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as the Council may prescribe, for the maintenance of discipline and good conduct in the Students, or for the general business of the College.

He shall hold, or assist at, all College Examinations according to the appointment of the Council.

Each of the Professors enumerated in the subjoined table shall also hold, or assist at, all University Examinations of Matriculated Students, according to the appointment of the Senate of the Queen's University in Ireland: provided that he shall not be required to discharge these duties, unless he receive from the University, for each year that he is called upon by the Senate of the University to act as Examiner, the sum placed opposite his title in the table, viz. :

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Provided further that no Professor shall be required to repair to Dublin to hold University Examinations, unless his personal expenses are defrayed by the University.

He shall lecture, teach, and examine such classes, at such hours and for such periods as may be appointed by the College Council, and shall observe punctuality and diligence in discharging these duties, and shall maintain strict order and discipline in his class.

No Professor shall deliver any special lectures, or courses of instruction, except under the sanction of the College Council.

Any Professor may, under the sanction of the President, receive into his house, for residence, a limited number of the Students of the College.

Each Professor shall arrange and prepare catalogues of all College property intrusted to his charge, and shall carefully attend to the preservation of the same.

He shall annually revise the catalogues of the collections intrusted to his charge, and report to the Council on the condition of the collections, and on any additions they may have received, or any losses they may have sustained, since the last previous report.

If any Professor shall, in any Lecture or Examination, or in the discharge of any other part of his collegiate duty, teach or advance any doctrine, or make any statement derogatory to the truths of revealed religion, or injurious or disrespectful to the religious convictions of any portion of his class or audience, or shall introduce or discuss any subject of controversy, political or religious, tending to produce contention or excitement, such Professor shall be summoned before the Council, and upon sufficient evidence of his having so transgressed, shall be formally warned and reprimanded by the President; and if any such Professor be guilty of a repetition of said or similar offence, the President shall forthwith suspend him from his functions, and take steps officially to recommend to the Crown his removal from office, as having transgressed the Statutes of the College, and violated his obligations to its authorities.

Every Professor shall, upon entering into office, sign the following declaration :-"I, A, B, do hereby promise to the President and Council of Queen's College, Galway, that I will faithfully, and to the best of my ability, discharge the duties of Professor of in the said College; and I further promise and engage that in lecturing and examining, and in the performance of all other duties connected with my chair, I will carefully abstain from teaching or advancing any doctrine, or making any statement derogatory to the truths of revealed religion, or injurious or disrespectful to the religious convictions of any portion of my class or audience. And I moreover promise to the President and Council that I will not introduce or discuss in my place or capacity of Professor, any subject of controversy, political or religious, tending to produce contention or excitement; nor will I engage in any avocation which the Council shall judge inconsistent with my office; but will, as far as in me lies, promote on all occasions the interests of education and the welfare of the College."

Provided always, that if any Professor heretofore appointed by us prefer that his duties be those imposed by our former Letters Patent of the eleventh day of December, in the thirteenth year of our reign, he shall be ruled by the Statutes therein contained, so far as his duties are concerned, and be exempted from any additional duties imposed by, or in virtue of, these presents, provided that he announce his desire in writing to the President within one calendar month from the

date of these presents; and in this case, any increase which would have accrued to his stipend under the provisions of these our Letters, over and above the stipend allotted to him in our said former Letters Patent, shall be applied to augment the sum hereinafter allocated to the payment of College Scholarships and other prizes.

CHAPTER VI.

OF THE DUTIES OF THE REGISTRAR.

The Registrar shall attend in his office at such times as the President shall prescribe, and shall be in readiness at all times to attend the meetings of the Council.

He shall take a general charge of the College buildings and property, and especially during the vacation; and for this purpose shall reside within the College precincts, unless by the written permission of the President, or unless he be required to attend in Dublin, as University Examiner, by the Senate of the Queen's University in Ireland; and he shall make such arrangements for the security of the College buildings and property during his absence as shall be satisfactory to the President: provided that his residence within the College precincts shall not be required until the office Vice-President shall have determined.

He shall keep a list of the names and residences of the Students, arranged according to their respective classes, and shall furnish to each Dean of Residences the list of those Students who are committed to his charge.

He shall prepare and issue under the direction of the President summonses for the meetings of Council, and all other summonses and notices for Collegiate purposes.

He shall preserve the Rolls of Attendance of the Professors and Students at lecture.

He shall prepare under the direction of the Council programmes of all examinations.

He shall prepare under the direction of the Council all orders for the disbursement of money.

After each Entrance Examination he shall forward to the Senate of the Queen's University in Ireland a list of the candidates who shall have passed the Entrance Examination, and entered on the study of the course prescribed for a degree

or other University distinction, in order that they may be matriculated in the University. And all Students whose names shall have been thus returned to the Senate for matriculation, shall enjoy the privileges and discharge the duties of Matriculated Students within the College.

He shall also prepare and forward, under the direction of the President, all other documents relating to the Queen's University in Ireland which the Chancellor or Senate may require, and shall preserve copies of the same.

He shall carry on the correspondence of the College under the direction of the President.

He shall keep a record of all College transactions.

He shall, when required by the President or Council, prepare the official documents of the College, and shall preserve copies of the same.

He shall prepare and make copies of all other College documents which the President or Council may require.

He shall keep a list of the licensed Boarding-houses, and of the Students resident therein.

He shall inspect and report on the condition of the licensed Boarding-houses, when required to do so by the President. He shall carry out the instructions of the Council in such other reasonable ways as the Council shall prescribe for the maintenance of discipline and good conduct in the Students, and for the general business of the College.

He shall sign a declaration that he will preserve all books, records, or documents committed to his care by the President or Council; that he will not allow them to be removed, read, or inspected by any person whatsoever without the written permission of the President or Council: and that he will observe due secrecy with respect to the proceedings of the College Council, and his official communications with the President.

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CHAPTER VII.

OF THE DUTIES OF THE BURSAR.

The Bursar shall attend in his office at such times as the President shall prescribe.

He shall lay before the Council at each of its ordinary meetings the accounts of, and vouchers for, all moneys disbursed on behalf of the College since its last previous meeting. He shall also present a detailed estimate of the sums required for the current expenses of the College, and shall thereupon receive the written authority of the Council to disburse the same.

He shall collect from the Students, on behalf of the College, all collegiate fees, shall give receipts for the same, and shall account for all sums so received to the Council.

He shall collect from the Students, on behalf of the Professors, the class fees, and shall pay over the same to the several Professors, at such periods as shall be appointed by the Council.

He shall prepare all such documents relating to the income and expenditure of the College as the President or Council may require, and shall preserve copies of the same.

He shall assist, when required by the President, in preparing and making copies of College documents.

He shall pay constant attention to the state of the College buildings, and shall, from time to time, as occasion may require, lay before the Council a statement of any repairs or alterations which may be necessary for the conservation thereof.

He shall, when called upon to do so by the Council, make a general inventory of all the College property, and prepare a report on the general condition thereof, and shall lay such inventory and report before the Council at its next subsequent meeting, and shall preserve copies of the same.

He shall carry out the instructions of the Council in such other reasonable ways as the Council shall prescribe for the maintenance of discipline and good conduct in the Students, and for the general business of the College.

He shall, before entering on his office, give such and so much security to the College for the faithful discharge of his duties, as the Council shall deem sufficient.

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