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Statute I.
Irish University Act, 1908
University College, Cork
WE, the Dublin Commissioners appointed under the
Irish Universities Act, 1908, to make Statutes for the
general government of the University which has since
been incorporated under the name of the National
University of Ireland and the Constituent Colleges
thereof, having taken into consideration as respects
the Statutes for University College, Cork, being one
of the said Constituent Colleges, the representations
made to us by the Governing Body of the said College,
and by all other persons who appeared to us to be
interested in the making of Statutes for the said
College, Under and by virtue of the powers in this
behalf conferred on us by the said Act, Do by this
present instrument under our Seal, make the Statute
hereunto annexed for University College, Cork.
Given under our Common Seal, at Dublin, this 15th
day of April, 1911.
Present when the Common Seal
of the Dublin Commissioners
was affixed.
- C. PALLES, Chairman of the Dublin Commissioners
- ROBERT DONOVAN, Secretary to the Dublin Commissioners
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, the College is a Constituent
College of the National University of Ireland.
Chapter II.
The Visitor of the College
His Majesty The King is the Visitor of the College.
Chapter III.
Membership of the College
- The President of the College, the Members of the Governing Body of the
College, the Members of the Academic Council of the College, the Graduates of
the University who have been Marticulated Students in the College, or in
Queen's College, Cork, and the Students of the College who are Matriculated
Students of the University, are the Members of the College for the time being
and constitute the Body Corporate of the College.
- Women are eligible equally with men to be Members of the College, or of
the Governing Body of the College, and to hold any office or enjoy any
advantages of the College.
Chapter IV.
The President
- The President is the head and chief officer of the College, and is
entitled to preside at Meetings of the Governing Body, at Meetings of the
Academic Council, and at Meetings of Committees of the Governing Body or
Academic Council.
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- If before the expiration of the period of seven years from the date of
dissolution of the Royal University a vacancy occurs in the office of
President, the Senate shall appoint a suitable person to be President for
the remainder of that period.
- If any appointment is made to fill a vacancy as aforesaid, on the
expiration of the period of seven years from the date of dissolution of the
Royal University of Ireland the office of President shall be vacant, and
shall be filled by the Senate. The President vacating office shall be
eligible for re-appointment.
- The Stipend of the President shall be Twelve Hundred Pounds a year, and he
shall in addition be entitled to residence, fuel and light:- PROVIDED that if
any Professorship or Lectureship shall be held by the President, no
remuneration shall attach to such Professorship or Lecture- ship while so
held.
- Save as regards the first President, who holds his office in accordance
with the provisions of the Act, and save as is provided by the Charter as to a
vacancy occurring within seven years from the date of the dissolution of the
Royal University of Ireland, the President shall hold office until he shall
have attained the age of seventy years, and on the occurrence of a vacancy the
Senate shall appoint the President.
- In every appointment of a President the following conditions shall be
observed:-
- The Senate shall obtain and consider the Representations of the
Governing Body as to the filling of the vacancy;
- If the number of candidates be more than three, the Governing Body shall
be entitled to select not less than three candidates from amongst whom the
Senate shall make the appointment.
- The President shall have power to regulate and prescribe the order to be
observed at the opening and close of the Collegiate Session, at the conferring
of Honours, and generally at all public proceedings of the College.
- He shall prepare an Annual Report on the state of the College, containing
such suggestions as to its improvement and advancement as he may think fit to
make, and shall incorporate in his Report such of the reports made to him by
Professors and others as he may consider necessary, and shall submit the same
to the Governing Body not later than the thirty-first day of December in the
succeeding Academic year.
- The correspondence of the College whether arising in pursuance of a
resolution of the Governing Body or otherwise shall be conducted under his
direction.
- He shall sign or authorise the authentication of all Certificates of
Prizes, and other official documents, and shall authenticate the affixing of
the Common Seal of the College to such documents as may require it.
- He shall have power to appoint some suitable person to act as Professor or
Lecturer during a vacancy in any Professorship or Lectureship of the College.
The remuneration of such Acting-Professor or Acting- Lecturer shall be fixed
by the President, but the rate of remuneration shall not exceed that of the
vacant office.
- He shall prescribe the times and hours of attendance of the Registrar in
his office.
- . He shall have the power of appointing, suspending, and dismissing the
servants of the College, and shall regulate their duties and control their
conduct.
- He, or, in case of his absence, his Deputy, shall have the sole power of
granting temporary leave of absence to the Professors, Lecturers, Officers,
and Servants of the College. He shall settle the respective limits of absence
of the Registrar and the Bursar during vacation; and he shall not permit both
to be absent at the same time, without making a special arrangement in writing
for the care of the buildings and property of the College during their joint
absence.
- He shall have power at all times to visit any Hall, Lecture Room, Office
or public apartment of the College.
- He shall advise and remonstrate with any Professor, Lecturer, or Officer
of the College, whenever it shall come to his knowledge that such Professor,
Lecturer, or Officer has been neglectful of his duties.
- Should any Professor, Lecturer, or Officer of the College prove
inattentive to the advice and remonstrance of the President, the President
shall, after giving such Professor, Lecturer, or Officer notice of his
intention, and furnishing him with a copy of the official statement he
proposes to make of the case, call the attention of the Governing Body to the
conduct of such Professor, Lecturer, or Officer.
- He shall report without delay to the Vice-Chancellor the occurrence of a
vacancy in any Professor- ship or Lectureship of the College to which the
University is entitled to appoint.
- At least three months before he attains the age of seventy years, and also
at least three months before any Professor, Lecturer, or Officer who is liable
to retire at the age of sixty-five years, attains that age, he shall report to
the Senate and to the Governing Body the fact of himself or of such Professor,
Lecturer, or Officer approaching the respective ages mentioned ; and in the
case of any Professor, Lecturer or Officer, shall state at the same time his
opinion as to the fitness of such Professor, Lecturer or Officer for
continuance in office ; and he shall furnish to the Professor, Lecturer, or
Officer concerned a copy of such Report.
- He shall exercise a constant supervision over all departments of the
College, and shall direct his particular attention to the maintenance of order
and discipline in the College.
- He shall have power to call Extraordinary Meetings of the Governing Body,
of the Academic Council, and of any Committee of the Governing Body or of the
Academic Council.
- The President shall reside in the College during at least two thirds of
every Term, and altogether at least two hundred and ten days in every year,
unless he shall be absent on the business of the College or of the University,
or on account of illness or other grave cause.
- He shall have power to license places of residence for Students to make
regulations for their order and discipline, and to exercise a full supervision
over the same for the purpose of ascertaining whether such regulations made by
him shall have been complied with.
- He shall, on occasion of his absence or illness, appoint a Deputy from
among the Professors, who shall exercise his powers and discharge his duties
for the time being within the College: provided that no one but the President
shall have a casting vote at any Meeting, save as otherwise provided in the
Statutes.
- In case the President shall die or become incapacitated by illness from
appointing a Deputy, a Special Meeting of the Governing Body shall be at once
called by the Secretary for the purpose of making provision for the carrying
on of the business of the College, and for this purpose the Governing Body
shall appoint one of the Professors to discharge temporarily the duties of the
President.
Chapter V.
The Governing Body
The Governing Body appointed by the Charter shall hold office
till the expiration of a period of three years and three months from the date of
the dissolution of the Royal University.
The Governing Body, after the expiration of period of office of the
first Governing Body, shall be constituted as follows:-
The President | 1 |
Persons nominated by the Crown | 3 |
Persons appointed by the Senate of the
University | 4 |
Professors of the College elected by the
Academic Council | 4 |
Graduates of the University who are
members of the College elected by those Graduates | 4 |
The Lord Mayor of Cork | 1 |
The Mayor of Limerick | 1 |
The Mayor of Waterford | 1 |
The Chairman or other Member or person
representing each of the following Councils to be elected by the Council:-
| |
The County Council of Cork | 1 |
The County Council of Waterford | 1 |
The County Council of Kerry | 1 |
The County Council of Limerick | 1 |
Persons elected by the County Council of
Tipperary acting jointly in manner prescribed by the Statutes | 1 |
Persons co-opted | 4 |
| Total:
28 |
- Any person who by virtue of holding an office is a Member of the
Governing Body shall retire from membership on ceasing to hold that office.
- The Members of the Governing Body, other than the ex-officio
Members, shall hold office for a period of three years. The successor in the
case of a casual vacancy shall be appointed in like manner with his predecessor,
and shall hold office for the remainder of his predecessor's term.
- Retiring Members are eligible for re-appointment.
- Members of the Governing Body are eligible, equally with other
persons, for appointment to paid office in the College.
Chapter VI.
Nomination, Appointment and Election of the
Members of the Governing Body.
- Not less than three months before the expiration of
the period of office of the Governing Body then in being
the Secretary shall give notice in writing to the Chief
Secretary, to the Lord Lieutenant, to the Registrar of
the University to each Member of the Academic Council,
to each Graduate of the University whose name appears
on the College Register of Graduates, and to the
respective Secretaries of the County Councils of Cork,
Waterford, Kerry, Limerick, and of the North and South
Ridings of Tipperary, of the date at which the period of
office of the Governing Body then in being will expire.
(a) Nomination by His Majesty
- The notice to the Chief Secretary to the Lord
Lieutenant shall be accompanied by a copy of the
Statutes of the College, and shall direct his attention to
the provisions of the Charter and of the Statutes which
affect His Majesty's nomination of Members of the
Governing Body.
- In case His Majesty's nomination of three Members
of the Governing Body shall not have been received
before the expiration of the said period of office, the
Secretary shall furnish to the Chief Secretary to the Lord
Lieutenant a list of the names, addresses, and
descriptions of the Members of the new Governing Body
who shall have been appointed or elected, and shall
request him to procure His Majesty's Pleasure to be
taken as to the persons whom His Majesty shall be
pleased to nominate to be Members of the Governing
Body.
(b) Election by Local Authorities
- The Elections by the County Councils of Cork,
Waterford Kerry, and Limerick, and by the County
Councils of Tipperary acting jointly, of the Members of
the Governing Body whom such Councils are respectively
entitled to elect, shall be held at the times and in the
manner hereinafter in this Chapter stated.
- The Chairman of each of the said County Councils
of Cork, Waterford, Kerry, and Limerick, respectively,
shall, not less than two months before the day on which
the Governing Body then in being shall go out of office,
by writing under his hand appoint a day for a Meeting
hereinafter called the Election Meeting for the election
by the Council of the Members of the Governing Body
whom the Council is entitled to elect ; and shall cause
public notice by advertisment published not less than
two months before the date at which the Governing
Body then in being shall go out of office, to be given of
the day so appointed for the Election Meeting.
