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In 1863, the College was re-organized under the following Act :

An Act for the Regulation and Support of Dalhousie College.

(Passed the 20th day of April, A. D., 1863.)

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WHEREAS, it is expedient to extend the basis on which the said College is established, and to alter the constitution thereof, so as the benefits that may be fairly expected from its invested capital and its central position may, if possible, be realized, and the design of its original founders, as nearly as may be, carried out.

Be it enacted by the Governor, Council. and Assembly as follows:

1. The Board of Governors now appointed, consisting of the Honorable William Young, the Honorable Joseph Howe, Charles Tupper, S. Leonard Shannon, John W. Ritchie, and James F. Avery, Esquires, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Governors of Dalhousie College, at Halifax, and shall have and exercise all usual powers and authorities as such, and have the title, control and disposition of the building on the Parade, at Halifax, and of the property and funds belonging to the said College, and held for the use thereof by the present Governors; and all vacancies at the Board shall be filled up on recommendation of the remaining members thereof by the Governor-in-Council; and any of the Governors shall be removable by the Governor-in-Council, at the instance of the Board of Governors.

2. Whenever any body of Christians, of any religious persuasion whatsoever, shall satisfy the Board that they are in a position to endow and support one or more chairs or professorships in the said College, for any branch of literature or science, approved of by the Board, such body in making such endowment, to the extent of twelve hundred dollars a year, shall have a right, from time to time, for every chair endowed, to nominate a Governor to take his seat at the Board, with the approval of the Board of Governors and of the Governor-in-Council, and shall also have a right, from time to time, to nominate a Professor for such chair, subject to the approval of the Board of Governors; and in the event of the death, removal, or resignation of any person nominated under this section, the body nominating shall have power to supply the vacancy thus created.

3. The same right of nominating a Professor from time to time shall belong to any individual or number of individuals, who shall endow to the same extent and support a chair or professorship, and to the nominee of any testator by whose will a chair or professorship may be so endowed.

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The Governors shall have power to appoint and to determine the duties and salaries of the President, Professors, Lecturers, Tutors, and other officers of the College, and from time to time to make statutes and bye-laws for the regulation and management thereof, and shall assemble together as often as they shall think fit, and upon such notice as to them shall seem meet, and for the execution of the trust hereby reposed in them.

5. The said College shall be deemed and taken to be a University, with all the usual and necessary privileges of such institutions; and the students shall have liberty and faculty of taking the degrees of bachelor, master, and doctor, in the several arts and faculties at the appointed times; and shall have liberty within themselves of performing all scholastic exercises for the conferring of such degrees, and in such manner as shall de directed by the statutes and bye-laws.

6. No religious tests or subscriptions shall be required of the professors, scholars, graduates, students, or officers of the College.

7. The internal regulation of the said College shall be committed to the Senatus Academicus, formed by the respective chairs or professorships thereof, subject in all cases to the approval of the Governors.

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The Legislature shall have power, from time to time, to modify and control the powers conferred by this Act.

9. The Acts heretofore passed in relation to Dalhousie College are hereby repealed, except the Act passed in the fourth year of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, entitled, "An Act authorizing the lending of a sum of money to the Governors of Dalhousie College, and for securing the repayment thereof."

This Act was afterwards amended by the following Acts :-

An Act to Amend the Act for the Regulation and Support of Dalhousie College.

(Passed the 6th day of May, A. D., 1875).

Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows:-1. The present Board of Governors, consisting of nine persons, shall be increased to a number not exceeding fifteen; and the Board shall be filled up by new nominations made on the same principle as set forth in the first section of the Act hereby amended; and any of the Governors shall be removable. as heretofore, by the Governor-inCouncil.

2. The Governors shall have power to affiliate to Dalhousie College any other Colleges desirious of such affiliation, or any schools in arts, in theology, in law, or in medicine, and to make statutes for such affiliations, and for the regulation and management thereof, on the same principles as obtain in other Universities, and to vary and amend such statutes from time to time. Provided always, that such statutes of affiliation, before they go into effect, shall be submitted to and receive the sanction of the Governor-in-Council.

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3. So much of chapter 24 of the Acts of 1863, entitled, for the Regulation and Support of Dalhousie College," or of any other Act, as is inconsistent with this Act, is repealed.

An Act to provide for the Organization of a Law Faculty in connection with Dalhousie College, and for other purposes.

(Passed the 14th day of April, A.D., 1881.)

Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows:— 1. The Governors of Dalhousie College at Halifax, shall, in addition to the powers conferred on them by section 2 of chapter 27 of the Acts of 1875, entitled, "An Act to Amend the Act for the Regulation and Support of Dalhousie College," have power to organize a Faculty of Law in connection with such College; and to appoint professors or lecturers in law, and out of the revenues of the College to provide for the maintenance and support of such Faculty, and to make rules for the regulation and management of such Faculty, and for the granting of degrees in law on the same principles as obtain in other universities, and to vary and amend such rules from time to time.

