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AN ACT

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PROVINCIAL UNIVERSITY.

(raxied the 4th day Of April, A. D. 1876.)

Skction.

I'reaniblc.
1. Incorporation.

!i. Corpiiriifioii may huM jimprrty.
a. C'oriiorution to coiiMJst of (Jliancellor,

Vice-Cliancellor, I'V-llowu uiiil driiJ-

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I Senate.

5. Appointmpiit of Chaneollor.
li. V'ici> Cliauui'llor, &o.
7. Teliowg.

S. Appuintment of Fellow*
U. Ditto.

10. KlHction of Ki'llows.

11. Convocation.

12. KoniHtcr, io.

13. Visitor.

14 I'owi-rs and Duties of.SonRto.

15. MiijorityofSunatet' (loeidn, guorum.

11). Senuli' to apiioint t'.viiniincrs, &c.

17. I'owcrs of Convocation.

18. Mt'«'tin;.'s of Convocation.

VJ. Iv'itraordinnry niL'cti. >;,'.< of Convoca-
tion, rroviso.

20. Senate to provide placpfor meetings of

Convocation.

21. Nutici* uf 8uch incetin''^, &o.

Section.

2'i. rhnirmnn of Convocation to be choson

by incnibcrj.
2'i. To hold olliio for three ye*r.>J, 4c.

24. Chair. nan pro tt'tn.

2."). .Majority of Convocation to docide.

2i>. Quorum of Convocation.

27. Adjournment-^.

25. KxaminatioDM for degrees.
29. Defjroes.

;j(i. institutions in connexion with Univer-

Bity.
31. CuDdidntei for Matriculation, (fc.
J2. Cnndidates fur decrees in nicdioine

and •'urpory.
3.3. Senate may examine for and confer

dejjrees.
34, Certificate of degree, Ac.
IJo. ./(/ h'umlfm deprees, &c.
.'!ti. Certitlcates of prollcienoy, Ac.
3". lees, accounts, etc.
as, live-lawa ami refulations.
3i). I 'netructionof this Act.

40. 1<. ;iort by senate.

41. Kxpi'nses of organization?, etc.

42. Act— how to be cited.

AVlierca.'*, it is desirable til ostahlisli one univei>ity fur the PreamaMe.
whole of Xova Scotia, on the model of'the University of London,
for tlic i)iir[)ose of raisinji; the standard of higher education in
the IVoviiice, and of enabling all denominations and (;hisses, in-
cluding those [lersons whose circumstances preclude them from
following a regular course of study in any of the existing col-
leges or universities, to obtain academical degrees :

He it therefore enacted by the tJovernor, Council and Assem-
bly, as foll(jws :

1. A Chancellor, Vice-Chaiicallur, and twenty-four Fellows, lucorpcraiioj.
to be appointed as soon as conveniently may be after the passing
of tliis Act, by the Governor in Council, and all the persons
who may hereafter be appointed to be Chancellor or Fellows
as liQceinafter mentioned ; all the persons on whom respectively

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any of the institutions foUovving conferred any degrees in any
branch of knowledge other than theology, that is to say : King's
College, at Windsor, in the County of Hants ; Acadia College,
at Wolfville, in the County of Kings ; Dalhousie College and
Saint Mary's College, in the City of Halifax ; Saint Francis
Xavicr's College, at Antigonishe, and Mount Allison Wesleyan
College, at Saekville, New Brunswick ; and all the persons on
whom respectively the University hereby created may hereafter
confer any degree, are hereby declared and constituted a body
politic and corporate by the name of the " University of
Halifax."

2. The Corporation may purchase, take and hold real and
personal estate not exceeding the annual value of thirty thousand
dollars ; such annual value to be calculated and ascertained at
the period of taking, purchasing or acquiring the same ; and
may grant, sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of the
same, as may be deemed expedient for the interests of the
University.

3. The Corporation shull consist of a Chancellor, Vice-Chan-
cellor, Fellows and Graduates ; and there shall be twenty-four
Fellows, exclusive of the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor for
the time being. The Fellows shall be such persons as tlie
Governor in Council shall from time to time appoint as Fellows,
and as shall be appointed as Fellows by the members of the
Senate under the power hereinafter contained ; and the Graduates
shall be the persons on whom resi)ectively any of the institutions
mentioned in the first section conferred any degrees, and the
persons on whom respectively the University hereby created
shall heieaftor confer deirrees.

