Colleges.

Her Majesty's Treasury shall be empowered, by warrant under the hands of any three or more of them, Endowment of to charge the said Consolidated Fund of the said United Kingdom (after providing for all preceding charges, but having preference for all future charges), and to direct to be issued or paid thereout by four equal quarterly payments, on the fifth day of January, the fifth day of April, the fifth day of July, and the tenth day of October in every year, such sums of money as shall be needed for defraying the several stipends which shall be by Her Majesty appointed to be paid to the President and VicePresident and to such Professors in the several Faculties of Arts, Law, and Physic, as shall be from time to time established by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, and to the Bursar, Registrar, Librarian, and other Office-bearers, and Servants in each of the said Colleges, and for defraying the expense of such prizes and exhibitions as shall be by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, awarded for the encouragement and reward of students in each of the said Colleges, not exceeding in any one year the sum of seven thousand pounds for every such College, or the sum of twenty-one thousand pounds in the whole, the first instalment for each College to become due and payable on such of the said quarterly days of payment as shall first happen next after the grant of the Letters Patent for the establishment of such College.

XIII. And be it declared and enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Professors in each of the said Fees may be Colleges, in addition to the stipends with taken. which they shall be so respectively endowed, to demand and receive from the students in the said Colleges, such reasonable fees for attendance on their lectures, and for the Bursar of the College to collect from the said students, on behalf of the said College, such reasonable fees for matriculation and other collegiate proceedings as shall be from time to time provided by the statutes, rules, and ordinances so to be made or approved by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, as aforesaid.

XIV. "And for the better enabling every student in the said Colleges to receive religious instruction according to the creed which he professes to hold," be it enacted, That

Lecture-rooms,

within the pre

lege, to be as

signed for religious instruction.

it shall be lawful for the President and Professors, or other governing body of each of the said Colleges which shall be constituted in and by the said cincts of the Col- Letters Patent, to assign lecture-rooms within the precincts of such College, wholly or in part, for the use of such religious teachers as shall be recognised by such governing body, subject in each case to the approval of Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, and also subject to the like approval, to make rules concerning the days and times when such religious instruction shall be given therein, and for securing that the same shall not interfere with the general discipline of the College Provided always, that no student shall be compelled by any rule of the College to attend any theological lecture or religious instruction other than is approved by his parents or guardians, and that no religious test shall be administered to any person in order to entitle him to be admitted a student of any such College, or to hold any office therein, or to partake of any advantage or privilege thereof; but this proviso shall not be deemed to prevent the making of regulations for securing the due attendance of the students for divine worship at such Church or Chapel as shall be approved by their parents or guardians, respectively.

Where students shall dwell.

XV. "And for the better government of the students in the said Colleges," be it enacted, That no student shall be allowed to continue in any of the said Colleges unless he shall dwell with his parent or guardian, or with some near relation or friend selected by his parent or guardian, and approved by the President of the College, or with a tutor or master of a boarding-house licensed by the President of the College as hereinafter provided, or in a hall founded and endowed for the reception of students, and recognised by the College as hereinafter provided.

Licence of masters of

XVI. And be it enacted, That every person who is desirous of being licensed as a tutor or master of a boarding-house in any of the said Colleges boarding-houses. shall apply in writing under his hand to the President of the College for his licence; and it shall be lawful for the President, if he shall think fit, to require of any such applicant such testimonials of character and fitness for

the office as shall be satisfactory to him; and the application shall specify the house or houses belonging to or occupied by the applicant, and intended by him for the reception of students, and the number of students, who may be conveniently lodged and boarded therein, and also the provision or regulation proposed to be made for securing to the said students the means of due attendance upon such religious instruction and divine worship as may be approved by his parents and guardians and recognised by the governing body of the College, and thereupon it shall be lawful for the President, in his discretion, to grant or withhold the licence for the academical year then current or then next ensuing; and every such licence shall be registered in the archives of the College, and shall endure until the end of the academical year in which it shall be registered, and shall then be of no force unless renewed in like manner, but shall be revocable at any time, and may be forthwith revoked by the President of the College, in case of any misbehaviour of such tutor or master of a boarding-house, or of the students under his care, which, in the opinion of the President and a majority of the Professors of the College, ought to be punished by immediate revocation of such licence.

