{
  "bookName": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials",
  "authorName": "M. K. Kuriakose",
  "publisherName": "Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge",
  "publicationYear": 2011,
  "chapterNumber": 152,
  "chapterName": "1918. The Serampore College Act: Bengal Act No. IV of 1918",
  "pageFrom": 315,
  "pageTo": 316,
  "pages": [
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      "pageNumber": 315,
      "ocrText": "SOURCE MATERIALS\n315\n152. THE SERAMPORE COLLEGE ACT:\nBENGAL ACT NO. IV OF 1918\nSerampore College, founded by the Serampore missionaries in\n1819, was granted a Royal Charter by the King of Denmark in 1827.\nThe validity of this charter was recognised by the British Government\nwhen they took over Serampore in 1845. The Act of 1918 recognized\nthis and, further, constituted a Senate, which was to become the\naffiliating and degree recommending agency for Protestant, Orthodox\nand Anglican Theological Colleges throughout India. The Act was\npublished in the Calcutta Gazette of the 1st May 1918. Cited in\nGeorge Howells, The Story of Serampore and its College, Appendix\nI, pp. 102-105.\nPreamble.\n1. Whereas, on the 23rd day of February, 1827, the institution\nestablished in Serampore, Bengal, and known as the Serampore\nCollege, was incorporated by the Royal Charter granted by his\nlate Danish Majesty, King Frederick the Sixth, with the powers and\nprivileges in the said Royal Charter set forth, including the power of\nconferring upon the students of the said College degrees of rank and\nhonour according to their proficiency in science;\nAnd whereas by the article VI of the Treaty of purchase, dated\nthe 22nd February, 1845, transferring Serampore to the British\nGovernment, it was provided that the rights and immunities granted\nto the Serampore College by the Royal Charter, as translated and\ncontained in Schedule I to this Act, should not be interfered with,\nbut should obtain by a Charter from the British Government,\nsubject to the general law of British India;\nAnd whereas Statutes and Regulations for the better govern-\nment of the said College and management of its concerns, as con-\ntained in Schedule II to this Act, were, on the twelfth day of June,\n1833, made and established under the powers conferred by Article\n4 of the said Royal Charter;\nAnd whereas, under the provisions of the Royal Charter, the\nCouncil of the College consists of a Master or President and two or\nfour members elected as provided in the said Statutes and Regu-\nlations, and the management of the College and its general order\nand government is vested in the Master and the Council, and said\npower of conferring degrees of rank and honour is vested in the\nCouncil and their successors for ever;\nAnd whereas it is deemed expedient by the Governor in Council,\nwith the consent of the said Council of the Serampore College,",
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    },
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      "pageNumber": 316,
      "ocrText": "316\nHISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA\nthat a Faculty and Senate be constituted for the said College in\nmanner hereinafter appearing and that suitable standards be im-\nposed in regard to any secular degress that may hereafter be con-\nferred by the said Council under the terms of the said Royal\nCharter;..\nConstitution of the Council.\n2. (1) The Council of Serampore College as constituted by the\nRoyal Charter of the 23rd February, 1827, shall be enlarged so as to\nconsist of not less than five nor more than sixteen ordinary\nmembers, including the Master, as the Council may from time to\ntime determine. The first Council constituted under this section\nshall include the present Master and President and other present\nmembers.\n(2) At least one-third of the members of the Council shall\nbe members of the Baptist denomination.\n(3) The Master shall be the President of the Council.\n(4) The Principal of the College, if not an ordinary member,\nshall be an additional member of the Council ex-officio during his\nterm of office as the Principal of the College.\n(5) Until otherwise determined by by-law made under\nsection 14, three members of the Council shall form a quorum.\nConstitution of the Senate.\n3. The Senate shall consist of the Principal (who shall be\nconvenor) and not less than twelve nor more than eighteen persons\nas the Council may from time to time determine, to be appointed\nby the Council:\nProvided that-\n(a) at least one and not more than three representatives of\neach of the following Christian denominations, viz., Anglican,\nBaptist, Congregational, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian and\nSyrian, shall, as far as practicable, be members of the Senate;\n(b) at least two-thirds of the members shall be persons other\nthan professors, officials or functionaries of the College;\n(c) no less than one-sixth of the members shall be members of\nthe College Faculty",
      "status": "completed"
    }
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