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Statute XXXV.

Irish Universities Act, 1908

University College, Cork

We, the Governing Body of University College, Cork, under and by virtue of the powers in that behalf conferred on us by the said Act, Do by this present instrument under the Seal of University College, Cork, make the Statute contained in the Schedule hereof for the general government of the said College.

Given under the Common Seal of University College, Cork, this third day of July, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-seven.

Present when the Common Seal of University College, Cork, was affixed:

(Signed)
P. J. MERRIMAN, President.
A. O'RAHILLY, Governor.
JOSEPH DOWNEY, Secretary.

Statute XXXV.

Schedule

  1. Statutes I. to XXXIV. of University College, Cork, shall be read and construed with the additions, modifications and amendments hereinafter set forth.

    CHAPTER I.

  2. Pension Fund for Professors and Servants appointed before the Act of 1908 and who are entitled to Pensions.
    ("Pension Fund No. 1").

CHAPTER II.
Additional Pension Fund

("Pension Fund No. 2")

All previous Statutes dealing with the Additional Pension Fund ("Pension Fund No. 2 ") for the President and the Full-time Professors, Lecturers and Officers appointed under the Act of 1908 shall be read and construed with the additions, modifications and amendments as hereunder set forth.

All persons mentioned in Table "A" in the Scheme annexed to Statute XVI. entitled so to do having consented in writing to the revocation of the Scheme attached to Statute XI., and the monies referred to in 3 (a) of Statute XVI. having been transferred to the benefit of the Additional Pension Fund (" Pension Fund No. 2 "), also the various amounts authorised under Statutes XVI. and XXIV. having been paid into the Fund, the said Statutes and the Schemes attached thereto are hereby revoked.

  1. The sums referred to in previous Statutes having been set aside in different amounts at different dates;
  2. An Actuarial Report on the said Additional Pension Fund having been considered by the Governing Body;
  3. Out of the income granted by the Oireachtas for the maintenance of the College under the provisions of the Act of 1908, and the University Education (Agriculture and Dairy Science) Act of 1926, or out of the moneys of the College applicable thereto, an annual sum of Three Thousand Pounds shall be set aside as from 1st October, 1934, as a fund for the purpose of securing the pensions payable at present to the following persons, namely:-
    Professor H. A. Cummins, M.D.£192 10 0 per ann.
    Professor E. M. O'Sullivan, M.A.£260 0 0 per ann.
    Rev. Prof. T. E. Fitzgibbon, Ph.D.£326 14 4 per ann.

    and for the purpose of securing the pensions, gratuities and the like payable to holders of Offices as per Table A. of the Scheme attached hereto.
  4. The Scheme shall provide benefits consisting of Annual Pensions for life on retirement, whether due to age, ill-health or other incapacity from infirmity of mind or body for the President and holders of such full-time Professorships and Lectureships, and for such full-time Officers of the College appointed under the Act of 1908, as the Governing Body shall see fit, together with such other payments as shall be contained in said Scheme.
  5. The moneys so set apart, together with the accruing dividends, interest and other annual produce thereof, shall be invested by the Governing Body in such securities as Trustees in Saorstát Éireann may be authorised to invest in. The Fund so accumulated, together with the amount referred to in Section I. shall be applied to no other purpose than that of the provision of annual pensions, gratuities and the like payable to holders of Offices as per Table A. of the Scheme attached hereto.
  6. Any Pension granted by such Scheme shall not in annual value exceed:

    Provided that the Annual Pension to be appointed to the President on retirement shall be calculated on his annual stipend or salary plus the sum of £200.

    Provided also that the additional Annual Pension to be appointed to the Registrar (if he be otherwise a Pensionable Officer) on retirement shall be calculated on his Annual Stipend or Salary as Registrar plus the sum of £100 based on the number of years he has occupied the Office of Registrar.

    The additional Annual Pension to be appointed to the present Registrar on retirement shall be calculated on his annual stipend as Registrar plus the sum of £100 based on the number of years that he has held a Professorship.

    Provided also that a Pensioner may be allowed at the absolute discretion of and on a basis to be fixed by the Governing Body, to commute an amount not exceeding one-fourth of his pension for a lump sum cash payment.