- The Chairman of the County Council of the Riding
of Tipperary within which the place of election of a
Member of the Governing Body by the County Councils
of Tipperary is situated shall in like manner, and not
less than two months before the outgoing Governing
Body shall go out of office, appoint a day for the
Election Meeting of the said last mentioned County
Councils and shall cause public notice by advertisment
published not less than two months before the date at
which the Governing Body then in being shall go out of
office, to be given of the day so appointed and of the
place where the Election Meeting will be held.
- The first, and every alternate subsequent election
(not being an election to fill a casual vacancy), by the
County Councils of the County of Tipperary, acting
jointly, shall be at a special Meeting of the Members of
both of the said County Councils, to be held at Clonmel,
in the South Riding of the County.
- The other elections by the said County Councils of
Tipperary, acting jointly (not being elections to fill
casual vacancies), shall be at a Special Meeting of the
Members of both of those County Councils, to be held
at Nenagh, in the North Riding of the County.
- The elections by the said County Councils of the
County of Tipperary acting jointly, to fill casual
vacancies, shall be held alternately at Nenagh and at
Clonmel, and the first of such Meetings shall be held at
Nenagh.
- Every such Election Meeting shall be held not less
than fourteen days before the day on which the
Governing Body then in being will go out of office.
- After the Chairman has appointed the day for the
Election Meeting, the Secretary of the County Council
shall forthwith give notice to each Member of the Council
of the date of such Meeting and of the fact that such
election will take place at such Meeting, and of the
provisions of this Chapter relating to the election and to
nomination of candidates for election. In the case of an
election by the County Councils of Tipperary the notice
shall be given by the Secretary of the County Council of
the Riding of that County within which the place of
election is situate.
- To be eligible for election a candidate shall be
nominated by a Nomination Paper signed by two
Members of the Council, which shall be lodged with the
proper officer of said Council at least twenty-one days
before the Election Meeting.
- Immediately after any such election the Secretary
of the County Council shall give notice of the person
elected to the Secretary or other proper officer of the
College.
(c) Appointment by the Senate, and Election by the
Academic Council and by the Graduates.
- The appointment by the Senate of the Members
of a Governing Body whom it is entitled to appoint shall
be by election. Such election and the election by the
Academic Council of the Members of the Governing
Body whom it is entitled to elect, shall be at a Meeting
of said respective bodies hereinafter called the Election
Meeting, which shall be specially called for that purpose,
and which shall be held upon days which shall not be
more than two months, nor less than one fortnight
before the date at which the Governing Body then in
being shall go out of office.
- The Election Meeting of the Senate shall be called
by the Chancellor, and he shall appoint its date. The
Election Meeting of the Academic Council shall be called
by the President, and he shall appoint its date.
- The election by the Graduates of the Members of
the Governing Body whom the Graduates are entitled to
elect shall be at a Meeting, hereinafter called the Election
Meeting, specially called by the President for that
purpose. Such Election Meeting shall be held on a day
appointed by the President, which shall be not more than
two months or less than fourteen days before the date at
which the Governing Body then in being shall go out of
office. The President, or his Deputy, or the Acting
President as the case may be, or in the absence of all of
them, the Registrar shall be the Chairman at such
Election Meeting.
- At least twenty-eight days' notice of the Election
Meeting, and of the purpose thereof, shall be given by
the proper officer to the respective Members of the
Elective Bodies in part (c) of this Chapter mentioned.
- To be eligible for election a candidate must be
nominated by a Nomination Paper signed by two
Members of the elective body, which shall be lodged
with the proper officer of that Elective Body at least
twenty-one days before the Election Meeting, and if the
election be by the Academic Council, the candidate must
be a Professor of the College, and if the election be by
the Graduates of the University who are Members of the
College, the candidate must be one of those Graduates.
- If a candidate who is nominated at an election by
the Academic Council is not a Professor of the College,
or if a candidate who is nominated at an election by the
Graduates of the University who are Members of the
College, is not one of those Graduates, the nomination
shall be invalid and null.
- If at any such election no more persons are validly
nominated as candidates for election than the number of
persons which the elective body is entitled to elect, the
candidates so nominated shall be deemed to be elected,
and shall be declared by the Chairman of the Election
Meeting to be elected accordingly. If more candidates
shall be nominated than the elective body is entitled
to elect, there shall he a poll.
- At the appointment by the Senate the poll shall be
taken by open voting of the Members of the Senate
present and voting.
- At the election by the Academic Council the poll
shall be taken by unsigned Voting Papers of the
Members present.
- At the election by the Graduates the poll shall be
taken by Voting Papers marked and sent or delivered to
the Scrutineers in accordance with the provisions of the
following Sections of this Chapter.
- For the purpose of such election, as soon as may
be after the time for Lodging Nomination Papers shall
have expired, the Registrar shall prepare and shall send
by post, not less than ten days before the Election
Meeting to each registered Graduate resident elsewhere
than in the United Kingdom, and not less than seven
days before the Election Meeting to every other
registered Graduate, a Voting Paper containing in
dictionary order, the names of all candidates validly
nominated for election by the Graduates.
- Such Voting Paper shall be accompanied by a
printed paper of instructions which shall contain the
following :-
- (a) A direction to the Voter to write his initials
opposite the name of the person or persons for
whom he votes ; to sign the Voting Paper as
required by Section 27 of this Chapter ; and if
he desires to vote without being present at the
Election Meeting to post the Voting Paper so
signed to the Registrar at the College, in
sufficient time for it to arrive in the ordinary
course of post at least one full day before the
day appointed for the Election Meeting
- (b) A copy of Sections of this Chapter.
- (c) A Statement of the names of the Graduates
nominating each person nominated ; and
- (d) A statement of the number of persons for whom
the Graduate is entitled to vote.
- The Voting Paper shall also be accompanied by
an envelope bearing on the outside the name and address
of the Registrar and also the words "Voting Paper."
- The Voting Paper of a Graduate shall, after having
been initialled by the voter, be signed by him:
- (a) if within the United Kingdom before a Justice
of the Peace, a Commissioner of Affidavits, or
a Minister of Religion;
- (b) if in a Colony or other place in His Majesty's
Dominions abroad before any person authorised
to administer oaths therein;
- (c) in any other place before any of His Majesty's
Consuls or Vice-Consuls.
The person before whom the Voting Paper is so
initiated and signed shall attest the fact of such Voting
Paper having been initialled and signed by the Voter in
his presence at the place therein mentioned, by signing
his name at the foot thereof, adding his official
designation and place of residence, and be shall in all
cases certify in writing on the Voting Paper that he
personally knows either the Voter or some person who
has certified to him in writing on the Voting Paper his
personal knowledge of the Voter.
- The envelope containing the Voting Paper sent to
the Registrar by Post, shall bear on the outside the
words "Voting Paper."
- Subject to the provisions of Sections 35 and 36 of
this Chapter, the votes for the Election of Members of
the Governing Body by the Graduates shall be the
Votes of the Graduates of the University who are
registered as Members of the College present at the
Election Meeting, given by Voting Papers duly verified
and handed to the Scrutineers at the Election Meeting,
together with such Votes of Members not present at the
Election Meeting as shall have been validly given by
Voting Papers duly verified and returned by Post to the
Registrar and received by him at the College before the
commencement of the Election Meeting.
- Not less than three days before the day of the
Election Meeting, the President, or in his absence his
Deputy, or the Acting President, as the case may be,
shall appoint three registered Graduates to be Scrutineers.
- It shall not be necessary that any greater number
of Graduates who are registered as Members of the
College than two shall be present at the Election
Meeting.
- At the Election Meeting of the Graduates the
Registrar shall deliver unopened to the Scrutineers, or
in their absence to the Chairman of the Election Meeting
such of the envelopes containing the Voting Papers
which he has received as bear on the outside the words
"Voting Paper."
- If any Voting Papers have been received by him in
Envelopes which do not bear such words, and have been
opened by him, he shall deliver the same and the Voting
Papers which they contained, to the Scrutineers ; and
those Graduates present at the Election Meeting who
have not forwarded to the Registrar Voting Papers duly
initialled and signed before the commencement of the
Election Meeting shall, during the Meeting, hand to
the Chairman their Voting Papers so duly initiated
signed, and verified.
- The fact that an envelope containing a Voting
Paper sent to the Registrar by Post did not bear on the
outside the words "Voting Paper" shall not vitiate the
vote.
- At such Election Meeting any Graduate present
whose Voting Paper shall not have been received by the
Registrar before the commencement of the Election
Meeting, who shall give to the Scrutineers evidence
satisfactory to them of his identity, and of his having
sent his original Voting Paper to the Registrar or of his
having lost or spoilt it, shall obtain from the Registrar a
Paper marked with the words "Duplicate Voting Paper."
- If before the termination of the Election Meeting
such Graduate procures such duplicate Voting Paper
to be duly initialled, signed, and verified, as required in
the case of an original Voting Paper, he may hand the
same to the Scrutineers who shall count it with the
original Voting Papers ; but in case an original Voting
Paper issued to any Graduate who shall have obtained
a duplicate Voting Paper shall be received by the
Scrutineers, they shall count the original Voting Paper
only.
- The Scrutineers shall examine and shall count the
votes, and in any case of doubt as to the validity of a
vote shall determine the same. The decision of the
Scrutineers or the decision of the majority of them shall
be final.
- They shall report in writing to the Chairman of
the Election Meeting the result of the Voting; and if
they are equally divided as to the validity of any vote,
the question shall be determined by the Chairman at the
Election Meeting.
- At the Election Meeting of the Senate of the
Academic Council, and of the Graduates of the University
who are Members of the College respectively, at which
the Election is by poll, the Chairman shall declare the
persons who have obtained the greatest number of
lawful votes, not exceeding the number of persons whom
such Elective Body is entitled to elect, to have been duly
elected as Members of the Governing Body.
- In case there shall be an equality of lawful votes,
for two or more persons, and the number of persons who
have obtained a greater number of lawful votes together
with the number of persons having an equality of lawful
votes shall be greater than the number of persons whom
the Elective Body is entitled to elect, the election as
between the persons having such equality of votes shall
be determined by the casting vote of the Chairman at the
Election Meeting.
- The Chairman shall declare the person or persons
whose election has been so determined, with any other
person who had obtained a greater number of lawful
votes, to be duly elected.
