where there shall be equality of votes, he shall have a casting voice. Whenever any of the Fellows or Scholars, Officers, Pupils, or Servants, shall offend against the rules of the Charter or Statutes of the College, or against the Master's lawful commands authorized thereby, or against the Statutes or Usages of the University, or against the Laws of Religion, Morality, or Decency, the Master shall punish such offender by admonition, or, in case the offence is repeated, by fine, exclusion from commons, rustication, loss of term, or expulsion; provided that no fine shall exceed the amount of one-tenth part of the yearly value of the places and offices of such offender in the College; and that no exclusion from commons shall be inflicted, which will extend to make any place or office ipso facto vacant for non-residence. And provided, that no offender shall be expelled, except for the third offence of the same kind within the space of one year, unless in the case of such heinous offences as come within the description of crimina majora in the Statutes of the University; for which offences the Master shall have power to expel in the first instance, and without any previous admonition; and provided, that every offender shall be heard in his own defence; and that no punishment of rustication, loss of term, or expulsion, shall be inflicted, except upon hearing in the presence of the Resident Members of the degree of Master of Arts, or other higher degree, and with the consent and approbation of one-third part of such mem

bers at the least; and that no party, in case of expulsion from the College, shall be deprived of his right of appeal to the Visitor.

The Professors and Fellows of the College for the time being shall be eligible to the Mastership, as well as those who have formerly been Professors and Fellows. When a vacancy shall happen in the Mastership, the same shall be made known within one month to the Electors appointed Page 19. by the Charter by the Vice-Master, or, in his absence, by the Senior Resident Member of the College; and, within two months from such vacancy, some or one of the Electors shall certify to the Vice-Master or such Senior Member, by an instrument in writing signed by the said Electors, or the major part of them, the name of the person whom they have elected Master. And in case the person elected shall decline to take the office, a similar election shall be made within one fortnight of the preceding; and in the same manner a third election shall be made, in the case of a second refusal; and so till some person elected accepts the office. And in case the Electors, or the major part of them, shall not agree in the election of a Master within the spaces of time hereby respec tively fixed for that purpose, then the appointment of the Master from among the persons qualified according to the Charter shall be vested in the Lord High Chancellor, as Visitor Charter, of the College on behalf of the Crown. Immediately after such election or appointment, the person so chosen, if he

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accepts the said office, shall take it upon himself in manner following. He shall, after notice thereof, without delay, Charter, present himself to the Vice-Chancellor of the University, and take the oath following upon the Holy Evangelists, in addition to the other necessary oaths; that is to say:

"I, A. B. do sincerely promise and swear, that I will "truly and faithfully execute the office of Master of Downing College, and discharge the duties thereof according to the best of my judgment and ability. So help me God." In case any Master shall misconduct himself in any part of his office, he shall be suspended or removed by the Charter, Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Masters of St. John's College and Clare Hall aforesaid, if they shall think fit, on complaint of three of the Members of the degree of Master of Arts, made and proved before them.

In case of the absence of the Master, or of his inability to act, he shall appoint one of the Professors or Resident Fellows, of the degree of Master of Arts or other higher degree, to be Vice-Master, and to act in all things for him, as his Deputy, during such absence or inability, with the same authority as the Master himself. And, in case of the inability or neglect of the Master to appoint a Vice-Master, and, during the vacancy of the Mastership, in case there shall be no ViceMaster at that time, then the Resident Member who was last Vice-Master, or in default of such person, then the Se

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Provided always, That the Master shall be resident in College during two-thirds of Michaelmas and Lent Terms, and the first half of Easter Term in every year, unless some one or more of the Professors or of the Lay-Fellows of the degree of Master of Arts or other higher degree, shall accept the appointment of Vice-Master, and reside in his stead during the before-mentioned parts of any one or two of the said Terms, in which case the Master shall not be required to reside more than the before-mentioned parts of the remaining two or one of the said Terms. And the Master shall have power to require each of the Professors to accept the appointment of Vice-Master, and to reside as such during the before-mentioned parts of any one of the said three Terms; and in case any Master or Professor shall make any wilful default in his residence hereby required, the place and office of such Master or Professor shall become ipso facto

vacant.

This regulation, as to the residence of the Master or ViceMaster, shall not be in force until the necessary buildings of the said College shall be erected, and the number of Fellows completed according to the Charter.

STATUTE IV.

OF THE PROFESSORS.

WITHIN one month after a vacancy shall happen in either Professorship, the Master, or in his absence the Vice-Master, or in default of the Vice-Master, the Senior Resident Member of the College, shall make it known to the Electors appointed by the Charter, and within two months from such vacancy, some or one of the Electors shall certify to the Master, Vice-Master, or Senior Resident Member, by an instrument in writing signed by the Electors, or the major part of them, the name of the person whom they have elected to the vacant Professorship. And in case the person so elected shall decline the office, the Electors shall proceed as is directed in the election of a Master in a similar case. And in case the Electors, or the major part of them, shall not agree in the election of a Professor within the spaces of time respectively fixed for that purpose, then the appointment of such Professor, from among persons qualified according to the Charter, shall remain with the Lord High Chancellor, as in the case of the Mastership.

And it is hereby declared, That no Master of this College shall be eligible to a Professorship; and if either Professor shall ever be elected to the other Professorship, he shall ipso facto vacate his former Professorship.

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