tions and provisions as in the said recited Act mentioned, except so far as this Act shall control the same.

3. And whereas a grant of the sum of one thousand two hundred and ninety three pounds ten shillings and ten pence was made out of the Treasury of this Province in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six, to make up a loss sustained by the Savings Bank at Saint John, and it is just that the same should be repaid out of the profits arising from the management of the said Savings Bank ;-It shall be lawful for the Trustees or Managers of the said Savings Bank from time to time to pay out of any profits which may at any time be in or belong to the said Savings Bank, after all interests due the depositors and expenses of management are paid, into the hands of the Province Treasurer for the public service, such instalments of the said sum of one thousand two hundred and ninety three pounds ten shillings and ten pence as they may deem advisable, until the whole of such sum shall be finally repaid.

45th GEORGE 3rd-CHAPTER 12.

An Act for encouraging and extending Literature in this

WHEREAS the Education of Youth is of the utmost importance in Society, and public attention to that object has by experience been found to be attended with the most beneficial effects;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. That a Public Grammar School be and the same is hereby established in the City of Saint John.

2. The Rector of Trinity Church in the said City for the time being, the Mayor of the said City for the time being, and the Recorder of the said City for the time being, together with the Honorable George Leonard, Esquire, Jonathan Bliss, William Pagan, John Robinson, John Black, and Thomas

Wetmore, Esquires, inhabitants of the said City, be and they are hereby appointed Trustees and Directors of the said School, and the said Rector of Trinity Church always to be President of the Board; and that the said President and Directors shall be and they are hereby incorporated by the name of "The President and Directors of the Public Grammar School in the City of Saint John," and shall by that name have perpetual succession, and be enabled to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, and to receive, take, and hold gifts and grants of lands and real estate, (the annual income of which shall not exceed one thousand pounds) and to accept and receive donations for the erection of a building for and the endowment of the said School.

3. The President and Directors of the said Grammar School, and their successors, or the major part of them, when duly summoned and assembled, shall form a Board for dispatch of business, and such Board of Directors, or the major part of them so assembled, are hereby empowered to point out and procure a proper place whereon to erect the building for the said School, to contract for and superintend the building thereof, to provide a Master and one or more Ushers or Tutors, as they shall judge expedient, and from time to time to make and establish bye laws, ordinances, and regulations for the government of the said School, and to enforce obedience to the same by fines and expulsions, or other public censures, as they may judge proper.

4. During any vacancy or absence of the Rector of the said Church, the Mayor of the said City shall act as President; and it shall be the duty of the President at all times to summon a Board of Directors whenever the same shall be requested by three or more of the said Directors; and in case of sickness or absence of the said Rector, the Board may be summoned by the said Mayor, and in case of the inability or absence of both, the said Board may be summoned by the said Recorder.

5. In case of death or removal from the said City of any of the said Directors not being permanent by office, the remaining Directors at a Board for that purpose, to be summoned within three months after, shall elect another fit person, being an inhabitant of the said City, for his successor, who being approved of by the Commander in Chief of the said Province

for the time being, shall be one of the Directors of the said School, and every other vacancy shall be filled from time to time in like manner.

6. Repealed by 5 W. 4, cap. 30.

See post. page 194.

7. Whenever the said President and Directors shall think proper they may admit any number not exceeding eight, to be free Scholars of the said Grammar School, without any charge for their tuition.

8. That one hundred pounds annually be included in the estimate for the ordinary expenses of the Province, and granted to the said President and Directors of the said Public Grammar School, to be applied by them for or towards the support of the Master thereof; and that the sum of one hundred pounds be granted to the said President and Directors, for the purpose of assisting them to purchase or erect a building for the said School; and that they, the said President and Directors, shall be accountable from time to time to the Legislature of the Province for their conduct and management of the property so vested and to be vested in them by virtue and in pursuance of this Act; provided always, that as soon as the annual sum of said Grammar School, in whatever manner the same may arise, shall amount to six hundred pounds, then and in such case the annual sum of one hundred pounds hereby granted shall cease.

56th GEORGE 3rd-CHAPTER 15.

An Act for establishing a Grammar School in the Town of Saint Andrews, in the County of Charlotte.

WHEREAS the Education of Youth is of the utmost importance in Society, and public attention to that object has by experience been found to be attended with the most beneficial effects;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. That a Public Grammar

School be and the same is hereby established in the Town of Saint Andrews, in the County of Charlotte.

2. The Rector of Saint Andrews Church, in the Parish of Saint Andrews, for the time being, together with Robert Pagan, John Campbell, John Dunn, Colin Campbell, David W. Jack, Harris Hatch, Thomas Wyer, Junior, and John Strang, inhabitants of the County of Charlotte, be and they are hereby appointed Trustees and Directors of the said School, the said Rector for the time being always to be President of the Board; and that the said President and Directors shall be and they are hereby incorporated by the name of "The President and Directors of the Public Grammar School in the Town of Saint Andrews," and shall by that name have perpetual succession, and be enabled to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, and to receive, take, and hold gifts and grants of land and real estates, (the annual income of which shall not exceed one thousand pounds) and to accept and receive donations for the erection of a building and for the endowment of the said School.

3. The President and Directors of the said Grammar School, and their successors, or the major part of them, when duly summoned and assembled, shall form a Board for the dispatch of business, and such Board of Directors, or the major part of them so assembled, are hereby empowered to point out and procure a proper place whereon to erect the building for the said School, to contract for and superintend the building thereof, to provide a Master and one or more Ushers or Teachers, as they shall judge expedient, and from time to time to make and establish bye laws, ordinances, and regulations for the government of the said School, and to enforce obedience to the same by fines and expulsions, or other public censures, as they may judge proper.

4. During any vacancy in the Rectory, or absence of the Rector of the said Church, the senior Member of the Board of Directors shall act as President; and it shall be the duty of the President at all times to summon a Board of Directors whenever the same shall be requested by three or more of the said Directors; and in case of the sickness or absence of the said Rector, the Board may be summoned by the said senior Member.

5. In case of the death or removal from the said County of any of the said Directors, the remaining Directors at a Board for that purpose to be summoned, shall elect another fit person, being an inhabitant of the said County, for his successor, who being approved of by the Commander in Chief of the said Province for the time being, shall be one of the Directors of the said School, and every other vacancy shall be filled from time to time in like manner.

6. The said President and Directors shall hold public visitations and examinations of the said School twice in every year, to wit, on the first Tuesday in April and first Tuesday in September.

7. Whenever the said President and Directors shall think proper, they may admit any number not exceeding eight, to be free Scholars of the said Grammar School, without any charge for their tuition.

8. That one hundred pounds annually be included in the estimate for the ordinary expenses of the Province, and granted to the said President and Directors of the said Public Grammar School, to be applied by them for or towards the support of the Master thereof, when such Master shall be procured; and that the sum of two hundred pounds be granted to the said President and Directors, for the purpose of assisting them to purchase or erect a building for the said School; and that they, the said President and Directors, shall be accountable from time to time to the Legislature of the Province for their conduct and management of the property so vested and to be vested in them by virtue and in pursuance of this Act; provided always, that as soon as the annual income of said Grammar School, in whatever manner the same may arise, shall amount to six hundred pounds, then and in such case the annual sum of one hundred pounds hereby granted shall cease.

4th GEORGE 4th-CHAPTER 33.

An Act to enable the Governor and Trustees of the College of New Brunswick to make a conditional surrender of their Charter, and for the further endowment of the College upon the granting of a new Charter.