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WILL OF THE LATE HON. JAMES M^GILL.
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»^ .-» .. he e.e,...d and es.ahii.hed. apo. the aaid ,... tn.:: e tl t o ;:;r,: """'
vera,,, or College, for the p.rp„,e, of edncation, and the advancement of 7 ! ' " "'"
"ith a competent numher of IVofe.sor, and T ache ,"7"""' °' '"""""S '" "»' P^-ince,
heneacia, for the p.rpoaa, intended, .ruf:! IrZ: r^tiortr';'"""' ""'"' ""^
in,- ,hon,d .0 erect and e,t.h,i.,h, or c..,e to he erected Jl e!: , ,' I '^:r'::^'""-
co„,„t,on, also, that on. of the College., to he eompri.d in the „id Uni ,r it^ w '.' a, "■"■:
pe^etaa , he hno™ a.d di.ting.i.hed, h, the appellation of « M.Gill 0::: ! .d I ' '"
■• R»,al In,l,t«l,«n for the advancement of Le.rnin. " should no, „ . I "'
he erected and est.hli.hed, „ Univer.i,, h„. sho.ld'^: 1 ll 1::: "l!!'*:' " "^ '»
-^ I" o<-- erected aod
Burnside prn-
perty bequeath-
ed to certain
parties in truat.
To convey the
same to the
U-yiil Institu-
tiiin for the
Admncement
of Learning.
Upon condition
that Hoyal In-
stitution in 10
years from Tea-
tator's decease,
erect a Univer-
sity or College.
If an Unireraity
or College, to
be called McGill
College.
onl^Jft ''";'"''""'• ' '''""'^« °"'^ ''"" -P'"' »»•« '•"^ther condition,, that the «id College shall be n.n,ed
Mc^.a,«. r. '"r'""' "' '""" "' ''i«t'«g"i«l.e<I. by the appellation of " McGili College ;" and unon con-'
d.t.o„ aI.o, that until su.h University or College be erected and established, the said " Royal Institu-
'i::?!^;^ 7". »'""'""•»-» of Learning- do and shall per.nit and .uffer my «.id wife, and in case of her
K;e.V.T n*'';'': "^ ^"""''^ nesRivi^res. to hold, poshes* and enj.,, the said Ia,t mentioned tract or parcel
^VJtZ^. •"^''"•^•'^''^'""g*--. buildings and premises, and to recover, have and receive, all and every, the
ir Ro,., ,„.«. zirr 'T '"''^'''' "^ '"' '"' "*' ""' "" "" ''"'' '""^"^ ' «"•» "p- '•"« o'"" •»««
ell^'rJr.' *" "" '"' '^ ""^ "''' " ^"^'" ''''•'^"'*'" *"«' '^« advancement of Learning" should
-ithin JOyir™ "'«'*''* *« «'•«'=* "-d establish, or cause to be erected and established, such University or College u
d«th".K„. "^"'"''•^' *" •"^''"«'- "f'"-««'''J "''hin the said space of ten years, to be accounted from the time of my de-
""n«r "" rZ' '!?' ""^ " '"'' ""^' "" ''«''^-"-y«''" «"'• »«— so made to the «.id " Royal Institution
for the Advancement o" Learning" shall, from and after the expiration of the said space of ten years be-
come and be, absolutely null and voia, and all and every the estate, right, title and interest of the .aid
Royal nstitution for the Advancement of Learning," of, in, and to, the said last mentioned tract or
parcel of land and premi«,s, shall cease and be determined, and be as completely extinguished, a, if such
conveyance and assurance Lad never been made or executed : All which conditions, restrictions, and
l.m.tat.ons, shall, in apt and sufficient language, be fully expressed in such conveyance and assurance.
And upon trust that the said John Richardson, James Reid, John Strachan, and Jumes Dunl. , or the
survivors or survivor of them, or the heirs, executors or curator, 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 DesRivi^res to,
hold, possess and enjoy, the said tract or parcel of land, dwelling house, buildings and premises, and
recover, have, and receive, the rents, issues and profits thereof until the making and executing of the
said conveyance and assuranc, so as aforesaid to be made to the said « Royal Institution for the Ad-
vancement of Learning" and if the said Royal Institution for the advancement of Learing should
refuse to accept and receive, the said conveyance and assurance of the said last mentioned tract
or parcel of land and premises, upon the conditions, restriction aad limitations, herein before
expressed and directed, of and concerning the same, or should aft.r the making and accepting of
the sad conveyance and assurance neglect to erect and establish, or cause to be ei^cted and e.ta-
bhshed. such University or College as aforesaid, in m«mer afoi^said. within the said space of ten
years, to be accounted from thetime of my decease^ or if from any legal cause, matter or thing,
the said trust, so as aforesaid to convey and assuro the said last mentioned tract or parcel of land and
preouse* to the said Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, in the manner herein before
directed, should be incapable of being accomplished or carried into effect, or otherwise become, or be
or be deemed, or construed, to be invalid, illegal, or inoperative, then, a«t in either or any of those ca«s
upon trust, and that tbey, the said John Richardson. James Reid, Job* Stracha,, and J«mes Dunlbp
or the survivors or survivor of them, or the heirs, executors or cursors of s«ch survivors or survivor
Sl:ffi^^" •'°"* shall, from «»nd immediately after the expiratic .tf the said space <rf ten yea^ by a good and
""S-e^J- '''*'^*'"' '^""'•y'^* '"^ "*"""""«> '''^'-y ''»•' ^^"-^ the saidlast mentioned traet or pan^eJ of land,
.nd hi, heu.. dwellmg housft, buiWiflgs and pnemiwjs to ihe said Franci. DwRividrea, ^if *e« living,) .„d to hisbeirs
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Md awigns for ever, or if the said Francis DesRividres should be dead, then to the legal heirs then
living, and to their heirs and assigns for ever.
I give and bequeath, from ■ind out of the rest and residue of my estates, real and personal, moveable
and immoveable, which shall and may remain after the fulfilment and satisfaction of th.> several legacies
in this my \^'ill contained, the sum often thommd pounds, current money of the said Province of
Lower Canada, to the said John Richardson, James Reid, John Strachan, and James Dunlop. their
heirs, 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 orsu vivor of them, or the heirs, executors and curators
of s ich survivors, do and shall pay the said sum often thousand pounds (with the interest to accrue
thereon from and after the expiration of three years from my decease) to the said " Royal Institution
for the Advancement of Learning," when and so soon as the said " Royal Institution for the Advance-
ment of :.earning" shall have erected and established, or cause to be erected and established, an Uni-
versity or College upon the last menUoned tract or parcel of land, herein before directed to be conveyed
to the said » Royal Institution for the Advancement of Leamiug," in manner aforesaid, to he by the
said " Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning" ;)rttrf and applied towards defraying the
expence incurred in estaUisliing the said University or College, and towards maintaining the same
after it shall have been erected and established, in such manner and form, and under such regulations
ai the said " Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning" shall in this behalf prescribe. Pro-
vided always, that such University or College be erected and established within the space of ten years,
to be accounted from the time of my decease : and if such University or College should not be so erec-
ted and established within the said space often years, then 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 survivor, from and immediately after the said expuation of the said space
of ten year do and shall pay the said sura often thousand pounds, with all and every the interest accrued
thereon, to the said Francis DesRividres, if then living, to and for his use and benefit, or if dead, then
to his legal heirs then living, to and for their use and benef
£10,000
in tnonev
bequeathed in
trutt.
