Rule I. The Institution shall
be divided into One Hundred Shares, the holders of which shall be
deemed and called the Proprietors; no Proprietor being entitled
to hold more than three Shares. [1]
Rule II. Each Proprietor
shall pay into the hands of the Treasurers, (Sect. IV. Rule VI.)
Fifteen Pounds for each Share he or she may hold.
Rule III. Each Proprietor
shall pay to the Treasurers an annual sum of Nine Guineas, by
equal quarterly payments, in advance, for each Share he or she
may hold; the said sums to be payable on the first Monday in the
Months of January, April, July, and October, in every Year, at
the Committee Room, between the hours of One and Three.
Rule IV. Until such person
shall have paid to the Treasurers such sum of Fifteen Pounds, he or she
shall not be held to be a Proprietor.
Rule. V. Each
Proprietor shall subscribe his or her Name to the Declaration
hereinafter mentioned, (See p. 19;) and until such Declaration
shall be signed, no person whatever shall be held to be a
Proprietor, nor be entitled to any privilege, right, or interest
whatever, in this Institution.
Rule VI. Each Proprietor
shall be answerable for his or her quarterly, and all other
payments, whether he or she have a Nominee in the School or
not.
Rule VII. If any Proprietor
shall neglect to pay to the Treasurers the amount of his or her
Subscription, and other monies which may be due by such
Proprietor, for 28 days after the same shall have become due, he
or she shall forfeit the sum of 10s; and if, after notice
being given by the Secretary of such penalty having been
incurred, such Proprietor do not pay the amount of his or her
Subscription, together with the penalty, within the period of 28
days, then such Proprietor’s Share or Shares shall be
forfeited; and such Proprietor, his or her Heirs, Executors,
Administrators, and Assigns, shall have no right, interest,
property, or privilege, in the Institution, or in any part
thereof; provided, nevertheless, that such Proprietor may appeal
to a Special General Meeting, by giving notice of such his or her
intention to the Secretary, on or before the day when his or her
next Subscription would have become due; and at such General
Meeting it shall be determined whether any, and what relief shall
be given.
Rule VIII. Every Proprietor shall have
the privilege of nominating to the School one Pupil, in respect
of each Share he or she may hold: such Pupil, if the son,
grand-son, step-son, brother, or nephew, of the nominating
Proprietor, shall be admitted without ballot; but if not so
related to the nominating Proprietor, he shall not be admitted
without the previous consent of the Committee of Proprietors;
such consent to be ascertained by ballot, (Sect. II. Rule IV.)
and such ballot not to be made, unless the Nominator do give
fourteen days previous notice thereof to the Secretary; which
notice shall contain the name of the Nominee, and the names,
rank, station in life, and residence of his Parents or
Guardians.
Rule IX. The Proprietors
shall be at liberty to transfer or bequeath their several Shares:
but in every case of a transfer, the Purchaser or Grantee shall
be first approved of by ballot, at a General Meeting of the
Committee. Every Purchaser or Grantee having been so
approved of, shall be entitled to all the advantages of an
original Proprietor.
Rule X. Any person having a
Proprietor’s Share bequeathed to him, or inheriting such
Share, or taking it under Letters of Administration, may nominate
a Pupil in respect to such Share; such Pupil to be admitted by
ballot only.
Rule XI. Any person obtaining
a Share as above, may be admitted as a Proprietor, by ballot,
subject to his or her signing the Declaration hereinafter
mentioned.
Rule XII. Any Proprietor, on giving
previous notice to the Secretary, of his or her intention, shall
have the power of inspecting the Minutes of the Committee at any
General Meeting of the Proprietors.
Rule I. An Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors
shall be holden at the School Room on the last Monday in April,
at Two o’Clock precisely, of which notice shall be given;
the business of such Meeting being to elect to the vacancies in
the Committee, as hereinafter provided for, (Sect. III. Rule II.)
to receive a Report, and hear the Minutes of the Committee for
the preceding year; to pas» the Treasurers Accounts; and to
enquire generally into the affairs of the Institution.
Rule II. No proposition for
making an alteration in the Roles of the Institution, or for
forming any new Rule, shall be considered at a General Meeting,
except on a requisition, signed by Ten Proprietors, to be
delivered to the Secretary, at least thirty days before such
General Meeting: the Secretary shall make known to the body of
Proprietors the nature of the subject to be discussed; but no
such proposition for alteration in the Rules shall be finally
decided upon, except at a subsequent Special General Meeting, to
be summoned for the purpose.
