er Canada,
Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper
Canada, the Bishop of Quebec, the Chief Justice of Montreal, and
the Chief Justice of Upper Canada, for the time being, shall be
Governors of the said McGill College, and that the said McGill
College shall consist of one Principal, to be elected in manner
hereinafter mentioned, and who shall be, during his continuance in
the said office, a Governor of the said College; of four
Professors, to be also elected in manner hereinafter mentioned; and
of Fellows, Tutors, and Scholars, in such numbers, and at such
salaries, and subject to such provisions, rules and regulations, as
shall hereafter be appointed by the Statutes, Rules and Ordinances
of the said College; and We do by these presents for Us, Our Heirs,
and Successors, will, ordain and grant, that the Principal and
Professors of the said College shall be, from time to time, elected
by the said Governors or the major part of them, as shall be
present at any meeting to be holden for such election; and in case
of an equality of votes, the officer present at such meeting, whose
office is first described in order in these presents, shall have a
double and easting vote: provided always, that the persons by whom
such elections shall be made shall notify the same respectfully to
Us, Our Heirs or Successors, through one of Our or Their principal
Secretaries of State, by the first opportunity, and in case that
WE, Our Heirs or Successors, shall disapprove of any person so
elected, and shall cause such disapprobation to be notified to him
under the Royal signet and sign manual, or through one of the
principal Secretaries of State, the person so elected as aforesaid
shall immediately, upon such notification, cease to hold the office
of Principal or Professor to which he shall have been elected as
aforesaid, and the said Governors shall thereupon proceed to the
election of another person to fill the office of such Principal or
Professor respectively, and so, from time to time, as often as the
case shall happen.

"And we do by these presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors,
will, ordain and grant, that the said Governors, Principal and
Fellows, and their Successors, forever shall be one distinct and
separate body politic and corp