To b« paid to
Coyal Inatitu-
tion whenever
College creeled.
To be applied
towarda de-
fraying expenae
incurred in ea-
tabliahing
College.
And if not
erected within
10 yeara. the
money ia
beqeaihed to
F. iJearivi^rea
or hia heira.
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k\\m\)m CHARTEU
or
M^GILL COLLEGE.
VICTORIA, Im the Grace nC r i r ., .r ■
TO AtL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SH.r. „
«. i-KLSENTS SHALL COME, greeting:
W'hereas, the Honorable James McCn r i . .• ,
rro.»oe .rc.„... ke„,ofo™ Z„ 2 Lp' "' "" ?'? " "™'™'' " "»' >»« "' 'H.
To..,.,.,,,, .„H,„ ...... ^:.n,J::lt.^ ::,:,,i t; '■^"""- ^' "'> '-"■ «■■" -^
one lhou»„d cig|„ ],„„j„j ,„j , ' 'W'"' "«) of J»»».,J, i,i .lie ,.ar of „,„ L„„I
c»rorM,„.„.,,„tt,,,,„ J,; ;■''''/ ";»•', H«..o, a e.mi„ ,.., „r ,„„j ,„.„„„ ..j
'.0-or »d »u,. .b. »„e ,r e r : ,: " "'""" '""'"" "«'""• " ^"»- •• '"
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" rrovinee," .po„ .,„.,„„„ „,„ ,„. , I„,,. L„ , , ""' ^''."»~""' «' I.o»™i»g in ,l,„
»a J™es McGill, eree. „d e,.abli„, ,, cT " '" """ ''•'"" "» "-»— »' *«
..o.r,ow.ee,,,./;.„,..j:::;f*;»-
^ co„p™e, i„ ,„. , ,;,„„L, ,,„"^'* ;- f; r J 0... ..io. ,„.. one of ^ Co„e^, .o
And where.,, .l,es.iJJa„e, McGill F„.,- \ ""^'" '-'"'«'■ '
.bo Adv.„co„c., of L.™! .0 be .ppw'T ' "" "" '"" "'°"" '«'«'■" '"
™-i... .be ..Id rw.i., or cirrs:^ zz7 '^"" '"-' - --
.0 Will ..d ord.!. i. „.„cr fo,,ol^,t, -TI":-' "' '" "" """ ''" "«- ^'^^^
Pale of Hon.
Jumes McGill'a
Will.
Trnpt of r.nnd
ilc;viyetl lo
frualecs
ill trust to hn
coiivewd to ihf
lloyiil Insiiiu-
tjciii Ciir Ihe A<N
viiiiceniKiii of
I'Vuriiiiig.
XlO.OnO bequc-
attrcd to Trua»
tees in trust te be
paid with Inie.
rest to the Hoy-
bI Institution for
the Advance-
ment of Learn-
ing.
Petition of the
Royal Institu.
tion for a Char-
ter to His late
..?sjf=-*y George
IV.
Qiiouilnn tnrn " Whereas the Hoaorable James McCJill, laJe of (he City of Moiitrral, in the Province of liower
granud by Hi, ' Canada, now deceased, hy \m last Will and TeKtament, bearinir dafe at Montreal, the eiithlh .lav
(Jeorge IV. °' ■'aniinry, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven, did give iind heijutath
" a cerlnin trart of land near the wiid City of Montreiil, with llie dwelling house and otli.r liuildings
" thereon erected, to Truslees in trust to convey and assure llif siiine to the lloyal InMitiition for the
" Advancement of Learning, established by virtue of nn Act of the Provincial I'ttrlimnent of Lower
" Canada, made and passed in the -lUtyear of the Ileign of His late Majesty, intituled, • An Act for
" ' the establishment of Free Schools and the Advancement of Learning in this Province,' upon con-
" dition that the said Institution should, williin ten years from the decease of the said .liiiiies McCill,
" erect and establish, or cause to he erected and established upon the said land, nn University or
" College, for the purposes of education and the Advancement of Learning in the said Province,
" with a competent number of Professors and Teachers to render such establishment cffecluul and
" beneficial for the purpose intended, and also upon condition that one of the Colleges to be com-
" prised in the said University should be called ' McGill College 5'— And whereas the said Janiea
" McCJill, Esquire, by his last Will, did further give and bequeath to the said Trustees, the sum of
" £10,000 in trust, to pay the lamo with interest to accrue thereon from and after the expiration
" of three years from his decease to the said Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning,
" to be applied as soon as the said Royal Instiiution should have erected an University or
" College on the said land, towards defraying the expenses thereby incurred, and towards maintaining the
" said University or College so erect d and estihlished ; And whereas. We have been huinlily ptti-
« tioned by the said ' Royal Institution lor the Adfancement of Learning,' that We would he pleased
" to grant < ur Royal Charter for tlie more i)erfect erection and estabHslimcnt of the said College,
" and for incorporating the members tliereof for the purposes aforesaid, and for such further endowjiient
" thereof, 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 eslaWished for the education of youth in
" the principles of true Religion, and for their instruction in the different branches of science and
" literature, are willing to comply with the prayer o»' the said petition, and to adord every assistance
" towards carrying the intentions of the said .lames i\i.. liill into execution.
" One Collage " Therefore, know ye that We, of Uur special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion hare
at least to m " n
BitablUhed," " willed, ordained and granted, and do by these presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, will,
" ordain, and grant, that upon the said land and 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
" students in the Arts and Faculties, to continue for ever, and that the first Cotle; e to be erected
" Called McOill " thereon shall be called ' McGill College,' and that Our tmstv and well beloved the Governor of
College."
" Lower Canada, Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada, Lieutenant Governor of L^pper Canada,
•< the Bishop of Quebec, the Chief Justice of Montreal, and the Chief Justice of Upper Canada, for
"VVhoshouldbe " the time being, shall be « overnors of the said McGill College, and that the said McGill College
Governor* of ...
•aid College." ** shall consist of one Principal, to be elected in manner hereinafter mentioned, and who shall be, dur-
" ing his continuance in the said oflSce, a Governor of the said CoMege, of four Professors to be also
; i
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«I.T».,f ,n mn,.n.r hereinafter menfioned. and of Fellow,, Tutor., and .Scholar* in ,uch number., and
at M,rl, ,al«ne..nnd subject to^u.h provision,, rul..,, and regulation,, a. .hall hereafter be appointed
hy the Statute,. HuleN, and Ordinance,, of the ,ai.l CoileKe ; And We do. by tl.e,e Pre«,nt,. for
tri. Our Heir, and Hucce„or,, will, ordain, and grant that the F'rincipal and Professor, of the .,aid
College ,hAll be from time to time electe«l by the 8aid (Jovernor, or the major port of them a,*hall
be present at any meeting to be holden for ,uch election ; and in case of an equality of .ote,, the
officer present at M.rh meeting whose office i, first described in order in the,e pre,ent, shall have a
double and casting vote ; provided alway,. that the persons by whom ,uch election shall be made
ihall notify the same respectively to Us, Our !eirs and Successors, through one of Our or Their
principal Secretaries of State, by the first opportunity, and in case th. t We, Our Heirs or Succes-
sors, shall disnporove of any person so elected, and shall cause such disapprobation to be notified to
h.m under the Royal signet and sign manual, or through one of the principal Secretaries of State, the
person so elected as aforesaid shall immediately upon such notification, cease to hold the office of
Prmcipal or Professor to which he shall have been elected as aforesaid, and the said (Jovernors
shall thereupon proceed to the election of another person to fill the office of such Principal or Pro-
fessor respectively, and so, from time to time, as often as the case shall happen.
