lably observed, kept, and performed from time to time, in 'vigour and effect, under the penalties to be thereby or therein 'imposed or contained: And we do further will, ordain, and grant, that the said College shall be deemed and taken to be 'an University, and shall have and enjoy all such and the like privileges as are enjoyed by our Universities of our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as far as the same ' are capable of being had and enjoyed by virtue of these our Letters Patent; and that the Students in the said College shall have liberty and faculty of taking the Degrees of Bachelor, Master, and Doctor in the several Arts and Faculties at the appointed times, and shall have liberty within themselves of performing all scholastic exercises for the 'conferring such Degrees, in such manner as shall be directed by the statutes, rules, and ordinances of the said College: And we do further will, ordain, and appoint, that no religious ' test or qualification shall be required of, or appointed for any persons admitted or matriculated as Scholars within our said. College, or of persons admitted to any Degree in any Art or Faculty therein, save only that all persons admitted within ' our said College to any Degree in Divinity, shall make such and the same declaration and subscription, and take such ' and the same oaths as are required of persons admitted to any Degree of Divinity in our University of Oxford: And we do further will, direct, and ordain, that the Chancellor, President, and Professors of our said College, and all persons 'admitted therein to the Degree of Master of Arts, or to any Degree in Divinity, Law, or Medicine, and who from the 'time of such their admission to such Degree, shall pay the ' annual sum of twenty shillings sterling money, for and towards 'the support and maintenance of the said College, shall be and be deemed, taken, and reputed to be members of the "Convocation of the said University, and as such members of 'the said Convocation, shall have, exercise, and enjoy all such ' and the like privileges as are enjoyed by the members of the 'Convocation of our University of Oxford, so far as the same are capable of being had and enjoyed by virtue of these our 'Letters Patent, and consistently with the provisions thereof: ' And we will, and by these our presents, for us, our heirs and 'successors, do grant and declare that these our Letters

'Patent, or the enrolment or exemplification thereof, shall ' and may be good, firm, valid, sufficient, and effectual in the law, according to the true intent and meaning of the same, ' and shall be taken, construed, and adjudged in the most ' favourable and beneficial sense for the best advantage of the 'said Chancellor, President, and Scholars of our said College, ' as well in our Courts of Record or elsewhere, and by all and 'singular Judges, Justices, Officers, Ministers, and other 'subjects whatsoever, of us, our heirs and successors, any mis' recital, non-recital, omission, imperfection, defect, matter, cause, or thing whatsoever, to the contrary thereof in any wise ' notwithstanding. In witness whereof, we have caused these our Letters to be made Patent. Witness ourself, at West'minster, the fifteenth day of December, in the eighth year of ' our Reign:'

And whereas it is deemed advisable and necessary that certain alterations be made in the said Charter for the more effectual extension of the benefits of the Institution to all denominations of Her Majesty's subjects in the Colony, and that the said Charter may be rendered more productive of the benefits thereby intended ;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. That for and notwithstanding any thing in the said Charter contained, His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Administrator of the Government for the time being, shall be Visitor of the said College, in the place and stead of the Visitor named in the said Charter; that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the time being shall be Chancellor of the said College; and that the provisions of the Charter," that the President of the said College shall be a Clergyman in Holy Orders of the United Church of England and Ireland," and "that the Archdeacon of the Province for the time being shall by virtue of such his office, be at all times the President of the College," be annulled, and that the President in future be appointed by Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, or by the Visitor on Her Majesty's behalf.

2. The College Council shall be fifteen in number, as follows, viz:-The Chancellor, the President of the College, the Master of the Rolls, the Speaker of the Assembly, the Secretary of the Province, the Attorney General, and nine other Members to be nominated by the Visitor, with the power of

suspension in the Visitor, now vested by the said Charter in the Chancellor; and that seven members of the said Council shall at all times constitute a quorum for the dispatch of business.

3. It shall not be required that members of the said Council be Graduates of the said College, or of any other University, nor shall any religious test be appointed for or required of any members of the said Council, or of any Professor of the said College, save and except the Professor of Theology, who shall at all times be a Clergyman of the United Church of England and Ireland.