- Immediately after any such election by the Senate
the Registrar of the University, and immediately after
any such election by the Academic Council or by the
Graduates, the Registrar or other proper officer of the
College shall give notice thereof to the Secretary or
other proper officer of the College.
(d) General Provisions
- If at any Election Meeting of an Elective Body,
at which pursuant to the Statutes an election of
members of the Governing Body ought to be held, there
shall not be a quorum present, the election shall,
nevertheless, be proceeded with, and shall not be
invalidated by reason of the absence of a quorum.
- In the event of any person being nominated by His
Majesty and also elected by an Elective Body, the
Secretary or other proper officer, shall immediately send
notice to him in writing of his having been so nominated
and elected, requesting him to declare within one week
in writing, whether, notwithstanding his nomination by
His Majesty he will continue to represent the Elective
Body by which be was elected. On making such
declaration he shall be a nominee of His Majesty on the
future Governing Body or a representative thereon of
the Elective Body according to his choice ; and thereupon a casual vacancy shall occur, as the case may be,
either among the Members of the Governing Body
nominated by His Majesty or among the representatives
of the Elective Body by which such person was elected.
- In the event of any person failing to make the
declaration mentioned in the preceding Section within
the time therein specified he shall be deemed if nominated
by His Majesty to have elected to continue to be a
nominee of His Majesty; and a casual vacancy shall
thereupon occur among the representatives of the
Elective Body by which such Person was elected.
- In the event of any person being elected by more
than one Elective Body, the Registrar shall immediately
send notice to him in writing of his having been so
elected, requesting him to declare within one week in
writing which Elective Body be will represent. On
making such declaration he shall be a representative of
such of said Elective Bodies as he shall choose ; and
thereupon a casual vacancy shall occur among the
representatives of any Elective Body by which he was
elected other than that which he has chosen to represent.
- In the event of any person failing to make the
declaration mentioned in the preceding Section within
the time therein limited, the President shall, at the first
Meeting of the Governing Body held after the expiration
of the time specified for making such declaration, determine the matter by lot, and a casual vacancy shall thereupon occur among the representatives of any Elective
Body by whom such person was elected other than of
that which it shall have been so determined such person
shall represent.
- In the event of any Elective Body failing to return
the full number of representatives which it is entitled to
elect within the time prescribed in this Statute, the
vacancies to be filled shall be deemed to be casual
vacancies.
- After the expiration of the period of office of an
outgoing Governing Body a Meeting of such persons, if
any, as may have been then nominated by His Majesty
and of the persons so elected, shall be called for the
earliest convenient day, of which not less than seven
days' notice shall be given to each Member.
- At such first Meeting the Members present shall
co-opt four additional Members.
(e) Casual Vacancies.
- Whenever a casual vacancy shall occur in the first
or any subsequent Governing Body amongst the
Members nominated by His Majesty, the Secretary shall
forthwith give notice, in writing, to the Chief Secretary
to the Lord Lieutenant, and shall request him to procure
His Majesty's pleasure to be taken as to the person whom
His Majesty shall nominate to fill the vacancy.
- The notice to the Chief Secretary to the Lord
Lieutenant shall be accompanied by a copy of the
Statutes of the College, and shall direct his attention to
the provisions of the Charter which refer to His Majesty's
nomination to such vacancy.
- Whenever in any Governing Body other than the
first, a casual vacancy shall occur amongst the elected
Members, the Secretary, on being informed of the
occurrence thereof, shall forthwith give notice, in writing
of the vacancy to the elective body among whose
representatives the vacancy has occurred, and thereupon
a Meeting of such Elective Body shall be held not less
than one month nor more than two months after receipt
of such notice in writing, upon a day appointed by the
Chancellor, or the President of the Constituent College,
or the Chairman of the County Council, as the case may
be, for the purpose of electing to fill the vacancy.
Provided that the time so appointed shall not be in
the months of July, August, or September; and
if the day which would have been appointed for
such Meeting under this Section but for this
proviso, would have fallen in any of these three
months, the time to be appointed for the
Meeting shall be some day in the month of
October next ensuing.
- Such election shall be held in the mode in this
Chapter prescribed for the Election by such Elective
Body of its representatives upon the expiration of the
period of office of an outgoing Governing Body.
- Whenever, in any Governing Body other than the
first a casual vacancy shall occur amongst the co-opted
Members of the Governing Body, the Secretary, upon
being informed of the occurrence thereof, shall, as soon
as may be, give notice thereof to the Members of the
Governing body, and of the date of the Meeting at
which the vacancy is to be filled.
- Such Meeting shall be either an Ordinary Meeting
of the Governing Body or a Special Meeting called by
direction of the President for the purpose of the election,
but the Meeting shall not in either case be held earlier
than twenty-one days after notice of the vacancy shall
have been given by the Secretary to each Member of the
Governing Body.
- No act or proceeding of the Governing body shall
be invalidated by any vacancy amongst its Members, or
by any defect in the Mode of appointment of any of its
members.
Chapter VII.
Powers and Duties of the Governing Body.
- The Governing Body shall manage and control all
the affairs of the College, subject to the provisions of the
Act, to the charters founding the University and the College
respectively, and to the Statutes and Regulations of the
University and of the College, and shall direct the form,
custody, and use of the Common Seal of the College.
- Subject to the Act and to the Charter founding the
University, the Governing body shall have the powers
following:
- (a) To teach Students who are seeking to obtain
any Degree or other Academic Distinction
which the University confers;
- (b) To provide teaching for other purposes, so far
as means are available, and generally to promote
the advancement and dissemination of
knowledge;
- (c) To provide facilities for the prosecution of
original research in science, literature, or other
subjects taught in the College, and especially
in the applications of science;
- (d) To take such steps as are authorised by the
Charter in connection with any appointment to
be made by the University to the office of
President of the College, or of Professor or
Lecturer of the College;
- (e) Subject to the Act, to the Charter and to the
Statutes of the College, to appoint and remove
the holders of other offices in the College,
including the offices of Assistants or Demonstrators to Professors or Lecturers;
- (f) To institute and award Scholarships, Prizes, and
other Rewards for Students of the College;
- (g) To accept from Donors gifts of land, money, or
other property for the foundation of Professorships, Lectureships Scholarships, or Studentships, or for the erection of buildings, or for
the endowment of research, or for any other
purposes connected with the College, upon
such trusts and conditions, if any, as may be
specified by the Donors in regard to the
foundation (including in the case of a Professorship or Lectureship, any special provisions to
have effect in lieu of the general provisions of
the Charter as to the mode of appointment to
or removal from such offices) ; provided always
that nothing in such trusts or conditions is
contrary to the provisions of the Act;
- (h) To establish maintain, or license halls of
residence or other places for the residence of
Students;
- (i) To do all such things in relation to the
University as may be authorised by the Charter
founding the University or otherwise;
- (j) To do all such other acts and things, whether
incidental to the aforesaid powers or not, as
may be requisite in order to further the objects
of the College.
- Subject to the Act, the Governing Body may make
Statutes for the general government of the College and
may also make Regulations. The exercise of such
powers shall be subject to the following conditions ;
- (i) A Statute or Regulation shall not be altered so as
to change the status, powers, or constitution of
any of the Authorities of the College until such
Authority shall have had an opportunity of
pronouncing an opinion on the proposed change.
- (ii) No resolution for making a new or amended
Statute or Regulation shall have effect unless:
- (a) The proposed Statute or Regulation has
been provisionally adopted at one Meeting
of the Governing Body ;
- (b) A copy thereof has been subsequently
communicated to the Academic Council ;
- (c) The Governing body has considered any
Representation on the subject thereof
that may be made by the Academic
Council within two months from the date
of such communication ;
- (d) The Governing body has confirmed the
resolution to make the Statute with or
without amendment at a subsequent
Meeting held within three months after
the former Meeting by a majority of the
votes of the Members of the Governing
body then holding office ;
- (e) A copy of the Statute or Regulation
proposed has been sent by the Secretary
to each Members of the Governing body
at least seven days before such
subsequent Meeting of the Governing
Body at which the resolution to make
such Statutes or Regulation is proposed
to be confirmed ; and
- (f) In the case of a Statute within the same
period a copy of the proposed Statute
has been sent by the Secretary to the
Registrars of the University and to the
Secretary or other proper officer of each
of the other Constituent Colleges.
Provided that in computing the said periods of two
months and three months in (c) and (d) respectively.
no account shall be had of the months of July,
August, or September.
Provided also, that so far as relates to Regulations,
the above conditions shall not apply until the
expiration of three years from the date or the
dissolution of the Royal University.
- Subject to the provisions of the Act and of the
Charter the Governing Body shall have power to make
contracts on behalf of the College, in any manner
authorised by law for the making of contracts, by or on
behalf of Companies incorporated under the Companies
consolidation Act (1908).
- The Governing Body shall have power to require
the co-operation or assistance of any Professors, Lecturer,
or Officer of the College in such reasonable ways as it
may prescribe, for the better maintenance of discipline
and good conduct among the Students or for the general
business of the College.
- The Governing Body shall have power to make
Regulations for the government of the College, in cases
not provided for by the Statutes.
- The Governing Body shall review the Courses of
instruction to be pursued in the College which have been
prepared by the Academic Council, and when satisfied,
shall present them to the Senate for approval, and shall
also, when satisfied, approve of the Schemes for Scholarship and others Collegiate Examinations which have been
prepared by the Academic Council.
- The Governing Body as soon as it shall have been
fully constituted by co-option, shall appoint a Finance
Committee whose Vice-Chairman shall be the Treasurer
of the College.
- The Governing Body may appoint such Committees
as it may think fit, and may delegate to such Committees any matters it may think proper.
Chapter VIII.
Meetings and Procedure of the Governing Body.
- Ordinary Meeting of the Governing Body shall be
held at least once a Term during the Session. A
Special Meetings may be called at any time by the
President, and shall be called by him on a written
requisition addressed to him, and signed by not less than
twelve Members of the Body, stating the object for which
the Meeting is to be called.
Provided that, during the months of July, August,
or September, no Ordinary Meeting shall be held nor
shall any Special Meetings be called upon requisition.
- The Members of the Governing Body present at a
Meetings shall form a quorum.
- The President, or, in his absence, his Deputy, shall
ex-officio be Chairman of the Meeting of the Governing
Body. In the absence of the President and his Deputy
from any Meeting, a Meeting of the Governing Body
shall be presided over by such person as may be elected
for the purpose from amongst the Members present.
- At the Meetings of the Governing Body the
President shall have a casting as well as a deliberative
vote. The Deputy of the President or other Member
elected to act as Chairman in the absence of the
President shall have a deliberative but shall not have a
casting vote.
