beneficial sense for the best advantage of the said Governors,
Principal, and Fellows, and Scholars of the said College of
Montreal aforesaid, as well in all Our Courts of Record, as
elsewhere, and by all and singular Judges, Justices, Officers,
Ministers, and other subjects whatsoever, of Us, Our Heirs and
Successors, any misrecital, non-recital, omission, imperfection,
defect, matter, cause, or thing whatsoever, to the contrary
thereof, in anywise notwithstanding, without fine or fee, great or
small, to be for the same in any manner rendered, done, or paid to
Us in Our hanaper, or elsewhere, to Our use. In witness whereof we
have caused these our letters to be made Patent. Witness Ourself at
Westminster, the thirty-first day of March, in the second year of
Our Reign. (1821.)
"By Writ of Privy Seal,
"(Signed) BATHURST."
And whereas it is deemed expedient for the interests of the said
College, and for the augmentation of its funds, and for the better and
more easy management of its affairs and the government of the said
College, to make certain alterations in the provisions of the said
hereinbefore recited and existing Letters Patent, which said alterations
are and have been assented to by the said Royal Institution for the
Advancement of Learning and by the said Corporation of the said
College:
Now Know Ye, that We, of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge and mere
motion, have willed, ordained and granted, and by these presents do, for
Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, will, ordain and grant that henceforth
from the date hereof, the members of the Royal Institution aforesaid for
the time being shall be and remain Governors of the said College, and
shall have and exercise all and every the powers, authority and
jurisdiction given and granted unto the Governors nominated and
appointed in and by the said Letters Patent, save only in so far as the
provisions of the said Letters Patent in that behalf are or may be by
these presents altered; and shall also have and exercise all and every
the powers, authority and jurisdiction given and granted under and by
virtue of these presents;
And We do further by these presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors,
will and ordain, that henceforth from the date hereof, the Governor of
Lower Canada, the Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada, the
Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, the Bishop of Quebec, the Chief
Justice of Montreal, the Chief Justice of Upper Canada, and the
Principal of the said College, shall not, nor shall any or either of
them, as such Governor of Lower Canada, Lieutenant-Governor of Lower
Canada, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, Bishop of Quebec, Chief
Justice of Montreal, Chief Justice of Upper Canada, and Principal of the
said College, be Governor of the said College, or use or exercise any
power, authority or jurisdiction in or over the same in any manner or
way whatsoever.