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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, 
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 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 
 
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 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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 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 . .• , 
 
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 »a J™es McGill, eree. „d e,.abli„, ,, cT " '" """ ''•'"" "» "-»— »' *« 
 
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 And where.,, .l,es.iJJa„e, McGill F„.,- \ ""^'" '-'"'«'■ ' 
 
 .bo Adv.„co„c., of L.™! .0 be .ppw'T ' "" "" '"" "'°"" '«'«'■" '" 
 
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 .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 
 
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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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 tructed when an 
 
 electioo ia dital> 
 
 lowed," 
 
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 (hall be .1 bodf 
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 ing in yearly 
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 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; "" '"" '""'"'•'""' "■ 
 
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 ';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.