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be appointed to the respective offices of President, Professor, Registrar, Bursar, and Librarian of the College, shall hold and be continued in their respective offices during the pleasure of Us, our heirs and successors.

CHAPTER II.

OF THE POWERS OF THE CORPORATE BODY.

The Corporate Body of the College shall consist as aforesaid of the President and the Professors.

The presence of not less than ten members shall be necessary to constitute a meeting for the transaction of business. The President or, in his absence, his Deputy, shall exofficio be Chairman. In the absence of both the President and his Deputy from any meeting, the members present shall elect one from among their number to act as Chairman.

The Corporate Body shall annually meet and elect two from among the Professors to be members of the College Council for the three ensuing years. Outgoing members of Council may be re-elected.

In the year 1863, the Corporate Body shall elect four other Professors to be members of the Council; two of them for the ensuing year, and the remaining two for the two ensuing years.

In case any member of the College Council shall from illness or other cause be prevented from performing his duties, the President shall have power to declare the office vacant, and the Corporate Body shall thereupon proceed to the election of another Professor to supply the vacancy for the unexpired time of office.

The Corporate Body shall so select the Professors whom they shall elect members of Council that the Council may constantly include one at least of the following Professors, that is to say-the Professor of Anatomy and Physiology, the Professor of Medicine, the Professor of Surgery, the Professor of Materia Medica, and the Professor of Midwifery.

The President shall vote in the election of members of Council only in the event of an equality of votes. In the absence of the President, the Deputy of the President, or other Professor acting as Chairman, shall, in all cases, have a vote, but shall not have a second or casting vote.

CHAPTER III.

OF THE CONSTITUTION AND POWERS OF THE COLLEGE COUNCIL.

The general government and administration of the College shall be vested in a Council, consisting of the President, and six Professors elected in the manner aforesaid.

The presence of not less than five members of the College Council shall be necessary to constitute a meeting for the transaction of business.

The President, or, in his absence, his Deputy, shall exofficio be Chairman of the Council. In the absence of both the President and his Deputy from any meeting of Council, the members present shall elect one from among their number to act as Chairman.

The President shall in all cases have a vote, and in case of an equality of votes, shall have a second or casting vote. In the absence of the President from any Meeting of Council, the Deputy of the President, or other Professor acting as Chairman, shall in all cases have a vote, but shall not have a second or casting vote.

The Council shall have power to regulate the course of proceedings at meetings of Council, and to make arrangements as to the times of its ordinary meetings.

The Council shall have power to make regulations for the government of the College, in cases not provided for by the Statutes.

The Council shall have power to prescribe the courses of instruction to be pursued in the College, and to prescribe the Entrance, Scholarship, and other Collegiate Examinations.

The Council shall have power to make regulations for the maintenance of discipline and good conduct among the Students, both without and within the College precincts, in cases not provided for by the Statutes, and of affixing penalties and punishments to the violation of the same.

The Council shall have power to appoint Committees of Professors for any Collegiate purpose, and to prescribe their duties and define their powers.

The Council shall have power to require the co-operation or assistance of any Professor, Scholar, or Office-bearer of the College in such reasonable ways as it may prescribe, for

the better maintenance of discipline and good conduct among the Students, or for the general business of the College.

The Council shall exercise a general supervision and control over the income and expenditure of the College.

No resolution of the Council shall come into operation until it shall have received the signature of the President, or, in his absence, of his Deputy, acting by his authority.

CHAPTER IV.

OF THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICEPRESIDENT.

The President shall, in virtue of his office, preside over all Collegiate Meetings at which he may be present.

He shall have power to regulate and prescribe the order to be observed at the opening and close of the Collegiate Session, at the conferring of Honours, and generally at all public proceedings of the College.

He shall prepare the report of the proceedings of the College and forward it to the Lord Lieutenant, to be laid before Parliament, agreeably to the provisions of 8th and 9th Victoria, chapter 66, section 20.

