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And whereas it is provided by the Charter, That the Professors shall read such Lectures or Courses of Lec-` tures in their several departments, as the Electors to the Professorships for the time being, or the major part of them, shall from time to time order, direct, and appoint: Now it is hereby ordered, until further regulation in that behalf, with the consent and by the authority of the said Electors, attested by their signatures annexed to these Statutes, That each of the Professors shall, after the commencement of any payments in respect of their salaries, in every year read one Course of twenty-four Lectures at the least, of one hour each in length, on twenty-four different days in Lent, Easter, or Michaelmas Terms, in the Faculty of which he is a Professor, on the usual terms on which public Lectures are given in the University, and in addition to any Lectures which he may be obliged to give, in respect of any other appointment in the University. And in case any Professor shall wilfully make default in any one year (without unavoidable impediment, whereof the proof shall be on himself), he shall forfeit for the first omission one-half of the stipend of his Professorship; for the second two-thirds of the same stipend; and for the third shall be liable, on complaint made by any member of the College to the Electors aforesaid, to be deprived Charter, of his place and office, and shall not be competent to be elected into the same or the other Professorship at any future

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time. The Professorships shall also be vacated by election to the Mastership or to a Fellowship.

Each of the Professors shall, after the erection of the necessary buildings and the completion of the number of Fellows according to the Charter (whether he be ViceMaster or not), be resident in College during two-thirds of Michaelmas Term or Lent Term, or the first half of Easter Term in each year, as shall be required by the Master, over and above such residence as may be necessary for reading the Lectures hereby appointed.

Every person elected to a Professorship, who shall accept the office, shall immediately take it upon himself in manner following: He shall, after notice thereof, without delay present himself to the Master, or in his absence to the ViceChancellor of the University, and shall take the oath following upon the Holy Evangelists, in addition to the other necessary oaths; that is to say:

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I, A. B. do sincerely promise and swear, that I will well "and faithfully execute the office of Professor of (Law or Physic) in Downing College, according to the best of my "judgment and ability. So help me God."

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Which oath shall be administered by the Master or ViceChancellor.

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STATUTE V.

OF THE FELLOWS.

THERE shall be an annual election of Fellows on the twenty-first day of February, unless that day falls on a Sunday or on Ash Wednesday, in which case the day of election shall be on the twenty-second.

The Candidates shall be qualified as directed by the Charter, but no person shall be eligible to a Lay Fellowship who is above the age of twenty-four years, nor to a Clerical Fellowship who is above the age of thirty, or under the age of twenty-three. Each Candidate, before he is admitted to be examined, shall produce a Certificate of his degree, as required by the Charter, and a Testimonial of his good moral character, signed by the Master or Tutor of his College, and shall specify whether he is a Candidate for a Lay or Clerical Fellowship, and shall make a declaration in writing that he is a member of the Church of England. As in the election of Scholars, so in that of Fellows, among Candidates qualified according to the Charter and these Statutes, no preference shall be given in respect of their College, place of birth, or education, but the election shall be entirely decided by the examination. And in order further to secure the freedom and impartiality of elections, it is hereby declared, that there shall at no time be eight Fellows

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of this College born in the same county; and that any election contrary to this provision shall be null and void. The Electors shall be such as are directed by the Charter; provided that no Elector shall be entitled to vote, who has not been present at and taken part in the examination. Notice of the election and days of examination, together with the specification of the Fellowships vacant, whether Clerical or Lay, shall be given in the same manner as is directed in the Statute respecting Scholarships; such days of examination being any three which the Master shall appoint, out of the seven days next preceding the nineteenth day of February. The Electors also shall make the same declaration in respect to the examination for Fellowships, as is required by the Statute respecting Scholarships, and the vote of any Elector omitting the same shall in like manner be null and void. The examination shall be on all subjects of academical learning, without preference to any branch of science or literature above others studied in the University at the time; and conducted in like manner as the examination for Scholarships, with the like powers of re-examining any number of the Candidates previous to the day of election; on which day the Electors shall meet in the Chapel, and elect by a majority of votes according to the performance of the Candidates at the examination. And the Master, or in his absence the Vice-Master, or in default of the Vice-Master the

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Senior Member, shall have, in case of equality, the casting

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Every person so elected shall immediately take upon himself the office of Fellow, by taking upon the Holy Evangelists, in addition to other necessary oaths, in the presence of the said Electors so assembled in the Chapel, the oath following; that is to say:

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❝I, A. B. do sincerely promise and swear, that I will well "and faithfully execute the office of Fellow of Downing College, according to the best of my judgment and ability. So help me God."

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Which oath the Master shall administer. But in case the Master shall be absent from the election, then such Fellow Elect shall, as soon as he conveniently can, proceed to the Vice-Chancellorof the University, and take the like oath bePage 28. fore him, according to the provision of the Charter.

Every Fellowship shall commence from the audit day next preceding the day of election, as far as relates to the receipt, of stipend or other annual payment, and to the duration and forfeiture of the Fellowship, according to the Charter and Statutes, and for other purpose every whatsoever; and the terms of years fixed by the Charter for the duration and forfeiture of the Lay Fellowships, shall be calculated respectively; from one annual audit day to another; and in the construction of the Clause in the Charter relating to such duration and forfeiture, and for all other purposes relating to Fel

lowships,

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