professor holding the suppressed professorship shall be applied in promoting and assisting, by the purchase of materials or apparatus, by the support of assistant teachers, or by such other means as the University may by statute determine, the study and cultivation in the University of the science which forms the subject matter of the suppressed professorship: Provided, that if the Professorship of Mineralogy is suppressed, the annual sum thereby rendered disposable may, if it be thought fit, be applied in manner aforesaid to the promotion of the study of geology or any branch thereof; and if the Professorship of Geology be suppressed, the annual sum may, if it be thought fit, be applied to the promotion of the study of mineralogy or any branch thereof. attached to a 4. THE power hereby given to the University of suppressing any of the Power of said professorships of political economy, chemistry, geology, or mineralogy may shall extend to suppression be exercised although the new professorship substituted for any suppressed professorships professorship is a professorship attached to a college, and established under a statute of such college now in force, if the functions and duties of such new professorship are subject to regulation by the University, and are not confined to the instruction of members of the college. college. Elections to certain professorships may subject to 5. THE election or appointment of any person who may be hereafter elected or appointed to any of the said Professorships of Political Economy, Chemistry; Geology, and Mineralogy may, if it be thought fit, be declared by statute of be declared the University to be subject to the operation of any statute for the suppression power of of the professorship that may afterwards be made or come into operation. suppression. 6. THE University may vary by statute the directions, trusts, or regulations Variation of relating to the Kennicott Scholarships, and to the Johnson Scholarships, and to of certain the Denyer Theological Prizes, with a view of promoting the study of theology, scholarships. Hebrew, and mathematics respectively, and may for that purpose, if it be deemed advisable, convert the Denyer Theological Prizes into a theological scholarship or scholarships. the trusts &c. 7. EVERY statute passed by the University by virtue of this Act shall with Approbation all convenient speed after the passing thereof be laid before Her Majesty in of statutes by Her Majesty Council, and forthwith published in the London Gazette; and any person or in Council, body corporate affected thereby may within a month after the publication thereof petition Her Majesty in Council against the same or any part thereof; and every such petition shall be referred by Her Majesty by Order in Council for the consideration and advice of five members of her Privy Council, of whom two, not including the Lord President, shall be members of the Judicial Committee; and such five members may, if they think fit, admit any petitioner to be heard by counsel in support of his petition; and if, no such petition having been presented, or if, after any petition so presented has been referred and considered, such five members of the Privy Council, or the major part thereof, shall report to Her Majesty their opinion that such statute should be approved with or without modifications, the said statute or modified statute shall be forthwith laid before both Houses of Parliament, if Parliament be then sitting, or, if not, then within three weeks after the commencement of the then next ensuing session of Parliament, and, unless an address be within forty days presented by one or other of the said Houses, praying Her Majesty to withhold her consent from such statute or modified statute, or any part thereof, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, if she think fit, to declare by Order in Council her approbation of the statute or modified statute; and the same shall Repeal of 17 & 18 Vict, c. 81. s. 45. Power to Vice Chancellor to make rules for thereupon become a statute of the University of Oxford, notwithstanding any Act of Parliament, decree or order, deed or instrument of foundation or endowment; and if the statute or any part thereof is not so approved by Her Majesty, the University may frame and pass another statute in the matter, and so on from time to time as often as occasion requires. 8. EVERY statute made by the University by virtue of this Act shall be subject to alteration or repeal by the University, with the approval of Her Majesty in Council. 9. EVERY statute of the University made in pursuance of the said Act of the seventeenth and eighteenth years of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, chapter eighty-one, and intituled “An Act to make further provision for the good government and extension of the University of Oxford, of the colleges "therein, and of the College of Saint Mary, Winchester," which has been approved by Her Majesty in Council, shall from and after the passing of this Act be subject to alteration and repeal by the University, with the approval of Her Majesty in Council. 10. THIS Act shall not be construed to take away or affect any power of making statutes or regulations now possessed by the University or by any college therein, nor shall it prejudice or affect any interest vested in any member of the University previously to the passing of this Act. 11. In the construction of this Act the words "professor" and "professorship" respectively shall include public readers and prælectors, and their several offices. 12. SECTION forty-five of the said Act of the session of the seventeenth and eighteenth years of Her present Majesty shall be repealed; and in lieu thereof be it enacted, that the Vice Chancellor of the said University may from time to time, with the approval of any three of the judges of Her Majesty's regulation of Superior Courts, make rules for regulating the practice and forms of procedure in all proceedings within the jurisdiction of the Court of the Chancellor of the said University commonly called the Vice Chancellor's Court, and may from time to time, with the like approval, annul, alter, or add to any such rules. his Court. 13. THIS Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Oxford University Act, 1862." SCHEDULE. The Professorship of Political Economy. The Sherard Professorship of Botany. The Readership in Geology. The Readership in Mineralogy. CHAPTER 29. AN ACT to amend and enlarge the Acts for the Improvement of Landed c. 32. 