4. The Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Fellows for time
being shall constitute the Senate of the University.

5. Whenever a vacancy shall occiu* in the office of Cliancel-
lor of such University, either l)y death, resignation or otherwise,
the Governor in Council shall nominate and a|)point a fit fjid
proper person to be Chancellor instead of the Chancellor occa-
sioning such vacancy ; and in the meantime the duties of the
Chancellor shall be jjcrformed by the Vice-Chancellor or Fellow
performing the duties of Vice-Chancellor under the provision
hereinafter contained ; and the Vice-(,'hancellor or Fellow so
performing the duties of Vice-Chancellor and Fellows, siiall
have all such powers as are herel)y given t(j the Chancellor,
Vice-Chancellor, and Fellows, or to the Senate.

(5. The office of \'ice-Chancellor of the University shall be
an annual office ; and the first Vice-Chancellor hereinbefore
provided for shall go out of office on the first day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy -seven, and the members of
the Senate shall, at a sitting to be held by them for that purpose.

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on some day within a month before tlie expiration of the tenure
of such office, of vvhicli due notice shall be given, elect some
one of the Fellows of the University to be the Vice-Chancellor,
and so from time to time annually ; or, in case of the death,
resignation or other avoidance of any such Vice-Chancellor
before the expiration of his year of office, shall at a meeting to
be held by them for that purpose, as soon as conveniently may
be, of which due notice shall be given, elect one other of the
said Fellows to bo Vice-Chancellor for the I'emainder of the
year in which such death, resignation or other avoidance shall
happen ; and, until such election, the duties of Vice-Chancellor
% shall be performed by the senior Fellowfor the time being. The
seniority of the Fellows first appointed shall be determined by
the order in which their names shall appear in the instrument of
appointment or in the announcement of their ap})ointmcnt in
the Royal Gazette, and the seniority of Fellows ai'terwards ap-
pointed or elected at the same time, by the order in which their
names shall apjjcar in the instrument of appointuient or the in-
strument or certificate of election.

7. If at any time, by death, resignation or otherwise, a ^ °^*'
vacancy shall be created in the I)ody of the Fellows, then, and

so often as the same shall occur, new Fellows shall be appointed
in manner herein provided, so that the number of twenty-four
Fellows may be kept complete, exclusive of the Chancellor and
Vice-Chancellor for the time i)eing.

8. To all vacancies which shall from time to time occur while *^uoi°'.'"*°' '"
the number of Fellows shall amount to or exceed seventeen,
exclusively of the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor for the time

being, the Governor in Council shall from time to time appoint
a new Fellow or new Fellows.

f). Untif the number of Fellows of the University, who '^'""
shall have been sselccted from a list of persons to be nominated
by convocation under the power hereinafter contained shall
amount to or exceed six, every second Fellow, or one out of
every two Fellows who shall be thereafter appointed by the
Governor in Council, shall be clioscn from a list of three per-
sons to be nominated by convocation under the power hereinafter
contained ; and when and so soon as there shall be six Fellows
for the time being who shall have been so selected, thenceforth
every fourth Fellow, or one out of every four Fellows who shall
be thereafter appointed by the Governor in Council shall be
chosen out of a list of three persons to be nominated by Con-
vocation as aforesaid.

10. If at any time by death, resirrnation, or otherwise, the ''^''^'tiouof i'''^'
number of the Fellows of the University shall be reduced be-
low the number of seventeen exclusive of the Chancellor and

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Vice Chancellor for the time being, then in such case, and so
often as the same shall happen the members of the Senate shall,
as soon as conveniently may be, at a meeting to be hold for that
purpose, of which due notice shall be given, elect eight or more
fit and proper persons to be Fellows in addition to the then
remaining Fellows ; to the end, that, by means of such election
the number of twenty-fo^r Fellows of such Univer.^ity may be
completed, exclusive of the Chancellor and Vice-Chiincellor of
the University ; but at least one-fourth of the whole number of
Fellows who shall be so elected by the Senate shall be chosen
from a list of persons to be nominated by Convocation, such list _
to contain three times the number of persons to be selected
therefrom. Until the number of niembers of Convocation shall
exceed twenty, the power of nouiinating [)crsons for Fellowship
herein conferred on Convocation shall be exercised by the Senate
of the University.

