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of such additional endowment to the said University as may thereupon appear to be necessary for making the deficiency, either by transferring the estate and interest in any lands, tenements, or hereditaments now belonging to any of the canonries in the said Church, which may have then become, in like manner, so vested in us, or by payments from time to time, to be made by us out of any monies accruing to us by reason of the suspension of any of such canonries:

"And we further recommend and propose, that nothing herein contained shall prevent us from recommending and proposing, if we shall deem it expedient for the purposes of this scheme, the transfer of our estate and interest in any such last-mentioned lands, tenements, and hereditaments, or any part or parts thereof, to the said Warden, Masters, and Scholars, with their consent, in exchange for the estate and interest in the lands, tenements, and hereditaments, now hereby recommended and proposed to be vested in them, or any part or parts thereof:

"And we further recommend and propose, that nothing herein contained shall be construed in any manner to affect any statute or regulation of the said University now subsisting, or which may hereafter be duly made and established, otherwise than as is herein specifically reconimended and proposed."

And whereas, previously to laying the said scheme before Her Majesty in Council, notice thereof was duly given to the Dean and Chapter of Durham, and to the Warden and Senate of the University of Durham, and no objection has been made thereto :

And whereas the said scheme has been approved by Her Majesty in Council; now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of her said Council, is pleased hereby to ratify the said scheme, and to order and direct that the same, and every part thereof, shall take effect immediately from and after the time when this Order shall have been duly published in the London Gazette, pursuant to the said Act; and Her Majesty, by and with the like advice, is pleased hereby to direct, that this Order be forthwith registered by the Registrar of the Diocese of Durham. WM. L. BATHURST.

REGULATIONS, &c., &c.

TITLE I.

OF TERMS.

1. The Academical Year shall consist of three Terms of not less than eight weeks each, which shall be called respectively Michaelmas, Epiphany, and Easter Terms.

2. The precise time at which each Term shall begin and end shall be determined annually by the Warden and Senate, provided only that Michaelmas Term shall not commence earlier than the tenth day of October, and that Easter Term shall not end later than the thirtieth day of June. 3.—Every Term shall be opened by the attendance of the University at the Public Service of the Cathedral.

TITLE II.

OF ADMISSION.

1.-No one shall be held to be a Member of the University, who has not been matriculated, that is, whose name has not been placed on the Register of the University by the authority of the Warden.

2.-No Student shall be matriculated, unless he is a Member of the existing College, or of some other recognized College, Hall, or House, nor unless he has produced to the Warden satisfactory testimonials of character.

3. Every Student, at the time of his admission to residence, shall subscribe a declaration of obedience to the Authorities of the University.

4. No one shall be admitted to residence as a Student in Arts, unless he has passed an examination in the Rudiments of the Christian Religion, in the Greek and Latin Languages, and in Arithmetic and the Elements of Mathematics.

This Examination shall be conducted by two Examiners appointed by the Warden.

5.- Any Student of the University of Durham who has passed the Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, and has produced to the Warden satisfactory testimonials of character, shall be admissible as a Student in Theology. 6.-Any Member of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, or Dublin, who has passed an Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Civil Law, and has produced to the Warden satisfactory testimonials of character, shall be admissible as a Student in Theology.

7. Any other person, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-six, who has produced to the Warden satisfactory testimonials of character, and has passed the requisite Examination, shall be admissible as a Student in Theology.

This Examination shall be conducted by two or more Examiners appointed by the Warden, and approved by Convocation; and shall be directed to the Greek and Latin Languages, and the elements of Theology.

The Warden, with the concurrence of the Senate, shall have authority, in special cases, to dispense with this regulation, as far as it relates to age.

8. A candidate for admission, who may have failed to pass the requisite examination, shall nevertheless be admissible by the Warden, on the recommendation of the Examiners, as a Probationary Student in Theology.

Probationary Students in Theology shall be adinitted as regular Students in Theology after passing such examination, and under such conditions as may be determined by the Warden and Senate.

Any term, kept by a Probationary Student in Theology, may, with the consent of the Warden and Senate, be counted as a term kept by a regular Student in Theology.

TITLE III.

OF THE LICENSING OF HALLS AND HOUSES FOR THE RECEPTION

OF STUDENTS.

1. In addition to the existing College, and any other Establishment which may hereafter be founded by Statute, Halls and Houses may be opened for the reception of Students, by License from the Warden approved by the Senate. 2.-No such Licenses shall be granted, unless the Hall or House is under the immediate care of a Master or other Chief Officer, of the Degree of Master of Arts at least. The Master or other Chief Officer may or may not be assisted by a Council. The Warden shall either be Visitor of any such Hall or House, or shall preside in it, according to the terms of the License.

