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(Cap 1049 section 6) [27 May 1932] (17 of 1932 Schedule) INTERPRETATION "College" (书院) means St. Stephen's College carried on by the corporation. Cap 1049A reg 1 THE COUNCIL Members of the council, other than members ex officio, shall vacate their office- (a) if they fail to attend meetings of the council for one whole year; (b) if they cease to reside in Hong Kong or within one hundred miles thereof for six calendar months without leave of the council; (c) at the expiration of three years from the date of their appointment or re-appointment.All such members shall be re-eligible. Cap 1049A reg 2 MANAGEMENT The functions of the council shall be- (a) to provide and maintain all necessary buildings, furniture and apparatus for the use of the college; (b) to take an measures necessary for raising funds and for carrying on the work and administering the affairs of the corporation; (c) to appoint a treasurer, a secretary and an auditor; (d) to appoint, on the nomination of the warden, assistant masters and to dispense with their services; (e) to fix from time to time the salaries and emoluments of assistant masters and of servants or other persons employed by the corporation; (f) to fix from time to time the scale of fees to be paid by students; (g) to make, rescind and alter regulations for the procedure of the council and for the management of the corporation. Cap 1049A reg 3 THE WARDEN The warden or in his absence the acting warden shall be responsible for the internal management and discipline of the College and shall periodically report thereon to the council. Cap 1049A reg 4 MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL Ordinary or special meetings of the council shall from time to time be held for the dispatch of business, and may be adjourned from time to time and from place to place. No meeting shall be valid unless at least five members of council are present in person. Cap 1049A reg 5 All ordinary meetings of the council shall be held in Hong Kong, either at the College or at such other convenient place as shall be agreed on by the council, or named in the notice convening the meeting. Cap 1049A reg 6 At every meeting the patron or in his absence a member elected by those present shall be chairman of the meeting. Cap 1049A reg 7 All business brought before the ordinary meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members present and willing to vote; and in case of an equality of votes the chairman of such meeting shall have a casting vote. Cap 1049A reg 8 Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained a special meeting of the council may be held at any time or place without previous notice: Provided that no resolution shall be passed thereat unless it shall be carried by the votes of an absolute majority of all the members of council for the time being. No proxies shall be used at any meeting nor shall the chairman have any casting vote at any special meeting. Cap 1049A reg 9 All resolutions carried as aforesaid by a majority of the members present at any ordinary meeting and all resolutions carried as aforesaid by an absolute majority of the members for the time being at any special meeting and all acts done pursuant to any such resolutions respectively shall be deemed to be the resolutions and acts respectively of the council. Cap 1049A reg 10 Minutes of the proceedings of every meeting of the council shall be entered in a book to be kept for that purpose and signed by the chairman of such meeting or of the following meeting; and shall when so entered and signed be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. Cap 1049A reg 11 The council may from time to time by resolution passed at one meeting, and confirmed after due notice at a subsequent meeting held within three months, make and afterwards annul such rules and regulations for and in relation to the conduct of the business of the corporation, as they may think fit. Cap 1049A reg 12 The secretary or treasurer or any member of council may call an ordinary meeting of the council by delivering to each of the other members, or leaving at their respective dwelling-houses, or sending them respectively through the post to their last known places of abode in Victoria, Hong Kong, seven days' previous notice of such meeting, stating the time and place of holding the meeting and the objects or purposes for which the meeting is to be held. A notice so left or sent shall be effective although the member of council for whom it is intended may at the time be absent from home and may never actually receive the notice. Cap 1049A reg 13 FINANCE A report upon the College to be signed by the warden, with a financial statement, shall be presented annually to the council, and a copy thereof shall be transmitted to the local governing body in the South China Mission for the information of the Church Missionary Society. The secretary of the South China Mission shall be the medium of communication between the council and the Church Missionary Society. |