Chapter IX.
The Finance Committee.
- The period of office of the Finance Committee
shall be in the discretion of the Governing Body, who
may fix same by Regulation, and on the expiration of
each period of office a new Finance Committee shall be
appointed, consisting either of the same Members in
whole or in part or entirely of new Members.
- It shall be the duty, of the Finance Committee to
supervise the funds of the College, and the expenditure
thereof, and it shall have power to investigate all matters
relating to the financial affairs of the College, and for
that purpose to examine all books relating thereto, to
procure such expert assistance as may be found
necessary, and to summon before it any officer of the
College who, in its Opinion, call give information res-
pecting the same.
- It shall be the duty of the Finance Committee after the
end of each financial year to make a report as soon as
may be to the Governing Body as to the state of the
finances of the College calling special attention to any
matter which seems to require consideration. The date
from which the financial year shall be computed shall be
fixed by the Governing Body.
- It shall be the duty of the Finance Committee to
make provision that the Books of Account of the
College shall be kept in the form which shall most
nearly correspond with that in which the Treasury
under Section 7, sub-section 6 of the Act may from time
to time direct the Annual Accounts of the College to be
prepared and submitted to the Controller and Auditor-
General.
- Subject to review by the Governing Body, the
Finance Committee shall have power to invest any
money belonging to the College including any unapplied
income in such Stocks, Funds, Fully paid Shares or
Securities as the Governing Body shall from time to time
think fit, whether authorised by the general law for the
investment of Trust Moneys or not, and whether within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland or not,
or in the purchase of Freehold or Leasehold Here-
ditaments in the United Kingdom including Rents ; and
may from time to time vary such investments.
- It shall be lawful for the Governing Body, if it shall
think fit. to permit any property which shall have been
accepted or received by the College as a private endow-
ment for any of the objects of the College to remain
invested in the mode of investment in which such
property shall be invested when it shall have been so
accepted or received ;
Provided that no endowment subject to the control
of the College shall be retained invested in any stocks
or shares not fully paid up, or in respect of which
there shall be any existing or contingent liability for
calls or contribution.
- The Governing Body shall from time to time
prescribe by Regulations the method in which payments
out of the moneys of the College shall be made.
Chapter X.
The Academic Council.
- There shall be an Academic Council, which shall
consist of the President and Professors of the College,
with such Lecturers of the College as may be co-opted
by the President and Professors. In addition to the
power to elect representatives on the Governing Body,
the Academic Council shall, subject to review by the
Governing Body, have the powers following :-
- (a) To manage and carry out the curriculum,
instruction, and education afforded by the
College.
- (b) To make recommendations for the Scholarships
and other Prizes of the College.
- (c) To carry out any Regulations which may be
made by the Governing Body on the matters
aforesaid.
- (d) To regulate and carry out the discipline of the
Students of the College.
- (e) To transact such other matters as may be
committed to it by the Governing Body
- Ordinary Meetings of the Academic Council shall
be held at least once a month during each Session. A
Special Meeting may be called at any time by the
President, and shall be called by him upon a requisition
addressed to him, and signed by not less than ten
Members of the Academic Council stating the object for
which the Meeting is to be called.
Provided that no Meetings, Ordinary or Special,
shall be held during the months of July, August, or
September.
- Nine Members of the Academic Council present at
a Meeting shall form a quorum.
- The President, or, in his absence, his Deputy, shall
ex-officio be Chairman of the Academic Council. In the
absence of the President and his Deputy, a Meeting of
the Academic Council shall be presided over by such
person as may be elected for the purpose from among
the Members present.
- At the Meetings of the Academic Council the
President shall have a casting as well as a deliberative
vote. In the absence of the President, his Deputy, or
other Member elected to act as Chairman, shall have a
deliberative but shall not have a casting vote.
- Subject to review by the Governing Body the
Academic Council shall prepare the schemes of the
Courses of instruction to be given in the College for the
Degrees and the other Academic Distinctions of the
University, and may also prepare schemes of instruction
for other purposes ; and may take such steps, subject to
the approval of the Governing Body, as it deems
advisable, and so far as means are available, by lectures,
publications, or otherwise, to promote the advancement
and dissemination of knowledge and to facilitate
research. It shall submit for the approval of the
Governing Body the Scheme for the Scholarship, Prize
and other Collegiate Examinations.
- Subject to review by the Governing Body the
Academic Council shall make rules for the maintenance
of discipline and good conduct among the Students, both
within and without the College precincts, in cases not
provided for by the Statutes, and shall prescribe the
penalties for the violation of the same.
- The Academic Council shall, when necessary, hear
and determine all cases of violation of such rules.
- The Academic Council shall have power to appoint
Committees of Professors and Lecturers for any
Collegiate purpose within the scope of the powers of the
Academic Council and to prescribe their duties and to
define their powers.
Chapter XI.
The Faculties.
- The Professors and Lecturers within the College
shall be distributed amongst the following Faculties :-
- Arts-including Philosophy and Journalism.
- Celtic Studies.
- Science-including Technology and Agriculture.
- Law.
- Medicine.
- Engineering and Architecture.
- Commerce.
- The President, or in his absence his Deputy shall
ex-officio be the Chairman of each Faculty. In the
absence of the President and his Deputy a Meeting of
the Faculty shall be presided over by such person as
may be elected for the purpose from amongst the
Members present. At a Meeting of a Faculty the
President shall have a casting as well as a deliberative
vote. In the absence of the President. his Deputy or
other person elected to act as Chairman shall have a
deliberative, but shall not have a casting vote.
- The distribution of the Professors and Lecturers
amongst the Faculties shall follow the assignment of
subjects amongst the Faculties of the University.
- Each Faculty shall have the right of taking into
consideration all matters bearing upon the studies within
its scope.
- Subject to approval by the Governing Body and
the Academic Council, each Faculty shall be responsible
for the transaction of all academic business specially
pertaining to it.
- Subject to review by the Academic Council and the
Governing Body, it shall be the duty of each Faculty to
draft regulations as to Degrees, Diplomas. Certificates.
Scholarships, and Prizes falling within the province of
the Faculty, and to draft the Scheme of the Courses of
Instruction and the Time-tables and Schemes of
Examinations of the Faculty.
- It shall be the duty of each Faculty to report to the
Academic Council upon the Candidates for, or persons
to be proposed for, appointment to all teaching posts
and examinerships connected with the Faculty before
the Candidates for or persons to be proposed for such
appointments are reported on by the Academic Council
to the Governing Body.
- Each Faculty shall elect from amongst its Members
a Dean who shall hold office for three years, and shall
be eligible for re-election. The Dean shall be the
Secretary and executive officer of the Faculty.
- At the commencement of each Session the
Registrar shall provide the Dean of each Faculty with a
list of Students who are pursuing Courses of Study
within the Faculty, and it shall be the duty of the Dean
to keep a record of the conduct of each Student, and to
report to the President on those who are negligent in
their work or otherwise unsatisfactory.
Chapter XII.
Regulations as to Procedure.
The Governing Body, the Academic Council, and,
subject to any directions given by the Governing Body
and the Academic Council, respectively, Committees of
the Governing Body and the Academic Council,
respectively, may from time to time make regulations
for governing their proceedings, subject to the Charter
and to the Statutes.
Chapter XIII.*
Professorships and Lectureships
- There shall be the following Professorships in the
College :- Professorship of Archaeology, of English, of
Greek, of History, of Irish Language and Literature, of
Latin, of Mathematics, of Philosophy, of Romance
Languages, of Botany and Agriculture, of Chemistry, of
Geology and Geography, of Physics, of Zoology, of
Jurisprudence, of the Law of Contracts of Personal
Property and of Torts, of the Law of Real Property and
of Equity, of Anatomy, of Medicine, of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, of Pathology, of Physiology, of Surgery,
of Therapeutics, of Civil Engineering, of Economics and
Commerce, of Materia Medica.
- There shall be the following Lectureships in the
College:- in German, in History of Education, in
Methods of Education, in Modern Irish, in Music, in
Philosophy, in Mathematical Physics, in Hygiene, in
Materia Medica, in Medical Jurisprudence, in Mental
Diseases, in Ophthalmology, in Architecture, in
Electrical Technology, in Accounting :
*See Statute II. for University College, Cork.
Provided that during the tenure of office of the
present Professor of Materia Medica there shall be a
Professorship of Materia Medica, and the Professorship
of Therapeutics and the Lectureship in Materia Media
shall remain in abeyance. On the occurrence of the first
vacancy in the Professorship of Materia Medica, there
shall be no longer a Professorship of Materia Medica,
but there shall be a Professorship of Therapeutics and a
Lectureship in Materia Medica.
Chapter XIV.
Appointment of Professors, Lecturers, and Teachers of the College.
- After the powers of the Dublin Commissioners
under the Act shall have ceased, appointments to
Professorships and Lectureships of the College, other
than appointments to vacancies caused by the expiration
of seven years from the date of the dissolution of the
Royal University, shall be made in the following manner,
and subject to the following conditions : -
- (a) Upon the occurrence of a vacancy in any such
office, the President or his Deputy or the Acting
President as the case may be, shall call
Meetings of the Academic Council and of the
Governing Body respectively, the date fixed for
the Meeting of the Academic Council being
prior to that appointed for the Meeting of the
Governing Body.
- (b) The Academic Council at its Meeting or at an
adjournment thereof shall make a Report to
the Governing Body in reference to the
Representations to be made to the Senate as to
the filling of such vacancy.
- (c) The Governing Body shall at its Meetings
consider such Report ; and if it be of opinion
that the office should he extinguished, or that
any variation should be made in the terms upon
which the same is held, shall make the Statute
necessary for that purpose, Notice of the
making of such Statute and a copy of such
Statute shall be forwarded to the Vice-
Chancellor to be laid by him before the Senate.
- (d) If the Governing Body shall be of opinion that
the office should not be extinguished, and that
no variation should be made in the terms upon.
which such office has been held, notice of the
vacancy and of the intention to appoint thereto
shall be given by the Governing Body by
advertisement in such newspapers as it shall
direct.
- (e) If the Governing Body shall be of opinion that
a variation in the terms upon which such office
has been held should be made, and shall have
made the Statute necessary for that purpose,
and have laid the same before both Houses of
Parliament, and have caused notice of the
making of such Statute to be published in the
Dublin Gazette, notice of the vacancy - and of
the intention to appoint thereto, subject to the
provisions of such Statute, shall be given by
the Governing Body by-advertisement in such
newspapers as it shall direct.
