do, within such limits always ae such regulations may permit. 6. — Special Courses of Study may be established and maintained in connection with any Faculty or Faculties, under such designations, and on such terms as, by Regulation of such Faculty or Faculties (duly approved by the Corporation), may be from time to time ordained. CHAPTER VIII. OF DEGREES. 1. — Students who shall have completed the Regular Course of Study in Arts, shall have passed the prescribed examinations during the Course, and also the special examinations for Graduation, and shal have per- formed such exercises as may be prescribed to that end, — the whole to the satisfaction of the Faculty of Arts, and also of any other Examiners whom the Corporation may associate with such Faculty, — shall be entitled to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts. 2. — Bachelors of Arts of at least three years' standing shall be entitled to the Degree of Master of Arts, after such examination and the perform- ance of such exercises as, by the Regulations of the Corporation in that behalf, shall be prescribed. 3. — Students who ihall have completed the Regular Course of Study in Law, shall have passed the prescribed examinations during the Course, and also the special examinations for Graduation, and shall have performed such exercises as may be prescribed to that end, — the whole to the satisfaction of the Faculty of Law, and also of any other Examiners whom the Corporation may associate with such Faculty, — shall be entitled to the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law. Provided always, that any such Student, if he be either a Bachelor or M ister of Arts, or an Articled Student with a practising Member of the Bar of Lower Canada, who shall have matriculated in the third year of his Clerkship under such Articles, shall be entitled to such Degree after two years' attendance on the said Course of Study, if he ahall satisfactorily pass all requisite examinations, and perform all jequired exercises. 4. — No person shall be admitted in Course to the Degree of Doctor of Laws, unless he be a Master of Arts of twelve years' standing, nor to 11 [)f to lh»t of Doctor of Civil Law, unless he be a Bachelor of Civil Law of twelve years' standing ; nor until he shall have passed such examination «nd performed such exercises, as by the Regulations of the Corporation in that behalf shall be prescribed. 5. — Students who shall have completed the Regular Course of Study in Medicine, and shall have passed the prescribed examinations during the Course, and alio the special examinations for Graduation, and shall have performed such exercises as may be prescribed to that end, — the whole to the satisfaction of the Faculty of Medicine, and also of any other Examiners whom the Corporation may associate with such Faculty, — shall be entitled to the Degree of Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery. 6. — Upon the organization of any other Faculty or Faculties, there shall be granted therein such Degrees as by Statute in that behalf shall hereafter be ordained. 7. — Students who shall have completed any Special Course of Study, duly established in connection with any Faculty or Faculties, and shall have passed the prescribed examinations during such Course, and also the special examinations for Graduation, and shall have performed such exercises as may be prescribed to that end, — the whole to the satisfaction of such Faculty or Faculties, and also of any other Examiners whom the Corporation may associate with such Faculty or Faculties, — shall be entitled to the Degree of Graduate in such Special Course. 8. — Graduates of other Universities, desirous of admission to the like Degree in this University, may be so admitted by the Corporation ; due inquiry being first made as to their moral character and sound learning, and opportunity given to the several Faculties to make such representa- tion in the premises as they may see fit. Provided always, that, unless by unanimous consent, such admission shall not bo put to vote until after three months' notice, and shall not be ordered, if as many as three Mem- bers of the Corporation shall vote against it. 9. — Honorary Degrees may be granted by the Corporation to any persons who may be considered worthy of such distinc ion ; due enquiry being first made, and opportunity given to the several Faculties to make such representation in i.}' premises as they may see fit. Provided always^ that, unless by unanimous consent, the grant of such Degree shall not be put to vote until after three months' notice, and shall not be ordered, if as many as thro Members of the Corporation shall vote against it. 12 10. — The Fees on all Dej»rees shall be such as from time to time shall be fixed by the Regulations of the Corporation. Such Fees shall always be deposited with the proper Officer, before a Degree is conferred ; and no Diploma shall be given, until the Degree shall have been conferred. 11. — Degrees in Course may always be refused, if the conduct or «haracter of the Candidate be open to objection. CHAPTER IX. OF SCHOLARSHIPS, &0. 