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Time and manner of convening college of physicians and holding elections.
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[XV.(a
)] And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the day immediately preceding the day of holding the election of the said King's professor or professors, and in case the day so preceding shall happen on a Sunday or Christmas-day, then on the day preceding such Sunday or Christmas-day, the president, or in his absence, the vice-president and fellows of the King and Queen's college of physicians, shall, for ever hereafter, be convened by the said president, or in his absence by the vice-president, at such hour and place as shall be appointed by said president or vice-president, and shall elect, by ballot, out of themselves, three persons, and the said three persons so elected, together with the provost of Trinity College, Dublin, or in his absence, the vice-provost, and the professor of physic in the said university, all for the time being, shall be the electors into the King's professorship or professorships at that time vacant, and in like manner, for ever hereafter, three persons shall be elected as aforesaid, from time to time, who with the said provost, or in his absence the said vice-provost, and the professor of physic in the said university of Dublin, shall for ever after be electors of the said King's professors, and if there shall be an equality of voices among the said electors, the senior doctor of physic, if in case of the absence of any one of such electors, among the said three persons so elected as aforesaid, shall have the casting voice; which said King's professors shall be elected after such previous examination as the said electors or the majority of them shall require.
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