Universities (Scotland) Act 1858

XIV Appointment of Commissioners. Her Majesty may fill up Vacancies. Declaration of Powers of Commissioners.

The following Persons, (that is to say,) his Grace John George Douglas Campbell Duke of Argyll, the Right Hon. George Hamilton Gordon Earl of Aberdeen, the Right Honourable Philip Henry Stanhope Earl Stanhope, the Right Hon. William David Murray Earl of Mansfield, the Right Hon. Duncan McNeill Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session, Sir William Gibson Craig of Riccarton, Baronet, John Inglis Esquire, Lord Justice Clerk for Scotland, James Craufurd Esquire, One of the Senators of the College of Justice, William Stirling Esquire, of Keir, James Moncrieff Esquire, Alexander Hastie Esquire, and Alexander Murray Dunlop Esquire, shall be Commissioners for the Purposes of this Act, and shall have a Common Seal; and Four of the said Commissioners shall be a Quorum; and the Commissioners may elect One of their Number to be their permanent Chairman, and the permanent Chairman, or in his Absence One of the Commissioners elected and acting as Chairman at any Meeting, shall have both a deliberative and a casting Vote. If any Vacancy occurs in the Number of the Commissioners by means of Death, Resignation, or Incapacity to act, Her Majesty may fill up such Vacancy by Warrant under the Sign Manual. The Powers hereby conferred on the Commissioners shall be in force until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two; and it shall be lawful to Her Majesty, by and with the Advice of Her Privy Council, to continue the same until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and no longer.