" And We do by these presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, will, ordain and grani that
the said (;overnors. Principal and Fellows, and their Successors forever, shall be one distinct and
separate body politic and corporate in deed, and in word, by the name and style of ' The (lovernors
' Prin. ipal and Fellows of McGill College, at Montreal, in the said Province of Lower Canada,'
and that by the same name they shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and that they
" nn.l their successors shall, from time to time, have full power to break, alter, make new. or change
" such common seal at their will and pleasure, and as shall be found expedient, and that by the said
" name the said Governors, Principal and T'ellows, and their successors, from time to time, and at all
I tunes hereafter, shall be a body politic an ' corporate in deed and in law. and be able and capable
' to have, take, receive, purchase, acquire, hold, possess, enjoy and retain.
" And We do hereby for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, g.u, and grant full authority and free
' licence to them and their successors, by the name aforesaid, to have, take, receive, purchase, acquire
' hold, possess, enjoy and retain to and for the use of the said College notwithstanding any statutes or
■ statute of mortmain, any manors, rectories, advowsons, messuages, lands, tenements, rents, heredita-
ments of what kind, nature, or quality soever, so as that the same do not exceed in yearly value the
sum of £6,000 above all charges j and, moreover, to take, purchase, acquire, have, hold, enjoy
receive, possess, and retain, notwithstanding any such statutes or statute to the contrary, all or any
goods, chattels, charitabl. or other contributions, gi; c.. pnd benefactions whatsoever ; and that the
sa.d Governors, Principal and Fellows, and their successors, by the same name, shall and may be
able and capable in law to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered in all
and every Court or Courts of record or places of judicature within Our United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, and Our said Province of Lower Canada, and other Onr dominL,, and in all
and smgular actions, causae, pleas, suits, matters and demands whatsoever, of what kind and nature
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" F.lection of
I'rincipal and
Priil'i >»ors mutt
receive lanctinn
ol Uie Cruwn."
"lioTernori ini>
tructed when an
electioo ia dital>
lowed,"
" The OoTer-
nor». Principal
BiiU i''cl!uivi
(hall be .1 bodf
( orfKirale with
certain power
and privilege!."
'■ AuthoritLd to
hold properly of
what kind iu-
ever not exceed-
ing in yearly
value the sum of
Jt'CfJOO above all
chargea, to pur>
chaieand re>
ceive, to plead
and l>e implead-
ed. 8ic. "
■' Olticeraof
whirli raid Col.
It'i(e nhiiuld
contiil."
" I'rinripal and
Pfle-.ori hiiw !
tt) \X! clerUd." I
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or aNsi\(r, 111 any manner whatsoever.
■,;■'","'""■" ■■„.„„ ,"'"" -"'I '-"""S". .'ll«n,»jor parlor ll,.„, ,l„)l l,,,.e ,„„ver.,„l au.bori,, ,o
' s...- „ ,:;;":,'•'■■"":';:■" """-"' ■■*'■"■"• "» « ..»*». i«««,: ,!>,„ ..,: ,:
n(l„..J l„ , o.,r II,„, a„J Saccc™, ; a,„l ako r„„„ ,i„,. „ „,„ „ „„,, ^„
.. :: „ :: : -^-r"' '-^" «- ■'■« -^ -..-, .*« .n„ .„,: jj: : ': :
.. " " "■': "'"«"'■ ""^'i" ' '° '■'« '"' i-" •"«.'. »■'..» .«_.,;, „, , ,„, Ha,,„ „,»„,; :
•,-'■.■:.' t : ■" •'. ' '■'- - ■ -■J <..■ ' • /., I >v. .„. „, .„c. ,„,„„„ r„, ,-1 k, : i
'"' "' "'■'"•'"'" ""■"■"■ f" >!'« ■■ -",1, -.i-M,,i, ,i,,,,,.„. i„ ,„,,, ,„,„,„.^ „ " ;' I'"
•■ '■)■ "»■ "•' >. i "!- -.J onii „■„ „f ,1,. „;., , ■„,. ... . „J w , ' """-■''
.. rr • 1 ■'■ ' ' "" ''.* tlu'se iir'sinils for TIs Our
lei. and •• n....o.. „..u .id do.,a. .„. ... : >.• ..Hers P.... o,- .. ^i..... o .
. s „., ;„ ']. ' " '""■" ^•'"* '""^"""S "f ''^ --' -^» ^'"" •- '.'1^- and constnied and ud.d.ed i : !
,„i.l . ""'■^'- ^'''"'■'^^"- "'"J ''«"e''-i'^l ><er„se fort!,. l,.si . W,,,,., ofUie s.il Co. P , '
-imli hHv. liC " and .Scholar, oftli. s ,id foil...... t m . i .- (■o^c^.or.s, Pn,u:ip.d, Follows
...,.,.. an., b, a ... ..,.„. Judges, .M.i.e. O.H.er. Minl.e. and oU.er s,,,^.. wha.oever. o; ^O.:
.,.K..,.IU«- "--"'^^-■--•^-T-s••ccit:d,„onreci^d.ondssion,i,nperA.,iondef^..t.nlan.r..auseo^thin'
• whtsoever to ,.,. conrrai, „iereor. in an-- wise not.i.l.t.nding. wit-.ont lino or A.^reat or sn.^
^ ^ ..e for th. ...nie n. an, in.nner rendered, done or paid to U. i,. Our h.nap.r or el.^here to oll
::r':'::.;,: ■: . ^^^\ ^'"■-- '• - -'— d expedient n. the interest, of the said College, and ibr .he an.inentation
'""- "^" '""^^'-" '■- '"^ ^--""^ -- -^ ■"■-=--- ofi. affairs and the government of n
College, to make certain alterations in the proviMons of the said hereinhefore recited and existing tl"^ «b<'v. rent-
Letters Patent, which said alterations are and have been assented to by the said Hoyal rnstitntion for lit laXj^
the Advancement of Learning and by tiie said Corporation ot tiie said College. '^*^'^' '*•
I Now Know Ye, that We ofOi.r speciaKfrace, certain Knowledge and mere motion, have niPed, m„„,,,„ „f
ordained and granted, and by tlicse presents do, fo,' I 's, 0„r Heirs and Successors, will, oi.lain and grant, JJ^'^^'J J;;;;-
that henceforth from the dale hereof, the members of the Roval Institution aforesaid for the time being •'"i"s''to'l'H- 'i!o-
shal! be and remain (Governors of the said College, and shall have and exercise all and every the powers, "' cXgl""
authority and jurisdiction given and granted unto the tlovernors nominated an<l 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 tiie powers, au-
thority and jurisdiction given and granted under and by virtue of these presents ;
And We do further by these presents for T',s, Ou,- Heirs and Successors will and ordain, that The Governor,
henceforth from the date hereof, the ( ;overnor of Lower Canada, the Lieutenant (iovernor of Lower ('lirX'^of^Hi:
Canada, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, the Bishop of CJuebec, the Chief ,lustice of o'^.^if 2l.