4. From and after the passing of this Act, any person taking a Degree in Divinity, shall take the oaths now prescribed by the Charter, and shall be required to name and subscribe the following and no other declaration :

"I do hereby solemnly profess, testify, and declare, that I "believe in the authenticity and Divine inspiration of the Old "and New Testaments, and in the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity."

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5. Notwithstanding any thing in the said recited Charter contained, it shall and may be lawful for any member of the said College Council, at any meeting thereof, to propose such modifications of, and additions to the statutes, rules, and ordinances of the said College, as he may deem proper, without first consulting with or obtaining the consent of the Chancellor for the time being.

6. From and after the passing of this Act, the power of appointment to Professorships be vested in Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, or in the Visitor on Her Majesty's behalf.

7. Divine Service shall at all times be performed in the said College according to the order, rites, and ceremonies of the United Church of England and Ireland.

8. The Registrar of the said College shall, within fourteen days after the meeting of the Legislature in each and every year, prepare and lay before the Assembly a full and detailed Account, duly attested, of the income and expenditure of the Institution for the previous year, together with a statement of the number and names of Professors, and the number and names of the Students.

9. The said Charter shall still be and remain in full force

and effect in all respects, except so far as the same is hereby altered and amended, and nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to affect any right of action by or against the present Corporation, or to affect any contracts or agreements made by and with the same, or to affect the right, title, power, or authority of the said Corporation, to the Corporate lands, tenements, and premises, or to the rents, duties, and liabilities arising therefrom, or from any part thereof.

10. This Act shall not come into operation or be in force until Her Majesty's Royal approbation be thereunto had and declared.

[This Act was specially confirmed, ratified, and finally enacted, by an Order of Her Majesty in Council dated the 19th day of December 1846, and published and declared in the Province the 3rd day of February 1847.]

1st VICTORIA-CHAPTER 20.

An Act relating to the Grammar Schools of King's and Queen's Counties.

1. What not to extend to King's and Queen's 2. Examinations of, when to be held, and Counties.

how.

Passed 9th March 1838.

WHEREAS by the eleventh Section of an Act, intituled An Act for the endowment of King's College at Fredericton, in the Province of New Brunswick, and also to make new provisions for the support of Grammar Schools throughout the Province, it is enacted, that the said Trustees and Directors shall hold public visitations and examinations of the said Schools twice in each and every year, that is to say, on the first Monday in May and the first Monday in November: And whereas the days so appointed are found inconvenient for holding the said public visitations and examinations of the Grammar Schools of King's and Queen's Counties; for remedy whereof,

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. From and after the passing of this Act, the said eleventh Section of the said above mentioned Act shall not be considered as of any force or effect, so far as the same relates to the Grammar Schools of King's and Queen's Counties.

2. From and after the passing of this Act, the Trustees and Directors of the Grammar Schools of King's and Queen's Counties shall hold public visitations and examinations of the said Grammar Schools of said Counties twice in each and every year, that is to say, on such day as they the said Trustees and Directors may appoint within one week previous to the Midsummer vacation, and on such day as they the said Trustees and Directors may appoint within one week previous to the Christmas vacation; provided always, that the said Trustees and Directors shall give due notice of such days so appointed by them as days for the visitation and examination of such Grammar Schools at least once in each and every year, such notice to be published previous to the first day of May in each and every year, in some Newspaper published in King's or Queen's County, or in failure of any Newspaper being published therein, then in some Newspaper published in the City of Saint John.

2d VICTORIA-CHAPTER 16.

An Act to authorize the President and Directors of the Public Grammar School in the City of Saint John, to grant Leases with Covenants for renewal.

Section.

1. Who may grant Leases, of what, and in what manner.

Section.

2. What rent to be reserved.

Passed 23rd March 1839.

Be it enacted, &c.-1. The President and Directors of the Public Grammar School in the City of Saint John, and their successors, shall be and they are hereby fully authorized and empowered to make and grant any lease or leases of any land now belonging, or which may hereafter belong to them, in the said City or any part or parts thereof, for such term or terms of years, and with such covenants for renewing the same at the expiration of the term, and granting a further lease or leases thereof to the lessees or their assigns, and with such other covenants, conditions, and provisos, as to them may appear expedient and for the advantage of the said Corporation; and that every such lease so to be made and granted by the said President and Directors, with covenants for renewal