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SCHOOL OF PHYSIC (IRELAND) AMENDMENT ACT 1867
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CHAPTER IX.
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An Act to open the Professorships of Anatomy and Chirurgery, Chemistry and Botany, in the University of Dublin, to all Persons irrespective of their religious Creed; and to amend the Act 40 Geo. 3. (Ireland), Chapter Eighty-four.[1]
[5th April 1867.]
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[Preamble recites 40 Geo. 3. (I.) c. 84.]
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Removal of disabilities in respect of certain professorships in Dublin University.
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1. The professorships of anatomy and chirurgery, chemistry and botany, in the University of Dublin, shall be open to persons of all nations, and candidates for the said professorships or for the professorships on the foundation of Sir Patrick Dun shall not be subject to any disability on account of religion, or want of medical degree from any University.
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Election of King’s professors.
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2. The King’s professors shall be elected by the president and fellows of the King’s and Queen’s College of Physicians.
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Clinical lectures.
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3. . . . the clinical lectures required by the said Act of the fortieth year of King George the Third shall be delivered by the professor of surgery in Trinity College, and the University anatomist; and the said professor of surgery and University anatomist shall be respectively entitled to the fees payable heretofore to the said University professors of chemistry and botany: . . .
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Clinical lecturers in place of professors, &c. neglecting to deliver lectures.
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4. In case any of the King’s professors or University professors, or the University anatomist, shall neglect to attend the said hospital, or deliver clinical lectures, as required by the said Act, it shall be lawful for the president and fellows of the King and Queen’s College of Physicians, in the case of the King’s professors, and for the provost (or in his absence the vice provost) and senior fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, in the case of the University professors and University anatomist, to dispense with his delivering such lectures; and in such case it shall be lawful for the said president and fellows of the said King and Queen’s College of Physicians, and for the provost (or in his absence the vice provost) and senior fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, respectively, to appoint a physician or surgeon to attend the said hospital and deliver the clinical lectures in the place of such professor so neglecting to lecture; and the physician or surgeon so appointed shall be entitled to receive and be paid the fees to which the professor so neglecting to attend the said hospital and deliver such lectures would have been entitled.
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Regulations respecting lectures.
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5. . . . it shall be lawful for the president and fellows of the King and Queen’s College of Physicians, in the case of the King’s professors, and for the provost (or in his absence the vice provost) and senior fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, in the case of the University professors, each college with the assent of the other, to make regulations respecting the lectures to be given by its own professors: Provided always, that if either the president and fellows of the King and Queen’s College of Physicians, or the provost (or in his absence the vice provost) and senior fellows of Trinity College, shall refuse to agree to the regulations proposed by the other college, in such case the regulations so proposed shall be submitted to the visitors of the college which refuses to agree to them; and it shall be lawful for such visitors, and they are hereby required, upon hearing such reasons as may be offered on both sides, to determine whether the regulations submitted to them shall or shall not be adopted; and the decision of such visitors in any such case shall be final and conclusive.
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Salary and duties of professor of midwifery.
Fees payable by students.
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6. [Recital of 40 Geo 3. (I.) c. 84. s. 10 making provision for salary of the professor of midwifery.] Such professor of midwifery shall be entitled to receive and be paid the salary of one hundred pounds (late Irish currency) per annum out of the rents of the said estates; and in consideration of such salary the said professor shall give instruction in the diseases peculiar to females and in practical midwifery in connexion with Sir P. Dun’s Hospital; and each student availing himself of such instruction shall pay to the governors of the said hospital the sum of three guineas annually, to be applied by them to the maintenance of beds for the treatment of diseases peculiar to females; and each student shall further pay to the professor of midwifery such fees as shall be authorized by the governors of the said hospital, with consent of the president and fellows of the King and Queen’s College of Physicians, and of the provost and senior fellows of Trinity College.
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Salary of librarian, &c. and management of library.
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7. [Repeal of 40 Geo. 3. (I.) c. 84. s. 12.] Whereas in addition to the salary of the librarian appointed under the provisions of the said Act, being the sum of seventy pounds (late Irish currency), a sum of thirty pounds per annum has been for several years applied to the purchase of books for a library, and the sum of six pounds six shillings to the payment of a library porter: Be it enacted, that such salary and payments for the purposes aforesaid shall continue to be made; and that it shall be lawful for the president and fellows of the said King and Queen’s College of Physicians to make such rules and regulations as to them shall seem necessary and proper for regulating the duties of such librarian, the purchase of books, and the management of the said library.
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Acceptance of professorship not to vacate fellowship.
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8. [Recital of 40 Geo. 3. (I.) c. 84. s. 41.] The accepting of any of the said professorships by a fellow of the said College shall not vacate his fellowship; . . .
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Short title.
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9. This Act may be cited for all purposes as “The School of Physic (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1867.”
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[1 Short title, “The School of Physic (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1867.” See s. 9.] |