12 & 13 Vict. "An Act to facilitate the improvement of landed property in Ireland"; 10 & 11 Vict. and a further Act of the twelfth and thirteenth years of Her Majesty, chapter twenty-three, was passed "to authorize further advances of money for the c. 23. " improvement of landed property and the extension and promotion of drainage " and other works of public utility in Ireland"; and a further Act of the thirteenth and fourteenth years of Her Majesty, chapter thirty-one, was passed 13 & 14 Vict. " to authorize further advances of money for drainage and the improvement "of landed property in the United Kingdom, and to amend the Acts relating " to such advances"; and a further Act was passed in the thirteenth and 13 & 14 Vict. fourteenth years of Her Majesty, chapter one hundred and thirteen, "to "authorize the transfer of loans for the improvement of land in Ireland to c. 31. c. 113. c. 19. " other land"; and a further Act was passed in the fifteenth and sixteenth 15 & 16 Vict. years of Her Majesty, chapter thirty-four, "to extend the Act to facilitate the c. 34. improvement of landed property in Ireland, and the Acts amending the same, to the erection of scutch mills for flax in Ireland"; and a further Act was passed in the twenty-third year of Her Majesty, chapter nineteen, "to 23 & 24 Vict. " extend the Act to facilitate the improvement of landed property in Ireland, " and the Acts amending the same, to the erection of dwellings for the labouring classes in Ireland"; and a further Act was passed in the twenty-fourth 24 & 25 Vict. and twenty-fifth years of Her Majesty, chapter thirty-four, "to extend the " provisions of the Acts to facilitate the improvement of landed property in Ireland, and to further provide for the erection of dwellings for the labouring "poor in Ireland": And whereas it is expedient to amend and enlarge the provisions of the said recited Acts in the manner herein-after mentioned: 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, as follows: c. 34. 3. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Public Works to fix for Time for completion of the completion of any works for which loans may be made under the said works may be recited Acts and this Act such period, and from time to time such further extended. period, within seven years from the date of the first advance of any loan under the said recited Acts or this Act, as the said Commissioners may think fit. 4. THIS Act and the said recited Acts shall be construed together as one Recited Acts Act. and this Act to be construed together. VOL. XIV. C Power of altering statutes made under this Act. Alteration and repeal of University statutes. Saving of powers and rights. Interpretation of terms. Repeal of 17 & 18 Vict. c. 81. s. 45. Power to Vice Chancellor to make rules for regulation of his Court. Short title thereupon become a statute of the University of Oxford, notwithstanding any Act of Parliament, decree or order, deed or instrument of foundation or endowment; and if the statute or any part thereof is not so approved by Her Majesty, the University may frame and pass another statute in the matter, and so on from time to time as often as occasion requires. 8. EVERY statute made by the University by virtue of this Act shall be subject to alteration or repeal by the University, with the approval of Her Majesty in Council. 9. EVERY statute of the University made in pursuance of the said Act of the seventeenth and eighteenth years of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, chapter eighty-one, and intituled "An Act to make further provision for the "good government and extension of the University of Oxford, of the colleges therein, and of the College of Saint Mary, Winchester," which has been approved by Her Majesty in Council, shall from and after the passing of this Act be subject to alteration and repeal by the University, with the approval of Her Majesty in Council. 10. THIS Act shall not be construed to take away or affect any power of making statutes or regulations now possessed by the University or by any college therein, nor shall it prejudice or affect any interest vested in any member of the University previously to the passing of this Act. 11. In the construction of this Act the words "professor" and "professorship" respectively shall include public readers and prælectors, and their several offices. 12. SECTION forty-five of the said Act of the session of the seventeenth and eighteenth years of Her present Majesty shall be repealed; and in lieu thereof be it enacted, that the Vice Chancellor of the said University may from time to time, with the approval of any three of the judges of Her Majesty's Superior Courts, make rules for regulating the practice and forms of procedure in all proceedings within the jurisdiction of the Court of the Chancellor of the said University commonly called the Vice Chancellor's Court, and may from time to time, with the like approval, annul, alter, or add to any such rules. 13. THIS Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Oxford University "Act, 1862." SCHEDULE. The Professorship of Political Economy. The Sherard Professorship of Botany. The Readership in Geology. The Readership in Mineralogy. 4 CHAPTER 29. AN ACT to amend and enlarge the Acts for the Improvement of Landed c. 32. 12 & 13 Vict. HEREAS an Act was passed in the tenth year of Her Majesty, intituled An Act to facilitate the improvement of landed property in Ireland"; 10 & 11 Vict. and a farther Act of the twelfth and thirteenth years of Her Majesty, chapter twenty-three, was passed "to authorize further advances of money for the 23. * improvement of landed property and the extension and promotion of drainage * and other works of public utility in Ireland"; and a further Act of the thirteenth and fourteenth years of Her Majesty, chapter thirty-one, was passed 18 & 14 Vict. * to aathorize further advances of money for drainage and the improvement * of landed property in the United Kingdom, and to amend the Acts relating e. 31. * to such advances”; and a further Act was passed in the thirteenth and 13 & 14 Vict. fourteenth years of Her Majesty, chapter one hundred and thirteen, “to satherize the transfer of loans for the improvement of land in Ireland to c. 113. * other land"; and a further Act was passed in the fifteenth and sixteenth 15 & 16 Viet, 34. years of Her Majesty, chapter thirty-four, "to extend the Act to facilitate the improvement of landed property in Ireland, and the Acts amending the same, to the erection of scutch mills for flax in Ireland"; and a further Act c. 19. was passed in the twenty-third year of Her Majesty, chapter nineteen, "to 23 & 24 Vict. * extend the Act to facilitate the improvement of landed property in Ireland, and the Acts amending the same, to the erection of dwellings for the labour*ing classes in Ireland"; and a further Act was passed in the twenty-fourth 24 & 25 Vict. and twenty-fifth years of Her Majesty, chapter thirty-four, "to extend the 34. * provisions of the Acts to facilitate the improvement of landed property in *Ireland, and to further provide for the erection of dwellings for the labouring * poor in Ireland": And whereas it is expedient to amend and enlarge the provisions of the said recited Acts in the manner herein-after mentioned: Be it acted 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, as follows: works may be & Ir shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Public Works to fix for Time for completion of the completion of any works for which loans may be made under the said red Acts and this Act such period, and from time to time such further extended. period, within seven years from the date of the first advance of any loan er the said recited Acts or this Act, as the said Commissioners may 4. THIS Act and the said recited Acts shall be construed together as one Recited Acts |