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REPORT of the Sub-Committee appointed to prepare a digest of the resolutions and Bylaws, passed at various times, relative to Instruction, Discipline, &c., by the Senate of the University of Sydney: read and approved 6th and 13th days of December, 1852. Signed by

SIR CHARLES NICHOLSON, (Vice-Provost)

THE RIGHT REVEREND BISHOP DAVIS

THE REVEREND WILLIAM B. BOYCE.

Members

of the Sub-Committee.

CHAPTER I.

Senate.

I. All the proceedings of the Senate shall be entered in a journal, and at the opening of each meeting the minutes of the preceeding meeting shall be read and confirmed, when the signature of the chairman then presiding, shall be attached thereto.

II. The Senate shall meet on the first Monday in every month for the dispatch of business, and may adjourn from time to time, to conclude any unfinished business.

III. At any time in the interval between such monthly meetings, it shall be competent for the Provost or Vice-Provost to call a special meeting of the Senate for the consideration of any business he may wish to submit to them.

IV. The Provost, or Vice-Provost shall convene a special meeting of the Senate, upon the written requisition of any three Fellows, and in the absence of the Provost or Vice-Provost, it shall be obligatory on the Secretary upon any such requisition, to convene such meeting, and such meeting shall be called within nine days after the receipt of any such requisition.

V. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to furnish each member of the Senate with a written specification of the various matters to be considered at the next meeting of the Senate, whether ordinary or special; and such notice shall be given (transmitted by post) at least seven days previously to each meeting.

VI. All notices of motion shall be entered in a book, to be called the Notice of Motion Book, and no Fellow shall make any motion, initiating a subject for discussion, but in pursuance of notice given at least nine days previously.

VII. In all requisitions for special meetings, the objects for which such meetings are convened shall be stated.

VIII. In the event of a quorum of the Senate not being present at any monthly or other meeting within half an hour after the time appointed, the meeting shall stand adjourned until the day of the next monthly or duly convened special meeting.

IX. Any member who may be unable to attend at an ordinary adjourned, or special meeting, shall give notice to the

Secretary to that effect, as early as it may be practicable to do so.*

CHAPTER II.

Seal of the University.

The Seal of the University shall be placed in the charge of the Vice-Provost and Registrar, and shall not be affixed to any document, except by order of the Senate, duly recorded on its minutes.

CHAPTER III.

Terms.

The Academical Year shall be divided into three terms, that is to say:

Michaelmas Term, from the first Monday in October, to the end of the second week in December.

Lent Term-From the second Monday in February, to the end of the third week in May, with a short recess, not exceeding one fortnight, at Easter.

Trinity Term-From the second Monday in June, to the end of the last week in August.

CHAPTER IV.

Professors and Lecturers.

I. For the present, instruction shall be confined to the

* See also the By-Law, respecting the vacancy occasioned by the absence of a Member of the Senate without leave: page 64.

following departments of knowledge :→

1. The Greek and Latin languages, with Greek and

Roman History.

2. Mathematics pure and mixed.

3. Chemistry and Experimental Philosophy.

II. For carrying out these objects there shall be appointed: One Professor, and when required, one Lecturer in the Greek and Latin Languages, and Greek and Roman History.

One Professor, and when required, one Lecturer in pure and mixed Mathematics.

One Professor, and when required, one Lecturer in Experimental Philosophy and Chemistry.

III. Each Professor shall receive one-half, and each Lecturer when appointed, one-fourth of the fees arising from the students attending the lectures, excepting the Professor of Experimental Philosophy and Chemistry, who shall receive three fourths of the same.

IV. The tenure of office by the Professors shall be quamdiu se bene gesserint; but in the case of any Professor or Lecturer being incapacitated from age, or any other circumstance, from performing the duties of his office, the Senate shall appoint a substitute pro tempore, who shall receive half the fixed salary, and the whole of the portion of the fees accruing to the Professor or Lecturer so incapacitated.

V. The Professors and Lecturers shall not deliver lectures to, nor engage in the tuition of any persons not being Students of the University, without the special sanction of the Senate.

VI. The Professors and Lecturers shall not receive any persons, whether students or not, as boarders in their houses, for the purposes of instruction.

VII. The Professors and Lecturers shall not without the special sanction of the Senate, receive fee or emolument for private instruction given to any students.

CHAPTER V.

Professorial Board.

1. The Frofessors and Lecturers shall form a Board, of which the Vice-Provost shall be ex officio a member, for the consideration of all questions relating to the studies of the University.

II. The Classical Professor shall have the rank and precedency of Senior Professor of the University, and shall consequently act as Chairman at all meetings of the Professorial Board.

III. The Professorial Board shall meet on the last Friday of every month.

CHAPTER VI.

Registrar.

An officer shall be appointed, who shall be styled Registrar of the University, whose duties shall be :—

1. To attend at the office of the University daily, from 9 o'clock, a. m., till 3 o'clock, p. m.

2. To keep all necessary records of the proceedings of the University; conduct all necessary correspondence; and keep such books of accounts and registers as may be required.

CHAPTER VII.

Matriculation.

I. The Matriculation Fee shall be two pounds.