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X TXTRODUCTTON. as to the iuterpretation of any of the College Statutes, provision is made for a reference to the Visitors, whose decision is to be final and conclusive. It would seem that the framers of this code looked upon the College as subsidiary to and connected with the University, so as to secure completeness of instruction in arts and faculties. The University is not the less a distinct body because the Col- lege supplies the studiosi whom it prepares for their first Degree in Arts, and for availing themselves of the teaching of the Professors of the University, to qualify them for the higher Degrees. It would be strange, if not absurd, to have desig- nated the College as 'mater Universitatis,' if the University was not to be regarded as distinct from the College; but it may have been truly said that Queen Elizabeth founded and endowed the College, " et Academite privilegiis ornavit." This is all that is said on the subject in the preface or preamble to the Caroline code of Statutes for the College, in which the ' leges Academii© ' are expressly recognised as the code of the University. In the Charter of King Charles I. there is nothing whatsoever to indicate that the College and the University were not to be considered as distinct, though not independent bodies. In the exercise of their powers, the governing body of the College appointed the University officers (except the first Chan- cellor, and, after the Charter of King Charles I., the Vice-Chan- cellor) ; they prescribed the preliminary acts and exercises for obtaining, and provided suitable regulations for the conferring of, Degrees, by which a concurrent voice was given to the Senate of the University. This was not only a confirmation of the fit- ness of those who obtained Degrees, but was also a guarantee to the public that the power confided as to the conferring of De- grees was properly exercised. One corporation may be made out of another ; and under the same Letters Patent or Eoyal grant, a body corporate may be constituted for a limited purpose and to act concurrently or conjointly with another body. The governing body of the