Moi.treal, the Chief .Justice of Upper Canada, and the Principal of the said College, shall not, nor "o'^'"S''';^""*
shall any or either of iher .s such Governor of Lower Canada, Lieutenant Governor of Lower Ca- '"' "
nada. Lieutenant Gove... of Upper Canada, Bishop of (^,elec, Chief Justice of .\ ontreal, Chief
Justice 01 T pper Canada, and Principal of the said College, be (Governor of ihe said College or use
or ex.rc.se any power, autho.ity or jurisdiction m or ove>. ,he sa.ue in any .M.uner or wa ' „hatso-
evei i
And We do fu.ther, by these p.esents, for Us, Our Heir, and Succes.o.s will, nrdai.. and grant ^.K^^^Z
that he said College shall consist of one Principal, of such and so many P.-ofc^^ors ■„ the va.ious ArlJ „:^:\^:i::r.
and I acuities as from tm.e to ti.ne may he judged necessary a..d expedie..t by the .d ( ;ove,...o,-s, and ::;'^:;;T^^:
o Fellows, ruto..s and Schola,., in such numbers and at such ^^alaries, and suljcc, to such provisions '^^^ -'
n.os and regulations as shall be appointed by the Statutes, Rules and 0..dinances of the .said College • '-
that save and except fn,. the purposes hereinafter specially mentioned and excepted three of the ^ij 'l^P^Sllir
Gove:no..s s al. be a suflxicnt number to be present atany meeting (or the t.a.-saction of the o.-d.nary ^ra':^,^'
bu.mess 0^ the said Co lege ; that the detennination of all nue.tions, matters and things submitted to -;:^?::?:,;;',
t c said Governo,.s at then, meetings shall he .uade by the votes of the .najori.v of thl p.-esent, in- 7
c udmg the vote ol the Governor presiding at such meeting, who shall have a double o,. casting- vote in 'W^' '-i-
he case of an equality of votes the.-eat ; that the President or Principal lor the ti.ne being o^l.e said «-n mSJ
me., be. o t he sa.d Eo^al J.,st.tut.o.. fn-st or senior in o.-der of appointn.ent of those p.esent at the '"' '\'?"r'
.neeting, sha p..eside the.eat ; that the P.ineipal and all the Professors of the .id College shall fr ='";'"
tm,e ,0 tune e elected by the said Governors or the major part of them present at a .neet...o. speciallv """'-^"••
convened and ho^ en for the pm.pose of such election, and shall and may hold their .-espec^ve odices ^ZZl ^t
subject to the r.ght and power of a.notion by the said Governor- lor the ti.ne bein.^- at a meetiu. sneci '■'"'"' ''' ^""
any convened and holden (.r the said purpose ; provided always that .,o less uJiive .^Z^Z , ^'^-"•
vm.ors shall be p.-esent at every such special meeting for the purpose of elect.on o,- amoiio., and th.t - '-^irr
^pecnd notice ... writing of the time, -dace and object of every such spec.al .neeting, by the Secretary "^r,:l:::r
.— tioiis.
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Special Mpf.. "'"••"• ''^'•l r-ollege, addresspH fn «,„!, „r.i
...,.«»..*;„ ■!•« lim. bains .11 l» drfiv.r.d i.„ ,h, ,.„, „„ ' . *" ""'"" '"'""""'. '»'
ss;;.... Wins .i,,.,w .„„„.;„,,„,,,/.,;;, ;-
o.. ,.*,„ «o .1,. ,„i,l l.„„ oir„e of .l,e Chv of w , , " ' ' " '"" ""'' ""'"^ " •l'»"i»»i'l «
"«. n... ,„o. e,.e,io„ „, .o,o,io„ „.„ ,, „„ ,. i^t/S. oT. I; "" '"" '""'"'•'""' "■
oM», ,„„„„, 0, „,y „|,...oe,..r ■ ' "'"' '"'™ '^•'•"'. »' I" >..J
';x5;^r»- ." .»'. 00,,,,..,., ., .: ..„, :;:;:t „';:;,, ;r::,t; *'-"7:;" " °"' "* -"-
onginal Char- by tlie said name sh. II l,».o » , ' '"""1"'' «"'"''^"o«'s of \I,.(ii|l Colltw," and I
-- r....o„ p..:,,,:::ir:;:::;:.r::t::::::::::rT'''\"-"'" '
AoJ W. do fur.l„r b, ,h.,. ,„„„,._ ,„, „, „
. ...id Gov.™or.. P,i„ci„a| .„d F.llo,.. „J ...... ...... ="'•"": 'A or.la.n .„d g„„,,
"er notetreed- ritv and (Vee ii.-ensp („ hnv» ♦ u u ^"'uccessors, by the name atoresaid, full autl.o-
ow 01 ia.d Loilege.aoy o.l... .,„„„,.^ r.t.oii.,, ad,o»,on. m.«o„,. . . .
.oH... .d,o„o.., »„„.,.,, ,„„d„ ..„„.„„,.. „., J J rd.:::;:: :: itr: : pT" ~"
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:oi:':;::::::er::z;:;!::';:7'r'""f """"- -»"" •'--'»- "«
ii. ni o,e, .„J for the ..id Colle™ 0,„ f „ i^""«»»r., ,p|,o,„, „ o.r Vi.ito,
•i- '-.».. o , ...nee' s,°^ :r:r :r °^ °" -;•' ^"■^™ ^ '^"".^. '»■■ .^^
power and authority in and bv the said T Pft.r. P . Successors, revoke and annul the
enuineratPd, or any thereof, or for the revokino- „, .• '" *''"''' P'*''"'"'''
•"- .b-«ofo„r™c. ;„. J:t^ z:xT' "'"''""""" '■"" "'"""■
.n.l .1... .he ,™e .1..,, „., h„. been di..„o„ed bv 0«, lid V ^ , ""J "' °' *"""'•
-....he..id.o„™o„,..i..,,,./,,„rdr;:;™^^
Them made in Our or Their Privy Council rev" a ^ "^ " '' ""^''' '' ''^ ''J' Us, or
or any of the decisions, sentence ro^^^J^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ''''''^' -'"^'"^ - ^i-.-owing, .,
...e and rendered in reference to any sue t u^ s I^^^^^^^^^ ^d^ ^ ""' '' ''' '''' ^''^ '" '^
or in reference to any matter or thin, whatsoev r a^ „ T'^^''"""' "■• ^''^ "-"o-ng thereof,
presents ^ven and granted to him ; " ' ' '" "'"'' ''"^ P"'^- ^ -t^ority is by these
And We do by these presents, for U,. Our Heir, and Successor, will n H • .
nothmg herein contained shall be held, const.ed or considered to haJ !»" '" '""' ''''
e.er revoked, cancelled, abrogated or altered the nrov" • ^ """""" *"■ '"'^^ ''^'''''^
the s.id Letter, Patent .r.Z,J^ T, "" ""''""'"■ P^'^^"' -'"-'-^ -d .rants in and by
"" ^'-^'^■^""•-^ thereof, save and except in the particular here'
•^nvernnr Gene-
ral of the Iro-
viiice appointed
Visilnr of the
Cdllfgewiihlilte
P'lwers as Visi-
l"r» exerrine in
Kiigland.