11. The following Graduates of the University for the time
being shall constitute the Convocation of the University (that is
to say), all Doctors of Law, Doctors of Medicine, Doctors of
Science, and Masters of Arts, all Bachelors of Law and Bache-
lors of .Medicine of two years' standing, and all liachelors of
Arts and Bachelors of Science of three years' standing, and also
all Graduates holding such other Degrees to be hcreaiter con-
ferred by the University, as shall be recognized as qualification for
admission to convocation by resolution of Convocation in manner
hereinafter provided; and the standing of all the Graduates on
whom Degrees were conferred by tlie various Universities and
Colleges now existing and in the third section, particularly
mentioned, shall be computed from the respective times when such
Degrees were actually conferred, precisely as if the University
hereby created had been then in existence, and had conferred the
same Degrees, except that no Graduate of any of such L^niver-
sities or Colleges, shall be admitted as a mcuiber of Convocation,
who shall not within one year frona the time this Act goes into
operation, cause his name and such further particulars as may be
required, to be entered on the Register of Convocation herein-
after mentioned.

12. A Register of the Graduates constituting for the time
being the Convocation of the University of Halifax, shall be kept
by such officer, and in such manner as the Senate of such Univer-
sity siiall from time to time ap[)oint and direct, wliich Register
sluill be conclusive evidence that any person whose name shall
a[)pear thereon at the time of his claiming to vote in Convocation
is so entitled to vole, and tliat any person whose name shall not
appear thereon at the time of his claiming to vote in Convocation

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is not so entitled to vote. Such Graduates present and future,
shall pay such reasonable annual fees in that behalf, and at such
times and with such liberty to compound for the same as the
Senate with the concurrence of Convocation, and with the ap-
probation of the Provincial Secretary, shall from time to time
direct, and such Senate may make such Bye-Laws and Regula-
tions as may be deemed expedient for taking off the name of
any such Graduate as aforesaid for non-payment of such fees,
and for rtinstating such name on such terms as they shall by
such Bye-Laws prescribe in that behalf.

13. The Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, for the time^'*"°'-
being, shall be the Vifitor of the University, with authority to

do all those things which pertain to Visitors, as often as to such
Lieutenant-Governor sliall seem meet.

14. Tiie Senate for the time being, shall have the entire Powers and

, . , '? (V. • 1 dutio» of Sen-

management and supermteiulence over the affairs, concerns and ate.

property of the L^niversity of Halifax ; and in all cases unpro-
vided for by this Act, it sliall be lawful for the Senate to Act in
such manner as shall appear to them best calculated to promote
the purposes intended to be promoted by the University. Ami
such Senate shall have full power from time to time to make
and alter any Bye-Laws and Kcgulations (so as the same be
not repugnant to the laws of the Province or to the general
objects and provisions of this Act) touching the examination for
Dciirees and the grantiny; of the same, and touchinij the mode
and time of conveninj; the mcetinijs of tiie Senate and the meet-
ings of Convocation, and in general touching all other matters
whatsoever regarding the University not otherwise expressly
provided for by this Act. And all such Bye-Laws and regula-
tions, when reduced into writing, and after the common seal of
the University shall have been affixed thereto, shall be binding
upon all persons members thereof, and all candidates for Degrees
to be conferred by the same ; all such l?yc-Laws and Regula-
tions having been first submitted to and approved by the
Governor in Council. Provided always, that it shall not be
lawful for such Senate to impose on any person any compulsory
religious examination or test ; nor to do or cause or suffer to be
done anything that would render it necessary or advisable, with
a view to Academical success or distinction, that any person
should pursue the study of any materialistic or skeptical system
of logic or mental or moral philosophy.

15. All quesHons which shall come before the Senate shall ^"/°,'",I*^„"*^je-
be decided by the majority of the members present ; and the *'^'^-
Chairman at any sOch meeting, shall have a vote, and in case of

an equality of votes a second or casting vote. No question shall
be decided at any meeting unless the Chancellor or Vice-Chan-

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collor and five Fellows, or, in tlic absence of the Chancellor and
Vice-ChanccUor, unless six Fellows at the least, shall be pre- *
sent at the time of such decision. At every meeting of the
Senate, the Chancellor, or in his absence the Vice-Chancellor,
shall jirosidc as Chairman ; or in the absence of both, a Chair-
man shivll be chosen by the members present, or the major part
of them.

16. The Senate for the time being of the University shall
have full power from time to time to appoint, and, as they shall
see occassiun, to remove, all Examiners, officers and servants of
such University.

