# Edinburgh University (Transfer of Patronage) Act 1897

60 & 61 Vict. c. 13 · enacted 3 June 1897 · revised to 1 February 1991

An Act for transferring the right of Presentation to the Professorships of Botany and Natural History in the University of Edinburgh.

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## Introductory text

An Act for transferring the right of Presentation to the Professorships of Botany and Natural History in the University of Edinburgh.
[3rd June 1897]

## 1 Transfer of presentation to professorships.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The right of presentation to the Professorship of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . be exercised by the curators of the said University appointed under the provisions of section thirteen of the Universities (Scotland) Act 1858; and the right of presentation to the Professorship of Botany in the said University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . be exercised by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, in right of Her Crown.

## 2 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Edinburgh University (Transfer of Patronage) Act 1897.

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