- (f) Upon the expiration of the time mentioned in
the advertisement for the receipt of applications,
the Secretary shall forward the applications
received by him to the President Of the College
or his Deputy, or to the Acting President, as
the case may be, and he shall also mention a
day which shall have been fixed by the
Chancellor and notified to him by the Registrar
of the University, before which it will be
necessary for the Governing Body to forward to
the Registrar of the University its Report and
Recommendations in reference to the appointment, to be laid before the Senate.
- (g) Upon the receipt of the applications of
Candidates for the vacant office from the
Secretary, the President or his Deputy, or the
Acting-President, as the case may be, shall call
a Meeting of the Governing Body, and shall
communicate with the Academic Council, and
obtain from it a Report in reference to all
Candidates who have sent in applications, and
shall submit the same to the Meeting of the
Governing Body.
- (h) Whatever the number of Candidates may be,
the Governing Body may, if it so thinks fit,
postpone until a future Meeting the selection of
the names of Candidates to be submitted to the
Senate, and may direct such steps to be taken
to procure additional suitable candidates for the
office as it shall think fit.
- (i) If the number of candidates be more than three,
the Governing Body shall be entitled to select
the names of not less than three Candidates to
be submitted to the Senate.
- (j) The selection of the three Candidates whose
names are to be submitted to the Senate shall
be made in the manner following :-
- The selection shall be made, in the mode
hereinafter prescribed, by the votes of
the Members of the Governing Body,
given either by open voting or by ballot,
as the Meeting shall, before the
commencement of the voting, determine.
- There shall be in the first instance a
Preliminary Voting upon the names of
all the Candidates at which each Member
of the Governing Body shall have a vote
for one Candidate only. The result of
such Preliminary Voting, including the
number of votes obtained by each
Candidate, shall be declared by the
Chairman of the Meeting.
- After the result of such Preliminary Voting
shall have been so declared, the names
of the Candidates to be submitted to the
Senate shall be selected by the Governing
Body by a single voting upon the names
of all the Candidates at which each
Member of the Governing Body shall
have a vote for one Candidate only.
- In case there shall be an equality of votes
for two or more Candidates, whereby
there shall not be three Candidates who
shall have obtained a greater number of
votes than any other Candidate, the
Governing Body may submit to the
Senate the name or names of the
Candidate or Candidates who shall have
obtained the greatest number of votes,
together with:-
- (a) the names of the Candidates having
such equality of votes ; or
- (b) such number of names selected by
further voting from among the
names of the candidates having such
equality of votes, as will together
with the name or names of the
Candidate or Candidates who shall
have obtained any greater number
of votes amount to three.
- (k) The Governing Body in submitting the names
of Candidates may, if it so desires, place them
in the order of preference, and may make such
Representations as to the qualifications and
merits of the Candidates whose names are so
submitted as it may deem fit.
- (l) If the number of Candidates be not more than
three, the Governing Body may send forward
to the Senate the name or names of such
Candidate or Candidates, and in case there shall
be more than one, may place the names in the
order of preference, and may make such
Representations as to the qualifications and
merits of any Candidate whose name is so sent
forward, as it may deem fit.
- (m)The Secretary shall, as soon as the selection of
the names of Candidates by the Governing Body
shall have been made, send forward to the
Registrar of the University the applications of
the Candidates so selected, and also a Report
embodying the result of such selection together
with, such Representations as shall have been
made by the Governing Body.
- Appointments to vacancies in the Professorships
and Lectureships of the College caused by the expiration
of seven years from the date of the dissolution of the
Royal University shall be made in the following manner
and subject to the following conditions :-
- (a) Not later than the 31st December, 1915, the
President of the Constituent College or his
Deputy, or the Acting President, as the case
may be, shall call a Meeting of the Governing
Body of the College to consider the filling of
the vacancies about to occur in the Professor-
ships and Lectureships of the College caused
by the expiration of the said period of seven
years. Subject to the rights of existing officers
the Governing Body shall determine whether in
its opinion any of the Professorships or Lecture-
ships of the College about to become vacant
should or should not be extinguished, or
whether a variation in the terms upon which
any such office has been held should or should
not be made, or whether any new Professorship
or new Lectureship should be instituted.
- (b) If the Governing Body shall be of opinion that
a variation in the terms upon which any such
office has been held should be made, or that
any such office should be extinguished, or that
any new Professorship or new Lectureship
should be instituted, it shall make the Statute or
Statutes necessary for any of those purposes
in accordance with the provisions laid down by
these Statutes, and shall cause notice of the
makings of such Statute or Statutes to be
published in the Dublin Gazette before the 31st
day of March, 1916, and shall also cause such
Statute or Statutes to be laid before both
Houses of Parliament before the 31st day of
March, 1916, if Parliament be then in Session,
or if Parliament be not then in Session, at the
first Meeting thereof.
- (c) The Governing Body shall, before 1st May, 1916,
give notice of the vacancies about to occur in
the Professorships and Lectureships of the
College and of the intention to appoint thereto,
by advertisment in such newspapers as it shall
direct.
- (d) If the Governing Body shall be of opinion that
a variation in the terms upon which any office
has been held should be made or that any new
Professorship or Lectureship should be instituted and shall have made the Statute or
Statutes necessary for any of those purposes,
and have laid the same before both Houses of
Parliament and have also caused notice of the
making of such Statute or Statutes to be
published in the Dublin Gazette, notice of the
vacancies and of the intention to appoint there-
to, subject to the provisions of any such Statute,
shall before 1st day of May 1916, be given by
the Governing Body by advertisment in such
newspapers as it shall direct.
- (e) Upon the expiration of the time mentioned in the
advertisment for the receipt of applications,
the Secretary shall forward the applications
received by him to the President of the College
or his Deputy, or to the Acting President, as
the case may be, and he shall also draw the
attention of the President or his Deputy, or of
the Acting President as the case may be, to
the fact that the selection of the names of
Candidates must be made before the 31st day
of July, 1916.
- (f) Upon the receipt of the applications for
Candidates for any of the offices about to
become vacant or for any new Professorship
or Lectureship, the President or his Deputy, or
the Acting President, as the case may be, shall
call a Meeting of the Governing Body, and shall
also communicate with the Academic Council
and obtain from it a Report in reference to all
Candidates who have sent in application and
shall submit the same to the Meeting of the
Governing Body.
- (g) Whatever the number of Candidates may be,
the Governing Body may, if it thinks fit, post-
pone until a future Meeting the selection of the
names of Candidates to be submitted to the
Senate, and may direct such steps to be taken
to procure additional suitable candidates for any
office as it shall think fit.
Provided that such future Meeting shall
be held not later than the 30th July, 1916, and
that the names of any additional Candidates
shall be reported upon by the Academic Council
not later then the 30th day of June, 1916.
- (h) If the number of Candidates be more than three,
the Governing Body shall be entitled to select
the names of not less than three Candidates to
be submitted to the Senate.
- (i) The selection of the three Candidates whose
names are to be submitted to the Senate shall
be made in the manner following :-
- The selection shall be made in the mode
hereinafter prescribed, by the votes of
the Members of the Governing Body,
given by open voting or by ballot, as
the Meeting shall before the commencement of the Voting, determine.
- There shall be in the first instance a
Preliminary Voting upon the names of
all the Candidates, at which each
Member of the Governing Body shall
have a vote for one Candidate only.
The result of such Preliminary Voting,
including the number of votes obtained
by each Candidate, shall be declared
by the Chairman of the Meeting.
- After the result of such Preliminary
Voting shall have been so declared,
the names of the Candidates to be
submitted to the Senate shall be
selected by the Governing Body by a
single voting upon the names of all the
Candidates, at which each Member of
the Governing Body shall have a vote
for one Candidate only.
- In case there shall he an equality of votes
for two or more Candidates, whereby
there shall not be three Candidates,
who shall have obtained a greater
number of votes than any other
Candidate, the Governing Body may
submit to the Senate the name or names
of the Candidate or Candidates, who
shall have obtained the greatest number of votes, together with:-
- (a) the names of the Candidates
having such equality of votes; or,
- (b) such number of names selected by
further voting from among the
names of the Candidates having
such equality of votes, as will,
together with the names of the
Candidate or the names of the
Candidates who shall have
obtained any greater number of
votes, amount to three.
- (j) The Governing Body, in submitting the names
of Candidates, may, if it so desires, place them
in the order of preference, and may make such
representation as to the qualifications and
merits of the Candidates whose names are so
submitted as it may deem fit.
- (k) If the number of Candidates be not more than
three, the Governing Body may send forward
to the Senate the name or names of such
Candidate or Candidates, and in case there
shall be more than one, may place the names in
the order of preference, and may make such
Representations as to the qualifications and
merits of any Candidate whose names are so sent
forward, as it may deem fit.
- (l) The Secretary shall, as soon as the selection of
the names of Candidates by the Governing
Body shall have been made, send forward to
the Registrar of the University the applications
of the Candidates whose names have been
selected by the Governing Body and also a
Report embodying the result of such selection,
together with such Representations as shall
have been made by be Governing Body.
- (m)The Secretary shall also, as soon as the selection
of the names of Candidates by the Governing
Body shall have been made, send to each
existing Officer who holds his office during the
pleasure of His Majesty and who has sent in an
application to be reappointed notice of the
result of the selection by the Governing Body
of Candidates for the Office held by him.
- The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply in
any case in which a teaching office has been founded by
private benefaction, and accepted by the College in pursuance of the Charter and any provisions inconsistent
with the provisions of this Chapter, or with any of them,
have been specified by the Founder of the endowment
Chapter XV.
The Powers and Duties of the Professors and Lecturers.
- Every Professor and Lecturer shall:-
- (a) in respect of the lectures given by him conform
to the Regulations applicable to his Chair;
- (b) give the Students attending his ordinary lectures
assistance in their studies, by advice, by
informal instruction, by occasional and
periodical examination, and otherwise, as he
may judge to be expedient. For receiving
Students who may desire such assistance, such
stated times shall be appointed during the period
in which he lectures as he shall think fit to
assign;
- (c) give instruction in his Department to Students;
assist them in the pursuit of knowledge, and
contribute to its advancement; and aid
generally the work of the University.
Every Full-Time Professor shall so far as is compatible with the other duties of his Chair devote
himself to research and the advancement of
knowledge.
- It shall be the duty of each Professor to attend the
Meetings of the Academic Council of the College ; and
if appointed a Member of the Governing Body he shall
attend the Meetings of the Governing Body and perform
the other duties pertaining to that office.
- He shall, if appointed Deputy to the President,
discharge the duties of the President during his absence
or until a successor shall have been appointed.