17. The Convocation of the University shall have the powers
following (that is to say), — The power of nominating three per*
sons for every Fellow to be appointed in the manner herein-
before mentioned from a List nominated by the Convocation, as
provided by this Act ; with power to the Convocation, if it shall
think fit, to enable absent members of the Convocation to vote
on such nominations of Lists by Voting-Papers, in such form or
to such effect, and to bo signed, transmitted verified and recorded
in such manner, and subject to such regulations and provisions,
as the Convocation may from time to time determine, but not so
to vote on any other matter : — The power of discussing any
matter whatsoever relating to the L^nivcrsity, and of declaring
the opinion of Convocation in an}' such matter : The power of
deciding as to the recognition, upon such terms as the Senate
shall propose, of any Degree to be hereafter conferred under
this Act, other than Degrees in Arts, Laws, Science and Medi-
cine, as a qualification for admission to Convocation. The
power of deciding on the mode of conducting and registering
tlic proceedings of Convocation. The power of appointing and
removing a Clerk of Convocation, and of prescribing his duties.
Except as expressly hereby provided, the Convocation shall not
be entitled to interfere in, or have any control over the affairs of
the University.

18. Once at least in every year, and as often as they may i,
think fit, the Senate shall convene a mcetinir of Convocation. L'

IS'. If fifteen or more members of Convocation shall by writ-
ing under their hands, require the chairman for the time being
of Convocation, to be appointed as hereinafter prescribed, to
convene an extraordinary meeting of Convocation, and such re-
(jnifiition shall express the object of the meeting required to be
called, it shall be lawful for ilie chairman to convene a meeting
of Convocation ; provided always, that after the first of euch
extraordinary meetings no such extraordinary meeting shall be
so convened until the expiration of three calendar months from
the last of such extraordinary meetings ; and provided also that

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no mutter shall be iliJicussod nt any sufli cxtraonllnnrv meeting,
except tlie matter for the (lit^ciission whorcof it \vi\» eonvcned.

lin. The Senate .shall provide a !)roi)i'i' i)Iace for the mectinu;s sefuit.- to pro-

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hy advertisement, or in such other manner as the Senate shall
from time to time dttcrmino. Whenever the Provincial Secre-
tary for the time hein;,' of this Province shall notify to the Senate
that the i,'overnor in ('oimcil is desirous of appointin.a; a Fellow
or a number of Fellows and of havinjr submitted to such
Governor in Council a list of persons from which to selc*. sueh
Fellow or Fellows, then the Senate sh '.1, as soon thereafter as
conveniently may be, convene a meeting of Convocation ; and
such meeting shall nominate three persons not being Fellows if
one Fellow is to be appointed, or three times as many persons
not being Fellows as there shall be Fellows to be so appointed,
if there shall be more than one Fellow to be appointed.

22. A person shall be appointed by the Senate to preside at cimirman of
tlie hist meeting ot Convocation ; ami at such meetuig a standing (.eciiosfn by
Chairman of Convocation shall be chosen by the members pre- '"'''"^'■"*-
sent, or the major part of them.

23. The ufjicc of Chairman of Convocati(m shall be an office ,

held for the term of three years, unless sooner determined by for three years,
death, resignation or otherwise ; but the Cliairman shall be eligible *'^"
for re-election. Within theyear preceding the expiration of every
term of such officer, or in case of the death or resignation of the
chairman or any vacancy of such office, the members of Convoca-
tion present at any meeting duly convened or the major part of
them, shall elect a chairman, who, if elected during the term of
office of any chairmau, shall hold office three years after the
expiration of the tenure of office of such chairman, and if elected
during a vacancy, then till the expiration of the third year after
the commencement of such vacancy. If from any cause no
chairman is elected to succeed any chairman for the time being,
then such last mentioned chairiuan shall continue in office until
his successor is ajipointcd.

24. If the Chairman shall be absent at the time of the cimirmiiu pro
meeting of Convocation, or if there shall be a vacancy in the '^'°'
office, then, before proceeding to business, the members of
Convocation then present, or the major part of them, shall

elect a Chairman, win; shall hold office during such meeting
only.

2r>. All questions which shall come before Convocation shall, coXocatiou to
subject to the provisions, hereinbefore contained with respect to *'*^'='''^-
nominations of lists of Fellows, be decided by the majority of

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tlio momberfl prcent exclusive of the chairman ; but the chnir-
miin, at any nioetinij thereof shall, in case of an equality of
votes, have a casting vote.

