Women's College University Endowment Act 1889 (NSW)

No. X.

All Act to establish and endow a College for W o m k n 's

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I I n i v k k s i t v

Wonien within the Ihiiversity of Sydney.	K m i u W S I K N T ,
[ 21n̂ September, 1889. ]

T \7 IIE 1 1 E A S by tlie Act ^betovia number iliirty-soven, rmunidc.

V V after recitina;' tliat it Avas exjK'die'ut to encouragA; and assist

tlie cstaldisbment of Colb'yc's Avitliin tlie IFnh'crsity ot Sydney, in Avbich College's systematic religious instruction and donu'stic snper- Ausion, AA'itb elllcicnt assistancee in prejearing for tbe University lectures and examinations sbould be provided for students of tin; University, it is cnaeded that Avben any College shall have been established and incor])orated by an Act of the (Governor and Council as a College Avitbin the said University, and the founders or subscribers to such College shall liaA'e complie'd Avitli tbe conditions nn'iitiom'd in tb<! s('cond section of that Act, such Colb'gc shall be entilled to tin' cndoAvments tlu'reinafter severally mentioned : And Avlu'reas several Colleges coniu'cted Avitli as many religious d('nominations Avere after- Avards so established and incorporated, and brought Avithin the benefit of the said A ct; And Avlu'reas a by-huv of the University AA'as passed in the year one thousand eight hundred and cigbty-one, admitting Avomen to all the rights, advantages, and privileges of the University equally Avith men ; and by tlu' “ LTniAmrsity Extension Act of 1881,” it Avas enacted that the benefits and advantages of the University and the jirovisions of the Acts relating thereto shall hi' di'i'ined to extend in all respects to Avomen equally Avith men. And Avhereas in pursuance of such by-huv and lastmentioned Act AVomen baA C been admitted as students and as graduates of tlu; University—and there are at pi’esent tAventy-tAvo such students, and a large increase in their number is expected and AAonld probably be encouraged by tlu; establish­ ment of a University College of residence for Avomen ; .‘uid Avhereas at a public meeting bold in tlie year one thousand eight hundred amUsMiuch.

ciglity-scven, resolutions Avere passed to the effect that it AA'as desirabh; to establish such College on the basis of tbe ‘•'General Affiliated Colleges Act” (lieing tlu; Act first abovementioned), but at a loAver scale of cost to subscribers and to the ]uiblic revenue than therein contemplated, and that (by reason of the impracticability of providing for the establishment of several Women’s Colleges attached to sciAarate religious denominations, AA'hether otbei'Avise desirable or not so) the systematic religious education required by that Act for the Colleges therein contemplated, should in the case of the proposed College for Women be subject to tbe folloAving provisions, that is to say :—Tliat no religions catechism or formulary, Avhich is distinefiA’e of any particular denomination, sbould be taught, and no attempt should be

made

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made to attach students to any particnlai’ denomination, and that any student should he excused from attendance upon religious insi ruction or religious ohserTances on expi’ess declaration that she has con­ scientious objections tliereto. And wliereas tlie Senate of the University has recently resolved that it v ill receive the proposed College for Women into affiliation in the event of its being established and endowed by the authority of Parliament, and tliat it will dedicate to it a site for necessary buildings and recreation grounds, provided that the College be established and endowed within four years. And whereas it Avas agreed at tbe said public meeting that the governing body of the College should be composed of tAveh'e members, of A\diom not less than four should be women, to be elected in the first instance by the subscribers, and subsequently in such mauner as might be determined, together Avith two members of the Senate of the University, to be appointed by the Senate from time to time. And Avhereas considerable, but not yet sufficient, priA ate contributions have already been made toAvards the establishment of the said College, under and in furtherance of the said resolutions. And Avhereas it is expedient to provide by laAv for the establishment, incorporation, and endoAvment of such College upon the basis hereinbefore mentioned, and in manner hereinafter contained. Ec it therefore enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and Avith the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of N cav South Mbalcs in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as folloAvs :—

