He shall also have Power to call a Meeting of the Faculty whenever he shall judge it necessary. In all Meetings of the Faculty, stated or occasional, he shall preside ; and likewise in all publick Acts and Disputations, and in publick Exami- nations and Commencements.
Sect. 4.
OF THE VICE-PROVOST. During the necessary Absence of the Provost, the Vice-Provost shall be invested with all the Powers, and do the Duties of a Provost Upon the Death, Cession or Removal, of the Provost, the Vice- Provost shall exercise all the said Powers as he was used to do in the ordinary Absence of the Provost, till a Successor be chosen and admitted.
Sect. 5.
OF THE SENIOR PROFESSOR. In the necessary Absence of both the Provost and Vice-Provost all the aforesaid Powers shall be devolved upon the Senior Professor that shall be present, according to that Order of Precedence which shall from Time to Time be settled by the Trustees among the Professors, next after the Provost and Vice-Provost. In the College and At a Meeting of the Corporation, the Academy Hall July nth five foregoing Sections of Laws & Statutes 1755. were enacted, and ordered to be enrolled in the Book of Statutes, and a Copy of them to be delivered to the Faculty. B. FRANKLIN President of the Trustees. And the following three Laws or Statutes, drawn up by the President, after being read and consider' d by the Trustees, were also enacted, to wit : LAWS OR STATUTES OF THE TRUSTEES.
Chap. I.
Concerning Elections. It is enacted by the Trustees of the College, Academy and Charitable School of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania, That all Elections to be made hereafter by the Trustees aforesaid, for the Time being, Whether of a President, Treasurer, Clerk, or other Officer of the Trustees, or of Provost, Vice-Provost, Professor of any Kind, or other Master, Usher, or Officer of the College, Academy or Charitable School, shall be made by written Tickets containing the Name or Names of the Person or