  8. Such Scheme may make such provision in case of transfer from one pensionable Office in the College to another pensionable Office within the College as the Governing Body shall by such Scheme declare fit.
  9. In the case of the establishment of any new full-time Office or in the case of any full-time Office existing at the date hereof, other than those specified in Table A annexed to this Scheme the Governing Body shall not declare any such Office to be pensionable unless the Governing Body shall cause to be paid into the Additional Pension Fund until the close of the current period of quinquennial investigation provided by Section 13 of this Chapter, such additional sum as an Actuary shall certify to be necessary, and thereafter such annual sum (if any) as an Actuary may certify to be necessary for the purpose of providing the pension for any such Office, account being taken of the ability of the Additional Pension Fund to provide such pensions without such additional annual contribution.
  10. Such Scheme shall provide for counting years of service from the date of first appointment in 1909, or any year subsequent thereto.
  11. In case the salary or stipend of any pensionable Office shall be increased either during the tenure of Office of any holder or upon a new appointment to such Office, the Pension rights of the holder of such Office shall be calculated upon the original salary or stipend, provided that at the succeeding quinquennial investigation, if the Governing Body be satisfied by a report from an Actuary that the Fund is able to meet the estimated charges calculated at the normal rate, including pension upon such increased salary or stipend, or if the Governing Body make such additional provision for pension on such increased salary or stipend as an Actuary may certify to be necessary, the Governing Body may declare such Office to carry right of pension upon the increased salary or stipend or upon such lower sum not being less than the original salary or stipend as the Governing Body in its discretion may think fit.
  12. Unless the Governing Body shall otherwise determine, no Officer of the College shall have any claim to a retiring allowance or any other benefit under the Scheme, in the event of his removal from Office for "good cause" as defined in the Statutes of the University and College.
  13. An actuarial report as to the state of the Additional Pension Fund shall be obtained at the close of every five years from the 1st day of October, 1934, and if it shall appear to the Governing Body on consideration of such report that for any reason the Fund is insufficient to provide pensions at the scale referred to in Section 6 of this Chapter, the Governing Body shall have power to reduce the scale upon which the Pensions charged and to be charged on the Additional Pension Fund shall be paid.

    Provided always that before any reduction of benefits shall be determined upon, the Governing Body shall take into account the existence of any surplus in the General Funds of the College, and if satisfied that this surplus or any part of it is not required for the ordinary working of the College the Governing Body may from year to year apply such part of this surplus as it shall think fit in respect of the insufficiency of the Pension Fund.

    Provided also that if the Pension scale contemplated in Section 6 of this Chapter be departed from as the result of any actuarial investigation such scale may in respect of all the pensions charged or to be charged be restored to the normal scale or a scale more approximate to the normal at any subsequent actuarial investigation, such restoration nevertheless taking effect only as from the date of such actuarial investigation.

  14. If on the occasion of any actuarial investigation it shall appear that the amount of the Additional Pension Fund exceeds the amount estimated by the Actuary as being necessary to secure the solvency of the Fund, such excess in whole or in part, may, if the Governing Body so decide be transferred from the Additional Pension Fund and be applied to the general purposes of the College.
  15. The decision of the Governing Body shall be accepted as final the interpretation of any of the clauses of the Scheme.
  16. The Governing Body shall have power from time to time to revoke or vary any Scheme made in pursuance of this Statute, and make any substituted or altered Scheme, but no revocation or variation shall affect any rights acquired under any Scheme theretofore made.
  17. Subject to any regulation made by the Governing Body the administration of the Additional Pension Fund shall be under the direction of the Finance Committee of the Governing Body.
  18. Any expenses which may be incurred in the administration of the Additional Pension Fund other than cost of investment or variation of investment shall be defrayed out of the General Funds of the College. Any costs or expenses of investment or variation of investment shall be paid out of the Additional Pension Fund.
  19. The payments of the additional sums into this Fund since the 1st October, 1934, are hereby confirmed by this Statute.

ADDITIONAL PENSION SCHEME FOR PRESIDENT, FULL-TIME PROFESSORS, FULL-TIME LECTURERS, SECRETARY AND BURSAR, REGISTRAR, AND LIBRARIAN APPOINTED UNDER THE ACT OF 1908.