Rule III. Special General Meetings of
the Proprietors may be holden at the Institution, whenever the
Committee hereinafter named may deem it necessary, or whenever an
appeal is made to the authority of such Meeting; the Secretary,
on the direction of the Committee, or at the request, in writing,
of the Appellant, to convene such Meeting, giving each Proprietor
at least seven days notice thereof, stating the hour and place of
meeting, and the subject to be laid before the Proprietors: such
Meeting may also be convened by the Secretary, with the like
notice, upon his being requested to do so by a requisition signed
by seven Proprietors.
Rule IV. All questions at
General Meetings shall be decided by a majority of the
Proprietors, except on occasions of balloting for a Proprietor or
Nominee, when not less than three-fourths of the votes given
shall be deemed to constitute a majority.
Rule V. All Lady Proprietors
not attending any General Meeting, may vote by Proxy, to be
tendered by a Proprietor; but no Proprietor shall be allowed to
hold more than one Proxy, and the said Proxy shall not have
effect for more than one Meeting.
Rule VI. The President or
Chairman for the time being shall, at all Meetings, have a
casting vote.
Rule VII. Any General
Meeting, Special or Annual, may be adjourned for the purpose of
concluding any business regularly before it, of which adjournment
no special notice shall be given.
Rule VIII. Whenever notice is to be
given to any Proprietor on any subject, it is to be understood
that a letter sent to his or her last or usual place of
residence, shall be deemed sufficient.
Rule I. The affairs of the
Institution shall be under the management and direction of
A President,
Vice Presidents,
Three Joint Treasurers,
A Secretary,
A Physician,
Two Surgeons,
An Architect,
and twelve other Proprietors, any five of whom shall be
competent to act as a Committee.
Rule II. Of the Officers and
the twelve other Proprietors, constituting the Committee of
Management of the Institution, eight shall go out annually, and a
like number be elected in their stead; the eight who go out to be
however eligible for re-election. The first Re-election to
take place at the Annual General Meeting in the year 1832; but,
nevertheless, no such Re-election shall take place, unless a
Requisition for that purpose be made by twelve Proprietors, and sent to the
Secretary thirty days prior to the Annual General Meeting.
In the event of such Election being required, the eight Members
of the Committee who retire shall be those who have attended the
least frequently at the previous Meetings of the Committee.
Rule III. The Committee shall
have power from time to time to make such Provisional Rules and
Regulations respecting the conduct and management of the School,
and the general affairs of the Institution, as they may deem
necessary: such Provisional Rules and Regulations shall have
force until the next General Meeting of Proprietors, when they
shall be confirmed or annulled, as the Proprietors may see
fit.
Rule IV. Any vacancy
occurring in the Offices or Committee during the year, may be
supplied by the Committee, at a Special Meeting to be called for
that purpose, by election, either from their own body, or from
the Proprietors at large.
Rule V. The Committee shall
hold their Meetings on the first Tuesday Evening in every Month,
and oftener when they shall consider it necessary, on such days,
and at such places, as they may from time to time appoint.
Rule VI. The Committee shall,
at their Monthly Meetings, choose two of their body, as
Visitors, for the succeeding month: such Visitors shall be
the only Proprietors having right of access to the School during
School hours, [except as hereinafter provided;] but the Visitors
may at any time introduce into the School, at their discretion,
any other Proprietor or Stranger.
Rule VII. The Visitors shall
not interfere with the internal Regulations of the School, but
shall inspect the School at least once a week, and shall report
to the General Committee any irregularities or improprieties they
may observe.
Rule I. The President, or one
of the Vice-Presidents, shall preside at all Meetings, or, in
their absence, such other Proprietor shall preside as may be
appointed provisionally.
Rule II. The President or
Provisional Chairman shall have a casting vote at all
Meetings. (See Sect. II. Rule VII.)
Rule III. The President or
Provisional Chairman shall sign the Minutes of Proceedings made
at all Meetings.
Rule IV. The President shall
have charge of the Original of the Declaration and Signatures of
the Proprietors of the Institution, and shall also have the
custody of the Register of Shares.
Rule V. The President shall
sign all Certificates of Shares and Transfers of Shares.
Rule VI. The Treasurers shall receive
all monies payable or due to the Institution, and shall place the
same to the account of the Institution at the Bankers.
Rule VII. The Treasurers
shall make all payments by draft on the Bankers, to be
countersigned by the Secretary, or, in his absence, by a Deputy:
the signature of one Treasurer to such draft shall be
sufficient. Their accounts shall be made up at the usual
Quarter Days, and audited, ready to be presented at the then next
periodical Meeting of the Committee.
Rule VIII. The Secretary
shall conduct and record the Correspondence of the Institution,
and keep Minutes of the Proceedings of the Committee, and of the
General Meetings of Proprietors.
