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 AN ACT 
 
 TO ESTADLI9H A 
 
 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- 
 
 uatea. 
 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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 Corporation to 
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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 
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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 
 
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 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- 
 
 n /•, .■ 1 .1 1- (• ,• !• /^ ' villi" pIllCP for 
 
 ot Lonvocatioii ; aiul the proceed in;i8 ot any meetni^ ot l/on- imMtlnuHiof 
 vocation shall he tfansmitted to the Senate at the next following; ^''""■'""'"'""' 
 mcctinj' of the Senate. 
 
 21. 
 
 Notice of the inT>etinirs of Convocation shall he "■ivcn Notir.- of otioh 
 
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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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 Quorum of Con 
 Tocntlon. 
 
 Adjournment. 
 
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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 
 
 Surgery. ' ' o . ' 
 
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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. 
 
 33. The Senate of the University shall have power to Senate m»y ex 
 
 P i/v -i- o • i_j .amine for and 
 
 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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