The Governing Body of University College, Cork, by virtue and in pursuance of the powers vested in them under the Statutes of the said College and of every other power enabling them in this behalf, do make the following Scheme for providing pensions on retirement due to age, ill-health, or other incapacity from infirmity of mind or body for every President, Full-time Professor, Full-time Lecturer, Secretary and Bursar, Registrar, Librarian or other full-time Officer of the College, whose Office the Governing Body may decide to make pensionable:-

  1. The Scheme is to be read subject to the provisions of Chapter II of the foregoing Statute and to the following provisions:-
  2. The Pensionable Offices under this Scheme shall be only those specified in Table A annexed to this Scheme, and such other full-time offices, if any, as the Governing Body shall from time to time decide to make pensionable. Any Office so made pensionable shall be specified in Table B to he prepared and annexed to the Scheme.
  3. The Governing Body shall have power to make regulations requiring evidence of age, satisfactory to the Governing Body, whether on appointment or retirement, to be furnished by any holder of any pensionable Office.
  4. Any Officer holding a pensionable Office may retire on attaining the Statutory age of retirement, and on so retiring shall receive a pension calculated in accordance with the provisions of this Scheme.
  5. Pensions on retirement,, whether on the ground of age, ill-health or other incapacity from infirmity of mind or body, shall be paid only after ten full years of service
  6. Any holder of a pensionable Office who has not attained the statutory age of retirement, but who by Medical evidence satisfies the Governing Body that he is incapable from infirmity of mind or body of discharging the duties of his Office, and that such incapacity is likely to be permanent, shall receive on his retirement such pension as shall be fixed by the Governing Body, but in no case greater than according to the scald hereinafter mentioned, if upon the report of an Actuary the Governing Body is satisfied that the fund is able to bear such payment.
  7. The pension in all cases shall, subject to the limitations prescribed by Section 13 of Chapter II of the foregoing Statute, and to the provisions of Clause 6 of this Scheme, be an annual allowance calculated at one-sixtieth of the salary or stipend for each full year of service from date of appointment, or at such reduced scale in accordance with the provisions of said Section 13 of the foregoing Statute, as the Governing Body may at the close of each quinquennial period determine.
  8. In the case of the present Lecturer in Modern Irish (Eamon Ó Donnchadha) there shall be added to the number of actual years of pensionable service (as from 1st August, 1925) an additional ten years in respect of previous non-pensionable Service as Lecturer in Irish.
  10. If the holder of a pensionable Office after less than fifteen years' service shall retire voluntarily, the Governing Body shall have power, at its absolute discretion, to make, to the retiring Officer a gratuity for good service not being in amount more than one-half the amount of one year's stipend or salary of the retiring Officer.
  11. In case the, holder of any pensionable Office in the College shall vacate such Office by reason of appointment to another pensionable Office within the College, the pension of such person on retirement at the statutory age of retirement or at an earlier date, in accordance with the provisions of Clause 6 hereof shall, subject to the provisions of this Scheme, be computed upon the salary of his former Office for the actual years of service in such Office, and upon his subsequent salary for his actual years of service in that subsequent Office Provided that for the qualification of ten full years of service required by Clause 5 hereof ten years service jointly in such Offices shall be sufficient.

    Provided also that should the Governing Body make such additional provision for pension at the higher salary or stipend as an Actuary may certify to be necessary, the Governing Body may declare the last Office held to carry the right of pension upon the increased salary or stipend and that the Pension of such Officer be calculated on the increased salary or stipend over his whole period of service.

  12. No pension on retirement shall be paid to any person under sixty-five years of age, unless by medical evidence it is proved to the satisfaction of the Governing Body that such person is incapable from infirmity of mind or body of discharging the duties of his Office, and that such incapacity is likely to be permanent.
  13. It shall be a condition precedent to the payment of pension that evidence of existence satisfactory to the Governing Body shall be furnished by the person entitled to pension prior to each payment.
  14. Any allowance by way of Pension shall be payable by equal monthly instalments and, if necessary, such installments shall be apportioned.
  15. The holders of the following full-time Offices, Professorships and Lectureships are declared to hold Pensionable Offices:

    TABLE A.

