sums of money authorized in and by the said former Act to be borrowed by the said University. and re in former 3. And be it further enacted, that the clauses in the said For appointing former Act relating to the original appointment of Commis- Commissioners for carrying the same into execution shall be, and sioners, the same are hereby repealed; and that, from and after the pealing passing of this Act, the following Magistrates and Officers Provision for the time being of the University of Cambridge, and of Act relatthe Colleges and Halls therein, (to wit), the Chancellor, High ing thereto. Steward, Representatives in Parliament, the Vice-Chancellor or his Deputy, all the Heads or Masters of Colleges or Halls, or in their absence their respective Deputies or Locum Tenentes, and the Commissary, or in his absence his Deputy, also two persons for Trinity College, two persons for Saint John's College, and one person for each of the remaining Colleges and Halls in the said University, being Fellows or Masters of Arts or of the Degree hereinafter mentioned, and also the following Magistrates and persons of the Corporation of Cambridge, (to wit), the High Steward, Recorder, or his Deputy, Representatives in Parliament, and the Mayor, or his Deputy, and the Aldermen, for the time being, together with [here follow the names of several persons], shall be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for putting this and the said former Act into execution. sioners to 4. And be it further enacted, that it shall and may be Commislawful to and for the Head or Master of each College and be elected Hall within the said University, except the said Colleges of from each College. Trinity and Saint John, and the Masters of Arts and persons of superior Academical Degree resident for the time being within such College and Hall, and on the Foundation thereof, to meet together in the usual place for transacting the College business in the respective Colleges and Halls, between the hours of nine and twelve in the forenoon of the second Monday after the passing of this Act, or as soon after as conveniently may be, and the major part of such persons then resident and there assembled shall and may proceed to elect one of the Fellows or Masters of Arts or persons of superior Degree on the Foundation of such their respective College or Hall to be a Commissioner for such respective College or Hall; and the Head or Master, Masters of Arts, and Commis sioners so may act without proving any other Qualification. persons of superior Academical Degree, resident for the time being within the said Colleges of Trinity and Saint John, and on the Foundation thereof, are hereby empowered to proceed in the same manner to the election of two persons of the like Degree as above-mentioned to be Commissioners for each of their respective Colleges; and in case of an equality of votes in the election of a Commissioner or Commissioners for any such College or Hall respectively, the Head or Master, or in his absence his Deputy, or in their absence the senior Fellow present of such College or Hall, shall have the casting voice; and such person or persons so elected shall and may continue to act and be a Commissioner or Commissioners for putting into execution the powers in this or the said former Act contained, during the time he or they shall actually remain a Fellow or Fellows of such College or Hall or on the Foundation thereof: provided, that when and as often as any of the said Commissioners, to be chosen by their respective Colleges or Halls as aforesaid, shall happen to die, resign, or refuse to act, or his Fellowship or other place on the Foundation shall become vacant, it shall and may be lawful, within one month after such disqualification, death, resignation, refusal, or vacancy, for the several voters in the College or Hall of which such Commissioner was a Member to proceed to elect another Commissioner in manner above-mentioned, and so toties quoties, as occasion shall be or require. 5. Provided always, and be it further enacted, that all appointed persons who have been or shall be named or appointed by any College or Hall, and all Members of the said University appointed Commissioners in or by virtue of the said former Act, or to be hereafter appointed as above-mentioned, shall be, to all intents and purposes, Commissioners for putting the said former Act and this Act in execution, in all respects, without proving any other qualification, or taking any oath in respect thereto; any thing in the said former Act or this Act or in any other Law or Statute to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. [Sections 6-19 contain various provisions for the annual election of two Commissioners for each Parish, for making a further Rate of three pence in the pound annually on all rateable property, for increasing the Tolls, for paying the land tax and poor rates for buildings taken down, for selling surplus land, for stopping private drains, if necessary.] Clause for 20. And be it further enacted, that, from and after the New passing of this Act, the clause contained in the said former sweeping Act, directing the footpaths of the said Town to be swept Footways. and cleansed, and every part thereof, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be repealed; and that from thenceforth all and every inhabitant and inhabitants of the Town of Cambridge, and the Master of every College within the University, shall cause to be swept and cleansed the whole of the footway, including the kirb stone, before their respective houses, buildings, walls, Colleges, and Halls, every day (except Saturday and Sunday) between the hours of six and ten in the forenoon, and between the hours of three in the afternoon of every Saturday and nine