shall assemble together as often as they shall think fit, and upon such notice as to them shall seem meet, and for the execution of the trust hereby reposed in them. 5. The said College shall be deemed and taken to be a Uuiversity, with all the usual and necessary privileges of such institutions; and the students shall have liberty and faculty of taking the degrees of bachelor, master, and doctor, in the several arts and faculties at the appointed times; and shall have liberty within themselves of performing all scholastic exercises for the conferring of such degrees, and in such manner as shall be directed by the statutes and by-laws. 6. No religious tests or subscriptions shall be required of the professors, scholars, graduates, students, or officers of the College. 7. The internal regulations of the said College shall be committed to the Senatus Academicus, formed by the respective chairs or professorships thereof, subject in all cases to the approval of the Governors. 8. The Legislature shall have power, from time to time, to modify and control the powers conferred by this Act. 9. The Acts heretofore passed in relation to Dalhousie College are hereby repealed, except the Act passed in the fourth year of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, entitled, "An Act authorizing the lending of a sum of money to the Governors of Dalhousie College, and for securing the payment thereof." This Act was afterwards amended by the following Acts : An Act to amend the Act for the Regulation and Support of Dalhousie College. (Passed the 6th day of May, A. D. 1875). Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows : 1 The present Board of Governors, consisting of nine persons, shall be increased to a number not exceeding fifteen; and the Board shall be filled up with new nominations made on the same principle as set forth in the first section of the Act hereby amended; and any of the Governors shall be removable, as heretofore by the Governor-inCouncil. 2. The Governors shall have power to affiliate to Dalhousie College any other college desirous of such affiliation, or any schools in arts, in theology, in law, or in medicine, and to make statutes for such affiliations, and for the regulation and management thereof, on the same principles as obtain in other Universities, and to vary and amend such statutes from time to time. Provided. always, that such statutes of affiliation, before they go into effect, shall be submitted to and receive the sanction of the Governor-in-Council. "An 3 So much of Chapter 24 of the Acts of 1863, entitled, Act for the Regulation and Support of Dalhousie College," or of any other Act as is inconsistent with this Act, is repealed. An Act to provide for the Organization of a Law Faculty in connection with Dalhousie College, and for other purposes. (Passed the 14th day of April, A. D. 1881). Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. The Governors of Dalhousie College, at Halifax, shall in addition to the powers conferred on them by section 2 of Chapter 27 of the Acts of 1875, entitled, "An Act to amend the Act for the Regulation and Support of Dalhousie College," have power to organize a Faculty of Law in connection with such College, and to appoint professors or lecturers in law, and out of the revenues of the College to provide for the maintenance and support of such Faculty, and to make rules for the regulation and management of such Faculty, and for the granting of degrees in law on the same principles as obtain in other Universities, and to vary and amend such rules from time to time. 2. Section 3 of Chapter 24 of the Acts of 1863, entitled, "An Act for the regulation and support of Dalhousie College," is amended by adding the words "and governor " after the word "professor in the said section, and any individual who has hitherto endowed a chair or chairs in the College shall have a right to nominate a governor for each chair endowed, in the same way as if section 3 aforesaid had been originally passed as now amended. 3 Section 1 of the said Chapter 27 of the Acts of 1877, is amended by adding the words " provided, however, that in the event of any body of Christians, individual, or number of individuals, endowing and supporting one or more chairs or professorships in the said College, as provided by sections 2 and 3 of the Act hereby amended, and of such body of Christians or individuals nominating a professor or governor by virtue thereof, the number of governors may be increased beyond fifteen, but such increase shall be limited to the number of such chairs or professorships as may after the passing of this Act be founded by virtue of said sections 2 and 3." In pursuance of the Act of 1863, the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces closed their College, and agreed to support two chairs in this University; the Synod of the Maritime Provinces in connection with the Church of Scotland founded one chair; and the College opened in that year, under the principalship of Rev. James Ross, D.D, and with an Arts Faculty of six Professors. On the death of Principal Ross in 1885, and Professor Lyall in 1890, the Presbyterian Church withdrew the two professorships they had previously supported. In 1868, a Faculty of Medicine was organized, which, in 1875, developed into the Halifax Medical College. In 1885 the Faculty was re-organized. In 1883, the Faculty of Law, and, in 1891, the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, were added. IN 1879, the late GEORGE MUNRO, of New York, a native of this province, placed in the hands of the Governors the funds necessary for the endowment of a Professorship of Physics. In 1881 he established a Professorship of History and Political Economy. In 1882, he founded a chair of English Language and Literature. In 1883 he added to the staff of the College a Professor of Constitutional and International Law. In 1884 he founded a Professorship of Philosophy From 1883 till 1890 he provided Tutors in Classics