Rule IX. He shall convene all
Meetings by Written Notices.
Rule X. He shall fill up and
countersign all Certificates of Shares, and Transfers of
Shares.
Rule XI. He shall have the
custody of all the Printed Copies of the Rules of the
Institution.
Rule XII. He shall keep the
Duplicate of the Declaration, signed by the Proprietors.
Rule XIII. He shall be a
Member of all Committees, and, in his absence, a Deputy may be
appointed at any Meeting then assembled.
Rule XIV. The Medical
Officers shall, as often as they deem it expedient, or may be
required by the Committee, visit the School for the purpose of
ascertaining the state of cleanliness and ventilation of the
School, and all other matters that may conduce to the health of
the Boys; and shall make such Report to the Committee as the case
may require.
Rule XV. They shall
particularly attend to any appearance of contagious, infectious,
or epidemic disorders, and if they apprehend the existence of any
such disorders, or have reasonable grounds to expect that they
may be likely to appear, they shall forthwith report the same to
the Committee, or take such steps as the urgency of the case may
require.
Rule XVI. The Architect shall
from time to time examine the Buildings belonging to the
Institution, and report upon the state of the same, suggesting to
the Committee what alterations, improvements, or repairs, may be
necessary. He shall superintend all the alterations and
repairs, and examine the estimates and charges for the same, and
report whether the works be properly done, and whether the costs
be reasonable.
Rule XVII. There shall be two
Auditors appointed at every Annual General Meeting, who shall
audit the Accounts of the Institution, and report thereon to the
Committee.—The Auditors shall not be Members of the
Committee.
Rule I. There shall be the
following Masters—A Head Master, a Second Master, an
Assistant Master, a French Master, and a Drawing Master.
Rule II. The Masters shall be
elected as often as occasion may require, by the Committee, by
ballot.
Rule III. The Head and Second
Masters shall be Graduates of the University of Oxford, or of
Cambridge.
Rule IV. The Committee shall
have the assistance of the Head Master in examining the
competence of the Assistant Master.
Rule V. None of the Masters
shall be subject to removal from their respective Offices, except
on account of non-adherence to the Rules of the Institution,
inability, incapacity, negligence, immoral conduct, or other
sufficient cause; their removal to be determined upon by the
Committee, at a Special Meeting to be convened for that
purpose.
Three Calendar Months’ notice, in writing, shall be
given by the Secretary to any Master intended to be removed,
except for any flagrant misconduct, or gross immorality; in which
cases the dismissal shall be immediate.
Any Master intending to resign his Office, shall give three
Calendar Months’ notice, in writing, of such his intention
to the Secretary.
Rule VI. The internal regulation of
the School shall be under the management of the Head Master, who
shall carry into effect the system of education specified in
these Rules, subject to the control of the Committee.
Rule VII. The Head Master
shall keep a Register of the Scholars, in such form as the
Committee shall determine.
Rule VIII. The Head Master
shall also keep a Register of the progress made by the Pupils in
the course of their studies; which Register shall be open to the
inspection of the Visitors, and be produced to the Committee at
their periodical Meetings.
Rule IX. The Head Master
shall report to the Committee what Books, Mathematical
Instruments, Stationery, &c. may from time to time be wanted
for the purposes of the Institution. He shall also furnish
the Committee, quarterly, with an account of such Books and
Instruments lost, or wilfully destroyed, as, in his opinion,
ought to be charged to the Pupils by whom they shall have been so
lost, or destroyed.
Rule X. The Head Master may
suspend any of the other Masters, except the Second, in the event
of any flagrant misconduct; but he shall forthwith give notice of
such suspension to the Secretary, in order that it may be
submitted immediately to the decision of the Committee.
Rule XI. The French Master
shall attend the School, on such days, and for such period in each day, as
the Head Master may fix, with the approval of the Committee.
Rule XII. The Drawing Master
shall attend the School under the same regulation as is fixed in
regard to the French Master.
Rule XIII. The Head Master,
and Second Master, may take Boarders, who are Scholars of the
Institution, but none others; such Scholars to be in no case
considered or treated as private Pupils. The Head Master
shall not take more than Fifteen Boarders, and the Second Master
not more than Ten.
Rule XIV. The Head and Second
Master shall have the privilege of sending their own sons as
Pupils to the School, subject to the same rules as affect the
other Pupils, except the annual payments.
Rule XV. The Head, Second,
and Assistant Masters, are to attend in the School Room, from
Seven o’Clock in the Morning until Eight; from Ten in the
Day until One; from Three in the Afternoon until Five, from the
1st of April to the 30th of September, inclusive; and from the
1st of October, to the end of March, from Nine o’Clock,
until Noon, and from Half-past One, until Four, Holidays
excepted.