Incorporation . 1. So soon as it shall be made to apjiear to the satisfaction of the Governor that a sum not less than fiA O thousand pounds has been subscribed for or otherAvise contributed toAÂ ards the endoAvmcnt of the proposed College for 'Women, and that the amount has either been paid or secured to be paid for that purpose in accordance Avitli section two of the said first recited Act, and that tAvelvc elected Councillors for the government of the said College in accordance with the constitution thereof, as in this Act set forth, haA’e been duly elected, the same shall be notified by jii’oclamation in the Ncav South M^ales Government Gazette, under the hand of the GoA'ernor; and immediately npon such notification and from thenceforth the Principal and Councillors of the said College shall be, and they arc hereby constituted, a body politic and corjioratc by the name of the Council of The "Women’s College, by AAffiich name the said incorporated body shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall sue and be sued or othcrAvise appear and ansAver and be ansAvered, and may take and hold to them and to their successors by grant, Avill, or othenAdse, in perpetuity, or for any term, of life or years, as Avell chattels and other personal property, as lands, buildings, and hereditaments, and may alien or othcnvisc dis­ pose of or demise the same or any part thereof, other than the land which may be granted to it as a site for buildings and recreation grounds for such College, and also shall or may do all other things incident or ap]iertaining to a body j^olitic and corporate, and there shall be vested in the said Council the gOA^ernment in all respects of the said College and all matters relating thereto.

E ndow m ent for

building.

2. Upon such incorjioration there shall be paid out of the Con­ solidated llevenue in aid of the buildings of the said College, a sum or sums not exceeding five thousand pounds in the Avhole, nor more than shall have been from, time to time actually expended by the College out of the subscribed funds for the purpose of building, Avhich said sum or sums shall be paid by the Treasurer of the Colony under Avarrants signed by the Governor.

E ndow inenl for

Priiici])al.

3. There shall also be paid in like manner out of the said Con­

solidated Eevenue annually to such incorporated College in peiqietuity,

but

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but upon tlie conditions named in tlie fiftli and sixth sections of tlie said Ih’st recited Act, a sum of five hundred pounds for the use of and as salary to the Principal of the said College or in aid of such salary.

4. The said body jiolitic and corporate shall consist of twelve ronstituUon of

elected Councillors and two ex o(Jicio Councillors and a Princi])al, as Council,

hereinafter mentioned; and for the purpose of the first ap[)ointment

of elected Councillors a meeting of tlie subscribers and contributors

to the said Endowment Eund shall be conveiu'd by the Chancellor of

the University, and at sucli meeting, or at an adjournment thereof,

there shall be elected twelve Councillors of the College, of Avlioni

at least four shall be women, and Avbo sball be elected by the sub­

scribers and contributors to the said fund and the executors or

administrators of any deci'ascd person aa'Iio sball baA'e b(’qii('athed or

giA'cn in his life time any sum of money toAvards the said College',

lieiiig; each subscriber or contributor (including such exe'cutors and

administrators) of one pound paid, to liaAm one vote; every sub­

scriber of ten pounds to have two A otes; cAmry subscriber of tAventy-

fivc pounds to have three Avites ; every subscriber of fifty pounds to liaA'c

four A'otes; and every subscriber of one hundred pounds or u])A\ ards to

have five Amtes. All such A'otes shall be gUen by ballot; and sub­

scribers not present at any meeting for such purpose Avho may

authorize in AU'itiug any other subscriber sball be alloAved to Ante by	•
proxy.

5. The Councillors first elected shall retire in manner folloAving, RoUrement of

that is to say, four, to be selected by ballot, at tlie end of four years ; Councillors,

four, selected in like manner, at the end of fiAm years ; and the remain­

ing four at the end of six years : but such retiring Councillors shall in

all cases be eligible for re-election, and they sball respectively continue

in ofhee until their successors shall ha c been elected.

