8. The course shall take eight years, and shall comprise three in arts and four in theology; and no collegiate may be more than seven years in the said college and one year as a lodger, unless elected as a conciliar the last year, after which he shall then be a lodger. Those studying grammar shall remain nine years. 9. When there is a sufficient number who wish to be given a fellowship, a competitive examination shall be held. 10. Until there are those who can compete for the fellowships, they shall be appointed after taking an examination given by the three fathers named by the rector. 11. All collegiates must take an oath of mutual defense in and out of the college, and must defend the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin. 12. The collegiates must be given sufficient food, and on certain feast days, viz., of Sts. Philip and James, St. Sebastian, and the day of the Immaculate Conception, something extra. 13. The hours shall correspond to those of the university of San José. 14. The collegiates shall confess and take communion at least five times per year, viz., on the three feasts of Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost, and the days of Sts. Sebastian and Philip, under penalty of a fortnight's seclusion every time they fail to observe it, and loss of their college portion for that time. 15. The students of San José shall be preferred to all others in competition for fellowships. 16. These shall be defended every Saturday when no legal obstacle presents itself. 17. All the collegiates shall be obliged to attend vespers and mass in the royal chapel on St. Sebastian's day, and on the feast of the most holy sacrament held at the same place, and they shall have to take part in the procession of the latter day as well as on the day of Sts. Philip and James (May 2). 18. Gambling with cards, dice, or in other manner is forbidden, the penalties being for the first time, seclusion for a fortnight and deprivation of the college portion for that time; for the second, that penalty doubled, and for the third, dismissal from the college. 19. The college shall be locked after the evening prayer, after time has been allowed for the collegiates to arrive from the farthest part of the city. The third time that any collegiate is late, he shall be dismissed from the college. No collegiate may go into the city without his gown and beca. 20. The library shall be open two hours in the morning and two in the afternoon, but no book shall be taken from it, "under penalty that the collegiate so doing, shall not enter the library for six months, and shall pay the college for the book, unless he return it. The librarian or attendant shall be the senior collegiate, and he shall be present in the said library one hour in the morning and one in the afternoon."