the Public Grammar School in the City of Saint John, specified in the sixth Section of an Act made and passed in the forty fifth year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for encouraging and extending Literature in this Province, are found inconvenient ; Be it enacted, &c.-1. That the said sixth Section of the said Act be and the same is hereby repealed. 2. The President and Directors of the said Public Grammar School in the City of Saint John, shall hold public visitations and examinations of the said School twice in every year, on such days as the said President and Directors may prescribe and appoint by any bye law or regulation for that purpose to be made. 6th WILLIAM 4th-CHAPTER 10. An Act in addition to 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 establishment and support of Grammar Schools throughout the Province. Section 1.-Grammar School provisions extended to Carleton. Passed 8th March 1836. WHEREAS in and by the seventh Section of an Act, intituled An Act for the endowment of King's College in the Province of New Brunswick, and also to make new provisions for the establishment and support of Grammar Schools throughout the Province, it is enacted, that His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief for the time being, by and with the advice and consent of His Majesty's Council, be authorized and empowered to appoint during pleasure, and to remove as he shall see fit, three or more fit and proper persons in the several Counties of this Province, the Counties of York and Charlotte, and the City and County of Saint John excepted, to be Trustees and Directors of Grammar Schools in each of the said Counties, except the aforesaid, and for which they shall be respectively appointed: And whereas also in and by the thirteenth Section of the said Act it is further enacted, that the sum of one hundred pounds annually shall be included in the estimate of the ordinary expenses of the Province for each of the following Counties, that is to say, the Counties of. Northumberland, Sunbury, Westmorland, Gloucester, Kent, and Queen's and King's Counties, which said sum of one hundred pounds shall be granted annually for the payment of the Masters thereof respectively, the same to be drawn on the certificate of the Trustees and Directors in favour of the person or persons entitled thereto: And whereas it is expedient to extend the provisions of the said Sections to the new County of Carleton; Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. The two said Sections of the aforesaid Act shall hereafter be construed to extend to the said County of Carleton, in like manner as if the same had been particularly mentioned therein, any thing in the said Sections to the contrary notwithstanding; subject nevertheless to all the provisions, restrictions, and limitations to which the other Counties in this Province are liable to by virtue of the said Act. 6th WILLIAM 4th-CHAPTER 54. An Act to enable the Corporation of King's College to dispose of certain parts of their Lands. Section. 1. What Land may be sold, and how. 2. Proceeds, how disposed of. Section. 3. Of what Land may grant Leases. Passed 16th March 1836. WHEREAS the Chancellor, President, and Scholars of King's College at Fredericton, in the Province of New Brunswick, hold certain wilderness and uncultivated lands in the neighbourhood of Fredericton, and it would be for the benefit of the said College if a certain proportion of such lands were sold, and the proceeds thereof invested in the manner hereinafter mentioned ; Be it enacted, &c.-1. It shall and may be lawful for the College Council of the said College from time to time as they shall judge it to be for the advantage of the said College, to sell and dispose of in fee simple such parts and portions of the said wilderness and uncultivated lands as they shall in their discretion select and allot for that purpose, for such price and upon such terms of payment as the said College Council may agree upon; and good and valid conveyances of any land so sold may be made by the said Corporation of King's College under the Seal of the said College, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding; provided always, that the aggregate of any lands which may be sold and disposed of under the provisions of this Act, shall not exceed one fourth part in quantity of such wilderness and uncultivated lands; and provided also, that it shall not be lawful for the College Council to sell any of the said lands in lots to exceed one hundred acres each, and that in no case shall lots be sold adjoining to or bounded by each other; and further provided, that the sale of the said lands shall be made by public auction, thirty days previous notice of the time and place of such sale to be first given in one or more of the public Newspapers in this Province. 2. All the moneys and proceeds arising from such sales shall be put and kept out at interest by the said Corporation of King's College, upon good and sufficient landed securities, and the annual income and interest arising therefrom be applied to and for the uses and purposes of the Institution. 