Halls for stu

dents may be en

benefactions.

XVII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any person whomsoever, having power to make an absolute disposition thereof, to give, grant, dowed by private devise, bequeath, or assure, by any deed, will, or other instrument sufficient in law to create or convey an estate therein, any messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, or any estate therein, or any interest arising thereout, or any money, chattels, and effects, to any trustee or trustees willing to accept the trust, or to the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests in Ireland and their successors, in trust, for founding and endowing halls for the reception of students in any of the said Colleges, and by such deed, will, or instrument, to establish rules or to specify the authority for establishing rules to be observed by the students admitted to the benefits of such foundation, and to specify the authority by which the observance of such rules is to be enforced: Provided always, that no such hall shall be recognised by any of the said Colleges unless the instrument of foundation shall provide that such rules, and also the appointment from time to time of the principal or

other person holding chief authority in such hall, shall be of no force until allowed by the person or persons appointed or to be appointed as aforesaid by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, to execute the office of visitor of the said College.

XVIII. "And for the encouragement of persons willing to found and endow halls for the reception of Loans may be raised for found- students in the said Colleges as aforesaid," be ing Halls. it declared and enacted, That if Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, shall be pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland, to incorporate any number of persons willing to found and endow any such hall or halls as aforesaid, such incorporated hall shall be deemed a public work, for the promotion of which the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland may make loans within the meaning of an Act passed in the second year of the reign of His late Majesty, intituled "An Act for the Extension and Promotion of Public Works in Ireland," and of all Acts passed or to be passed for the amendment thereof; and that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to make loans to such incorporated bodies, respectively, for the extension and promotion of such foundations according to the provisions of the last-recited Acts.

Theological

benefactions.

XIX. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any person whomsoever, having power to make an chairs may be en- absolute disposition thereof, to give, grant, dowed by private devise, bequeath, or assure, by any deed, will, or other instrument sufficient in law to create or convey an estate therein, any messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, or any estate therein, or interest arising thereout, or any money, chattels, and effects, to any trustee or trustees willing to accept the trust, or to the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests in Ireland, and their successors, in trust for establishing and maintaining lectures or other forms of religious instruction for the use of such students of the said Colleges, respectively, as shall be desirous of receiving the same, subject to such regulations consistent with the intentions of the donor thereof, as shall be made by the governing body of the College, and approved by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors; Provided always, that no such gift shall take effect until it shall have been accepted by the governing

body of the College, and until Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors shall have signified her or their approval of the regulations according to which such gift is to be applied.

Colleges to report

XX. And be it enacted, That every such College which shall be established and endowed under this annually to Her Act shall once at least in every year, and also Majesty. whenever Her Majesty's pleasure shall be signified in that behalf, report to Her Majesty their proceedings; and a copy of every such report shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within six weeks after the same shall have been made, if Parliament be then sitting, or if not, then within six weeks next after the next meeting of Parliament.

XXI. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament.

PATENT

GRANTING CHARTER FOR THE COLLEGE OF GALWAY.

VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, and soforth, to all unto whom these presents shall come, greeting. Whereas, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland, bearing date at Dublin, the thirtieth day of December, in the ninth year of our reign, and made under the provisions of an Act passed in a Session of Parliament holden in the eighth and ninth year of our reign, entitled, "An Act to enable Her Majesty to endow new Colleges for the Advancement of Learning in Ireland," WE willed, ordained, constituted, declared, and appointed, that in or near Galway, in the province of Connaught, there should and might be erected and established one perpetual College for Students in Arts, Law, Physic, and other useful learning, to be called by the name of "Queen's College, Galway," and should consist of one President, one Vice-President, and such number of Professors in Arts, Law, and Physic, not exceeding twelve in number, as should be appointed under and by virtue of the said recited Act:

And whereas, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of