    The President.
    The Registrar (if a Full-Time Professor or Lecturer).
    The Secretary and Bursar.
    The Librarian.
    The Professorship of Anatomy.
    The Professorship of Ancient Classics.
    The Professorship of Botany.
    The Professorship of Chemistry.
    The Professorship of Civil Engineering.
    The Professorship of Economics and Commerce.
    The Professorship of Education.
    The Professorship of English.
    The Professorship of Experimental Physics.
    The Professorship of Geology and Geography.
    The Professorship of History.
    The Professorship of Irish Language and Literature.
    The Professorship of Mathematics.
    The Professorship of Mathematical Physics.
    The Professorship of Pathology.
    The Professorship of Philosophy.
    The Professorship of Romance Languages.
    The Professorship of Zoology.
    The Lectureship in Ancient Classics.
    The Lectureship in Applied Chemistry.
    The Lectureship in Chemistry.
    The Lectureship in Civil Engineering.
    The Lectureship in Experimental Physics.
    The Lectureship in Experimental Physics.
    The Lectureship in History.
    The Lectureship in Irish.
    The Lectureship in Mathematics.
    The Lectureship in Modern Irish.

CHAPTER III.

  1. The provisions contained in Statute XXIV., University College, Cork,. Chapter IV. for the establishment and constitution of the Fund entitled "The Faculty of Dairy Science Pension Fund" ("Pension Fund No. 3") are hereby revoked, and in lieu thereof there shall he substituted the provisions of this Chapter.
  2. There is hereby established a fund entitled "The Faculty of Dairy Science Pension Fund" (hereinafter called "Pension Fund No. 3") for the purpose of providing pensions on retirement due to age, ill-health or other incapacity from infirmity of mind or body for the holders of the Professorship and Lectureships instituted by Statute XXXIV. Chapter III. of the National University of Ireland and Statute XX. of University College, Cork, in the Faculty of Dairy Science in the said College.
  3. The Pension Fund shall be constituted in the manner following, that is to say:

Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,16, 17 and 18 of Chapter II. of this Statute so far as practicable are hereby applicable to this Pension Fund, but should the Fund, on an Actuarial Report be found insufficient to provide for the Pensions and allowances provided in the scale laid down in the said Chapter II., the Governing Body of the College may increase the percentage of the Salaries to be set aside for this Pension Fund out of the Funds provided by the Oireachtas for the endowment of the Faculty of Dairy Science. Where amounts are indicated in these Sections as being transferred from or to the general purposes of the College, such sums for the purposes of this Chapter shall he read as being transferred from or to the Funds of the Faculty of Dairy Science.

PENSION SCHEME.
FACULTY OF DAIRY SCIENCE PENSION FUND.

("Pension Fund No.3").

The Governing Body of University College, Cork, by virtue and in pursuance of the powers vested in them under the Statutes of the College and of every other power enabling them on this behalf, do make the following Scheme for providing pensions on retirement due to age, ill-health or other incapacity from infirmity of mind or body for the holders of the Professorship and Lectureships in the said College instituted by Statute XXXIV. of the National University of Ireland and Statute XX. of University College, Cork, and for the holders of such Professorships and Lectureships in the Faculty of Dairy Science which may be instituted and whose Offices the Governing Body may decide to make Pensionable.

  2. The pensions, gratuities and allowances payable to the holders of the said Offices shall be those set forth in the Scheme attached to Chapter II. of this Statute, and the terms of that Scheme, so far as practicable shall be applicable thereto.

    Provided that in the case of the following Offices there shall be added to the number of years of actual pensionable service, of the present holders thereof the years enumerated opposite each Office. These years are added in respect of previous service.

    The Lectureship in Dairy Technology ­ 8 years.
    The Lectureship in Dairy Bacteriology ­ 5 years.
    The Lectureship in Dairy Chemistry ­ 5 years.
    The Lectureship in Dairy Engineering ­ 5 years.

TABLE A

The holders of the following Offices are hereby declared to hold Pensionable Offices:-

Professorship of Agriculture and Director of Farms.
Lectureship in Dairy Bacteriology.
Lectureship in Dairy Chemistry.
Lectureship in Dairy Technology.
Lectureship in Dairy Engineering.
Lectureship in Dairy Accountancy and Economics.

CHAPTER IV.

Provision for Payments and Pensions to certain persons holding full-time Offices appointed thereto by the Governing Body and to the Servants of the College.