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Section 3 of chapter 24 of the Acts of 1863, entitled, "An Act for the regulation and support of Dalhousie College," is amended by adding the words " and governor" after the word " professor " in the said section, and any individual who has hitherto endowed a chair or chairs in the College shall have a right to nominate a governor for each chair endowed, in the same way as if section 3 aforesaid had been originally passed as now amended.

3. Section 1 of the said chapter 27 of the Acts of 1875, is amended by adding the words "provided, however, that in the event of any body of Christians, individual, or number of individuals, endowing and supporting one or more chairs or professorships in the said College, as provided by sections 2 and 3 of the Act hereby amended, and of such body of christians or individuals nominating a professor or governor by virtue thereof, the number of Governors may be increased beyond fifteen, but such increase shall be limited to the number of such chairs or professorships as may after the passing of this Act be founded by virture of the said said sections 2 and 3."

In pursuance of the Act of 1863, the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces closed their College, and agreed to support two chairs in this University; The Synod of the Maritime Provinces in connection with the Church of Scotland founded one chair; and the College opened in that year, under the Principalship of Rev. James Ross, D.D., and with an Arts Faculty of six Professors,

In 1868, a Faculty of Medicine was organized, which in 1875 developed into the Halifax Medical College. In 1885 the Faculty was re-organized, and the Halifax Medical College affiliated.

In 1883 a Faculty of Law was added.

In 1879, GEORGE MUNRO, Esq., of New York, a native of this Province, placed in the hands of the Governors the funds necessary for the endowment of a Professorship of Physics. In 1881, he established a Professorship of History and Political Economy. In 1882, he founded a chair of English Language and Literature. In 1883, he added to the staff of the College a Professor of Constitutional and International Law, and Tutors in Classics and Mathematics. In 1884, he founded a Professorship of Metaphysics. Since 1880, he has provided the University with Exhibitions and Bursaries, to the amount of $16,215.44, which, according to his own desire, have been so offered for competition as to stimulate to greater activity and efficiency the High Schools and Academies of Nova Scotia and the neighboring Provinces.

The Governors desire to place on permanent record their high sense of Mr. Munro's enlightened public spirit, and their gratitude to him for the munificent manner in which he has come to their help in the work of building up an unsectarian University in Nova Scotia.

To connect the donor's name for all time with the benefits thus conferred both on the University and on his native country, the chairs which he has founded shall be called the GEORGE MUNRO CHAIRS OF PHYSICS, of HISTORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY, of ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, of CONSTITUTIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, and of METAPHYSICS respectively.

In 1883, ALEXANDER MCLEOD, Esq., of Halifax, bequeathed to the University the residue of his estate. The following is an extract from his will:

"All the residue of my Estate I give and bequeath to the Governors of Dalhousie College or University in the City of Halifax in

Trust, that the same shall be invested and form a fund to be called the McLeod University Fund, and the interest and income of which shall be applied to the endowment of three or more professorial chairs in said College as they may deem proper; but this bequest is made upon these conditions, namely, that if at any time the said College or University should cease to exist, or be closed for two years, or be made a sectarian college, then and in any such case, the said Fund and all accumulations thereof shall go to the said Synod of the Maritime Provinces of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, to be used for the purposes of higher education in connection with said Synod, and it is further stipulated that no part of this Fund shall ever be used, either by said Governors of Dalhousie College or by the said Synod, as a collateral security under any circumstances whatever."

According to the provisions of the will, the MCLEOD CHAIRS of CLASSICS, CHEMISTRY and MODERN LANGUAGES were founded.

In 1886, SIR WILLIAM YOUNG, one of the oldest and best friends of the College, subscribed $20,000 to start a Building Fund. In 1887, Sir William Young bequeathed to the University half the residue of his estate, together with a Prize Fund of $4000, and the amount remaining unpaid to his subscription to the New Building. The following are extracts from his will:

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"I bequeath to the Governors of Dalhousie College at Halifax, the sum of $4000 to be kept continually invested by them, and that they shall apply the income derived therefrom in founding and maintaining a prize of a gold medal of the value of $50, to be called Sir William Young's medal, and to be annually awarded for scholastic eminence, and to have the recipient's name engraved thereon, with the year of his attendance at College, and in founding and maintaining such other prizes for distribution among the students of said College as the Governors may from time to time approve."

"Having agreed and promised to the Governors of Dalhousie College to pay them the sum of $20,000 to aid in the erection of their building now in progress, I direct my executors to pay the said sum from time to time as it may be required by the said Governors."

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"All the rest and residue of my estate I direct my executors to divide into two even and equal parts or shares, and to pay over one such part or share to * and the other part or share to the Governors of Dalhousie College at Halifax, for the general purposes of said College.'