The correspondence of the College shall be conducted. under his direction, whether founded on a resolution of Council or otherwise.

He shall sign or authorize the signature of all Certificates of Prizes, and other official documents, and shall authenticate the affixing of the College Seal to such documents as may require it.

He shall prescribe the times and hours of attendance of the Registrar and Bursar in their respective offices.

He shall have the power of appointing the minor Officers and Servants of the College, and shall regulate their duties and control their conduct.

He shall have the sole power of granting leave of absence to the Professors, Officers, and Servants of the College.

He shall have power, at all times, to visit any Hall, Lecture-room, Office, or public apartment of the College. He shall advise and remonstrate with any Professor of the College, whenever it shall come to his knowledge that such Professor has been negligent of his duties, or has shown a want of

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zeal in using the most efficacious means of imparting instruction to his class, and of promoting education in the College.

He shall advise and remonstrate with any Office-bearer of the College, whenever it shall come to his knowledge that such Office-bearer has been negligent of his duties.

Should any Professor or Office-bearer of the College prove inattentive to the advice or remonstrance of the President, the President shall, after giving such Professor or Officebearer notice of his intention, and furnishing him with a copy of the official statement he proposes to make of the case, call the attention of the Government to the conduct of such Professor or Office-bearer.

He shall report to the Lord Lieutenant the fact of his approaching the age of seventy years at three months before he attains that age, and shall report similarly upon the case of any Professor or Office-bearer who may be approaching the age of sixty-five years, stating at the same time his opinion as to the fitness of such Professor or Office-bearer for continuance in office: and he shall furnish to the Professor or Office-bearer concerned a copy of the Report so made.

He shall exercise a constant supervision over all departments of the College, and shall direct his particular attention to the maintenance of order and discipline in the same.

He shall appoint Auditors of the Bursar's accounts, who shall report to the Council on the financial state of the College; and he shall sign, at the meetings of Council, all orders for the payment of money on account of the College.

He shall have power to license Boarding-houses for Students, and to exercise a full supervision of the same, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the regulations made by him for their order and discipline shall have been complied with.

He shall make arrangements for the holding of visitations, as directed by the Statutes, and shall have power to call extraordinary Meetings of the Visitors.

He shall have power to summon extraordinary meetings of the Corporate Body, of the Council, and of any Collegiate Committee.

He shall have power to dissolve any Collegiate Committee. He shall, on occasions of his absence or illness, appoint a Deputy from among the Professors, who shall exercise his powers and discharge his duties for the time being; provided that no one but the President shall exercise a casting vote at meetings of Council, or authorize the signature of resolutions of Council.

OF THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT.

We will and ordain that

shall be Vice-President of the College, and that until the office of Vice-President shall determine, he shall be ex-officio the Deputy of the President during his absence or illness, and shall, in the absence of the President, have a second or casting vote in the Council, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these presents; and that the following shall be his powers and duties as Vice-President; that is to say:

He shall hold a position next in rank to the President in the government of the College, and at all collegiate meetings.

He shall be a member of the Council, in addition to the President and those members of Council whose election has been herein before directed, and shall attend the meetings of the College Council and the public meetings of the College.

He shall have power to visit, at any time, any hall, lecture-room, office, or other public apartment of the College.

He shall exercise a constant supervision over all departments of the College, and shall direct his particular attention to the maintenance of order and discipline in the same.

He shall, in respect to the professorship which he holds, conform to the provisions of the Statutes which regulate the powers and duties of the Professors.

CHAPTER V.

OF THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PROFESSORS.

Every Professor shall attend the meetings of the Corporate Body of the College; and, if appointed a member of the Council, shall attend the meetings of Council, and perform the other duties pertaining to that office.

He shall, if appointed Deputy to the President, discharge the duties of the President during his absence, or until a successor shall have been appointed by the President.

He shall serve upon all Committees to which he may be appointed by the Council, shall discharge the duties of a College Tutor if required to do so by the Council, and shall assist and co-operate with the Council in such other reasonable ways

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