- Every Professor and Lecturer shall serve upon all
the Committees to which he may be appointed by the
Governing Body or the Academic Council, shall
discharge the duties of a College Tutor, if required to do
so by the Governing Body, and shall assist and co-operate
with the Governing Body in such other reasonable ways
as the Governing Body may prescribe, for the maintenance of discipline and good conduct among the
Students, or for the general business of the College.
- He shall hold, or assist at, all University or
College Examinations in the subjects with which he is
connected, according to the appointment of the Senate
or the Governing Body respectively.
- A Professor or Lecturer shall not deliver occasional
academic lectures or undertake examining duties outside
the University or College without having first obtained
the permission of the President ; nor shall any Professor
or Lecturer engage in any avocation which the Governing Body shall judge to be inconsistent with his office.
- A Full-Time Professor or Lecturer shall not undertake systematic instruction of any kind, outside the
College, except Hospital teaching unless the Governing
Body, on the recommendation of the President, shall
permit him so to do ; nor shall he undertake any teaching
in a Secondary or Intermediate School, or in any College
or Institution which prepares students for Intermediate
or other School Examinations, or gives education of an
Intermediate or Secondary kind.
- Every Professor other than a Professor of Theology
or Divinity recognised by the Senate, shall upon entering
into office, sign the following declaration :-
I, A.B do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare
and engage that I will faithfully discharge the duties
of Professor of —— in University College,
Cork, and that I will not, in lecturing, teaching,
examining or in the performance of the other duties
attached to my Chair, make any statement or use
any language that would be disrespectful to the
religious opinions of any of my class.
Such Declaration shall be signed by the Professor in
the presence of the President, or his Deputy.
- Saving the rights of existing officers, and save as
regards any Professor appointed during the period of
seven years from the date of the dissolution of the
Royal University, each Professor shall, subject to good
conduct and the due fulfilment of his duties, continue in
office until he have attained the age of sixty- five years,
and may thereafter be continued by the Senate in office
for five further years.
Provided that this further continuance in office is
recommended to the Senate of the University by the
Governing Body, with the approval of the President,
and is sanctioned by the Senate annually.
- Each Lecturer, except any Lecturer appointed
during the period of seven years from the date of the
dissolution of the Royal University, shall hold office for
seven years, and shall be eligible for re-election until he
shall have attained the age of sixty-five years, and may
thereafter be continued by the Senate in office for five
further years.
Provided that this further continuance in office is
recommended to the Senate by the Governing Body,
with the approval of the President, and is sanctioned
by the Senate annually.
- Saving the rights of Professors and Lecturers who
held office on the 30th September, 1908 (being the day
appointed in the Order of His Excellency of the
26th September, 1908, for the coming in to operation of
certain Sections of the Act), a Professor or Lecturer shall
not, except by special permission of the Governing Body,
resign his appointment except by three months' notice in
writing.
- Regulations of the Governing Body shall make
provision for the discharge of the work of a Department
during the absence of the Professor or Lecturer from
illness or other cause.
- The Governing Body shall have power, on the
recommendation of the Academic Council, to confer the
title of Emeritus Professor upon any Professor of the
College, on or after his retirement, in recognition of
services to the College. The title "Emeritus Professor"
shall in no case be conferred unless the connection of the
Professor with the College shall have extended over a
period of not less than fifteen academic years, and then
only so long as the Professor in question does not hold
another office of a similar character. An Emeritus
Professor shall not be entitled to perform any
administrative or executive functions as a Member of the
Academic Council or otherwise.
Chapter XVI.†
Professorships and Lectureships: Their Stipends.
The Stipends allocated to the Professorships and Lectureships
shall be as set out in the following list.
The Professorship of Archaeology | £100 |
*The Professorship of English | £450 |
*The Professorship of Greek | £450 |
*The Professorship of History | £450 |
*The Professorship of Irish Language and
Literature | £450 |
*The Professorship of Latin | £500 |
*The Professorship of Mathematics | £500 |
*The Professorship of Philosophy | £450 |
*The Professorship of Romance Languages | £450 |
*The Professorship of Botany and Agriculture |
£350 |
*The Professorship of Chemistry | £600 |
*The Professorship of Geology and Geography | £350 |
*The Professorship of Physics | £600 |
*The Professorship of Zoology | £500 |
The Professorship of Jurisprudence | £100 |
†See Statute II. for University
College Cork. | |
The Professorship of the Law of Contracts,
of Personal Property and of Torts | £100 |
The Professorship of the Law of Real
Property and of Equity | £100 |
*The Professorship of Anatomy | £600 |
The Professorship of Medicine | £200 |
The Professorship of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology | £200 |
The Professorship of Pathology | £500 |
The Professorship of Physiology | £600 |
The Professorship of Surgery | £250 |
The Professorship of Therapeutics | £100 |
The Professorship of Materia Medica | £150 |
*The Professorship of Civil Engineering | £600 |
*The Professorship of Economics and Commerce |
£450 |
The Lectureship in German | £150 |
The Lectureship in History of Education | £50 |
The Lectureship in Methods of Education | £150 |
The Lectureship in Modern Irish | £150 |
The Lectureship in Music | £50 |
The Lectureship in Philosophy | £150 |
*The Lectureship in Mathematical Physics | £250 |
The Lectureship in Hygiene | £50 |
The Lectureship in Materia Medica | £50 |
The Lectureship in Medical Jurisprudence | £50 |
The Lectureship in Mental Diseases | £50 |
The Lectureship in Ophthalmology | £50 |
The Lectureship in Architecture | £50 |
The Lectureship in Electrical Technology | £50 |
The Lectureship in Accounting | £50 |
† Provided
(a) that until the occurrence of the first vacancy in the Chair of
Philosophy the Professor of Philosophy shall also be Professor of Jurisprudence,
but so that his entire yearly stipend shall not exceed £450;
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(b) that the stipend of the present Professor of Zoology shall be £550
per annum; and
(c) that the holder of a Professorship or Lectureship to the title of
which an asterisk is prefixed shall be deemed to be a Full Time Professor or
Lecturer within the meaning of this Statute.
Except as hereinafter provided, no share of fees shall be allotted to
any Professor or Lecturer, and the above sums shall include the whole
remuneration of each of the foregoing Officers, Professors, and Lecturers,
including remuneration for loss of time incident to attendance in Dublin as a
Member of the Senate, of the General Board of Studies, or of the Faculties of
the University, except such remuneration as may be awarded to him as a Tutor.
Their travelling and subsistence allowances will be according to the scale
prescribed by the regulations of the University.
Provided that any Professor or Lecturer who delivers a Course of
Lectures in subjects not included in the programme of studies for Degrees,
Diplomas, or Certificates of the University, or for ordinary Medical Surgical,
or Dental qualifications or for a Diploma or Certificate of the College, may,
with the consent of the Governing Body and on the recommendation of the
Academic Council and of the President, be permitted to receive three-fourths
of the fees paid for such course.
Each Professor, Lecturer, and other officer who held office in the
College on the 30th of September, 1908, being the day appointed in the Order of
His Excellency of the 26th of September, 1908, for the coming into operation of
certain Sections of the Act, is entitled according to the election which he
made under the Statute sealed on the 15th May, 1909, to receive either:-
(a) The salary set down for his office in this Chapter without share
of fees and without additional remuneration for examining, Student Members of
the College at University Examinations;
or
(b) The Salary which he at present enjoys in the College, together with
a sum to he paid by the College equivalent to the fees paid by
Students for his Courses; and such further sum for examining University
Students, to be paid by the University, as the University shallappoint.
Each Professor, Lecturer, and other officer who on or before the first
day of August, 1910, had not elected to be paid as provided under Clause (b)
in Section 3 shall be paid as provided under Clause (a) in Section 3.
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The stipends attached to the offices of the President and of the
Professors and Lecturers and the salaries of the Officers shall be paid
quarterly (on such days as the Governing Body shall from time to time appoint)
out of the income of the College granted by Parliament and shall be charged
thereon.
† See Statute II. for University College, Cork. Page 63.
Chapter XVII.
Intermission of Lectures
The Governing Body may, if it thinks fit, give leave
of absence for the purpose of special study to a Professor
or Lecturer for once Term of a College Session, on such
conditions as the Governing Body shall determine.
Provided that in no case shall a second or any
subsequent leave of absence for a similar purpose be
given to the same Professor or Lecturer, until at
least five years from the expiration of the immediately
preceding leave of absence.
Chapter XVIII.
Assistants and Demonstrators
- There shall be such number of Assistants and
Demonstrators, as the Governing Body shall from time
to time prescribe.
- Such Assistants and Demonstrators shall be
appointed by the Governing Body, and shall respectively
receive such remuneration and perform such duties as
shall be prescribed.
- Before the appointment of any Assistant or
Demonstrator the Governing Body shall invite the
Representations of the Academic Council in reference
thereto ; and shall consider any report which shall heave
been received from such Council.
- The Assistants and Demonstrators shall hold
office for such periods as the Governing Body may
prescribe.
Chapter XIX.
Officers of the College
- There shall be a Registrar, a Secretary, and a
Librarian.
- Subject to the provisions of the Act, of the Charter
and to the Statutes, the holders of offices in the College,
other than the President, Professors, and Lecturers,
but including the Assistants or Demonstrators to
Professors or Lecturers, shall be appointed by, and
shall be removable by, the Governing Body.
Chapter XX.
The Registrar.
- A Registrar shall be selected from among
Professors and Lecturers of the College.
- He shall receive a stipend of a year and shall,
in addition, be entitled to residence, fuel and light.
- A Registrar appointed after the expiration of the
period of seven years from the date of the dissolution of
the Royal University shall, subject to good conduct and
the due fulfilment of the duties of his office, hold office
until he shall have attained the age of sixty-five years,
or until his resignation. After attaining that age, a
Registrar may be continued in office by the Governing
Body from year to year.
Provided that such further continuance in office is
recommended to the Governing Body by the President;
and that in no case shall a Registrar continue or be
continued in office after he shall have ceased to be a
Professor or Lecturer in the College.
- The Registrar shall attend in his office at such
times as the President shall appoint, and shall attend
the Meetings of the Academic Council, and, when
required, those of the Governing Body.
- He shall take general charge of the buildings and
property of the College ; and for this purpose shall
reside within the College precincts, unless his absence
be permitted in writing by the President, or unless his
presence be required in Dublin on the business of the
University, in which case he shall notify his absence to
the President.
- He shall keep the Registers of the College in such
manner and subject to such directions as may be
prescribed.