Members of the
Royal Institu-
tion no longer
Viniiurs.
Go»ernor« to
make Statutex,
Byelaw», Sic.
Certified Copies
to be iKiit to Vi,
sitor « ho may
disalloiv the
same ivilhin 60
rfavs If no dis-
•illowanci- signi-
fi d such .Statu.
•e« In be held u
approved.
Her Majpsiy
reserves
p 'wcr to her.
self in her Prifj
''nuncil to re.
vi.«e, confirm, al-
ter, *tc.. deci-
sions, sentences,
or orders mad*
by Visitor.
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£,.^Xe«t/ "'^'^'"■' •''""""^ '■""' ''^'"'^'^y ''' f^--'*' ' '"'t "-^ »" -'' every ,l,e snid prnviMO... ,.«•,,.. «,Ml,o,i-
"Ifrrd'e'-c:';"" T'""^ ^'■""'' '"" '"•' ''^ ''•' ^^"' ^^^"^'-^ ^"'^"^ °^'''"-^ «-' «-"-'- ^l-n -l-^. .n.. connn,,.. „,
^IteredT/'the'" T '^"'^' '"'' '"'^ """'^* '" '^' particulars aforesaid, in the same manner as i'' .l,..>e (^ur
l.re«.nt Amend- '^'"*^''' ^''^'"^^ ''«'' "e^'*'' been made, ordained, or granted ; And We do fnrli.er bv tli.se ,„rsrni.
ed Charter. for Us, Our Ileir.s and Successors, grant and declare that these Our Letters Patent or the enrol-
ment or exemplification thereof, shall be in all things Valid a.id efl. <tual in the Law according to the
true intent and meaning of the same, and shall be taken, construed and adjudged in the n,„..t favomahie
and beneficial sense for the best advantage of the said College, and of the said Oovernors. Principal
Fellows and Scholars thereof, as well in Our Courts of Record as elsewhere, and by all and sin^ula,^
Judges, Justices, Officers, Ministers and other subjects whatsoever of Us, Our Heirs and Successors,
any misrecital, non-recital, omission, imperfection, defect, matter, cause or thing whatsoever to the'
contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.
In witness wli.reof We have caused thise Our Letters to be made Patent.
Witness Ourself at Our Palace at Westminster, this sixth day of .Inlv, in the sixteenlh year of
Our Reign. (I8r)2.)
By Her Majesty's command,
(Signed) I:D.M[\DS.
'/-
XLI. GEO. III., Cap. XVII.
An Act for the establishment of Free Schools and the aavancemei^t of
Learning in this Province.
Most Gracious Sovereign.
TTrilEREAS Your Majesty, from Yonr paternal regard for the welfare and prosperity of Your Preamble.
Y > subjects of this Province, Imth been most graciously pleased to give directions for establishing Su mu..
a competent number of free schools for the instruction of their children in the first rudiments of useful
learnmg. and also as occasion may require, for foundations of a more enlarged and comprehensive
nature ; And whereas Your Majesty hath been further most graciously pleased to signify Your royal
mtentmns, that a suitable proportion of the lands of the Crown, be set apart, and the revenue thereof
appropriated to such purposes :-Therefore we, Your Majesty's faithful and loyal subjects, the legis-
lat.ve counc.l and assen.bly of Your Province of Lower Canada, with the n.ost lively gratitude for this
newmstance of Your Majesty's paternal attention to the wants of Your Majesty's subjects and
desirous to contribute every thing in our power, for the execution of a plan so peculiarly benencili to
the nsmg generation, do most humbly beseech Yonr Majesty, that it may be enacted, and be it acted
&c.-'l hat it shall and may be lawful to and for Ilis Excellency the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor! Governor em-
or person adm.mstermg the government of this Province, for the time being, by an instrument under ^rfrusV^
the great seal of this Province, to constitute and appoint such and so many persons as he shall '^^
see lit, to be trustees of the schools of Royal foundation in this Province, and of all other institutions "
of Royal foundation, to be hereafter established for the advancement of learning therein, as also for
the management and administration, improvement and amelioration of all estates and property move-
able or immoveable, which shall in any manner or way whatsoever, be hereafter appropriated to the
said schools and institutions, for the purposes of education and the advancement of learning within this
Province, to remove, from time to time, the said trustees or any or either of them, an^d to appoint
olliers to be the successors of such as shall be so removed, or shall die, or resign their trust " '
n. And be it further enacted, &c., that the said trustees and their successors, to be named ip Suehtru.tee.
manner hereinbefore directed and appointed, shall be and they are hereby declared to be, a body cl'or»
corporate and politic, in name and in deed, by U.e name of The Royal Institution for the advance- .«*''""• "
ment of learning ; and that by the same name, they shall have perpetual succession and a commop To have perpe-
seal, with power to change, alter, break and make new the saqie, when and as often as they shall jud'.e 2a common'
the ^arae to be expedient ; and that they and their successors, by the same name, may sue and be sue'd '"'*
implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in all or any court of record or places of
judicature within this Province; and that they and their successors, by the name aforesaid, shajl b?
.able and capable in la^, to purchase, take, Lave, hold, receive, enjoy, pos^es^, and retai?', ^itl,ai
dation.
Property Tcsttd
in the trustees.
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Authority to |iVon/>o ' * • .
?c";^'""tK r '" 1 " ^^«-''^--^«^, a" -ssuagc. lands, tcne.cn.s and immoveable pro-
letters of mort- rerty, money, goods, chattel, and moveable property, which hereafter shall bo paid, siven .ranted
«-. purchased, appropriated, devised or bequeathed in any manner or way whatsoever, for and in' Lor of
the so.d schools and institutions of Iloyal foundation, to and for the purposes of education and the
advancement of learning, within this Province, and to do, perform and execute all and every lawful act
andtlang m as full and ample manner and form, to all intents, constructions and purposes, as any
other body politic or corporate, by law, may or ought to do.
III. And be it further enacted. Sec, that all lands, messuages, tenements and hereditaments and
immoveable property, and all rents, sum and sums of money charged upon, and issuing or payable out
of any messuages, lands, tenements, hereditament, or immoveable property, and all sum or sums of
money goods, chattels, effects or moveable property, which shall hereafter be paid, given, granted pur-
chased appropriated, devised or bequeathed in any manner or way whatsoever, for and in favour of the
aa.d schools and institutions of Royal foundatic, to and for the purposes of education and th.
advancement of learning within this Province, shall be and the same are hereby vested i„ the said
trustees and the.r successors, to and for the uses and purposes herein mentioned, declared and enacted
dete rheVro- '7"'"'"^ "" '"'"' ' ^ "'^ ""^' •'"= ''''^ ''''''''' °^ ^''« '"»J°^ P^^' of tl'Cm, .hall and may have power
pert,. and authonty to demise, let and lease such messuages, lands, tenement., hereditaments and immoveable
property, as shall or may be so as aforesaid given, granted, purchased, appropriated, devised or be-
queathed, for any term of years not exceeding twenty-one years, and have, take and receive the rents
be^^ciounted" '^^"'^^ »"'' Fof-ts thereof: Provided always, that the said trustees, from time to time, shall pay or
cli^e'rVeneJaf. ""^ *" ^' ^''^ '"^^ ""= ^^""^^ "^ ^»- receiver general of this Province for the time bein^ all and
te'^rown!" "'"^ '"'='' '''' "" ""'^ P™"'^' ^""^ '>"'' ^"-"^ "^ '"°"«>'' ^^''i^'' tl-ey shall receive by virtue of this
act, forthwith upr. . receipt thereof, subject to the disposition of His Excellency the Governor
Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the government of this Province, to and for the pur'
raf to Account ^°''' °^ *'"** '^'^t' "^^ "'"■^''''"t »"<!" l'« I"'"'! ""^ «eal ; and the said receiver general is hereby required
to receive and account for the same, in like manner as other public monies now by him received, are
by him accounted for to His Majesty, thrc-jh the commissioners of His Majesty's treasury, for the
time being, as the Crown shall direct.
