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UNIVERSITY OP ST. MARK. 



ply the place of the re6lor in cases of sickness or absence ; 

 but when he has completed his year, the chapter is free, on 

 the re-ele6lion, to appoint two other counsellors at its plea- 

 sure, he whose degree has a priority of date becoming the 

 vice-re6lor. There are besides, two minor counsellors, be- 

 longing to the community of bachelors, one of whom was for- 

 merly a prebendary of the principal college of St. Philip, the 

 other of that of St. Martin. These two posts are now occu- 

 pied by the students belonging to the royal seminary of 

 St. Charles. The procurator-general is likewise one of the 

 principal ministers of the academy. His office corresponds to 

 that of fiscal, his opinion being usually taken before any im- 

 portant resolution is adopted. This appointment is commonly 

 bestowed for life on one of the professors of canons or laws ; 

 and the offices of chaplain, treasurer, principal beadle, minor 

 beadle, and alguazil of the academy, are also holden in per- 

 petuity. 



The solid and established rents of the university amount to 

 one thousand two hundred and thirty piastres only, the pro- 

 duce of a few small sums laid out in annuities, destined to de- 

 fray the expences of the festivals of the patrons, St. Mark, and 

 Santa Rosa, and the other charges incurred in the ornaments 

 and repairs of the building. They would not suffice for these 

 purposes, if several of the chairs formerly occupied by pro- 

 fessors were not vacant, and if those by whom the others are 

 filled did not give up the one-half of their salaries, to aug- 

 ment the capital of the establishment. 



Notwithstanding this paucity of means, the academy has on 

 every occasion displayed its generosity. The sumptuous gifts 

 it has presented to the crown, in moments of difficulty, are 



recorded 