("Pension Fund No.4")

  1. The provisions of Statute XXVI., Chapter III. of University College, Cork, for the establishment of a fund for the provision of payments and Pensions to certain Full-time members of the Staff appointed by the Governing Body and to the Wages Staff are hereby revoked.
  2. There is hereby established a fund entitled " Pension Fund No. 4" for the purpose of enabling the Governing Body should it think fit and at its absolute discretion to make payments and grant pensions to certain full-time members of the Staff appointed by the Governing Body and to the Wages Staff of University College, Cork.
  3. The Pension Fund shall be constituted in the manner following, that is to say:
  4. The Governing Body is hereby authorised if it sees fit and in its absolute discretion to pay a pension to any full-time Assistant, Clerk or Servant who is in the service of the College at the age of 65.
  5. It is a condition precedent to the payment of any pension that a Full-time Assistant or Clerk shall have had at least 10 years' continuous service and that a Full-time Servant shall have had at least 20 years' continuous service.
  6. The amount of the said pension shall be at the sole discretion of the Governing Body. No gratuity or allowance shall be made or pension granted by the Governing Body until it has received and considered a report thereon from the Finance Committee of the College.
  7. Any full-time Assistant, Clerk or Servant who, in the case of a full-time Assistant or Clerk shall have had over 10 years' continuous service, and in the case of a full-time Servant shall have had over 20 years' continuous service, and who has not reached the age of 65 years, but who from age, ill-health, or other incapacity from infirmity of mind or body, shall cease to hold office or employment in the College, may be granted by the Governing Body, in its absolute discretion and if it sees fit, a pension but such pension shall be paid only out of the funds set aside under this Chapter.
  8. Any full-time Assistant or Clerk with less than 10 years' continuous service and any full-time Servant with less than 20 years' continuous service, who from age, ill health or other incapacity from infirmity of mind or body shall cease to hold office or employment in the College, and shall be found to the satisfaction of the Governing Body to be in urgent need of assistance, may be granted, at its absolute discretion such sum or sums of money (not exceeding on the whole, one year's salary or wages) as a gratuity; but such grant shall be made only out of the funds set aside under this Chapter.
  9. In the case of the death during tenure of Office or employment of a Full-time Assistant, Clerk or Servant of the College who, in the case of a full-time Assistant or Clerk, shall have had not less than 10 years' continuous service, and who, in the case of a full-time Servant shall have had not less than 20 years' continuous service, the Governing Body may, at its absolute discretion, grant to the dependents of the deceased employee a sum of money (not exceeding one year's salary or wages) as a gratuity; but such grant shall be made only out of the funds set aside under this Chapter.
  10. On the resignation owing to marriage of any full-time Woman Assistant or full-time Woman Clerk after a service of not less than six years, a gratuity at the rate of one month's salary for each complete year of full-time service, but not exceeding on the whole a maximum of 12 months' salary, may be granted at the absolute discretion of the Governing Body.
    The service of a full-time Woman Assistant or full-time Woman Clerk will cease as a matter of course on marriage.
  11. Subject to any rules made by the Governing Body the administration of this Pension Fund shall be under the direction of the Finance Committee of the Governing Body.
  12. All unexpended balances, interest and dividends may be invested by the Governing Body in accordance with the Statutes of the College.
  13. After due inquiry as to the amount necessary for the requirements of this Fund, any excess amount may be transferred by the Governing Body and be applied to the general purposes of the College.
  14. Nothing in this Statute shall be considered to revoke or restrict the power granted to the President under Chapter IV. Sec. 12 of Statute I., viz.:
    "He shall have the power of appointing, suspending and dismissing the servants of the College, and shall regulate their duties and control their conduct."
  15. Pensions, Gratuities and allowances may be made, subject to the provisions of this Chapter, to the Woman Officer of Residence for Catholic Women Students (if full-time) and to the Assistant Librarian.
  16. The decision of the Governing Body shall be accepted as final in the interpretation of any of the Clauses of this Chapter.

CHAPTER V.

Provision for Payments and Pensions to certain persons holding full-time Offices appointed thereto by the Governing Body and to the Servants of the College paid out of the Funds provided by the Oireachtas for the establishment of the Faculty of Dairy Science.

("Pension Fund No.5").