1. — There shall be maintained such and so many Scholarships for Students in Arts, and for Pupils in the High School, as the Governors from time to time shall authorize ; and on such terms, as regards appoint- ment, tenure, and emolument, as by the Regulations of the Governora and Corporation in that behalf shall from time to time be prescribed. 2. — It shall be competent to the Governors, if they shall see fit, to create and maintain Scholarships for Students in any other Faculty or Department of the University, and. with concurrence of the Corporation, to make all needful Regulations from time to time touching the same. 3. — Donations for the endowment of Scholarships, Bursaries, Prizes or ^ledals, may be held by the Governors under such "onditions as may be agreed on with the donors thereof; and, subject to such conditions, fahall be applied as by the Regulations in that behalf of the Governors and Corporation shall from time to time be prescribed. CHAPTER X. OF MORAL CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE. 1. — Every exertion shall be made by all Members of the University, for the maintaining of good morals, and the due observance of all Statutes and Regulations of the University. 2. — No Member of the University shall promulgate any principles adverse to good morals. 3. — No Member of the University shall break, deface, or injure, any buildings, walls, doo'j, fences, or other property of the University. 15 CHAPTER Xin. TK » . "' ™' ""'""■ "''■'"" ««'0OL. The MoGiU Normal School «„ I "<" the P„pi, Teaohor, .hereof shd e io?"^'/'* ""^ ^'"-"-'7^ Stud^ .nd of Degree, i„ .he vZJTLT r''''''"''' '" '^f^^oi : - - - . ...* a. :;;;:: h^^-'t- CHAPTER XIV. OF AFFILIATED COLLEGES. . Tuition thereat, as bv th.r Providing for such Co„r,I '^ «■; Corpora.,™ .e,„.,;/;f°'^™a-^^^^^^ i„ .ie op^rof 4 _^ '• ^ ' '° connection with the 16 Tote at either of such Meetings, until after opportunity given to th« several Faculties to make such representations in the premises as they may see fit; nor yet, unless by unanimous consent, until after three months' notice first given. 5. — Students of any Afl&liated College, desiring to graduate in Arte in the University, may matriculate therein, upon passing such examina- tion as the Regulations of the Corporation in that behalf may require, and otherwise conforming to such Regulations ; and having so matricu- lated, shall be borne on the Books of the University, as Matriculated Students thereof, — may pursue their studies, either wholly or (within such limits as the Rogulatioiis of the Corporation may prescribe) in part, in such Affiliated College, — shall be allowed, within like limits, if desired, to pursue their studies in part under the Faculty of Arts, — and shall be admitted to the Examinations for Graduation in Arts, and also to Degrees in Arts, on thu same footing with Students matriculated directly under the Faculty of Arts. 6 — The Corporation may, at any time, by Regulation in that behalf, grant such further facilit C3 as may be deemed expedient, for the admis- sion of the Students of any Affiliated College, or of any particular Classes of such Students, to the whole or to any part of the Course of Tuition of any Faculty, or to the whole or to any part of the Tuition provided for any established Special Course of Study ; and may from time to time, by like Regulation, modify or withdraw such facilities. 7. — Any Affiliated College of the First Class, having regularly estab- lished therein any other Faculty or Faculties, besides that of Arts, may apply for and obtain from the University its recognition of such Faculty or Faculties. 8. — Such recognition shall only be accorded by the like votes of the Corporation and Governors, and under the like restrictions, as are above prescribed, for admission of a College to Affiliation. 9. — Students under such recognized Faculties shall have such facilities granted them, in respect of the Course of Tuition and Degrees of the corresponding Faculties in the University, as the Corporation, by its Regulations in that behalf, may from tirae to time aiiow. 10. — Every Affiliated College shall be entitled to be represented in the Corporation, by one or more of its Officers, to be from time to time elected or otherwise designated, as the Corporation and Governors by c t d t] m 11 eui 17 tlicir vote shall lavc prcscribrd or authorized ; that is lo say, i.iaeh suoh College of the Urst Class, hj two Representative Fellows, and also bj one additional Representat* Fellow for each Faculty therein besides that of Arts, which may have been recognized by the University as above provided ; and each Affiliated Thetilogical College, and each Affiliat<^d College of the Se r>nd Class, by one Representative Fellow. 11.— Any Affi'iated College may he raised from the Second to the First Class, or rirr versa ; but only by the like votes of the Corporation and Governors, and under the like restrictions, as are above presctil;nd for the adniif.-sion of a College to Affiliation. 12.— Every Affiliated ('ollege .shall be held to report from time "r LorJ, „„o thousand eight hundml and ,iztj four L.Sj CH'S. D DAY, Presipknt. J FERRIER, T. B. ANDERSON, BENJ. HOLMES, A. ROBERTSON. CHRIST'R. DUNKIN, WILLIAM MOLSON,' A. MORRIS, JOHN ROSE i