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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

Chapter I.
The College

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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

  1. 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.
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. In every appointment of a President the following conditions shall be observed:-
    1. The Senate shall obtain and consider the Representations of the Governing Body as to the filling of the vacancy;
    2. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. The correspondence of the College whether arising in pursuance of a resolution of the Governing Body or otherwise shall be conducted under his direction.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. He shall prescribe the times and hours of attendance of the Registrar in his office.
  11. . He shall have the power of appointing, suspending, and dismissing the servants of the College, and shall regulate their duties and control their conduct.
  12. 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.
  13. He shall have power at all times to visit any Hall, Lecture Room, Office or public apartment of the College.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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

  1. 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.

  2. The Governing Body, after the expiration of period of office of the first Governing Body, shall be constituted as follows:-

    The President1
    Persons nominated by the Crown3
    Persons appointed by the Senate of the University4
    Professors of the College elected by the Academic Council4

    Graduates of the University who are members of the
    College elected by those Graduates

    4
    The Lord Mayor of Cork1
    The Mayor of Limerick1
    The Mayor of Waterford1

    The Chairman or other Member or person representing each of the
    following Councils to be elected by the Council:-

    The County Council of Cork1
    The County Council of Waterford1
    The County Council of Kerry1
    The County Council of Limerick1

    Persons elected by the County Council of Tipperary
    acting jointly in manner prescribed by the Statutes

    1
    Persons co-opted4

    Total: 28

  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Retiring Members are eligible for re-appointment.
  6. 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.

  1. 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

  2. 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.
  3. 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

  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.

  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. At the appointment by the Senate the poll shall be taken by open voting of the Members of the Senate present and voting.
  22. At the election by the Academic Council the poll shall be taken by unsigned Voting Papers of the Members present.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. Such Voting Paper shall be accompanied by a printed paper of instructions which shall contain the following :-
  26. 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."
  27. The Voting Paper of a Graduate shall, after having been initialled by the voter, be signed by him:

    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.

  28. The envelope containing the Voting Paper sent to the Registrar by Post, shall bear on the outside the words "Voting Paper."
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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."
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. 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."
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. 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.
  41. 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.
  42. 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

  43. 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.
  44. 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.
  45. 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.
  46. 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.
  47. 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.
  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. At such first Meeting the Members present shall co-opt four additional Members.

    (e) Casual Vacancies.

  51. 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.
  52. 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.
  53. 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.

  54. 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.
  55. 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.
  56. 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.
  57. 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.

  1. 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.
  2. Subject to the Act and to the Charter founding the University, the Governing body shall have the powers following:
  3. 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 ;

    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.

  4. 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).
  5. 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.
  6. The Governing Body shall have power to make Regulations for the government of the College, in cases not provided for by the Statutes.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.

  1. 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.

  2. The Members of the Governing Body present at a Meetings shall form a quorum.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  1. 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 :-
  2. 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.

  3. Nine Members of the Academic Council present at a Meeting shall form a quorum.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. The Academic Council shall, when necessary, hear and determine all cases of violation of such rules.
  9. 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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. The distribution of the Professors and Lecturers amongst the Faculties shall follow the assignment of subjects amongst the Faculties of the University.
  4. Each Faculty shall have the right of taking into consideration all matters bearing upon the studies within its scope.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

  1. 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 : -
  2. 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 :-
  3. 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.

  1. Every Professor and Lecturer shall:-
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.

  1. 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

  2. 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.

  3. 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:-

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  1. There shall be such number of Assistants and Demonstrators, as the Governing Body shall from time to time prescribe.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. The Assistants and Demonstrators shall hold office for such periods as the Governing Body may prescribe.

Chapter XIX.
Officers of the College

  1. There shall be a Registrar, a Secretary, and a Librarian.
  2. 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.

  1. A Registrar shall be selected from among Professors and Lecturers of the College.
  2. He shall receive a stipend of a year and shall, in addition, be entitled to residence, fuel and light.
  3. 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.

  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. He shall keep the Registers of the College in such manner and subject to such directions as may be prescribed.
  7. 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.
  8. He shall prepare and issue under the direction of the President to each Member of the Academic Council the summons for its Meetings.
  9. He shall prepare, under the direction of the Academic Council, programmes of all Examinations.
  10. 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.
  11. He shall carry on under the direction of the President the correspondence of the College, so far as it relates to Academic matters.
  12. He shall keep a record of the transactions of the Academic Council.
  13. He shall, when required by the President or Governing Body, prepare the official documents of the College and shall preserve copies of the same.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

  3. 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.
  4. He shall keep a Register of Members of the Governing Body.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. He shall prepare and make copies of all College documents which the President or Governing Body may require.
  10. When required by the President, he shall keep a list of the recognised lodging houses, and of the Students resident therein.
  11. He shall inspect and report on the condition of the recognised lodging houses when required to do so by the President.
  12. He shall be responsible for the charge of the buildings and property of the College during the absence of the Registrar.
  13. 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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Chapter XXII.
Librarian

  1. 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

  2. The Librarian shall receive a salary of ________ a year.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Chapter XXIII.
Tutors

  1. 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.
  2. The Tutors shall be appointed by the Governing Body from among the Professors, Lecturers, Assistants and Demonstrators.
  3. Tutors shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governing Body, and they shall comply with such Regulations as may be prescribed.
  4. 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.
  5. The remuneration of the Tutors shall be such as the Governing Body may from time to time prescribe.

Chapter XXIV.
Officers of Residence.

  1. 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.
  2. The Governing Body shall make provision for the remuneration of the Officers of Residence in such manner as it may determine.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. There shall he an Officer of Residence for each licensed hostel, and the Students residing therein shall enter under such Officer of Residence.

Chapter XXV.
Pensions

  1. 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:-

    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.

  2. 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.
  3. When -
  4. 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.
  5. The benefits to be provided by such Scheme may be either :-
  6. 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

  1. There shall be the following Registers of the College:
  2. There shall also be a Register of Students of the College distinguishing those who are Matriculated Students of the University.
  3. 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.

Chapter XXVII.
Fees

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

  1. A Student to become a Member of the College must:-
  2. 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

  4. 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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