Fremantle Grammar School Act 1883 (WA)

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ANNO QUADRAGESIMO SEPTUM()

VICTORIAE REGINA:.

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No. IV.

AN ACT to Incorporate the Governors of the

Fremantle Grammar School.

[ Assented to, 13th August, 1883. ]

HEREAS certain persons have lately established a Grammar

Wappointed Governors for the purpose of managing the affairs of theSchool in the town of Fremantle, and the said persons have

School; And whereas a Crown Grant of a piece of land in the said town being about two acres and two roods in extent has lately been made as and for a site for the said school ; And whereas it is desir- able that the said governing body should be incorporated: Be it

therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Western Aus-

tralia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1.     THIS Act may be cited as " The Fremantle Grammar School Short title.

Act, 1883." •

2. THE incumbent for the time being of St. John's Church, The Governors to

Fremantle, and the Churchwardens for the time being of the Parish	be a corporate body.
of St. John's, together with four other persons to be elected by
the Vestry of the said Parish in the manner and for the time
mentioned in the scheme for the administration of the said School,

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Fremantle Grammar School.

hereinafter referred to, shall be the Governors of the said School ; and the said Governors, and their successors, shall be and become a Corporation, with perpetual succession, by the name or style of " The Governors of the Fremantle Grammar School ; " and they shall have a common seal; and they shall by the said name he capable of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded in all Courts of Law and Equity ; and they shall have all the powers and exercise all the functions and duties which are given, enjoined, and directed to be performed and exercised by them by the provisions of the aforesaid scheme ; and they shall have, except as hereinafter provided for, full power to receive, purchase, take, hold. and possess to them and their successors in trust, for the purposes of the said School, any lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and any goods, chattels, and personal estate of any nature or kind whatsoever, and to convey, grant, demise, mortgage, alien, or otherwise deal with all or any of the said real or personal property. Provided always, that they shall not have power to convey, grant, demise, mortgage, or alien the said piece of land granted to them as a site for the said school, or any part thereof, without first obtaining the consent in writing of the Governor of the said Colony, acting with the advice of the Executive Council; and they shall have, subject as aforesaid, power to do all other things, and have and enjoy all rights and privileges appertaining or incidental to a body politic or corporate.

3. IT shall be lawful for the said Governors, but subject to the

Scheme for the ad-

provisions of this Act, to frame, and from time to time to alter or

School.

vary a scheme for the administration of the said School, providing for the mode of election of the Governors aforesaid, the time during which such elected Governors shall hold office, the manner in which vacancies in the number of Governors shall be filled up, the appointment of a visitor of the said School, the regulation of the meetings and proceedings of the Governors, the keeping of the monies and accounts, and the management of the property of the said School; the appointment, and dismissal of the head and other masters, the admission of pupils and payment of tuition fees, the course of education and study to be pursued, the duration of the School terms and hours of study, the scholarships, rewards, or prizes to be given to the pupils, the payment and pensions of the masters, and generally for the management and control of the said School.

ministration of the

In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent

to this Act.

F. NAPIER BROOME, Governor.

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By Authority : Ft BRA so PEta ER, Govermneat Printer, Perth.