Christ College Act 1926

Christ College Act 1926

This Act may be cited as the Christ College Act 1926.

The Board of Christ College, the Board of the Hutchins School, and the Board of the Launceston Church of England Grammar School shall be a corporate body, by the name of "Christ College Trust", having perpetual succession and a common seal, which shall have full power and authority to hold land and other property, which may sue and be sued, and which shall have all the other rights and privileges of a corporate body.

All property, both real and personal, and all choses in action, rights, and powers at present vested in or held by –

Arthur Larchin Butler, Robert McFarlane Harvey, and William Percy Hood, being and as the trustees of the institution known as Christ College, and in whom the property of that institution was vested by an order of the Supreme Court of Tasmania dated 11th May 1925;

the Venerable Frederick Taylor Whitington, Edward Henry Butler, the Right Reverend Robert Snowden Hay, Edwin Herbert Webster, and William Frederick Dennis Butler, or any one or more of them, as trustees of the Hutchins School;

William Martin Hardwicke Weedon, Stuart Eardley Wilmot, George Crosby Gilmore, Alfred Lawrence Green, Ernest Granville Miller, George Edward Harrap, Robert Lewis Parker, Harry Gillett, Alfred Richard Beresford, George Campbell Hinman, Cyril Aubrey Perrin, and Harry David Hadden Cummins, or any of them, under and by virtue of a deed poll dated 13th August 1862, the Launceston Church of England Grammar School Act 1924, or by any other means upon trust for the Launceston Church of England Grammar School;

His Lordship the Bishop of Tasmania for the time being under and by virtue of the will of James Denton Toosey, deceased, dated 10th May 1882, and registered on 5th May 1884 (Number 22/2154);

the trustees of the property known as the Ancanthe Estate and Franklin Endowment, comprising all the lands described in an indenture dated 2nd November 1843, and made between Sir John Franklin and Jane, his wife, of the first part, Edward Samuel Pickard Bedford of the second part, the Reverend Thomas James Ewing of the third part, John Price of the fourth part, and the Right Reverend Francis Russell Nixon, Bishop of Tasmania, James Ebenezer Bicheno, the said Thomas James Ewing, the Reverend John Phillip Gell, and Ronald Campbell Gunn of the fifth part –

shall, by virtue of this Act, and as from the coming into operation thereof, without any conveyance, assignment, or other instrument, be vested in Christ College Trust, but subject, nevertheless, to all mortgages, leases, and other contracts lawfully made in respect thereof.

The objects of Christ College Trust shall be carried on by 3 institutions, Christ College, the Hutchins School, and the Launceston Church of England Grammar School, together with such other institutions as may hereafter be incorporated into the trust under the powers hereinafter contained.

Christ College shall be managed by the Board of Christ College consisting of the Bishop of Tasmania for the time being, or some clergyman nominated by him, who shall be chairman, and 6 other members. Four of the members of the first board shall be appointed by the Bishop from the existing members of the trustees of Christ College, and the council thereof and the remaining 2 members shall be appointed, one by each of the boards of the Hutchins School and the Launceston Church of England Grammar School respectively.

The Hutchins School shall be managed by the Board of the Hutchins School. The present board of that school shall continue in office until 3rd August 1927.

The Launceston Church of England Grammar School shall be managed by the Board of the Launceston Church of England Grammar School. The present trustees of such school shall constitute the first Board.

The Bishop of Tasmania for the time being shall be Visitor of Christ College Trust and all institutions comprised therein, with the same authorities, rights, and privileges as heretofore, so far as the same shall not be inconsistent with this Act. In the absence of the Bishop from the diocese, or in the event of a vacancy in the see, or the disability of the Bishop, the Vicar-General or the Administrator of the diocese shall exercise the functions of the Visitor.

taken from the Liturgy of the Church of England in Tasmania, or of which the form shall have been approved by the Visitor, shall be said daily in each institution comprised in Christ College Trust.

The Trustees of Christ College Trust shall consist of the following persons:

6 persons, two of whom shall be appointed by each of the boards mentioned in sections 5, 6, and 7;

When any other institution shall have been incorporated in Christ College Trust in accordance with section 30, the person or persons appointed trustees by each such institution.

Every person so appointed, unless appointed to fill an extraordinary vacancy, shall hold office for a term of 5 years from his appointment and thereafter until his successor shall be appointed.

The trustees of Christ College Trust shall manage all property, both real and personal, vested in the corporation for the purpose of producing income, and, except as herein otherwise provided, shall manage all the affairs of Christ College Trust.