pow'red''toTi.'". ^^' ^^^ ^^ •' '""•■tJier enacted. Sec, that it shall and may be lawful to and for the Governor
fete': Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the government of this Province, by an instrument or
Shefofficer".t •"'^'"™'"*' ""•'^'' "'^ ^'^''^ ^^""^ "^ ^^'^ Province, from time to time, to nominate a president or prin-
tu. ' cipal of the said corporation hereby erected, and such other officers, clerks and servants, as he shall
judge necessary, for the well ordering and governing of the affairs and business of the said Corporation,
—to fix t!ie place, times and manner in which the said corporation shall assemble, and the number and
description of members which shall be requisite for transacting the business of the said corporation
mmber,"orTht ^"'^ ^°'" *''' "''"^'°" °^ ^^^ *""'* ''"P"'"^ '"*''^'" ' ""<> t^« P'-««'d«nt and such number of members of
mKK<^° *^^ '""^ corporation which shall be so fixed, being assembled at such place and times, and in such
dersandstatuUfi manner, as shall be also so fixed, shall have full power and authority to make, ordain and constitute
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such and so many bye-laws, rules, orders, constitutions and ordinances, not repugnant to the statutes, f" ""> ^i^-
customs or laws of this Province or the express regulations of this act, as by them or the greatest part
of them, the, and there present, shall be judged necessary and expedient, as well for the direction,
conduct and government of the said corporation of the free .^hools of Royal foundation of this Pro-
v.nce and all other institutions of Royal foundation for the advancement of learning which shall be ' "
hereafter established within this Province, and of the masters, ushers, tutors, professors and student,
thereof, respectively, as for the management and administration, improvement and amelioration of all
estates and property, moveable and immoveable, which shall in any manner or way be hereafter paid
given, granted, purchased, appropriated, devised or bequeathed, in any manner or way for and in
favour of the said schools and institutions of Royal foundation, for the purposes of education and the
advancement of learning within this Province: Provided always, nevertheless, that no such law rules ^"=h rule., 4c.
orders, constitutions or ordinances, shall have any force or effect until the sa„,e shall have been sane- -tU ILT.S
foned and confirmed by the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the government '' 't^"'*^"
of .h.s 1 rovmce, for the time being, under his hand and seal at arms : Provided also, that nothin. R'Shta of other
herembcfore contained shall extend, or be construed to extend to, or prejudice, directly or indirectlv '""""'*'•
t e rehgrnus communities that now exist dcfa^to, nor to any school or house of instruction that exists
also rle facto m this Province, nor to any corporation legr.lly established or that shall be established by
law m tins Province, nor to any private school or other private establishment by individuals for the
purposes of education now made or hereafter to be made.
y. And be it further enacted, Sec, that when and so often as it shall be judged expedient by °--- -'
the (.vernor, L.eutenant-Go vernor, or person administering the government of this Province, to erect '"-1'°,^
one or more free shools in any parish or township of this Province, it shall and may be lawful, to and ^<!S'^Z.
for the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor or person administering the government of this Province by '"'""•
an mstrument under hi. hand and seal at arms, to declare the same, and to nominate and appoint'two
or more persons residing in the county wherein such parish or township may be situated, for the pur-
pose of erecting one or more school-houses, with convenient apartments for one ormore shool-masters
•nsuch pansh or township,-to remove from time to time, such persons, or either of them, and to'
appomt others in the place and stead of such as shall be removed or shall die, or resign their trust •
and the sa.d persons so nominated and appointed, shall be and they are hereby constituted commissioner,'
lor the purposes aforesaid.
forthlLft"?^'' '^T 'T'' ""'" '''*' ''' "'' commissioners, being so appointed, shall Co.n,t«.o„.r.
frthwuh after due cons.derat.on, fix upon some convenient lot or lots of ground in such parish or lllZ^^t^'
ownsh.p, whereon such school-house or school-houses may be erected, and shall also fix upon the TlP^
d-mensmns of the said school-house or school-houses to be erected, which shall not, in any case, exceed
e-ghty feet in length .nd forty feet in breadth, and shall contain the apartments proper and convenient
of^cl ^oHot °'r ''' T':T " ""°°'"™"'"^ *'"'" = ''''"'''' ^"^^^^' ''^' *^« ^"-- -o ^ -PP-e^
01 such lot or lots of ground and the dimensions of such school-house or school-houses, shall be reported ''>"^«<'«"«'^
School'houaea
Jo be provided
Of the inhabi-
tant.
Bulue Tahiti.
Repartilion to
be made.
*°> ""'1 be approved hj HI., Fto-.||
,niay contract '^"'' ""^ '» furllior enacted A-o «I.,f .
S,'i';rnS """' ""' ^"^'' ="'P-^»''o" as aforesaid; tl.'s d ^ '"' " '"'^ °'^"""' ^"^" ^'^ ^'^ ""'^
.ppU. said districts respective!,, shall a, soon ! v ""'":"" " "• '^" °'^''^"'' '" -«" °^'"o
or lots of g.o„nd i„ .eh parish as a olid or hJ"''" 'T "^ "'^°'"^ ""^^""^ "^ "'« -'" >ot
-hool-houses in s..ch n.an.L as is her t: e! "'rT ''''' ''''''" ^"^" -'-'-'-- -
- - --r- to the .,a. .sti.;: :: t:::::::::::;:r-^' - ^° - p— .
the schoo,:.nailL' ''oa'-Il^!; re^Ld '^^rle'" "'T'"':"" "'' ^""•""'^"^ """^-"t' f-
to.«.In-p or parish as the case .n., he U ' "' "'"^'^'^'' ''^ '''^ '""»'^''-t^ of the
• --t t"^ -0 ; and to this end, it L,.' and :^ ^ ZZ' T^'^'; f '"^" "^ ^"""^ -^^'^^^ '°
appcnted, to issue Iheir warrant under their signatures ' ^"'"'"'^^'°"'^-' ^o ns aforesaid
parishes in which such schoo.-houses «: t^ ^ 1 Jr'^ ''' ^^''--'-^ °^ ^'^^ parish or
and requiring the.n or an, two of the., to .ake a si: r7 '" ''' '''"''"' " ''' ^"""''
-Lool-houses .na, a.ount-and also to .na.et act! r" '' ^''"' ''' ^^"'^ °^-''
bitant in the parish or parishes in w.i.h s h e , 7 " ' ""'' "''»"''"°^ ''''' -=" '"'-
^I'ali be held to pay and furnish ; which e tn J !„ ^^" '" ''' ""^"'' '" ""-"" '^^orc.al,,
-w provided for the erection of church sad^" ^T "" '' '"^^'' '" '"-^ '-""" ^ '^
an. two of the., be, aid hefore the o^X I Z ^1""' ''"'' ^ church wardens or
authorised to homologate or reiect . " , ' " ° "^ " "^J"'*^ "*■ ^'"'^'""•'- '-ebv
bin^in. on all the pal cone: hi l;:!; '1 ''''''''' ''"^ '°-'^^-'' «"^" ^^
each and ever> of the inhabitants afore io p . ^ "^^'7^-^'-^ ^ -^ ""e of then, „,a, ecnpe.
