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Majesty, Her heirs and successors, until the end of the year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight, and afterwards as shall be otherwise provided by Parliament, or, in default of any provision to the contrary, in Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors.

And be it Enacted, That all the statutes, rules and ordinances which shall be made or approved from time to time by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, concerning the government and discipline of the said Colleges respectively, which shall be in force at the beginning of every Session of Parliament, and which shall not have been 10 before that time laid before Parliament, shall from time to time, within Six Weeks after the beginning of every such Session, be laid before both Houses of Parliament by One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.

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And be it Enacted, That the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's 15 Treasury shall be empowered, by warrant under the hands of any Three or more of them, to charge the said Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom (after providing for all preceding charges, but having preference for all future charges), and to direct to be issued or paid thereout by Four equal quarterly payments, on the Fifth 20 day of January, the Fifth day of April, the Fifth day of July, and the Tenth day of October in every year, such sums of money as shall be needed for defraying the several stipends which shall be by Her Majesty appointed to be paid to the President and Vice President, and to such Professors in the several faculties of Arts, Law and Physic, as shall be from time to time established by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, and to the Bursar, Registrar, Librarian and other office-bearers and servants in each of the said Colleges, and for defraying the expense of such prizes and exhibitions as shall be by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, awarded for the encouragement 30 and reward of Students in each of the said Colleges, not exceeding in any one year the sum of Seven thousand Pounds for every such College, or the sum of Twenty-one thousand Pounds in the whole; the first instalment for each College to become due and payable on such of the said quarterly days of payment as shall first happen next after the 35 grant of the Letters Patent for the establishment of such College.

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And be it Declared and Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Professors in each of the said Colleges, in addition to the stipends with which they shall be so respectively endowed, to demand and receive from the Students in the said Colleges such reasonable fees 40 for attendance on their lectures, and for the Bursar of the College to collect from the said Students, on behalf of the said College, such reasonable fees for matriculation and other collegiate proceedings as shall be from time to time provided by the statutes, rules and ordi

15. Religious Teachers to be endowed by private

benefactions.

16. Colleges to make Reports to Her Majesty, to be laid before Parliament.

17. Act may be amended or repealed.

the general discipline of the College: Provided always, That no Student shall be compelled by any rule of the College to attend any theological lecture or other religious instruction, and that no religious test shall be administered to any person in order to entitle him to be admitted a Student of any such College, or to hold any office therein, or to partake of any advantage or privilege thereof.

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And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for any person whomsoever having power to make an absolute disposition thereof, to give, grant, devise, bequeath or assure by any Deed, Will or other instrument sufficient in law to create or convey an estate therein, any 10 messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments, or any estate therein, or interest arising thereout, or any money, chattels and effects, to any trustee or trustees willing to accept the trust, or to the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests in Ireland, and their successors, in trust for establishing and maintaining lectures or other 15 forms of religious instruction for the use of such Students of the said Colleges respectively as shall be desirous of receiving the same, subject to such regulations, consistent with the intentions of the donor thereof, as shall be made by the governing body of the College, and approved by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors: Provided always, That no such gift shall take effect until it shall have been accepted by the governing body of the College, and until Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, shall have signified Her or their approval of the regulations according to which such gift is to be applied.

And be it Enacted, That every such College which shall be established and endowed under this Act, shall once at least in every year, and also whenever Her Majesty's pleasure shall be signified in that behalf, report to Her Majesty their proceedings; and a copy of every such report shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within Sir Weeks after the same shall have been made, if Parliament be then sitting, or if not, then within Sir Weeks next after the next meeting of Parliament.

And be it Enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament.

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To enable Her Majesty to endow New Colleges for the Advancement of Learning in Ireland.

[N.B.-The Clauses marked (A.), (B.), (C.) and (D.) were added by the Committee.]

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OR the better Advancement of Learning among all classes of Her Majesty's Subjects in Ireland; BE it Enacted, by The QUEEN's most Excellent MAJESTY, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, THAT in case Her Majesty shall be pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland to found One or more New Colleges for the advancement of learning in Ireland, the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 10 Ireland for the time being shall be empowered, by warrant under the hands of any Three or more of them, to charge the Consolidated Fund of the said United Kingdom (after providing for all preceding charges, and in preference to all future charges,) and to direct to be issued or paid thereout such sum of money as shall be needed by the Trustees 15 hereinafter mentioned, for purchasing or providing lands, tenements and hereditaments for the use of such College or Colleges, and for the necessary buildings, with the appurtenances thereof, and for establishing and furnishing the same, not exceeding the sum of Thirtythree thousand three hundred and Thirty-three Pounds Six Shillings 20 and Eight-pence for each such College, and not exceeding the sum of One hundred thousand Pounds in the whole.

And be it Enacted, That the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, for the time being, shall be Trustees for the purpose of pur