2ti. No question shall he ilccidcd nt any meetinf^ of Convo-
cation, unless twenty metnhcrs at least shall he present.

27. Any meeting of Convocation simll have power to adjourn
to a future day.

28. Once at least in every year the Senate of the University
shall cau*c to he held an examination of candidates for degrees ;
and on every such (ixaniination the can<lidate9 shall he examined
by examiners appointed for the purpose by the Senate, and on
every such examination, the candidates shall he examined in as
many branches of general knowledge as sneh Senate siiall consi-
der the most fitting suhjeets of snch examination.

'29. Persons shall he admitted as canditlates for the respective
degrees of liachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Bachelor of [..aws,
and I)(jctor of Laws, Hachelor of Science and Doctor of Science,
and any other degrees which the Senate of the University may
hereafter from time to time determine to confer, in j)ursnatice of
the power hereinatter contained, other than degrees in Medicine
and Surgery, on s.-itisfving snch Senate that they respectively
have completed in any of the Institutioir. hereinafter mentioned,
whilst in connection with the University hereby created, or any
other Institution for the time being in connexion with such
University, as hereinafter provided for, the course of instruction
which such Senate shall from time to time by regulations in that
behalf determine.
coYimotion* '" •^'*' '''''^' ^'"Ih'wing Institutions shall be in connection with
with univer- the University o^ Halifax, for the purpose set forth in the last
preceding section, that is to say : King's College, at Windsor ;
l)a!housie College and Saint ]Marv's College, in the City of
Halifax; Acadia College, at Wolfvillc ; The College of. St.
Francis Xavier, at Antigonishe ; and Mount Allison W«?sleyan
College, at Saekville, Xovv Brunswick ; and it shall be lawful
for the Senate, with the consent of the (Jovcrnor in Council,
from time to time to alter and amend the list of Institutions in
connection with such University by adding any other Institutions
thereunto,
CandidatcR for ;^i. Porsons not educated in any of such institutions for the

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.^^e. tunc r)cmg connected with sncli University, shall be admitted as

candidates fljr Matriculation, and for any of tlie degrees hereby
authorizeil to l)e conferred by such University of Halitax, other
than dei^rees in medicine or surcfcry, on such conditions as the
Senate, by regulations in that behalf, shall from time to time
determine.
Candidatps for ,'{2. For tlic nnriroscs of "[rantinsf the Decrees of Bachelor of
Mt'Sieine k Mcdicinc, Doctor of Mcdl'jinc, and Master in Surgerv, and for

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ths improvement of Medical Education, in all its branches, as
well in Medicine as in Surgery, Midwifery and Pharmacy, it
shall be the duty of the Senate from time to time to report to the
Governor in Council what appear to them, to be the Medical
Institutions and schools in the Dominion of Canada or else-
where, from which it may be fit and expedient, in the judgment
of such Senate to admit candidates for Medical Degrees, such
repoi't to be approved by the Governor in Council ; and no
persons shall be admitted as candidates for the respective Degrees
of Bachelor of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, or Master in
Surgery, to be conferred by the University of Halifax, unless
they shall satisfy such Senate, that such persons have in any one
or more of such Institutions or Schools, completed the course of
instruction which B"'^h Senate, by Regulation in that behalf,
shall determine ; and no person shall be admitted as a candidate
for the Degree of Master in Surgery, unless he shall be previously
a Bachelor of Medicine of such University ; and it shall be law-
ful for such Senate, from time to time, with the approval of the
Governor in Council, to vary, alter, and amend any such report
by striking out any of such Institutions or Schools included
therein, or by adding others thereunto.

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examme tor, and after cxammation, to confer m such mode and confer degrees,
on compliance by the candidates with such conditions us they
shall from time to time determine, the several or such as they
shall think fit of the Degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts,
Bachelor and Doctor in Laws, Science and Medicine, and Master
in Surgery ; and also to confer the several Degrees of Bachelor,
Master, and Doctor in any departments of knowledge whatever,
except Theology, as such Senate by Regulation in that behalf,
shall from time to time determine, and whether such departments
of knowledge shall or shall not include any portion of the
departments of knowledge for which Degrees in Arts, Law,
Science and Medicine, or any of them, are authorized to be
conferred by this Act ; and such reasonable Fees may be charged
for, or in any respect of such Examination and Degrees respec-
tively or either of them, as such Senate, with the approbation
of the Governor in Council, shall from time to time direct.