3. And whereas the said Chancellor, President, and Scholars hold a block of land in the town plat of Fredericton, comprising town lots from number ninety nine to number one hundred and sixteen, both inclusive, which form the whole of the block known by the number seven in the said town plat, as described in the Royal Grant of certain lots in said town plat, passed under the Great Seal of the Province of New Brunswick to Cornelius Ackerman and others, bearing date the seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight, and the plan to the same grant annexed; and beneficial leases of the lands comprised in the said block cannot be made without covenants for renewing such leases, and doubts exist whether any such covenants would be valid ;The said College Council shall be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to lease the said block of land in the said town plat of Fredericton, either in the whole or in such lots or parcels as the said College Council may from time to time think fit, for any term or terms not exceeding twenty one years, for and upon such rents and with such covenant or covenants for the renewal of such lease or leases as the said College Council may think for the advantage of the Institution, and take such may agree upon with the person or persons who may leases; and good and valid leases of any land so leased with such covenants therein may be made by the said Corporation of King's College, under the Seal of the said College, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. 4. The powers given to the College Council in the next preceding Section of this Act shall extend and be construed to extend to authorize the said College Council to lease any part of the wilderness lands belonging to said College upon the same terms, reservations, and conditions as they are authorized to lease the lots contained in block number seven by any of the provisions of this Act. 8th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 111. An Act to amend the Charter of King's College, WHEREAS His Majesty King George the Fourth was graciously pleased to issue His Letters Patent, bearing date at Westminster, the fifteenth day of December, in the eighth year of His Reign, in the words following, viz: 'Whereas the establishment of a College within our Pro'vince of New Brunswick, in North America, for the education ' of Youth in the principles of the Christian Religion, and for 'their instruction in the various branches of Science and Lite'rature which are taught at our Universities in this Kingdom, would greatly conduce to the welfare of our said Province: 'And whereas humble application hath been made to us by 'many of our loving subjects in our said Province, that we would be pleased to grant our Royal Charter for the more 'perfect establishment of a College therein, and for incorpo'rating the Members thereof for the purposes aforesaid: Now ⚫ know ye, that we, having taken the premises into our Royal 'consideration, and duly weighing the great utility and im 'portance of such an Institution, have of our special grace, ' certain knowledge, and mere motion, ordained and granted, ' and do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, ' ordain and grant, that there shall be established at or near 'our Town of Fredericton, in our said Province of New Brunswick, from this time, one College, with the style and privi'leges of an University, as hereinafter directed, for the educa'tion and instruction of Youth and Students in Arts and Faculties, to continue for ever, to be called "King's College:" 'And we do hereby declare and grant that our trusty and well 'beloved the Right Reverend Father in God, John, Bishop of 'the Diocese of Nova Scotia, or the Bishop for the time being of the Diocese in which the said Town of Fredericton may 'be situate, in any future division or alteration of the said ( present Diocese of Nova Scotia, shall for us and on our behalf be the Visitor of the said College; and that our trusty ' and well beloved Sir Howard Douglas, Baronet, our Lieutenant Governor of our said Province, or the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or other person administering the Go'vernment of our said Province for the time being, shall be 'the Chancellor of our said College: And we do hereby de' clare, ordain, and grant, that there shall at all times be one • President of our said College, who shall be a Clergyman in Holy Orders of the United Church of England and Ireland, ' and that there shall be such and so many Professors in dif'ferent Arts and Faculties, within our said College, as from ' time to time shall be deemed necessary or expedient, and as 'shall be appointed by us or by the said Chancellor of our 'said College on our behalf, and during our pleasure: And we do hereby grant and ordain that the Reverend George Best, Master of Arts, Archdeacon of our said Province of 'New Brunswick, shall be the first President of our said College, and the Archdeacon of our said Province for the time 'being, shall, by virtue of such his office, be at all times the 'President of the said College: And we do hereby for us, our 'heirs and successors, will, ordain, and grant, that the said 'Chancellor and President, and the said Professors of our said 'College, and all persons who shall be duly matriculated into ' and admitted as Scholars of our said College, and their suc'cessors for ever, shall be one distinct and separate Body |