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CAP. XII.

An ACT for encouraging and extending Literature in this Province.

Passed the 5th of March, 1805.

Preamble.

WHEREAS the Education of Youth is of the utmost importance in Society, and public attention to that object has by experience been found to be attended with the most beneficial effects;

Grammar School established at Saint John.

I. Be it therefore enacted by the President, Council, and Assembly, That a Public Grammar School be and the same is hereby established in the City of Saint John.

Corporation appointed.

Rector of Trinity Church to be President.
Name.

May hold real estate not exceeding £1000 per annum.

II. And be it further enacted, That the Rector of Trinity Church in the said City for the time being, the Mayor of the said City for the time being, and the Recorder of the said City for the time being, together with the Honorable George Leonard, Esquire, Jonathan Bliss, William Pagan, John Robinson, John Black, and Thomas Wetmore, Esquires, Inhabitants of the said City, be and they are hereby appointed Trustees and Directors of the said School, and the said Rector of Trinity Church always to be President of the Board: And that the said President and Directors shall be and they are hereby incorporated by the name of The President and Directors of the Public Grammar School in the City of Saint John, and shall by that name have perpetual succession and be enabled to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, and to receive, take and hold gifts and grants of Lands and real Estate (the annual income of which shall not exceed One thousand Pounds) and to accept and receive donations for the erection of a Building for and the endowment of the said School.

Board for dispatch of Business.

Bye Laws.

III. And be it further enacted, That the President and Directors of the said Grammar School and their successors, or the major part of them when duly summoned and assembled, shall form a Board for dispatch of business, and such Board of Directors or the major part of them so assembled, are hereby empowered to point out and procure a proper place whereon to erect the Building for the said School, to contract for and superintend the Building thereof, to provide a Master and one or more Ushers or Tutors, as they shall judge expedient, and from time to time make and establish Bye Laws, Ordinances and Regulations, for the government of the said School, and to enforce obedience to the same by fines and expulsions, or other public censures, as they may judge proper.

In the absence of the Rector Mayor of the City to act as President,

or the Recorder in their absence.

IV. And be it further enacted, That during any vacancy or absence of the Rector of the said Church, the Mayor of the said City shall act as President, and it shall be the duty of the President at all times to summon a Board of Directors whenever the same shall be requested by three or more of the said Directors, and in case of sickness or absence of the said Rector, the Board may be summoned by the said Mayor, and in case of the inability or absence of both the said Board may be summoned by the said Recorder.

Vacancies in Boards of Directors how filled.

V. And be it further enacted, That in case of the death or removal from the said City of any of the said Directors not being permanent by office, the remaining Directors at a Board for that purpose, to be summoned within Three Months after, shall elect another fit person being an Inhabitant of the said City for his successor, who being approved of by the Commander in Chief of the said Province for the time being, shall be one of the Directors of the said School, and every other vacancy shall be filled from time to time in like manner.

VI. [Repealed by 5 W. 4, C. 30, which provides for public examinations.]

Free Scholars.

VII. And be it further enacted, That whenever the said President and Directors shall think proper they may admit any number not exceeding Eight to be free Scholars of the said Grammar School, without any charge for their tuition.

£100 per annum granted for the support of a master,
and the sum of £100 towards procuring a building.
Board to be accountable to the Legislature.
£100 per annum to cease when the Funds of the School amount to £600 per annum.

VIII. And be it further enacted, That One hundred Pounds annually be included in the Estimate for the ordinary expences of the Province, and granted to the said President and Directors of the said Public Grammar School, to be applied by them for or towards the support of the Master thereof, and that the sum of One hundred Pounds be granted to the said President and Directors, for the purpose of assisting them to purchase or erect a Building for the said School; and that they the said President and Directors shall be accountable from time to time to the Legislature of the Province for their conduct and management of the property so vested and to be vested in them by virtue and in pursuance of this Act, Provided always, That as soon as the annual sum of said Grammar School, in whatever manner the same may arise, shall amount to Six hundred Pounds, then and in such case the annual sum of One hundred Pounds hereby granted shall cease.

[Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, were limited to six years, and afterwards were continued by 50 G. 3, C. 33, to 5th March, 1816, and then expired.]