- He shall furnish to each Officer of Residence the
particulars of the names and addresses of each Student who
shall have entered under him, and to each Tutor, should
such be appointed, the particulars of the names, addresses,
and Courses of each Student who shall have been assigned
to such Tutor; and shall also furnish to each Dean of a
Faculty particulars of the names, addresses, and Courses of
each Student pursuing Courses of Study within the scope
of the Faculty.
- He shall prepare and issue under the direction of
the President to each Member of the Academic Council the
summons for its Meetings.
- He shall prepare, under the direction of the Academic
Council, programmes of all Examinations.
- He shall also prepare and forward, under the direction
of the President, all other documents relating to the
University which the Chancellor or Senate may require and
shall preserve copies of the same.
- He shall carry on under the direction of the President
the correspondence of the College, so far as it relates to
Academic matters.
- He shall keep a record of the transactions of the
Academic Council.
- He shall, when required by the President or
Governing Body, prepare the official documents of the
College and shall preserve copies of the same.
- He shall carry out the instructions of the Governing
Body, in such other reasonable ways as the Governing Body
shall prescribe, for the maintenance of discipline and good
conduct in the Students, and for the general business of
the College.
- (a) He shall preserve all books, records, or documents
committed to his care by the President or
Academic Council;
- (b) He shall not allow any books, records, or documents
committed to his care by the President or Academic Council,
to be removed by any person without the written permission
of the President or of the Governing Body, or to be read or
inspected by any person other than the President, a Member
of the Governing Body, or of the Academic Council, without
the written permission of the President, or of the Governing
Body, or of the Academic Council;
- (c) He shall observe due secrecy with respect to all his
official matters;
- (d) He shall sign a Declaration that he will perform the
duties prescribed by this Section.
- He shall preserve all such muniments, records
writings, and documents as may be entrusted to him and
shall do all such other acts and perform all such other
duties in relation to the College as by the Statutes or
Regulations he may be required to do or perform.
Chapter XXI.
The Secretary and Bursar.
- A Secretary appointed after the expiration of the period
of seven years from the date of the dissolution of the Royal
University, shall, subject to good conduct and the due
fulfilment of the duties of his office, be entitled to hold
office until he shall have attained the age of sixty-five
years.
- The Secretary shall receive a salary of ______ a year
rising by annual increments of _____ to ______ a year.
Provided that in the case of reappointment after the
said period of seven years the salary then appointed to
the Secretary shall commence at the sum that he was in
receipt of at the termination of his former office.
- He shall, before entering on his office, give to the
College such security, and to such amount, for the faithful
discharge of his duties as the Governing Body shall deem
sufficient.
- He shall keep a Register of Members of the Governing
Body.
- The Governing Body shall have a claim on the whole time of the Secretary, who shall attend at his office at such times as the Governing Body shall prescribe.
- He shall give notices, send Voting Papers, make returns, and do and perform all such other acts and duties in relation to elections of Members of the Senate or of the Governing Body, as by the Statutes of the University or by these Statutes he is required to do or perform.
- He shall collect from the Students on behalf of the College, all fees and such other sums of money for collegiate purposes as the Governing Body may call upon him to collect, shall give receipts for the same, and shall account for all sums so received to the Governing Body.
- He shall pay all moneys received on account of the College into the Banking Account of the College within one week from the receipt thereof.
- He shall prepare and make copies of all College documents which the President or Governing Body may require.
- When required by the President, he shall keep a list of the recognised lodging houses, and of the Students resident therein.
- He shall inspect and report on the condition of the recognised lodging houses when required to do so by the President.
- He shall be responsible for the charge of the buildings and property of the College during the absence of the Registrar.
- He shall act as Secretary to the Governing Body and its Committees, and shall carry out all such directions in respect of administrative matters as he may receive from the President ; and the Secretary shall do all such other acts and perform all such other duties in relation to the College as by the Statutes or Regulations he may be required to do or perform.
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- (a) He shall preserve all books, records, or documents committed to his care by the Governing Body, or by the Finance Committee, or by the President;
- (b) He shall not allow any books, records or documents committed to his care by the Governing Body or by the Finance Committee, or by the President, to be removed without the written permission of the President or of the Governing Body, or to be read or inspected by any person other than the President or a Member of the Governing Body, without the written permission of the Governing Body or the President;
- (c) He shall observe due secrecy with respect to all official matters;
- (d) He shall sign a Declaration that he will perform the duties prescribed by this Section.
Chapter XXII.
Librarian
- A Librarian appointed after the expiration of the period
of seven years from the date of the dissolution of the Royal
University shall, subject to good conduct and the due
fulfilment of the duties of his office, be entitled to hold office
until he shall have attained the age of sixty-five years. After
attaining the said age, a Librarian may be continued in office
by the Governing Body from year to year, for a period not
exceeding five years,
Provided that such further continuance in office is
recommended to the Governing Body by the President
- The Librarian shall receive a salary of ________ a year.
- The Librarian shall devote his whole time to the duties
of his office, and shall attend at the Library at such times as
the Governing Body shall prescribe.
- The Librarian shall discharge the duties of his office,
which shall be prescribed by Regulations, and shall do and
perform all other acts and duties in relation to the College
as by the Statutes or Regulations he may be required to do
or perform.
- The Governing Body shall have power to appoint such
number of Tutors in the College as the Governing Body,
after a report has been obtained from the Academic Council,
may from time to time determine.
- The Tutors shall be appointed by the Governing Body
from among the Professors, Lecturers, Assistants and
Demonstrators.
- Tutors shall hold office during the pleasure of the
Governing Body, and they shall comply with such
Regulations as may be prescribed.
- It shall be the duty of a Tutor to supervise the studies
of his Students. He shall acquaint himself with their
Progress and their attendance at the Courses of Instruction
of the College, and he shall particularly assist their studies in
the subject in which he himself holds an appointment in the
College.
- The remuneration of the Tutors shall be such as the
Governing Body may from time to time prescribe.
Chapter XXIV.
Officers of Residence.
- The Governing Body shall appoint two or more Deans
of Residence and one or more Lady Superintendents, hereinafter called "Officers of Residence," and shall require
every Student Member of the College, and such Non-
Matriculated Students as Regulations may prescribe, to enter
under such one of these Officers of Residence, as he may
choose, subject to any direction from his parents or
guardians.
- The Governing Body shall make provision for the
remuneration of the Officers of Residence in such manner as
it may determine.
- An Officer of Residence shall exercise supervision
over the general conduct, outside the precincts of the
College, of, the Students who have entered under him,
and especially shall satisfy himself that each pupil not
living with his parents or guardians is in a hostel
or in a lodging-house recognised by the College.
- For this purpose the Officers of Residence shall co-operate with the Registrar and Secretary in drawing up a list
of recognised lodging houses for the information of Students
and their parents and guardians.
- Any Officer of Residence who is dissatisfied with the
Situation or character of the lodgings occupied by any of his
Students may require him to leave the same, and on the
refusal of the Student to do so shall report the matter to the
President.
- Each Officer of Residence shall be supplied by the
Registrar at the commencement of each Session with the
names of the Students who have entered under the Officer,
and shall report upon their conduct as may seem necessary
to him to the President.
- The President shall either deal with the reports himself,
or, if he shall think fit so to do, bring the matter of the report
before the Academic Council.
- There shall he an Officer of Residence for each licensed
hostel, and the Students residing therein shall enter under
such Officer of Residence.
- Out of the income granted for the maintenance of the
College under the provisions of the Act, or out of any
moneys of the College applicable thereto, an annual sum of
£2,000 shall be set apart as a fund for the purpose of
securing the pensions at present payable to retired Professors
and other Officers of the College, and also the pensions that
may hereafter become payable to the existing President and
such of the existing Professors and other Officers and
servants as may be entitled to pensions under the Act.
Provided that if after the powers of the Dublin Commissioners shall have ceased any addition shall be made
out of moneys provided by Parliament to the annual
amount payable under the Act, it shall be the duty of
the Governing Body to make and to lay before the
Houses of Parliament a new Statute which shall provide
for the setting apart of such further sum as may to the
Governing Body seem sufficient:-
- (a) to give further security for the payment of the
pensions mentioned in the prior part of the
Section; and
- (b) to provide pensions or other benefits on retirement for any President or Professor or Lecturer
or other Officer of the College who may be
appointed after the expiration of the period of
seven years from the date of the dissolution of
the Royal University.
Provided also that the said annual sum of not less than
£2,000 and any additional sum that may be set apart
as aforesaid may be used as security for borrowing a
capital sums should the necessity arise ; but the sum so
borrowed and its accretions, if any, shall be devoted
exclusively to the payment of pensions.
- All unexpended balances of the interest, dividends, or
other annual produce of the sums mentioned in the preceding
Section, or of the moneys so borrowed, shall be invested in
such Securities as Trustees in Ireland are authorised to invest
in, until the sum of £10,000 shall have been accumulated ;
and the sum thus accumulated shall be subject to any
charges for payment of the above pensions or benefits
mentioned in the preceding Section, or any of them, should
the annual sum of not less than £2,000 with any such
additional sum not suffice for that purpose.
- When -
- (a) the sum of £10,000 shall have been accumulated,
or
- (b) though this sum has not been accumulated, yet it
shall appear that two-thirds of the liabilities due as
above shall have lapsed, it shall be the duty of the
Governing Body to obtain an actuarial report as to
the Pension Fund; and to make a new Statute in
place of the provisions herein contained, and to lay
the same before the Houses of Parliament.
- Any new Statute made as aforesaid shall contain a
Scheme making provision for securing the pensions at the
time payable or thereafter to become payable to the existing
President, and to existing Professors and other officers, and
shall in addition provide benefits on retirement for any
President, or Professor or Lecturer or other officer of the
College who may be appointed after the expiration of the
aforesaid period of seven years, as to the Governing Body
shall seem fit ; and shall make provision for the application
of the fund so set apart and accumulated and such further
sum as the Governing Body shall think necessary to the
support and aid of such Scheme.
- The benefits to be provided by such Scheme may be
either :-
- The said fund shall not be applied to any other purpose
than towards a scheme containing such provision as is herein
mentioned.
Chapter XXVI.
The Registers of the College
- There shall be the following Registers of the College:
- (a) a Register of the Members of the Governing Body.
- (b) a Register of the Members of the Academic Council.
- (c) a Register of the Graduates who are Members of the
College.