in the morning of every Sunday in the year; and the Vice-Chancellor for the time being shall cause the footpath before the Senate House and Senate House Walk, and the Churchwardens of every parish in Cambridge for the time being the footpath before the walls of their respective parish churches and church yards, to be swept and cleansed in like manner, and at the days and times above specified; and in case of neglect in the premises such inhabitant or inhabitants, Masters of Colleges and Halls, Vice-Chancellor, and Churchwardens shall respectively forfeit and pay for every such neglect the sum of five shillings, to be recovered by distress and sale of goods, and applied in such manner as is directed for the recovery and application of penalties and forfeitures by the said former Act; and in case any person or persons shall give information to any Justice of the Peace in and for the said Town of any of the said footpaths being dirty and unswept, (which information the said Justice may take without oath,) such Justice shall and may summon the person or persons who ought, by virtue of this Act, to cause the footpath complained of to be swept; and such person or persons shall prove, to the satisfaction of the said Justice, that the directions of the Act have been complied with by him, her, or them, or otherwise shall be liable to pay the said penalty. 21. And, whereas some of the penalties laid by the said Further Penalty on breaking former Act upon persons wilfully breaking or damaging Lamps. lamps have not proved sufficient to prevent such offences, be it further enacted, that, from and after the passing of this Act, if any person or persons shall wilfully break, throw down, or otherwise damage any of the lamps erected by virtue of the said Act, or any of the posts, iron, or other furniture thereof, or shall extinguish any of the said lamps, every such offender shall forfeit and pay any sum or sums of money not exceeding the sum of five pounds nor less than forty shillings for each lamp so broken or thrown down, damaged, or extinguished as aforesaid; the amount of such sum or sums to be fixed and adjudged by the Justice of Peace before whom such offender shall be convicted of the said offence, any thing in the said former Act as to the first or second offence to the contrary notwithstanding; and the same methods shall be pursued for enquiring into, recovering, and levying the said penalties, and otherwise punishing the offenders, as are respectively prescribed by the said former Act with respect to the like offences committed by persons matriculated or being Members of the said University, or by any other person or persons: one moiety of the penalty so adjudged to be paid by such offender and offenders shall, upon the conviction of him, her, or them, be paid to the informer or informers upon whose oath such offender or offenders shall be convicted, and the other moiety of the penalty to the Treasurer or Treasurers of the said Commissioners for the purposes of this and the said former Act. Purchase to be placed name of the Master [Sections 22-24 contain provisions respecting sundry nuisances.] 25. And whereas power is given in and by the said former Act to and for any body corporate or collegiate, aggregate or sole, to alienate and sell for ever any tenements or herediout in the taments, and the scite thereof, with their appurtenances, standing or being within the University and Town of Camof the Col- bridge; and it is provided that all and every sum and sums lege as well of money to be paid to any body corporate or collegiate, three Royal aggregate or sole, (except the Corporation of Cambridge,) for the purchase of such houses, tenements, or hereditaments, should be lodged in any of the publick funds in the names of the three Royal Professors of Divinity, Law, and Physick as of the Professors. for the time being within the said University, for the use of the said body corporate or collegiate, aggregate or sole; and whereas the blending of money belonging to different Colleges in one account in the publick funds has been found inconvenient, and, in order to keep the property of the several Colleges of the said University distinct, it is thought expedient to add the name of the Master of the College so alienating and selling as aforesaid to the said three Royal Professors be it therefore enacted, that, from and after the passing of this Act, all and every sum and sums of money heretofore paid or hereafter to be paid as aforesaid to any body corporate or collegiate, aggregate or sole, in or belonging to the said University of Cambridge, for the purchase of any houses, tenements, or hereditaments by them or either of them heretofore or hereafter to be alienated and sold, vested or to be vested in the publick funds, shall be transferred into placed out and stand in the name of the Master of the College so alienating and selling for the time being, as well as of the said three Royal Professors, in trust and to be applied to such uses, intents, and purposes as in the said former Act are mentioned and directed of and concerning the same. [Sections 26-29 relate to compulsory purchase of property by the Commissioners; and section 30 to appeals from rates or penalties.] 35 GEO. III, Cap. LXXVII. An Act for improving the Drainage of the Middle and South Levels. ...; and for altering and improving the Navigation of the said River Ouze .; and for improving and preserving the Navigation of the several rivers communicating with the said river Ouze. [By section 3 "the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge for the time being" and "the Conservators of the river Cam for the time being," together with many other persons, are appointed Commissioners for Navigation."] See 14 & 15 Vict. c. xcii. |