3.The buildings shall in every case be described and the conditions stated in the License, which shall be null and void, if the buildings be changed, or if any of the conditions be disregarded.

4. Any License may be revoked and any Master or other Officer may be removed by the Warden, with the concurrence of the Senate; an appeal being in every case open to the Dean and Chapter.

5.-Every Master or other Chief Officer shall render to the Warden and Senate a terminal report of the state of his Hall or House, with a view to such corrections and regulations, both in discipline and instruction, as the Warde and Senate may think necessary.

TITLE IV.

OF DISCIPLINE.

1.-The Public Divine Service of the University shall be those of the Cathedral. The resident Members of the University shall attend the same on Sundays, and at such other times as the Warden and Senate, with the approbation of the Dean and Chapter, shall require. They shall also attend daily the Chapel Prayers.

2. The resident Members of the University shall wear such Academical Dress as shall be appointed by the Warden and Senate.

3. Every Member of the University who is in statu pupillari, that is, who has not been admitted to the Degree either of Master of Arts, Bachelor of Civil Law, or Bachelor of Medicine, shall reside within the precincts of his College, Hall, or House, unless a dispensation to reside elsewhere has been granted by the Warden.

4.-The gates of every College, Hall, or House, shall be shut at night-fall; and an account shall be kept of all Students who go in or out after that time.

5. Every Member of the University in statu pupillari shall be liable, in case of misconduct, to such punishment as the Warden or any Officer acting under his authority shall inflict; provided that no one shall be rusticated or expelled from the University, excepting by sentence of the Warden declared in Senate, or by vote of the Senate with the concurrence of the Warden.

6. Every Member of the University not in statu pupillari shall be subject to the authority of the Warden, and shall be liable in case of misconduct, to be fined by him in any sum not exceeding Twenty Pounds, to be paid into the University Chest. No such Member of the University shall be liable to any other punishment, excepting by a formal sentence passed by the Senate and Convocation. 7.-The Warden in every case may require the advice of the Senate in the administration of the ordinary discipline of the University.

TITLE V.

OF KEEPING TERMS, AND OF STANDING IN THE UNIVERSITY.

Section I.-Of Keeping Terms.

1. No person shall be held to have kept any Term unless he produce a certificate of having done so from the Registrar. The Registrar shall deliver such a certificate to every applicant whose name is on the Warden's list hereinafter describ

ed, upon payment of a fee of One Shilling, if application be made within twenty-one days from the opening of the Term following, or upon payment of a fee of Five Shillings, if it be made at any subsequent time. The Chief Officer of every College, Hall, or House, may claim a copy of the Warden's list, on payment of a fee of Five Shillings to the Registrar. 2.-The Warden shall deliver to the Registrar, within seven days from the opening of every Term, a list signed by himself of those who shall appear from the lists and certificates furnished to him to have kept the previous term. 3.-The Warden, with the concurrence of the Senate, may at any time during the same Term insert the name of any person which shall have been omitted in this list by mistake or otherwise, if such person shall produce satisfactory evidence to prove that he has kept the previous Term.

4.-If a Member of the University has been prevented by illness or other urgent cause from keeping any Term, that Term may be granted by a Grace of the University; provided that not more than one Term be so granted to any individual in any one Academical year.

5.-On the last day of every Term the Proctors shall deliver to the Warden a list, signed by both of them, of such persons in statu pupillari as have regularly attended the Religious Services of the University during that Term, specifying the number of days on which each has absented himself, and the several reasons tendered to them for such absence. 6. On the last day of every Term a list shall be delivered to the Warden from every College, Hall, or House, of such of its Members in statu pupillari, as have kept forty-two days at least of that Term conformably to the regulations of such College, Hall, or House, specifying the exact number of days kept by each, and the several causes for which any days have been lost.

7.-Any Term shall be held to have been kept by a Graduate not in statu pupillari who has attended the Religious Services of the University during three weeks of that Term, and complied with such other regulations as the Warden and Senate may prescribe.

The Warden shall enter the name of any such Graduate on the list of those who have kept the Term, on receiving a Certificate from the Proctors of his having resided in the manner required.

Section II.-Of Standing in the University. In question of Standing, every Term shall be counted during which a person has been a Member of the University, paying the accustomed dues.

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