  1. There is hereby established a fund entitled "Pension Fund No. 5 " for the purpose of enabling the Governing Body should it think fit and in its absolute discretion to make payments and grant pensions to certain full-time members of the Staff appointed by the Governing Body and to the Wages Staff attached to the Faculty of Dairy Science as above.
  2. Out of the Income granted for the maintenance of the College under the University Education (Agriculture and Dairy Science) Act, 1926, or out of the moneys of the College applicable thereto an annual sum of £500 shall be set apart as from the 1st August, 1937, to provide a fund for the above purpose.
  3. The Governing Body is hereby authorised, if it thinks fit and in its absolute discretion, to pay a pension to any full-time Assistant, Clerk or Servant attached to the Faculty of Dairy Science as above who is in the service of the College at the age of 65.
  4. It is a condition precedent to the payment of any pension that a full-time Assistant or Clerk attached to the Faculty of Dairy Science as above shall have had at least 10 year's continuous service and that a full-time Servant shall have had at least 20 years' continuous service.
  5. The amount of the said pension shall be at the sole discretion of the Governing Body. No gratuity or allowance shall be made or- pension granted by the Governing Body until it has received and considered a report thereon from the Finance Committee of the College.
  6. Any full-time Assistant, Clerk or Servant attached to the Faculty of Dairy Science as above who, in the case of a full-time Assistant or Clerk, shall have had over 10 years' continuous service, and in the case of a full-time Servant shall have had over 20 years' continuous service, and who has not reached the age of 65 years, but who from age, ill-health, or other incapacity from infirmity of mind or body, shall cease to hold office or employment in the College, may be granted by the Governing Body, in its absolute discretion and if it sees fit, a pension, but such pension shall be paid only out of the funds set aside under this Chapter,
  7. Any full-time Assistant or Clerk attached to the Faculty of Dairy Science as above, with less than 10 years' continuous service, and any full-time Servant with less than 20 years' continuous service, who from age, ill-health or other incapacity from infirmity of mind or body shall cease to hold office or employment in the College, and shall be found to the satisfaction of the Governing Body to be in urgent need of assistance, may be granted, at its absolute discretion such sum or sums of money (not exceeding on the whole, one year's salary or wages) as a gratuity; but such grant shall be made only out of the funds set aside under this Chapter.
  8. In the case of the death during tenure of Office or employment of a Full-time Assistant, Clerk or Servant of the College attached to the Faculty of Dairy Science as above who, in the case of a full-time Assistant or Clerk, shall have had not less than 10 years' continuous service, and who, in the case of a full-time Servant shall have had not less than 20 years' continuous service, the Governing Body may, at its absolute discretion, grant to the dependents of the deceased employee a sum of money (not exceeding one year's salary or wages) as a gratuity; but such grant shall be made only out of the funds set aside under this Chapter.
  9. On the resignation owing to marriage of any full-time Woman Assistant or full-time Woman Clerk attached to the Faculty of Dairy Science as above after a service of not less than six years, a gratuity at the rate of one month's salary for each complete year of full-time service, but not exceeding on the whole a maximum of 12 months' salary, may be granted at the absolute discretion of the Governing Body.
    The service of a full-time Woman Assistant or full-time Woman Clerk attached to the Faculty of Dairy Science as above will cease as a matter of course on marriage.
  10. Subject to any rules made by the Governing Body the administration of this Pension Fund, shall be under the direction of the Finance Committee of the Governing Body.
  11. All unexpended balances, interest and dividends may be invested by the Governing Body in accordance with the Statutes of the College.
  12. After due inquiry as to the amount necessary for the requirements of this Fund, any excess amount may be transferred by the Governing Body and be applied to the general purposes of the College.
  13. Nothing in this Statute shall be considered to revoke or restrict the power granted to the President under Statute I., Chapter IV., Section 12., viz.:
    "He shall have the power of appointing, suspending and dismissing the servants of the College, and shall regulate their duties and control their conduct."
  14. The decision of the Governing Body shall be accepted as final in the interpretation of the Clauses of this Chapter.

CHAPTER VI.

This Statute shall be construed with and as part of Statutes I. to XXXIV. of University College, Cork, and may be cited as Statute XXXV. of University College, Cork, or Stat. XXXV. of Univ. Coll., Cork.

This Statute shall come into operation on the third day of July, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Seven.

Present when the Common Seal of University College, Cork, was affixed.

(Signed)
P. J. MERRIMAN, President.
A. O'RAHILLY, Governor.
JOSEPH DOWNEY, Secretary.