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impose on any person any compulsory religious examination or test. Tho production of a verified copy of any such statutes and regulations uuder the said seal shall be sufficient evidence of the authenticity of the same in all Courts of justice. 11. All questions which shall come before the Senate shall be decided by the majority of the members present or voting by proxy as hereinafter provided; and the Chairman at any such meeting shall have a vote, and, in case of equality of votes, a second or casting vote. No question shall be decided at any meeting unless five Fellows shall be present at the time of such decision. At every meeting of the Senate, the Chancellor, or in his absence the Vice-Chancellor, shall preside as Chairman; or in the absence of both, a Chairman shall be chosen by the members present or the major part of them. 12. The Senate shall have full power from time to time to appoint, and as they shall see occasion to remove, all examiners, officers, and servants of the said University: Provided that such power may be delegated to the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor by resolution of the Senate. 13. The Seal of the University shall be intrusted to the Chancellor, and shall not be affixed to any document except by order of the Senate. 14. The Senate shall meet at least once in every year, at such time and place as shall be determined by the Senate at its last meeting, such place of meeting to vary from year to year; and any Fellow who shall fail to attend at two consecutive annual meetings shall cease to be a Fellow of the University, and the Senate or Convocation, as the case may be, shall proceed to elect a Fellow to fill the vacancy, as hereinbefore provided. The Governor in Council shall determine the time and place for the first meeting of the Senate. 15. The Convocation of the University shall have the powers following—that is to say : The power of electing a Fellow in the event of every second vacancy in the Senate by death resignation or otherwise. Tho power of discussing any matter whatsoever relating to the University, and of declaring the opinion of Convocation in any such matter. The power of accepting any charter for the University, or consenting to the surrender of such charter: Provided nevertheless that the consent of the Senate shall be also requisite for the acceptance or surrender of any such charter. The power of deciding on the mode of conducting and registering the proceedings of Convocation. The power of appointing and removing a Clerk of Convocation, and of prescribing his duties. Nothing in this clause contained shall be held to restrain the Senate from accepting or surrendering any charter before Convocation shall have been constituted as hereinbefore provided. 16. The Senate shall convene a meeting of Convocation whenever a vacancy shall occur in the Senate requiring election by Convocation as hereinbefore provided, or at any other time when the Senate may think fit, or when twenty or more members of Convocation shall by writing under their hands require that such meeting shall be called. 17. The Senate shall determine where the Convocation is to meet, and shall provide a proper place for such meeting. Convocation shall not be convened twice consecutively in the same town. The proceedings of any meeting of Convocation shall be transmitted to the Senate, if then sitting, and if not, to the Senate at its next meeting. 18. Notice of the meeting of Convocation shall be given by advertisement, or in such other manner as the Senate shall from time to time determine, whenever a vacancy or vacancies shall occur in the Senate requiring as hereinbefore provided the election of a Fellow or Fellows by Convocation. The Senate shall, as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, convene a meeting of Convocation; and such meeting shall proceed to elect some person or persons to be a Fellow or Fellows, and such person or persons so elected shall be a Fellow or Fellows of the University, subject to the approval of the Governor in Council. Should Convocation fail to elect within one month from the date for which it may have been convened a person to fill a vacancy in the Senate, the Senate shall fill up the vacancy. 19. A person shall be appointed by the Senate to preside at the first meeting of Convocation, and at such meeting a standing Chairman of Convocation shall be chosen by the members present or voting by proxy as hereinafter provided, or the major part of them. The Chairman shall hold office for three years, and shall be eligible for re-election. Should the Chairman be absent at any meeting, the majority of members present shall elect a Chairman, who shall hold office during such meeting only. On the office of Chairman becoming vacant by effluxion of time death resignation or otherwise, Convocation shall proceed to elect a Chairman as hereinbefore provided. All questions shall be decided by the majority of persons present or voting by proxy, as hereinafter provided; and the Chairman at any meeting shall have a vote, and, in case of equality of votes, a second or casting vote. No question shall be decided at any meeting of Convocation unless one-fourth of the members at least shall be present: Provided that twenty members shall in any case constitute a quorum. Any meeting of Convocation shall have power to adjourn to a future day. 20. In the event of any member of the Senate or Convocation being unable to attend at any meeting of the said Senate or Convocation respectively, such member may exercise his right of voting, either by letter addressed to the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor, or by a proxy duly named by him in that behalf, in such manner as shall be fixed by any regulation to be made hereunder. 21. Once at least in every year, the Senate shall cause to be held an examination of candidates for degrees; and on every such examination the candidates shall be examined by Examiners appointed for the purpose by tho Senate; and on every such examination the candidates shall be examined in as many branches of general knowledge as the Senate shall consider tho most fitting subjects of such examination: Provided always that no Examiner shall be eligible for re-election more than four years consecutively. 22. All institutions affiliated to the New Zealand University established under the " The New Zealand University Act, 1870," shall be taken and deemed to be affiliated to the University as constituted under this Act; and it shall be lawful for the Senate to make alter or amend any statutes for the affiliation to or connection with the same of any college or educational establishment in the Colony to which the governing body of such college or establishment may consent: Provided always that no such statutes shall affect the religious observances or regulations enforced in such colleges and educational establishments.