34. At the conclusion of every Examination of the candidates, DegreeT&c!''^
the Examiners shall declare the name of every candidate whom

they shall have deemed to be qualified to receive any of such
Degrees, together with such particulars as such Senate shall from
time to time dertermine ; and every such candidate shall, if other-
wise approved by such Senate, and if they shall think fit, receive
from the Chancellor a certificate, under the Seal of the Univers-
ity of Halifax, and signed by such Chancellor, or in his absence

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or incapacity by the Vice-Chanccllor, in which the Degree allowed
by such Senate, to be taken by him, *!hal] be stated, together with
such other particulars, if any, as such Senate shall deem fitting
to be stated therein.
4dFvndemDe- '■^•'*' ^^ ''^ Senate of the University shall also have power to
grces. confer any of such degrees as Ad Eumlem Degrees ; but no

decree so conferred shall, without the consent of Convocation
in each case, entitle the holder thereof, to be or become a
member of Convocation.
rrotid'i'm'y."'c^ •^^'" '^"c'^ Senate shall have power to examine for and after
examination, to grant, in such mode and on compliance by the
candidate with such conditions as they shall from time to time
determine. Certificates of Proficiency in such branches of know-
ledge as such Senate shall from time to time by regulations made
in that behalf determine ; and in addition to the examination of
candiilatcs for Degrees in this Act mentioned and ordained, such
Sfcuate may cause to be held from time to time examinations of
persons, who shall have prosecuted the study of such branches
of knowledge, and who shall be candidates for such Certificates
of Proficiency, as aforesaid, subject to such regulations as by the
Senate shall from time to time be made in that behalf; and on
every such examination, the candidates shall be examined by
Examiners ai)pointed by such Senate ; and at the conclusion of
every examination of the candidates, the Examiners shall declare
the name of evcrv candidate whom thev shall have deemed to be
qualified to receive any such Certificate, together with such par-
ticulars as the Senate shall from time to time determine ; and he
shall, if otherwise approved by such Senate, and if they shall
think fit, receive from the Chancellor a Certificate, under the
Seal of the University of Halifax, and signed by such Chancel-
lor, or in his absence or incapacity by the Vice-Chancellor, in
which the branch or branches of knowledge, in respect of which
he has been allowed by such Senate to obtain the Certificate,
shall be stated, together with such other particulars, if any, as
the Senate shall deem fitting to be stated therein. And such
reasonable fees may be charged for or in respect of such Exam-
inations and Certificates of Proficiency, resj)ectively or either of
them, as such Senate, with the approbation of the Governor in
Council shall from time to time direct.
reee, aecounfF '^7. All Fccs shall bc Carried to one general Fee Fund, for
'i'^' the payment of the expenses of the University of Halifax, under

the directions and regulations of the Governor in Council, to
whom the accounts of Income and Expenditure of the Univer-
sity shall once in every year be submitted ; which accounts shall
be subject to such exaniination and audit as the Governor in
Council may direct.

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38. All Bye-laws and Kegulations made by the Senate, from Byei«w» and
time to time, in relation to any of" the matters hereinbefore
mentioned, shall be submitted to, and approved by the Governor

in Council, as hereinbefore provided. construction

39. This Act shall be construed, and adjudged, in the mosfft'"* ^a.
favorable and beneficial sense for the University, as well in the
Provincial Courts of Law and Equity, as elsewhere.

40. The Senate shall annually report to the Governor in Semite'. ^^
Council, at such time as be shall appoint, upon the transactions

of the University during the year preceding such report, and
upon the general state and prospects of the same, and such other
particulars as such Senate shall deem proper, or as the Governor
in Council shall require ; the Senate shall also, whenever re-
quired so to do, by the Governor in Council, report specially
upon any matters or subjects connected with the University ; and
every such annual or special report, shall be laid before the
Legislature of Nova, Scotia at its then, or next ensuing Session.

4L A sum not exceeding two thousand dollars shall be ,'?,,'^J]™jfJ'„"'^''''
placed at the disposal of the Senate of the University, to meet'J'=-
the expenses incidental to the organization " the University,
and its operations during the first years of its existence, and
a like sum in each succeeding year. No portion of such sum
shall bo exj)euded, with(»ut the api)roval of the Governor in
Council for the purpose first had and obtained.

42. This Act may be cited as "The University Act, 1876." A^t-i*"^*^''^

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