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to ftate the particulars of the plnn, which now claims the 

 attention, and the fupport of the public. And the gover- 

 nors of the COLLEGE indulge the pleafing, patriotic hope, 

 that the following constitutions and regulations 

 will enfure to their undertaking, permanency, refpe£ta- 

 bility, and fuccefs. 



CONSTITUTIONS. 



I. That the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine 

 of Lancaster, and the Knights of the Shire, be 

 appointed patrons of the college, and requelled to honour 

 the inllitution with the faniSlion of their names and autho- 

 rity. 



n. That a president, and eight governors be 

 appointed, who, together with four of the fenior, or fir ft 

 nominated Prelectors, (not being governors,) fhall 

 jointly tranfaft all the bufinefs, and dired all the affairs 

 pf the inftltution, 



III. That the president, governors, and pre- 

 lectors, Ihall hold their refpeftive offices, quamdiu fe bene 

 gejferint ; and fhall not be removeable, but by the votes of 

 tiuo thirds of the whole prefiding body. 



JV. That the number of governors ftiall not, here- 

 after, be changed, nor any election made, hut to fill up 

 the vacancies, which may at any time happen ; and that 

 fuch eledjon Ihall be made within three months after the 

 vacancy. 



V. As a mark of refpefl to the LitERARY and 



PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY of MANCHESTER, which haS 



fo fully difcufled the merits, and fo zealoufly encouraged 

 the plan of this inftitution, that the prefent nine officers, 

 viz the presidents, vice-presidents, secretaries, 

 and treasurer, be appointed governors of the college. 



VI. That 