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C. 12. Anno XLV. Geo. III. A. D. 1805.

Index

Preamble.		WHEREAS the Education of Youth is of the utmost importance in Society, and public attention to that object has by experience been found to be attended with the most beneficial effects;
Grammar School established at Saint John.		I. Be it therefore enacted by the President, Council, and Assembly, That a Public Grammar School be and the same is hereby established in the City of Saint John.
Corporation appointed. Rector of Trinity Church to be President. Name. May hold real estate not exceeding £1000 per annum.		II. And be it further enacted, That the Rector of Trinity Church in the said City for the time being, the Mayor of the said City for the time being, and the Recorder of the said City for the time being, together with the Honorable George Leonard, Esquire, Jonathan Bliss, William Pagan, John Robinson, John Black, and Thomas Wetmore, Esquires, Inhabitants of the said City, be and they are hereby appointed Trustees and Directors of the said School, and the said Rector of Trinity Church always to be President of the Board: And that the said President and Directors shall be and they are hereby incorporated by the name of The President and Directors of the Public Grammar School in the City of Saint John, and shall by that name have perpetual succession and be enabled to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, and to receive, take and hold gifts and grants of Lands and real Estate (the annual income of which shall not exceed One thousand Pounds) and to accept and receive donations for the erection of a Building for and the endowment of the said School.
Board for dispatch of Business. Bye Laws.		III. And be it further enacted, That the President and Directors of the said Grammar School and their successors, or the major part of them when duly summoned and assembled, shall form a Board for dispatch of business, and such Board of Directors or the major part of them so assembled, are hereby empowered to point out and procure a proper place whereon to erect the Building for the said School, to contract for and superintend the Building thereof, to provide a Master and one or more Ushers or Tutors, as they shall judge expedient, and from time to time make and establish Bye Laws, Ordinances and Regulations, for the government of the said School, and to enforce obedience to the same by fines and expulsions, or other public censures, as they may judge proper.
In the absence of the Rector Mayor of the City to act as President, or the Recorder in their absence.		IV. And be it further enacted, That during any vacancy or absence of the Rector of the said Church, the Mayor of the said City shall act as President, and it shall be the duty of the President at all times to summon a Board of Directors whenever the same shall be requested by three or more of the said Directors, and in case of sickness or absence of the said Rector, the Board may be summoned by the said Mayor, and in case of the inability or absence of both the said Board may be summoned by the said Recorder.
Vacancies in Boards of Directors how filled.		V. And be it further enacted, That in case of the death or removal from the said City of any of the said Directors not being permanent by office, the remaining Directors at a Board for that purpose, to be summoned within Three Months after, shall elect another fit person being an Inhabitant of the said City for his successor, who being approved of by the Commander in Chief of the said Province for the time being, shall be one of the Directors of the said School, and every other vacancy shall be filled from time to time in like manner.
		VI. [Repealed by 5 W. 4, C. 30, which provides for public examinations.]
Free Scholars.		VII. And be it further enacted, That whenever the said President and Directors shall think proper they may admit any number not exceeding Eight to be free Scholars of the said Grammar School, without any charge for their tuition.
£100 per annum granted for the support of a master, and the sum of £100 towards procuring a building. Board to be accountable to the Legislature. £100 per annum to cease when the Funds of the School amount to £600 per annum.		VIII. And be it further enacted, That One hundred Pounds annually be included in the Estimate for the ordinary expences of the Province, and granted to the said President and Directors of the said Public Grammar School, to be applied by them for or towards the support of the Master thereof, and that the sum of One hundred Pounds be granted to the said President and Directors, for the purpose of assisting them to purchase or erect a Building for the said School; and that they the said President and Directors shall be accountable from time to time to the Legislature of the Province for their conduct and management of the property so vested and to be vested in them by virtue and in pursuance of this Act, Provided always, That as soon as the annual sum of said Grammar School, in whatever manner the same may arise, shall amount to Six hundred Pounds, then and in such case the annual sum of One hundred Pounds hereby granted shall cease.
		[Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, were limited to six years, and afterwards were continued by 50 G. 3, C. 33, to 5th March, 1816, and then expired.]