Universities (Scotland) Act 1858
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1858 c. 83 |
(21 & 22 Vict.) C A P. LXXXIII.
[2d August 1858]
'WHEREAS it is expedient for the Advancement of Religion and Learning to make Provision for the better Government and Discipline of the Universities inScotland, viz. , the Universities of St. Andrew's, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh , and for improving and regulating the Course of Study therein:' Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
I King's College and Marischal College, Aberdeen, to be united under the Title of ‘University of Aberdeen.’
I. From and after such Date as may be fixed by the Commissioners herein-after appointed by special Ordinance, approved by Her Majesty in Council, the ‘University andKing's College of Aberdeen’ and ‘Marischal College and University of Aberdeen’ shall be united and incorporated into One University and College, in all Time coming thereafter, under the Style and Title of the ‘University of Aberdeen ;’ and the said united University shall take Rank among the Universities of Scotland as from the Date of Erection of King's College and University, viz., the Year One thousand four hundred and ninety-four, and all the Funds, Properties, and Revenues now pertaining or belonging in any manner of way to the ‘University and King's College,’ or to ‘Marischal College and University,’ shall in Time coming thereafter pertain and belong to the ‘University of Aberdeen.’
II Appointment of Chancellors.
II. The Chancellor of each of the Universities ofSt. Andrew's, Glasgow, and Aberdeen shall be elected by the other Members of the General Council herein-after mentioned; and in Time coming there shall be a Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, to be elected in like Manner: Provided always, that the present Chancellors of Saint Andrew's and Glasgow shall continue in Office for Life, and the present Chancellor of the University and King's College of Aberdeen, and the present Chancellor of Marischal College and University of Aberdeen , shall, during their joint Lives, be joint Chancellors of the University of Aberdeen, and the Survivor shall be sole Chancellor during his Survivance, and thereafter a Chancellor shall be appointed in manner herein provided; provided also, that the Chancellor of each of the said Universities shall hold his Office for Life; the Chancellor in each University shall have Power to appoint a Vice-Chancellor, who may in the Absence of the Chancellor discharge his Office in so far as regards conferring Degrees, but in no other respect.
III Offices of Principal in Glasgow, &c. not to be deemed ‘Chairs of Theology.’
III. The Principals in the Universities ofGlasgow, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh , appointed in Time to come, shall not, as such, be or be deemed Professors of Divinity, nor shall it be a valid Objection to any Person appointed to the Office of Principal in any of the said Universities that he is a Layman, and no such Office of Principal therein shall fall under or be included in the Terms ‘Chair of Theology’ as used in an Act passed in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria ( ChapterEighty-nine), intituledAn Act to regulate Admission to the Lay Chairs in the Universities of Scotland.
IV University Courts to be constituted.
IV. From and after the Date or Dates at which this Act shall come into operation, as herein-after provided, there shall be constituted in each of the said Universities a University Court, which shall consist of the Members and possess and exercise the Powers herein-after enacted, and of which the Rector shall be the ordinary President, with a deliberative and a casting Vote.
V Powers of the Senatus Academicus and Principal.
V. The Senatus Academicus of each of the said Universities shall consist of the Principal or Principals and whole Professors in each University, and shall possess and exercise the Powers here-tofore belonging to a Senatus Academicus in so far as the same are not modified or altered by or in pursuance of the Provisions of this Act, and shall superintend and regulate the Teaching and Discipline of the University, and administer its Property and Revenues, subject to the Control and Review of the University Court, as herein-after provided; One Third of the Senatus shall be a Quorum; and the Principal, or the Senior Principal if more than One, shall be the ordinary President of the Senatus Academicus, with a deliberative and a casting Vote; and the Principal shall be bound to undertake and perform such Duties of teaching and lecturing as may be assigned to him by the Commissioners herein-after appointed during the Continuance of their Powers, and thereafter by the University Court.
VI General Councils of the Universities to be constituted.
VI. There shall be in each University a General Council consisting of the Chancellor, of the Members of the University Court, from and after their First Election, of the Professors, of all Masters of Arts of the University, of all Doctors of Medicine of the University who shall have, as Matriculated Students of the University, given regular Attendance on Classes in any of the Faculties in the University during Four complete Sessions, and also of all Persons who within Three Years from and after the passing of this Act shall establish to the Satisfaction of the Commissioners herein-after appointed that they have, as Matriculated Students, given regular Attendance on the Course of Study in the University for Four complete Sessions, or such regular Attendance for Three complete Sessions in the University, and regular Attendance for One such complete Session in any otherScottish University, the Attendance for at least Two of such Sessions having been on the Course of Study in the Faculty of Arts: Provided that no Person shall be a Member of the General Council until he has attained the Age of Twenty-one Years complete, and has his Name registered in a Book to be kept for the Purpose by each University, which shall be done on Payment of such annual Fee as shall be fixed by the said Commissioners; and provided also, that no Person shall be a Member of the General Council while he is a Student enrolled in any Class of the University; and the said General Council shall assemble twice every Year, on such Days as may be fixed by the Commissioners herein-after appointed, subject to Alteration thereafter from Time to Time by Resolution of the said Council, with the Approval of the University Court, at the Meetings of which Council the Chancellor, and in his Absence the Rector, whom failing, the Principal or Senior Principal, whom failing, the Senior Professor, shall preside, and shall have a deliberative and also a casting Vote: It shall be competent to such Council to take part in the Election of Office Bearers of the University in manner herein provided, and also to take into their Consideration all Questions affecting the Well-being and Prosperity of the University, and to make Representations from Time to Time on such Questions to the University Court, who shall consider the same, and return to the Council their Deliverance thereon.
VII General Council of the University of Aberdeen.
VII. The General Council of the University ofAberdeen shall consist of the Chancellors or Chancellor, of the Members of the University Court, of the Professors, and of all such Graduates and Students as is herein above provided in regard to the other Universities, whether they be Graduates and Students of the University and King's College or of Marischal College and University.
VIII St. Andrew's. —
VIII. The University Court of the University ofSaint Andrew's shall consist of the following Members; viz.,
1. A Rector to be elected by the Matriculated Students, voting in such Manneras shall be determined by the Commissioners herein-after appointed;
2. The Senior Principal:
3. An Assessor to be nominated by the Chancellor;
4. An Assessor to be nominated by the Rector;
5. An Assessor to be elected by the General Council;
6. An Assessor to be elected by the Senatus Academicus:
Four shall be a Quorum; and the Rector and the Assessor nominated by him shall continue in Office for Three Years, and the other Assessors shall continue in Office for Four Years; and no Principal or Professor of any University shall be eligible to the Office of Rector or Assessor, except in the Case of the Assessor to be elected by the Senatus Academicus.
IX Glasgow.
IX. The University Court of the University ofGlasgow shall consist of the following Members; viz.,
1. A Rector to be elected by the Matriculated Students, voting by Nationsas at present, subject to any Re-distribution of Nations or other Regulations to be made by the Commissioners;
2. The Principal;
3. The Dean of Faculties;
4. An...
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