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Edinburgh University (Transfer of Patronage) Act 1897

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Contents: 3 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Transfer of presentation to professorships.
  3. 2 Short title.

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3 provisions

Title and introductory text

Edinburgh University (Transfer of Patronage) Act 1897 1897 c.13 An Act for transferring the right of Presentation to the Professorships of Botany and Natural History in the University of Edinburgh. [3rd June 1897]

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1 Transfer of presentation to professorships.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The right of presentation to the Professorship of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . be exercised by the curators of the said University appointed under the provisions of section thirteen of the Universities (Scotland) Act 1858; and the right of presentation to the Professorship of Botany in the said University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . be exercised by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, in right of Her Crown.

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2 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Edinburgh University (Transfer of Patronage) Act 1897.

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