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"In the event of my having paid to Dalhousie College during my life-time any part of said sum of $20,000 hereinbefore mentioned, as agreed to be paid to them to aid in the erection of the college buildings, I do direct my executors to pay to said Governors the balance only, if any, that may be due on said sum at the time of my decease.”

Clause 15, of the Will of DR. J. F. AVERY, provides as follows:"I give and bequeath the sum of $500 to Dalhousie College in the City of Halifax, to be at the disposal of the Senatus of the said College, and the interest thereof to be appropriated for an annual prize."

The following donations have been made to the Endowment Fund: Hon. Sir Wm. Young, W. J. Stairs, Esq., Hon. Stayley Brown, John Gibson, Esq., John P. Mott, Esq., Wm. P. West, Esq., Thos.

A. Ritchie, Esq.. and Hon. Robt. Boak, $1000 each; Adam Burns, Esq., Peter Jack, Esq., Hon. Jeremiah Northup, Prof. Lawson and Alex. McLeod, Esq., $500 each.

The following subscriptions have been made to the Building Fund : Rev. Louis H. Jordan, $1000; John Doull, John S. McLean, R. Sedgewick, $750 each; Thomas Bayne, John McNab, Adam Burns, Hon. R. Boak, Dr. Avery, $500 each; President Forrest, $375; James Forrest, $300; Prof. John Johnson, Peter Jack, William Miller, Prof. McDonald, $250 each; Prof. McGregor, A. & W. Mackinlay, $225 each; Prof. Alexander, Wallace Graham, $200 each; James Scott, R. B. Seeton, Rev. John McMillan, Wm. Robertson, J. C. MacIntosh, H. McD. Henry, John Y. Payzant, Pearson, Morrison & Forbes, $150 each; J. G. Stewart, $120; Rev. E. Scott, Peter Ross, H. W. C. Boak, Pictou Academy, $100 each; Wm. B. Wallace, Arthur Drysdale, E. Newcombe, Alfred Costley, H. W. Barnes, Hugh McKenzie, $75 each; W. C. Silver, Graham Fraser, $50 each; E. McKay, $30; J. M. Stewart, $25; Rev. A. Falconer, $20; J. H. Sinclair, Dr. J. Stewart, $10 each. In all $10640.

The following donations have been made from time to time to meet current expenses:

Hon. Sir Wm. Young, $500; John Doull, Esq., $400; J. S. Maclean, Esq., $300; J. F. Avery, Esq., M. D., S. Fleming, Esq., C. M. G., Rev. Principal Grant, D. D., W. J. Stairs, Esq., Thos. Bayne, Esq, John Gibson, Esq., Rev. J. McMillan, B. D., and John McNab, Esq., $200 each; James Scott, Esq., and A. K. Mackinlay, Esq., $180 each; Hon. R. Boak, and the Medical Faculty, $160 each; Rev. President Forrest, D.D., Hon. A G. Jones, and Geo. Thomson, Esq., $150 each; A. Burns, Esq., $125; J. J. Bremner, Esq., $120; B. Ĥ. Collins, Esq., J. Donaldson, Esq., Prof. J. DeMill, Prof. J. Johnson, Prof. G. Lawson, Prof. J. Liechti, Alex. McLeod, Esq., Robt. Morrow, Esq., Hon. Jeremiah Northup, Joseph Northup; Esq, T. A. Ritchie, Esq., Rev. Principal Ross, D.D., Ed. Smith, Esq., R. H. Skimmings, Esq., John Stairs, Esq., Jas. Thomson, Esq., and Hon Sir Charles Tupper, $100 each; J. W. Carmichael, Esq., C. D. Hunter, Esq., Major-General Laurie, Messrs. Lawson, Harrington & Co., Prof. C. Macdonald, J. P. Mott, Esq., and Hon. Judge Ritchie, $80 each; G P. Mitchell, Esq., and Hon. S. L Shannon, $60 each; J. B. Duffus, Esq., R. W. Fraser, Esq, Peter Jack, Fsq., and W. H. Neal, Esq., $50 each; with smaller sums amounting to $1349.

The following donations have been made for the purpose of providing scientific apparatus:

Hon. Sir William Young, $500; Prof. J. G. MacGregor, $200; The Alumni Association, $150; J. F. Avery, Esq., M.D., Thos. Bayne, Esq., Hon. R. Boak, Alex McLeod, Esq., John McNab, Esq., Hon. Jeremiah Northup, W. J. Stairs, Esq, and W. P. West, Esq., $100 each; Thos. A. Brown, Esq., Messrs. Doull & Miller, Messrs. Esson & Co., John Gibson, Esq., Peter Jack, Esq.. Prof. G. Lawson, J. S. Mclean, Esq,, Robt. Morrow, Esq., Hon. J. W. Ritchie, James Thomson, Esq., and a Friend, $50 each; with smaller sums amounting to $645

For other benefactions, see under headings: Library, Museum, and Gymnasium.

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