CHAPTER 230. An Act respecting the Federation of the University of Toronto and University College with other Universities and Colleges. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO: Name, s. 1. A Corporation, s. 2. Members of Corporation, s. 3. Subjects of instruction, s. 5 Affiliation of Colleges, ss. 8, 53 55. The Chancellor, s. 9. Election of, ss. 15-27. The Vice-Chancellor, s. 10. Election of members, ss. 15-27. Convocation, ss. 12-14. College continued, s. 68. Council of College, ss. 68, 70-75. President, professors, etc., s. 76. Students to be enrolled, s. 79. TRANSFER OF SUBJECTS ASSIGNED COMMENCEMENT OF ACT, s. 89. W HEREAS, it is desirable that the Universities and Colleges Preamble. of the Province of Ontario should be permitted to enter into such relations with the University of Toronto as would enable them to, avail themselves of the instruction given by the Faculty of the said University; Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: 1. The name of the University shall be "The University of Name of University. Toronto." 50 V. c. 43, s. 1. 2. (1) The University of Toronto shall continue to be a General body corporate, with power to hold any real property assigned powers. to it under the provisions of any former Act, or of this Act, and with such other powers and privileges as are conferred upon it by those portions of the charter remaining in force, which was granted in the eighth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, or by any former Act, but such powers shall be exercised in accordance with the provisions of this Act. VOL. II.-68 Corporation of the University, how composed. Governor to be (2) The Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor, and the Senate, and all officers, and all existing appointments, statutes, rules and regulations affecting such University, shall continue, subject to the provisions of this Act. 50 V. c. 43, s. 2. 3. The Corporation of the University of Toronto shall consist of the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, professors, and members of the Senate and of Convocation for the time being. 50 V. c. 43, s. 3. Lieutenant- 4. The Lieutenant-Governor shall be the Visitor of the University on behalf of the Crown, and his visitorial powers may be exercised by commission under the Great Seal, and the proceedings of any commission, having been first confirmed by the Lieutentant-Governor, shall be binding on the University and its members and on all persons whomsoever. 50 V. c. 43, s. 4. Teaching President, etc., ed by the Lieutenant Governor. 5.-(1) There shall be established in the University of Toronto a teaching faculty in the following subjects, viz.: Pure Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, Geology, Mineralogy, Chemistry (Pure and Applied), Zoology, Botany, Physiology, History, Ethnology and Comparative Philology, History of Philosophy, Logic and Metaphysics, Education, Spanish and Italian, Political Science, (including Political Economy, Jurisprudence, and Constitutional Law), Engineering, and such other Sciences, Arts, and branches of knowledge, including a teaching faculty in Medicine and in Law, as the Senate may from time to time determine, unless otherwise prohibited by this Act. (2) The president, professors, lecturers, teachers, officers and to be appoint- servants of the University shall be appointed by the LieutenantGovernor, after such examination, inquiry and report as he considers necessary, and shall hold office during his pleasure; but the president may, at any time, suspend any officer or servant, and in case of so doing shall report the same forthwith to the Visitor. Optional subjects. Lectures free except fees for lectures in medicine and (3) The curriculum in Arts of the University, shall include the subjects of Biblical Greek, Biblical Literature, Christian Ethics, Apologetics, the Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion and Church History, but any provision for examination and instruction in the same shall be left to the voluntary action of the federating universities and colleges, and provision shall be made by a system of options to prevent such subjects being made compulsory upon any candidate for a degree. (4) Any lectures of the University faculty shall, with the laboratory and exception of laboratory fees and the lectures in the faculty of Medicine and of Law, be free of charge to all students matriculated in the University who are enrolled in a federating university, or in University College or in a federating college, and who enter their names with the registrar of the University law. Faculty; but in the case of all other students the senate shall determine the fees which shall be charged for the several courses of lectures in the University. Law. (5) In case the faculties of medicine or law are established Faculties of the senate may from time to time, by statute, regulate the Medicine and instruction to be given, the fees to be paid for lectures, the duties of professors, the discipline of students, and all other matters pertaining to the establishment and management of such faculties. 50 V. c. 43, s. 5. confer degrees. 6. (1) Any university in the Province of Ontario that sus- Federating University pends its power to confer such degrees as it may be authorized must suspend to confer (excepting degrees in theology) shall be entitled to its power to be represented on the senate of the University of Toronto as hereinafter provided, and shall, during the term of the suspension of such power as aforesaid, be known as a federating university, with a right to all the privileges and franchises hereinafter mentioned. of such suspension. (2) When any university in Ontario has decided to suspend Proclamation its powers of conferring degrees as aforesaid, it shall notify the Provincial Secretary to that effect, and on the receipt of the notice the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, by proclamation, in the Ontario Gazette, declare such university to be federated with the University of Toronto, on and after such date as may be named in the proclamation, and thereupon the power to confer such degrees shall remain in abeyance until proclamation is made to the contrary effect in a similar way. confer degrees. (3) Any federating university, before resuming the power How to reof conferring degrees so suspended or held in abeyance shall, sume power to through its proper officer, notify the Provincial Secretary of its intention to do so, but such power shall not be exercised for three years after the date of such federation, nor until one year after notice is received as aforesaid, proclamation of which shall be made in the Ontario Gazette. 