§ (The Marquess of Salisbury.)
§ (NOS. 16, 45, 51, 68.) THIRD READING.
§ Bill read 3a (according to Order).
§ THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURYmoved, in Clause 2 (Interpretation), after line 19, to insert ("Hall") shall mean one of the following Halls—i.e.:—St. Mary's Hall, St. Edmund's Hall, St. Alban's Hall, and New Inn Hall.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ In Clause 23 (Communication of proposed statutes for University, &c. to Hebdomadal Council, &c), after ("least") insert ("exclusion of any University vacation.")
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Clause 45 (Power for Colleges to alter statutes, &c.) at end of clause add as new paragraph—
But where a statute of the Commissioners for a College affects the University, the same shall not be subject to alteration under this section, except with the consent of the University,
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New clause, to follow Clause 46, relating to the government of Colleges. The noble Marquess said this clause was, he thought, a reasonable compromise upon a proposal made by a noble Earl not now in his place (the Earl of Camperdown), limiting the votes of Fellows not holding office—
If at any time in a College the number of Fellows, other than Fellows holding an office in the College or in the University, exceeds one-third of the whole number of votes, the junior of the Fellows not so holding office shall not be entitled to vote in the government of the College until the number of those Fellows is reduced to one-third, and so from time to time.
THE EARL OF AIRLIEbegged to thank the noble Marquess for meeting the suggestion which had been made by the noble Earl (the Earl of Camperdown), who had taken much interest in this part of the Bill. Perhaps, before the Bill passed its final stage in this House he might be allowed to say that he thought the noble Marquess had met in a very fair spirit the suggestions which had been made on his (the Earl of Airlie's) side of the House; and though the measure might not be all that they wanted, the noble Marquess had by his alterations improved it very much indeed, and had done a great deal to remove the suspicions—perhaps the somewhat exaggerated suspicions—with which some persons might have regarded the Bill when first introduced.
§ THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURYsaid, he was glad to be freed from the suspicions which had been expressed when the Bill was first introduced, that it had some propagandist or theological bearings. He had hoped that theological grounds would be banished altogether from the discussion of the Bill. Certainly there had been no wish on his part to further in this Bill the objects which had been attributed to him, and he was very glad that these doubts were no longer entertained.
§ Bill passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ House adjourned at half-past Six o'clock, to Monday next Eleven o'clock