6. All future Amcancics in tlie Council sball be filled up in sueb niocUon io

manner as tbe Council sball appoint by the remaining Councillors and such members of the College as sliall baA'e become graduates of tlie UnUersity of at least tbree years’ standing, and of the full age of twenty-one, Avbo shall eontinue on the books of the College. ProA'idi'd that all such elections shall be for the term of five years only, subji'ct to eligibility for re-election; and that all casual Avacancies by death, resignation, or otlicr cause determined by the by-laws of the Corpo­ ration, sball be filled up for the residue only of the term of office lu'ld by tlie Councillor in respect of Avbom any such vacancy shall have arisen; but Avith like eligibility for re-election.

7. The Senate of the University shall from time to time uomi- St-naicof Univcruty

nate tAvo members of the Si'uate to be Councillors of the said College, and such persons so nominated shall be ex ojpeio membm’s of the Council during the periods for Avhich they shall respectively be so

nominated. The Principal shall also be a member of the said Council rrincipai to be a

ex officio. _

8. EIa 'c members shall constitute a quorum of the Council, Quorum,

subject to such conditions as to the due convening of meetings of the

Council as shall have been determined on. ProA'idod that no temporary Casual vacancies not

vacancy in the office of Ih'incipal, or in the number of Councillors, sball be deemed in any Avay to affect the constitution of tbe College or its privileges or status as an incorporated body.

9. Tbe Chancellor of tbe University, or, in his ahsence, the visitor.

Vice-Chancellor, sball be the visitor of the College, and shall luiA'e the right to visit tbe College at any time, and Avith or Avithout some otlu'r member of the University Senate, to examine the manner in Avhich it is conducted, and to sec that its laAVs and regulations are duly observt'd and executed, and shall })osscss all other such poAi'crs as by laAV apper­ tain to the office of A'isitor to a College.

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Fuhlic Works {Committees Remuneration).

Purposes of College,	10. The College sliall yirovide residence and domestic supervision for Avonien students of the University of all religious denominations Avithout any distinction Avhatevcr, together Avith efficient tutorial assistance in their preparation for the University lectures and examina­ tions.
Eoiigiousinstruction.	11. The Systematic religious instruction required to he imparted to students by the “ General Affiliated Colleges A ct” shall, in the case of the proposed College for Avomen he subject to the folloAving provi­ sions, that is to say :—That no religious catechism or formulary, Avliich is distinctiA G of any particular denomination, shall he taught, and no attempt sliall he made to attach students to any particular denomina­ tion, and that any student shall he excused from attendance upon religious instruction or religious observances on express declaration that she has conscientious objections tliereto.
P rin e ijril.	12. The Principal, aaI i o shall he a Avoman, shall he appointed by the Council, and shall he liable to remo al or suspension for sufficient cause by the Council, subject to an appeal to the visitor; and shall, subject to the hy-laAvs and rules of the College, and to the directions of the Council, have the general superintendence and control of the students and of the institution.
S tuden ts of the
College lo bceon e	13. All students in such College, not already matriculated, subject to the discipline; thereof; and shall he required duly to attend the lectures of the University in those subjects, an examination and proficiency in Avhich arc required for degrees, Avith the exc(;ption, if thought fit by any such student, of the lectures on Ethics, IMeta- physics, and Modern History.
m em bers of the	shall, so soon as shall he practicable, matriculate in the University,
U niversity , and	and shall continue to he members thereof, and submit to, and he

a ttend lectures.

Uy-laws.

11. T'lie Council of the College shall have poAver, from time to time, to make and establish all such hy-laAvs and rules for carrying into effect the seA’eral proA'isions and objects of this Act as to the said Council shall seem expedient, and such hy-laAvs from time to time to alter and rcAmke, or to substitute others in tlieir places. Provided that every such hy-laAV and rule shall he transmitted to the Governor Avithin thirty days after being made, to he by him laid before the Houses of Parliament of the Colony, so soon as conA-cniently may he

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