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12. The first election of Fellows by the Council of each College shall take place at the first meeting of such Council, and all elections rendered necessary by the retirement of Eellows on the thirty-first day of December in each year shall take place on some day in the month of November immediately preceding. The first appointments of Eellows by the Governor in Council shall be made as soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act, and all appointments rendered necessary by the retirement of Eellows on the thirty-first day of December in each year shall be made in the said month of December. Eellows may be re-elected or reappointed in anticipation of their retirement. 13. The Senate shall have the entire management of and the superintendence over the affairs, concerns, and property of the University ; and in all cases unprovided for in this Act it shall be lawful for the Senate to act in such manner as shall appear best calculated to promote the purposes intended by the University. The said Senate shall have power to make and alter any statutes and regulations touching the examination for degrees and the granting of the same, the keeping of terms, the mode and time of convening the meetings of the Senate, and in general all other matters Avhatsoever regarding the University not otherwise especially provided for by this Act. All such statutes and regulations, when approved and sanctioned by the Governor in Council, shall be reduced into writing, and, the common seal of the University having been affixed thereto, shall be binding upon all members thereof and all candidates for degrees to be conferred by the same: Provided always that it shall not be lawful for the said Senate to impose on any person any compulsory religious examination or test. The production of a copy of any such statutes and regulations under the said seal shall be sufficient evidence of the authenticity of the same in all Courts of justice. 14. All questions which shall come before the Senate shall be decided by the majority of the members present, and the Chairman at ' any such meeting shall have a vote, and in case of equality of votes a second or casting vote. No question shall be decided at any meeting unless seven members shall be present at the time of such decision. At every meeting of the Senate the Chancellor, or in his absence the Vice-Chancellor, shall preside as Chairman, or, in the absence of both, a Chairman shall be chosen by the members present or the major part of them. 15. The Senate shall have full power from time to time to appoint, and as they shall see occasion to remove, all Examiners, officers, and servants of the said University : Provided that such power may be delegated to the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor by resolution of the Senate subject to or without restriction, and such delegation may in like manner be revoked. 16. The seal of the University shall be intrusted to the Chan- ' cellor, and shall not be affixed to any document except by order of the ' Senate. 17. The Senate shall meet at least once in every year in the ■ University College Buildings in the City of Dunedin, at such time as shall be determined by the Senate at its last meeting, and any member who shall be absent from all the meetings of the Senate for a whole year shall cease to be a member of the Senate. The Governor in Council shall determine the time for the first meeting of the Senate as soon as conveniently may be after the election of Eellows by the Councils of the University Colleges. 18. Once at least in every year the Senate shall cause to be held an examination of candidates for degrees ; and on every such examina- ' tion the candidates shall be examined by Examiners appointed for

Time of appointment

Senate to We conuniversit"™ °f

Power to make and alter BtatuteB>&e-

Regulations to be reduced t0 writing-

No religious test.

Proof of regulations

Proceedings of Senate-

Senate to have power m O vePExa\n?nt™,"&c.

Chancellor to be custodian of seal.

Meetings of Senate.

KrBt meeti°s-

Examinations for degrees.