and Mathematics. From 1880 to 1894 he provided the University with Exhibitions and Bursaries to the amount of $83,148.69, which, according to his own desire, were so offered for competition as to stimulate to greater activity and efficiency the High Schools and Academies of Nova Scotia and the neighboring provinces. The Governors desire to place on permanent record their high sense of Mr. Munro's enlightened public spirit, and their gratitude to him for the munificent manner in which he came to their help in the work of building up an unsectarian University in Nova Scotia. To connect the donor's name for all time with the benefits thus conferred both on the University and on his native country, the chairs which he founded shall be called the GEORGE MUNRO CHAIRS Of PHYSICS, of HISTORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY, of ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, of CONSTITUTIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, and of PHILOSOPHY, respectively. IN 1882, ALEXANDER MCLEOD, Esq. of Halifax, bequeathed to the University the residue of his estate. The following is an extract from his will: "All the residue of my estate I give and bequeath to the Governors of Dalhousie College or University in the City of Halifax in trust, that the same shall be invested and form a fund to be called the McLeod University Fund, and the interest and income of which shall be applied to the endowment of three or more professorial chairs in said College as they may deem proper; but this bequest is made upon these conditions, namely, that if at any time the said College or University shall cease to exist, or be closed for two years, or be made a sectarian College, then and in any such case, the said fund and all accumulations thereof shall go to the said Synod of the Maritime Provinces of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, to be used for the purposes of higher education in connection with said Synod, and it is further stipulated that no part of this fund shall ever be used, either by said Governors of Dalhousie College or by the said Synod, as a collateral security under any circumstances whatever According to the provisions of the will, the MCLEOD CHAIRS OF CLASSICS, CHEMISTRY, and MODERN LANGUAGES were founded. IN 1886, the late SIR WILLIAM YOUNG, one of the oldest and best friends of the College, subscribed $20,000 to start a Building Fund. In 1887, Sir William bequeathed to the University half the residue of his estate, together with a Prize Fund of $4,000, and the amount remaining unpaid of his subscription to the Building Fund. The following are extracts from his will: "I bequeath to the Governors of Dalhousie College at Halifax the sum of $4,000 to be kept continually invested by them, and that they shall apply the income derived therefrom in founding and maintaining a prize of a gold medal to the value of $50, to be called Sir William Young's medal, and to be annually awarded for scholastic eminence, and to have the recipient's name engraved thereon, with the year of his attendance at College, and in founding and maintaining such other prizes for distribution among the students of said College as the Governors may from time to time approve. "Having agreed and promised to the Governors of Dalhousie College to pay them the sum of $20,000 to aid in the erection of their building now in progress, I direct my executors to pay the said sum from time to time as it may be required by the said Governors. "All the rest and residue of my estate I direct my executors to divide into two even and equal parts or shares, and to pay over one such part or share to and the other part or share to the Governors of Dalhousie College at Halifax for the general purposes of said College. "In the event of my having paid to Dalhousie College during my life-time any part of said sum of $20,000 herein before mentioned, as agreed to be paid to them to aid in the erection of the College buildings, I do direct my executors to pay to said Governors the balance only, if any, that may be due on said sum at the time of my decease." On April 27th, 1887, the corner-stone of the new building was laid by Sir William Young. IN 1887, by the will of the late J. F AVERY, M. D., of Halifax, the following bequest was made to the College : "I give and bequeath the sum of $500 to Dalhousie College in the City of Halifax, to be at the disposal of the Senatus of the said College, and the interest thereof to be appropriated for an annual prize IN 1887, by the will of the late MRS. HARRIET ELIZABETH MACKENZIE, or MORRISON, of Stornaway, Scotland, formerly of Pictou, N. S., the following bequest was made to the College : "To Dalhousie College, £1,000 for founding a bursary for students attending said College, subject to such conditions and regulations as the governing body of said College may appoint, but with this proviso that said bursary shall be called the MacKenzie Bursary,' and that students of the name of MacKenzie, Maclean, and Fraser, shall have a preference in the selection of beneficiaries therefor." IN 1890, by the will of the late JOHN P. MOTT, ESQ,, of Halifax, the following bequest was made to the College : "I give and bequeath to the Board of Governors of Dalhousie College, or to such individuals or organization in whom or in which the control of such College shall be legally vested, the sum of ten thousand dollars, to be legally invested by the said Governors, individuals or organization, and the proceeds applied for the benefit of such College so long as it shall remain and continue to be a non-sectarian institution as at present." IN 1901, the College received the following bequest from the late PROFESSOR CHARLES MACDONALD, M. A. : "To Dalhousie College Library Fund, two thousand dollars for the purchase of books chiefly in English literature; the annual interest of this sum only to be employed or used." The following amounts have been from time to time subscribed in aid of the College: |