- (a) Such Registers shall be in the prescribed form, and
shall respectively contain the name and address of each
Member of the Governing Body, of each Member of the
Academic Council, and of each Graduate, the Degree or
Degrees which have been conferred on each such Graduate,
the date on which each such Degree was so conferred, and
such other particulars as shall be prescribed.
- (b) Such Registers shall be conclusive evidence that any
person whose name appears therein is such Member of the
Governing Body or of the Academic Council or such
Graduate, as he is in such Register stated to be, and that any
person whose name does not appear therein as such Member
of the Governing Body, or of the Academic Council or such
Graduate, is not such Member of the Governing Body,
Member of the Academic Council or Graduate respectively.
- There shall also be a Register of Students of the
College distinguishing those who are Matriculated Students
of the University.
- Regulations shall prescribe the other particulars to be
inserted in such Registers, and the manner in which the
names and addresses and other particulars shall be
ascertained.
The Governing Body may appoint such fees as it deems
fit, to be paid by the Students of the College.
Chapter XXVIII.
Student Members of the College
- A Student to become a Member of the College must:-
- (a) be a Matriculated Student of the University;
- (b) produce a certificate of good character from the head
of the School, or other educational institution, last
attended by him, or such other testimonial as may
be satisfactory to the President;
- (c) attend before the President, and, having presented
the above evidence to him, sign in his presence an
engagement to observe the rules of the College;
- (d) having been admitted by the President, attend before
the Registrar, and enter his name with him as a
student of such of the classes of his year at the
College, as he purposes to attend, and pay to the
Secretary the requisite fees.
- Every Student, being a Member of the College, shall
obey the Statutes of the College, and conform to all Decrees
or other Regulations made by the authorities of the College
for the maintenance of discipline and good conduct.
Chapter XXIX.
Non-Matriculated Students
Non-matriculated Students on producing satisfactory
evidence of good character, as prescribed in Chapter
XXVIII., and on paying the fees and signing an engagement
to observe order and discipline in the College may be
admitted by the President, without undergoing a preliminary
examination, to attend any separate Course or Courses of
Lectures or to prosecute studies or research in any branch
of Science or Literature.
Chapter XXX.
Scholarship, Prizes and other Rewards
The Governing Body shall make Regulations for the
allocation of part of the annual income of the College for the
provision of Scholarships, Prizes, and other Rewards.
Regulations shall prescribe the number, value, and tenure of
the Scholarships, and the conditions on which they may be
awarded and retained ; and the Prizes and other Rewards to
he offered to Students of the College.
Chapter XXXI.
Discipline
- The Academic Council shall frame for the approval of
the Governing Body rules in regard to the wearing of
Academical dress, the discipline of Students, and all such
other matters as pertain to the good conduct and behaviour
of the Students of the College.
- All Students shall show due respect and obedience to
the President, Professors, and other Officers of the College;
they shall conduct themselves in a quiet and orderly manner,
and they shall observe the Statutes of the College and
conform to all such Regulations as may be made by the
Governing Body from time to time for the good government of the College.
- The Academic Council, subject to Regulations of the
Governing Body, may sentence any Student who shall not
observe the rules above referred to, or shall be guilty of any
offence within or without the College, contrary to discipline
and good order, to expulsion, temporary exclusion, or any
lesser penalty.
Provided that deprivation of Scholarship or other
prize shall in all cases be referred to the decision of the
Governing Body.
- No Student shall be allowed to enter or to pursue his
studies in the College while under sentence of temporary
exclusion or after expulsion from any of the Constituent
Colleges of the University.
Chapter XXXII.
The Library
The Library shall be open at such times, and shall be
subject to such regulations as the Governing Body shall
prescribe, and every Member of the College shall be entitled
to read in the Library at such times as the Regulations shall
prescribe, provided that he complies with the Regulations
made for the care and preservation of the books and journals
and for the due maintenance of order.
Chapter XXXIII.
The Museums
The Museums shall be open at such times, and shall be
subject to such Regulations, as the Governing Body shall
prescribe.
Chapter XXXIV.
Removals from Office
Any President, Professor, or Lecturer who shall have
been appointed by the University may upon due cause
shown in an application by the Governing Body of the
College, in the manner prescribed by the Statutes of the
University, be removed from office by the University; but
any President, Professor, or Lecturer so removed from office
may appeal against his removal to the Visitor.
Chapter XXXV.
The College Session
The College Session shall commence upon the first day of
Michaelmas Term and shall terminate on the last day of
Trinity Term, and shall consist of three Terms.
Chapter XXXVI.
Savings of Rights and Privileges
- Notwithstanding anything in this Statute contained,
any person who has been at any time a Student of Queen's
College, Cork, or has obtained any standing or other privilege
therein before the dissolution of the Royal University, shall,
unless he becomes a Member of the Queen's University of
Belfast, be entitled to all the advantages to which he would
have been entitled if his studies had been pursued or his
privileges acquired in University College, Cork.
- Due provision shall be made by Regulations for
affording to Matriculated Students of the Royal University
the benefit of the rights and privileges secured to them by
the Act, by the Charter of the University, or by the Charter
founding the College.
Chapter XXXVII.
Service of Notices and Documents, Time
- Where a Statute or Regulation authorises or
requires any Voting Paper or other document to be
served, sent, or given to a Member of the College, the
service, sending, or giving thereof shall be deemed to
be duly effected by prepaying and posting an envelope
containing a copy of such Voting Paper or other
document, addressed to such Person at the address
appearing opposite to his name in the Registers.
- Service of any document upon the Senate or
upon the Governing Body of any Constituent College
shall be effected by serving the Registrar of the
University, the Secretary or other proper officer of
such Constituent College, as the case may be, in the
manner herein prescribed.
- Where a given number of days' notice, or notice
extending over any period, is by any Statute or
Regulation required to be given, the day of service
shall, unless it is otherwise provided, be counted in
such number of days or other period.
- Where any limited time less than six days from
any date or event is prescribed for doing any act,
Sunday or any Statutory Holiday shall not be
reckoned in the computation of such limited time.
- Where the time for doing any Act expires on a
Sunday or Statutory Holiday, such Act shall, so far
as regards the time of doing the same, be deemed to
be duly done if done on the day other than a Sunday
or Statutory Holiday which shall be next after the
expiration of the time prescribed for doing such act.
- Every Member of the Governing Body and
every Member of the Teaching Staff of the College
shall, on his appointment, leave with the Secretary an
address, any change of which he shall notify to the
Secretary, to which all notices intended for such
Member are to be sent, and in all cases in which by
the Statutes notice is required to be given to any
Member of the Governing Body or to any Member of
the College Staff it shall be sufficient that the notice
be sent to such address by post.
Chapter XXXVIII.
Interpretations
In the interpretation of the Statutes and Regulations
of the College, the following words and expressions
shall have the meaning hereby assigned to them,
unless there be something in the context repugnant
thereto ; that is to say :-
"Absence" means the absence from the particular
place prescribed for the doing of any act at
the time prescribed.
"The Academic Council" means the Academic
Council of the College.
"Academic Year" means the Calendar Year commencing upon the first day of the Michaelemas
Term of the University.
"The Act" means the Irish Universities Act,
1908.
"The Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the
University.
"The Charter" means the Charter of the College,
and shall include any Supplemental Charter.
"The College" means University College, Cork.
"Constituent College" means a Constituent College
of the University.
"The date of the dissolution of the Royal University"
means the 31st day of October, 1909.
"Elective Body" means and includes the Senate,
the Academic Council, the Graduates, the
County Councils of Cork, Waterford, Kerry,
and Limerick, respectively, and the County
Councils of Tipperary acting jointly, in the
manner prescribed by the Act and by the
Statutes.
"Examination" means University or Collegiate
Examination, as the case may be, and includes
any test of learning or skill prescribed by
Statute or Regulation as a qualification for
any Degree or other Academic Distinction.
"Existing Officer" means any president, professor,
fellow, lecturer, secretary, bursar, registrar,
or other officer engaged in the teaching or
management of the business of the Royal
University of Ireland, Queen's College, Belfast,
Queen's College, Cork, or Queen's College,
Galway, or any servant in regular employment
in that University or College who was holding
office at the time of the commencement of the
Act.
"The Governing Body" means the Governing
Body of the College.
"Graduate" means a Graduate of the University
who is a member of the College.
"Local Authority" means and includes the County
Councils of Cork, Waterford, Kerry, and
Limerick, and of the North and South Ridings
of Tipperary.
"Month" means calendar month.
"The Officers" includes the Registrar, the Secretary,
and the Librarian, but does not include Clerks
or servants.
"Prescribe" means to prescribe or appoint by
Regulation.
"Proper Officer" means, in relation to the doing of
any act or the performance of any duty, the
Officer who by any Statute or Regulation, or
by any Act of Parliament, or any Order or
Rule made thereunder or by usage is required
or authorised to do such act or perform such
duty.
"The President" means the President of the College.
"The Registrar" means the Registrar of the College
and shall include an Acting Registrar.
"Regulations" means Regulations made at the
discretion of the Governing Body under or
pursuant to any provision of the Charter or the
Statutes.
"Royal University" means the Royal University
of Ireland.
"The Secretary" means the Secretary of the College
and shall include an Assistant or Acting-Secretary.
"The Senate" means the Senate of the University.
"Statutory Holiday" means and includes the 17th
day of March, Good Friday, Easter Monday,
the Monday in Whitsun Week, the first Monday
in August, Christmas Day, the 26th day of
December, and any special day appointed by
Royal Proclamation to be observed as a bank
holiday throughout the United Kingdom or
Ireland.
"The Statutes" means the Statutes from time to
time in force for the general government of the
College made in pursuance of Sections four and
five of the Act.
"The University" means the National University
of Ireland.
"The Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor
of the University.
Words importing the masculine gender also import
the feminine.
Words in the singular include the plural, and words
in the plural shall include the singular.
Chapter XXXIX.
Date of Coming into Operation
- All Previous Statutes of the College are revoked
from the date of the coming into operation of this
Statute; but such revocation shall not affect any
appointment made, right acquired, liability incurred,
or act done under any previous Statute of the College.
- This Statute shall come into operation upon the
Fifteenth day of April, One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Eleven.
Chapter XL.
Mode of Citation
This Statute may be cited as Statue I., of the
University College, Cork, or Stat., I., Univ., Coll.,
Cork ; and any provision in it may be sited by a
reference to the Statute, Chapter, Section, and Subsection, ex.gr. Stat. I., XIII., I. (b).
Present when the Common Seal of the Dublin Commissioners was affixed.
- C. PALLES, Chairman of the Dublin Commissioners
- ROBERT DONOVAN, Secretary to the Dublin Commissioners