of distress and sae of the goods and chattels of ^ 'd^^ "' 7 '' ''''''' '^ '"•^' ^^ —'t
-re credible wit.ess or wi.nesses, and issued «nde he t I'd ^ f"'^' " "'^ "'" °^ °"^" ^
.n the district wherein such neglect or refusal shal b " of any justice of the peace acting
to the said defaulter, after ded^ting the e^^ a . / l''''"' ''' °^'^^'""'^' '^ -^ ^'-e be!
that no prosecution shall be ecn.ecc Z^^^] '' '^ '''''''' "' '''' = ''-'''^' "'^^^
tition homologated as aforementioned shall hav^ b ,T 7' ' ""'' '"'"" "^^'^ ^''^^ ""= -P-
-'^' - ^"0 church-door of the paris .^ iZil f ^' '' ''' '' ''' ^'"'^^'--^^- "^--
H-da, after the morning serl-ice : Provided ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 7/° '' --^^' ^ ^ ^^""^.V or
erected in manner aforesaid in any parish or townshil ^'^''°°'-''0"- or school-honses shall be
PaH.bortownship,sha„present:;etition;otELC;r'^^ "^^^ ^''""'^ "^ ^""
person administering the government, for the time beino- • ' L,eute„ant-(Jovernor, or
ed therein, or unless a ceLn numbe of 1 b fs'T'''''^ '''' ^ ^''°°' ^ ^'-'^ -t^^"'^--
Penalty on de
faulters.
Limitation of
tactions.
How school-
houses may be
obtainr d in the
several parishes.
IX. And be it Airlhcr enacicd, &c that it .I.,ii i ., .
.uporintcnd tl.o erection of the .chool-h„..; and p ! , T' "' "^ "'' ^"""--"-^ *»
com,ni.s,sions, respectively, and when and no ,00 T " "^' "'"''" *'"= "'"'^» °f '^cir
"--^ - <"e ^.-ovcrno: Lieut^t-a : :: : •^""'V':^" '- -"•-"-■"' - ^^^-^^ inro.n.ation
vince, for the time being. ' ^"'"' adin.....tcring the government of this Pro-
X. And be it iurthcr enacted A-r il.^f ;t i n .
Lieutenant-Governor, or person ad.n. ter'in ' " "'"' '' "'' *° ""'^ ^" ^^"^ «— '
hishandandsealatar.s;tono.inat d^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^"e -•l-,-n,astor or shoo,-„,a.ter. rXXoT 7r "VT' "^""" ^^™" °^ "-'-'^^ ^°
erected b, vir„.e of this aet,-to remove TI ■ '^' '"'"""'■""' "^ '^ "'-'^"^'-l -^
and to appoint another or other, in ^u'^^Z^oll "',' '"""'""'^^^^ °^ ^^"-'-'"''
re.gn his or their ,rnst,-and to fix an d er , ?"" " '"" "^ '^^ ^^'""-"' " «'«" ''ie. or
.^ei.oo.-.na.,ter or schoo.-m...ers ; and ^TZJ^:^^ '' ^"""'^' T' " '' """-'" '° -"
masters shall teach in any free school of p' "if ''"""' "'^ ''" "'^'' "'' ^"'^'' ">-'- or
eo™nis.o„ .r that pnrpL. ^.. :1 IIZIT^'T' '' '' "'^""^"^^-''''o-
person administering the government of this Trovi.ee' forT T .°'' ^^'^"^'"'^'"'-^•overnor, or
arms. ''"'' '""^ *'"^ *""■-' Ix^'n^, under Lis hand and seal at
Xr. And be it further enacted Xr I'.^f , 1
Xn. And be it further enacted, Sec. that <ho ..I , ,
«ha.. and ma, be appropriated to the sitting of te J f: 7" ''''''' '' '""'''' °^ ''' "^*'
courts, which ma, be held i„ nnv parish in wll,. .. s , 1 ' " "' °''" ''^ "'^ '^'^J"'^'^
for the election of members to serve in the provin 7 '' '"''"'' "' '" ''°''^''"S ''- Pdls
parish in which such school-house i. ere ced ' ""'' "''" ''' "'''' «"^" '^ ^^''^ - ^n.
Commliilonrri
to«ii|icriiit(..,ij
llic sfhnoU
'iniiscs, and in.
furm the (iover-
nor ivheii thoy
are coiiijileted.
Governor to
iiomiiiatfi the
school nioiteri.
•And appoint
tlicir lihry.
Inhabitnrts to
rqiair schools.
housei.
Schnrl-houwi
may be appro.
rriuicU to the
'iUingoC circuit
cnurls. fctc.
See Tablet.
VIII. VIC, Cap. LXXVIII.
AJf
Roysl InstitU'
Uon may (lis-
poaeoflanda.
Proriso, u tn
the increue of
any rente /on-
ciire.
Proriso, as to
notice of Ihc
lime and tcrnu
of tale.
18
taining about fort, ,ix acre, of lan.I, togntl.er .i.l. the snm of ton t..o,.n„d ponn.I, current .one, oftl.i,
etr T M r ^'^-— '"/^«"-»., "I'on con.li.io„ that ,l.o .id Ko,a, Ins.i^.ion iail
;t' "^ ""^'^ '" '' '''''-' '"' ''^'^^'' '•-^•••P- - Univc.it, 0. C :„„e,o for ti.e
P so,, of .ducat.o„ and the Advancement of Learning, An,l wherea,. b, reason of a rotracted
l...ga .on bavn.g en,..ed concon.n, the payn.ent of ,he ,aid sun, often thousand pound. LZt
was dee.ned adv.sahlo l,y the .aid Royal Instituliou to reccivo in part satisfaCinn of the before lin-
ked ,u.n ten thousand pound, o. the said cu.enc,, and interest accrued thereon a certain other
port.on about seventeen acre., adjoining to the before .nentioned estate called Uunnulc ■ And
.lib r ''t:' "":""°" ""'" ^""^^^ '° '- ^^^"^" ''- ^"° -^ -'-^^^ -- ^--^^ -tain
.u..ab.e bu.ld.„gs. and have obtained fron. Hi, late Majest, King Ceorge the Fourth, lus Rop. Charter
Felons of M,G,l Collr.r ; And whereas the net an.ouut of inco,ne arising A-om so .uch of the
af e d .eg ^f , „ , , ^„.,„., ^.,_^^^ ^^ ^^^^^_^^ ^^^^_^^^^^^^^_ ^^_»^ ^_^^ ^_ ^^^ c
ng asaforesaul, . .nsufT-cent for the maintenance and support of the .aid College; And whereas
part, or port.ons of the land beaueathed as aforesaid ,na, with due advantage be dispo, d of and „ d
producfve ,.r .,e bettor support of the College , And whereas it is e.pHi^t that Leiei; t::^:,
be g.ven for effectn,g the disposal of parts or portions of it, lands : Re it therefore enacted b, thl
Queen s Most Lxcellont Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
of he Legislative Assembly of the Rrovince of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of .nd
under the authority of an Act passed in the Rarliamont of the 1 ^nited Kingdom of Great Britain and
^eland, .uutuled. An Actio Rc.nnteihc Providers of Upp.r an,l Lou-cr Canada, arulforthe
Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That from and after
the passing of this Act, it shall be lawful for the Royal Institution for the Advancen.ont of Learning
or such other body Corporate as may hereafter become duly sei.ed and possessed of the aforesaid estate'
to leas, such portions of the said property, from time to time, and for such limited period, as they mar
thmk nt, or to dispose thereof in perpetuity for an annual irredeemable ground rent, {rente fonciirc )
or otherwise to alienate such parts and portions of the said lands, and on such terms and condition, as
may be considered most advantageous for the present and permanent interests of the said College ■
Provided that such rente fincUrc, (in ease any portion of such lands be disposed of in perpetuity "for'
an annual .rredeemable ground rent,) (rente foncUre) shall be subject to an increase of not less
than tvventy-nve per cent, on the original rent, at the expiration of every twenty years, for one
hundred years; Provided always, that the lots or portions of land so to be leased, sob, or otherwise
abenated, shall be exhibited on one or more plans of the whole, correctly executed, and be publicl.