Rule XVI. None of the Masters
shall be allowed to perform any duty, or undertake any
occupation, or employment, which shall in any way interfere with
their attendance and duties in the School.
Rule XVII. No Master shall
inflict corporeal punishment, except the Head Master; and the
cane only shall be used for that purpose.
Rule XVIII. If any Master shall have
cause of complaint, he is to state it in writing to the
Secretary, who will submit the same to the Committee for their
decision.
Rule I. The Pupils shall be
admitted as prescribed by Rule VIII, Section I.; but no Pupil
shall be received into the School, until he shall have acquired
some knowledge of Reading and Writing, and of the two first Rules
of Arithmetic.
Rule II. An efficient System
of Education shall be adopted; embracing the Latin, Greek,
French, and English Languages and Literature; Composition;
Elocution; the Mathematics; and Drawing; and Lectures on subjects
connected with the Sciences and Arts, shall be occasionally
delivered by the Masters and others to all the Pupils, under the
sanction of the Committee, which the Proprietors, and Parents of
Nominees, shall be at liberty to attend.
Rule III. The Madras System
of Education, as practised at Charter House School, shall be
adopted, as far as it may be found available.
Rule IV. A portion of the
Scriptures and Prayer shall be read at the commencement of the
Morning, and the termination of the Afternoon, School each
Day.
Rule V. A Public Examination of the
Pupils shall take place in the week previous to the Summer
Vacation; the mode of such Examination to be under the direction
of the Committee.
Rule VI. Eight days Holidays
are to be allowed at Christmas, commencing on Christmas Eve, and
ending on New Year’s Day; and Five Weeks in the Summer,
commencing on the Monday nearest the Twentieth of July.—The
Holidays at Easter are to commence on Good Friday, and end on
Easter Monday, both inclusive.—A half Holiday is to be
allowed on Wednesday and Saturday in each week.
Rule VII. The Pupils shall
punctually return to the School on the day succeeding the
conclusion of the Holidays, unless prevented by sickness, (to be
certified in writing,) or by any family calamity, under the
penalty of Ten Shillings.
Rule VIII. In the event of
any flagrant misconduct on the part of any Scholar, it shall be
competent for the Head Master immediately to suspend him; and he
shall report such suspension, with the cause thereof, to the
Visitors, for the information of the Committee, who shall decide
thereon, and may, if they see fit, confirm such suspension of the
offending Pupil; but an appeal shall lie from the Proprietor on
whose Share the Scholar was admitted to the School, to a General
Meeting of Proprietors to be convened for that purpose.
Rule I. The Land, and the
Building thereon, and all other Property of the Institution, real
and personal, shall be vested in Twelve Trustees, to be elected
from among the Proprietors, and shall be held by the said
Trustees for the purposes of the Institution. They shall
execute a Deed, declaring the purposes of such Trust; and when
they shall be reduced to Three in number, the Proprietors, at a
General Meeting, convened for that purpose, shall fill up the
number to Twelve; and thereupon a proper Deed or Deeds shall be
executed, for vesting the Property of the Institution in the
surviving and new Trustees, and declaring the Trusts thereof; and
so, from time to time, as often as may be necessary, for
perpetuating the Trusts.
Rule II. Every transfer or
bequest of a Share, and also the title of every Assignee,
Legatee, or Legal Representative, shall be entered in the
Register of the Institution; of which entry a Certificate shall
be given by the Secretary, and for which Certificate One Pound,
over and above the Stamp Duty, shall be paid to the Treasurers,
to be carried to the general Fund of the Institution.
Rule III. Every Member of the
Institution shall be furnished with one Copy of the Rules.
Declaration to be signed by the Proprietors.—
We, whose names are here underwritten, being severally
Proprietors of the Institution, called The Western Grammar
School, do hereby severally declare for each of ourselves, and
for our respective representatives, that we have not and that we
will not claim, any interests, rights, privileges, or advantages,
whatsoever, in the said School, or in the monies, goods,
chattels, or property, whatsoever, belonging to, or supposed to
belong to the same, excepting such interests, rights, privileges,
or advantages, as may be claimed by us or either of us, or our
representatives, by virtue of the Rules or Bye-Laws of the said
Western Grammar School, now made, or hereafter to be made, by the
majority of the Proprietors of the said Western Grammar
School.
Memorandum.—The Secretary will keep a Register of
Shares that may become vacant, and of persons desirous of
obtaining Shares.
TILLING,
PRINTER, CHELSEA.
