And WE do hereby, for Ourselves, our heirs and successors, will, order, and direct that the President and Professors of the said College, and their successors, and also the students admitted to the said College, and the Office Bearers and Servants thereof, shall be regulated and governed according to the Statutes of the said College, which Statutes herein are, or hereafter shall be framed, made, and approved of by Us, our heirs and successors, and shall and may, all, every, and any of them, be revoked, repealed, changed, augmented, altered, or made new, by writing under our or their Sign Manual, as to Us, our heirs and successors, from time to time shall seem meet and expedient; and all and singular, which Statutes so to be framed, made, and approved of as aforesaid, WE do, for Us, our heirs and successors, charge and command to be strictly and inviolably observed, kept, and performed, from time to time, so long as they shall respectively remain in full vigour and effect, under the penalties to be thereby or therein inflicted or contained.

And in order the better to carry our will and intention into execution in this behalf, WE have constituted, and by these presents for Us, our heirs and successors, do constitute the several persons heretofore nominated to the several offices of Visitor, President, Vice-President, Professor, Registrar, Bursar, and Librarian in Queen's College, Belfast, created by our said Letters Patent of the thirtieth day of December, in the ninth year of our reign, the President, Vice-President, Professor, Registrar, Bursar, and Librarian, in the College created by this our Charter.

And We do hereby further will, declare, and direct, that the lands, buildings, goods, chattels, and property of the College created by our said Letters Patent of the thirtieth day of December, in the ninth year of our reign, shall be and become the property of the College created by this our Charter; and that the College created by this our Charter shall pay and discharge all the debts and liabilities of the College created by our said Letters Patent of the thirtieth day of December, in the ninth year of our reign; and that all persons who have studied in the last-mentioned College, or obtained any standing or other privilege therein, shall be entitled to all advantage s

to which they would have been entitled if their studies had been pursued or privileges acquired in the College created by this our Charter.

And WE further will and ordain that all by-laws and regulations made by the council of the said College created by our Letters Patent of the thirtieth day of December, in the ninth year of our reign, and in force at or immediately before the granting of this our Charter, shall, until they shall be altered or repealed, remain in force as by-laws and regulations of the College created by this our Charter, and which last-mentioned College is hereinafter referred to as "The College."

And WE do hereby will, declare, and direct, that the future Presidents of the College shall be such persons as WE, our heirs or successors, shall select and appoint by writing under our or their Sign Manual. And that if WE should hereafter deem it expedient to appoint future Vice-Presidents, that they also shall be appointed by writing under the Sign Manual of Us, our heirs or successors, from among the Professors for the time being. And that the future Professors of the College, unless it shall be otherwise provided by Parliament, shall likewise be appointed by writing under the Sign Manual of Us, our heirs and successors.

And WE do hereby further will, declare, and direct, that the persons who hereby are, and such persons as shall hereafter be appointed to the said respective offices of President, Vice-President, and Professors of said College, shall hold and be continued in their offices respectively, during the pleasure of Us, our heirs and successors.

And WE do hereby further, will, direct, and appoint, that the persons who hereby are, and all person or persons who shall from time to time be, nominated and appointed to be President, Vice-President, or Professors of the College, shall, before he, they, or any of them shall be admitted to the exercise or execution of any of the said offices, respectively, make and subscribe before one of our Justices of the Peace for the county of Antrim, or before the Chairman of the County of Antrim, a solemn declaration for the true and faithful execution of such office, and for the faithful discharge of the duties thereof.

And WE do hereby further will, declare, and direct, that all visitorial power and authority of the said College, shall be exercised by such person or persons as WE hereby appoint, or as WE, our heirs, or successors, shall from time to time appoint by warrant or warrants, under our or their Sign Manual, to execute the office of Visitor or Visitors.

And We do further will, ordain, and direct, that the following Statutes, Rules, and Ordinances, which have been made by us, shall be the Statutes for the government and discipline of the College.

STATUTES.

CHAPTER I.

Of the Body Politic and Corporate.

The Body Politic and Corporate shall consist of the President and the Professors.

WE will and ordain that the Rev. Pooley Shuldham Henry, D.D., heretofore President of the Queen's College, Belfast, created by our Charter of the thirtieth day of December, in the ninth year of our reign, be the first President of the College.

We further will and ordain, that the following persons, heretofore Professors of the said College created by our Charter of the thirtieth day of December, in the ninth year of our reign, be the first Professors of the College, that is to say :

Charles Mac Douall, LL.D., to be Professor of Greek.

Latin.

Charles P. Reichel, D.D.,

Mathematics.
Natural Philosophy.
History and English

Literature.

Logic & Metaphysics
Chemistry.

Wyville Thomson, LL.D., to be Professor of Natural History.

Modern Languages.

Jurisprudence & Po-
litical Economy.
English Law.
Anatomy and Physio
logy.
Medicine.

Wilhelm Frädersdorff,

Thomas E. C. Leslie, LL.B.,

Echlin Molyneux, M.A., Q.C.,
Peter Redfern, M.D.,

Civil Engineering,

John F. Hodges,

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Surgery.

Materia Medica.
Midwifery.

Agriculture.

And WE further will and ordain that the Rev. Richard Oulton, B.A., be Registrar, the Rev. George Hill, Librarian, and Alexander Dickey, Bursar; and that the said several persons above named, and such other person or persons as shall hereafter 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. Out-going 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.