disposed of to the best and highest bidder after one month', public notice thereof, and of the tenns
and conditions connected therewith, in not less than two newspapers published in Montreal
"'
l-
It
XVI. VIC, Cap. LVIII.
An Act ,0 „mc„,l lw„ certain Ac, tLcrcia mcnlloncd, and for other nur-
po«.» connected will. ,he „d„,i„i.,™,io„ of McGill C^Mce '
the forly-fi,«t year of ti.e R.-Vn nf If ■ . V, "-''' *^ ""'"'•'* ""*''''' °"'' 1"''««'» i"
'/r„c and it is expedient to amend the said Acts : ^
Kins*,,, .r..i. i,:: : t;:,: ;:v::;rr-'' "'" """-"" ""- """«-
remove. servants ot the Corporation and the same to
toanjlawofthisTrovince shall hnvo f.,!i f. . "^«"'=enient of Lcarmng, not bemg repugnant
Governo. of this IVovin 'r i^,^^^^^ ''T'''^' being sanctioned or confirmed b, the
through the To.t.O^:^[Z^^Z f , ^T '^' '''' ''"''''''' '' ''^' '° *^« «-™
sixt, da,s thereafter. "^'"' '" '"'" '° ^'""'^^ ^'"^ '^'-"--"- "^ the same within
of Ll:nt:^t!:;::;:ti I!:;: "" '- 'r'^ r ^"^ ^^^^ ^-^-^^ ^-'-^^ ^^ ^he advancement
b. them heFd or to ^ e „ Isrf: S^^ 'T' '' ''' '""^'' '« -^ --
""^ ^^^'^'" ^°"*'S'^' " "-^ '"''y 'Je^n. expedient for the support
Pretmble.
Act of L. r.
.41 Geo. 3. 17.
Act nfCanidi
8 Vict. c. 78.
Who ahall pre.
Me in the ab-
■enee o[ the
I'reiidcnt.
Power to ap.
P'lint and i e>
move Officcri
and Servant
Power to make
Bjr-laws con.
cerning meet*
ings of the Cor-
poration.
Disnilowanee of
By-laws by the
Ciovernor subs-
tituted for the
necessity of hii
aanctioning
them.
Corporation
may dispose of
lands for an
irredctmaWe
ground rent^^buf
it need nnt be
•ubjeet to m>
crMM.
Corporation
inoy caiicol
Miitini deed>
on tcrmi to bo
(j{rei.'(l upon :
rti.« tuaiif etc.
FroTiio.
Monies of Cor-
poral Icii not
hereafter to Ic
paid to llcceivcr
General,
Frorigo annual
accounts to l>c
rurnialird to tlio
Governor.
ProTiiionaor'h'-
soid two Ac>
inconsistent
•^ith this Act
nyiMlad.
Proviso I exitt-
ing rights not
impaired.
PuMicAct. ]
and advnntaec i C II i™
, , ^^//„> college, »m m annual, irrcJccmaHo ground rtnt (rrrUr fonciire non
2^ " *».^- ,. .1 otl^n,i,c, aubjoct to ..eii ««m, ftnJ condilionn and will, ^,,.1. foruialities only of
ZZ: " 7 "'? ''•■^' ■' ™'' ^'-''-"•"S-"' f"^ 'he «,id College ; and it shall uot be ncce„ary
^- ^ ground rent {rrnt, fonciire) b. ..hjcct (o any f-rturo increase of amount.
ML And be .t enacted, 'J imt it .ball be lawful for the .aid Itoyal luHtilu.ion for tk ndvanccn.-. ^
«f Imrm^^^ dwy »halj dee™ it to tu, advantage of the «ai.l College s„ to do, to cancel and annul
an, d.4# m .feeds heretofore by them granted for the di.«n„l of any por.ion of .he said lands, tenement.
•»U eauu, u,n>« «,. f, terms a. by them and the other p. „•, to ,ud. deed or deeds may be mutually
t«reed upon, a, al.o, rom time (o time, to obtain and take any loan or loan* of money for the uses of
U« sa.d College, an.l u,,on such security, whether by hypoth.Matioa or otherwise, and upon sucn
otl«r term, and eonditions as they n.ay s.ipulate and ...sume ; Provided alway. that the amount of
-uah loan or loa« abull uot. at any one Utne, in the whole, eseeed the aum of three thou^nd pounds.
Vir. A.,d be ,t enacted, That the rents, issues and profits, sum and sums of money by the
smd lloyal In.stitutiou for the advancement of Learning held and possessed or which ,nay be by them
hereafter received, .shall not be paid into the hands of the lleceiver General of this Trovince, but the
«in.o shall be received by the Treasurer of the .said lloyal Insti.ulion for the advance.nent of Learning.
and be by !,„„ deposited and disposed of in «uch manner as, from time to time, the said Royal Insti-
tution for the advancein. X of Learning may direct ; Provided always, that the said lloyal I„«tHu-
tionfor the advancement of Learning shall, on or before the First d.ty of February in every year
furnish to the Covernor of this Province, a detailed statement and account affirmed by the Treasurer
before a Magistrate or Commis.-ioner authorized to receive affidavits, of the receipt and expenditure
of such monies during (he year immediately preceding.
Vlir. And be it enacted, That all such parts and provisions of the said two Acts, intituled res-
pectively, " An Act far the cstciimmcnt of Free School, and the rulvauccmoU ofLcarnu,^ in this
Pramncer and " An AU to cnaUc.thc Cbrporation of the Roy^d Institution f,rr the culvanrrment
cflcarmns to dis^mc of certain jmrtions of land for the better support of the University of
McGUl College " as are repugnant to or in any manner inconsistent with the provisions of this Act
arc hereby repealed ;-Provided always that nothing herein contained shall impair or affect any rights
heretofore acquired under and by virtue of the said Acts or either of them or any remedies or proceedings
for the enforcement of or in relation to such rights ; but all such rights, remedies and proceedings
•hall be and lemain as.if this Act bad not been passed.
IX. And ae it enacted, That this Act shall be a Public Act.