therein inserted, shall be good, valid, and effectual in the law, and binding on the said Corporation, their successors and assigns.

2. Provided always, That in every such Lease so to be made and granted by the said President and Directors, or their successors, a fair adequate yearly rent shall be reserved, payable by half yearly payments to the said President and Directors, and their successors, during the continuance of the original term for which such may be granted, and any renewal or extension thereof.

3d VICTORIA-CHAPTER 10.

An Act to provide for the establishment of a Grammar School in the County of Restigouche.

Section 1.-Grammar School provisions extended to Restigouche.

Passed 25th March 1840.

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 in this Province, the Counties of York and Charlotte, and City and County of Saint John excepted, to be Trustees and Directors of the 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 per

son or persons entitled thereto: And whereas it is expedient to extend the provisions of the said Sections to the new County of Restigouche ;—

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 Restigouche 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.

9th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 74.

An Act to amend an Act intituled An Act to amend the Charter of King's College.

Section.

1. Certain Graduates, from what exempt.

Section.

2. Suspeuding clause.

Passed 14th April 1846. WHEREAS in and by the fourth Section of an Act made and passed in the eighth year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the Charter of King's College, it is provided, that any person taking a Degree in Divinity shall be required to make 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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Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. That nothing in the said fourth Section of the said in part recited Act shall extend or be construed to extend to any Graduate in the said University being a Member of the Church of England.

2. This Act shall not come into operation or be in force until Her Majesty's Royal approbation be thereto first 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.]

9th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 60.

An Act in amendment of the Laws now in force relating to Grammar Schools.

WHEREAS it appears that the benefits derived from some of the Grammar Schools are not commensurate with the large sums of money granted for their support ;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. From and after the passing of this Act, the Scholars in the several Grammar Schools in this Province shall be taught Orthography, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geography, English Composition, Ancient and Modern History, Natural History, Natural Philosophy, the practical branches of the Mathematics, the use of the Globes, the Latin and Greek Languages, and such other useful learning as may be found necessary.

2. In every such Grammar School there shall be an average number of fifteen Scholars over ten years of age in daily attendance, and the following branches of Education shall be taught in the said Schools respectively: English Grammar, English Composition, Ancient and Modern History, Natural History, Natural Philosophy, Arithmetic, Geography, the use of the Globes, Latin, Greek, and the practical branches of Mathematics.

3. It shall be the duty of the Master of every such Grammar School to keep a true and correct Register of the names and ages of the several Scholars, and daily to mark therein the presence or absence of each Scholar, as the case may be, and to furnish the Trustees and Directors of such Grammar School, semi-annually, with a true copy of the same, and also with a Return pointing out the average number in daily attendance, with the several branches of Education taught to each Scholar.

4. It shall be the duty of the Trustees and Directors of the several Grammar Schools to examine and inspect the same at least once in every six months, and to make a Report of

every such examination; which Report shall set forth the Master's name, age, religious profession, and whether married or single-the books and apparatus used in School-the branches of Education actually taught—the size, fitness, and condition of the building, and suitableness of the furniturethe nature and extent of the religious instruction-the mode of discipline the manner of teaching the several branches of Education-the general state and condition of the School, with such other information as may be necessary and proper.

5. It shall further be the duty of the said Trustees and Directors, and they are hereby required to transmit semi-annually to the Office of the Provincial Secretary, all such Registers, Returns, and Reports for the information of the Government, and for the inspection and examination of the General Assembly; and if it shall at any time appear from such Registers, Returns, and Reports, that any Grammar School is in any respect deficient and short of the hereinbefore prescribed requirements, then and in such case it shall and may be lawful for the Lieutenant Governor or person administering the Government for the time being, by and with the advice and consent of Her Majesty's Executive Council, to reduce the annual allowance for such Grainmar School in their discretion, so that the same shall in no case be less than fifty pounds per annum to any one School.

6. Every part of this Act shall, after the passing thereof, be and continue in full force and effect, any other law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

10th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 8.

An Act to provide for the establishment of a Grammar School in the County of Albert.

Section 1.-Granmar School provisions extended to Albert.

Passed 12th March 1847.

WHEREAS in and by the seventh 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 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 in this Province, the Counties of York and Charlotte, and City and County of Saint John excepted, to be Trustees and Directors of the 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 Albert;

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 Albert, 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 Provinee are liable to by virtue of the said Act.

13th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 21.

An Act to provide for the establishment of a Grammar School in the County of Victoria.

Section 1.-Grammar School provisions extended to Victoria.

WHEREAS in and by the seventh 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 establishment and support of Grammar Schools