50 V. c. 43, s. 6. 7. The graduates and undergraduates in arts, science, and Status of law of any federating university, and such graduates and graduates, etc. undergraduates in medicine as have passed their examinations in the Province of Ontario shall, from and after the date of such federation, have and enjoy the same degrees, honours and status in the University of Toronto as they previously held in the federating university, and shall be entitled, subject to the provisions of this Act, to all the rights and privileges pertaining to such degrees and status, so long as such federation continues. 50 V. c. 43, s. 7. 8.-(1) A college affiliated with a federating university Affiliated shall be deemed to be affiliated with the University of Toronto, colleges generally. but such affiliated college, or any other college hereafter affiliated with the University of Toronto, shall not thereby Affiliated colleges in Toronto. Senate may remove from federation. Term of office, Vacancy in the office of Chancellor, how filled. Term of office. Vacancies to be filled up by the Senate. acquire the right of representation on the senate, unless so declared in a statute of the senate in that behalf. (2) All colleges in Toronto, which are in affiliation with the University of Toronto when this Act takes effect, not being schools of medicine, shall be considered federating colleges within the meaning of this Act, and any school of medicine in affiliation with the University of Toronto when this Act takes effect shall be deemed to be affiliated with the said University (3) The senate may by statute remove from federation with the University of Toronto any federating college which affiliates with or becomes an integral part of any other university, exercising university power other than that of conferring degrees in Theology. 50 V. c. 43, s. 8. CHANCELLOR. 9.—(1) The Chancellor of the said University shall be elected by the members of convocation, in the manner hereinafter mentioned, and shall hold office for three years, and until his successor is elected. (2) The ordinary triennial election of Chancellor shall take place on the first Wednesday in October in any year in which an election is required. (3) In case of vacancy in the office of Chancellor, by death, resignation, or any other cause, before the expiration of his term of office, then, at a special election, to be holden for that purpose (of which election notice shall be given in such manner as may be provided by statute of the senate), the members of convocation entitled to vote shall elect a Chancellor for the remainder of the term in which such death, resignation, or other avoidance may have happened. 50 V. c. 43, s. 9. VICE-CHANCELLOR. 10. (1) The Vice-Chancellor of the University shall be elected by the members of the senate from among themselves, and shall hold office for three years, and until his successor is appointed. (2) The ordinary triennial election of Vice-Chancellor shall take place at the first meeting of the senate, in any academic year, in which such election may be required, and the registrar shall, at least one month before the meeting, notify all the members of the senate that the election is to be held. (3) In case of vacancy in the office of Vice-Chancellor by death, resignation, or any other cause, before the expiration of his term of office, the members of the senate shall, at a meeting to be held by them for that purpose, as soon as conveniently may be, of which notice shall be given in such manner as may be provided by statute of the senate, elect one other of the said members of the senate to be Vice-Chancellor for the remainder of the term. 50 V. c. 43, s. 10. THE SENATE. 11. The senate of the University of Toronto shall be composed as follows: : 1. The Minister of Education, the Chancellor, the president Ex-officio of University College, the president or other head of each members. federating University or College, and all Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of the University of Toronto who held these offices before or who hold the same at the commencement of this Act, shall be ex-officio members of the senate; 2. The council of University College, the Law Society of Appointed Upper Canada, the governing body of every federating Univer- members. sity, or College, and of every college or school in this Province now affiliated or hereafter affiliated with the University of Toronto, subject to the provisions of section 8, may appoint one member, the council of the University may appoint three members, and the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint nine members of the senate. (a) One member of the council of University College shall be appointed triennially by the council of the 3. At the first and second elections held under this Act, the Elected graduates in Arts of the University of Toronto and of every members. federating university shall respectively be entitled to elect to the senate, as hereinafter provided, one representative for every one hundred graduates in Arts on the register of the University when this Act takes effect, (a fraction over the last one hundred, if exceeding fifty to count as a full hundred), the graduates in Medicine shall be entitled to elect four members and the graduates in Law two members, of the senate. Law. 4. At any election to the senate that takes place under this Graduates in Act, the graduates in Medicine of the University of Toronto Medicine and and of any federating university or universities shall vote as one body; and a similar rule shall apply to the graduates in Law. 5. For a period of six years after the federation of any Certain graduuniversity, the graduates in Arts of the federating university ates to vote and of the University of Toronto, shall vote in all elections to body for six as a separate years. |