This petition must be made jointly for all concerned and must be presented in legal form for all in common.

V. PRIVILEGES OF THE INSTITUTION.

§13. As above, page 136 (Berlin).

VI. PROPERTY OF THE INSTITUTION.

$14. The property of the institution heretofore in its possession shall remain under its control.

The income from its property, in so far as the donors of gifts and legacies have not made other dispositions, shall be applied exclusively in defraying the statutory expenses of the institution. The Bandenhoeck legacy, for the benefit of the six oldest professors' widows, shall not be applied to the fulfillment of the obligations of the institution.

The 170,000 marks resulting from the special gift of the Kalenberg real estate and from the legacy of the widow Bandenhoeck shall be separated from the property of the institution and shall be applied for the benefit of the relicts of teachers of the University of Göttingen in accordance with more detailed provisions to be indicated later on. In applying the revenues of this fund all possible care should be taken to furnish compensation for loss to relicts, to be treated in accordance with §§ 3 to 8, in so far as these should be more favorably situated in certain respects under the statutes heretofore in force.

Allowances assigned to the institution by the State in accordance with provisions for securing the solvency of university institutions for the pensioning of widows and orphans shall be added to the income of the institution from its property.

§15. As above, page 141 (University of Bonn).

VII. ADMINISTRATION OF THE INSTITUTION.

$16. The institution shall be administered by an executive committee, consisting of the prorector and five directors, in accordance with these statutes and in accordance with further detailed provisions to be ordered by the minister of religious, etc., affairs and by the minister of finance, as well as in accordance with instructions of the minister of public, etc., affairs.

In judiciary matters the executive committee shall procure the advice of the university judge.

Reports and orders shall bear the signatures of the prorector and one of the directors.

$17. The care of the funds and of financial affairs lies with the exchequer of the university, under the direction and supervision of the executive committee.

The financial year shall be the year beginning with April 1.

The annual financial report shall be made by the exchequer of the university within six weeks after the close of the year.

$18. The annual financial report shall be received by two auditors under the direction of the executive committee and then forwarded, with the report of the executive committee, to the curator of the university for inspection and final discharge.

$19. As above (Berlin).

$20. The directors and the auditors shall be elected at the regular annual meeting of all members by absolute majority of the votes of those present-the directors for five years, the auditors for one year.

Each faculty shall be represented in the executive committee by one of its members.

Each year, on July 1, one of the directors shall withdraw. Among those elected in the first year the order of withdrawal shall be decided by lot. Every member of the institution is eligible.

The elected officers shall serve without compensation. Should anyone who shall have served in one of these offices for one term be reelected, he may refuse acceptance whenever there are other members who have not served in this office.

VIII. MEETINGS.

§21. As given above, except the last section, which reads: ing shall proceed to the required elections."

"Then the meet

§22. As above, page 137, except that the prorector is charged with the call of meetings instead of the rector.

§23. As above, page 137 (Berlin).

IX. AMENDMENTS.

$24. As above, page 137 (Berlin).

X. CONCLUSION.

$25. These statutes shall take effect on April 1, 1889. On this day the statutes. of February 6, 1857, together with their amendments and additions, shall ceaseto have effect in so far as they may not be kept in force by §§ 10 to 12.

In addition to the general provident care on the part of the State, the University of Göttingen enjoys the funds mentioned in $14 of the above statutes of the institution for the care of professors' widows and orphans, as follows:

1. The Bandenhoeck legacy.

This is a gift bequeathed in the year 1787 by the widow Bandenhoeck, amounting at that time to 3,000 thalers gold. The interest (at present 471 marks) is equally distributed among the six oldest professors' widows in accordance with the provisions of the legacy, after deduction of the cost of administration.

2. Auxiliary fund of the institution for the care of professors' widows and orphans.

Distinct from the property of the institution for the care of professors' widows. and orphans of the University of Göttingen, there are furthermore the 170,000marks resulting from the special donation of the Kalenberg estate. The reve nues of this are applied, however, also for the benefit of the relicts of teachers. of the University of Göttingen in accordance with the ministerial decree of March 12, 1890 (II. I. 340 II. Aug.) directed to the curator of the university and which is as follows:

In reply to the acceptable reports of February 8 of the current year, Nos. 515 and 529, I approve the proposition to separate the 11 hypothecated items, amounting in their total to 170,000 marks, together with the interest from April 1, 1889, from the assets of the institution for the care of professors' widows and orphans of Goettingen, and that they be treated and administered hereafter as an auxiliary fund of the institution.

"In accordance with the motion of the executive committee of the institution, I further declare my consent to the proposition that the revenues of this. auxiliary fund until further notice be applied in accordance with the following: directions:

"1. To increase to 1,400 marks the allowances of the actual widows of ordinary professors who may be subject to a reduction in accordance with 84 of the statutes or who may have failed to make the declaration provided in §12.

"2. To increase also to 1,400 marks the pensions of the widows of actual or deceased extraordinary professors belonging to the institution before April 1, 1889, although so great an increase is neither provided for in §14, section 3, of the statutes nor claimable as a legal right.

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3. To grant to full orphans of a family, in so far as they may be the children of deceased professors or of professors belonging to the institution at the time of the adoption of the new statutes, additional allowances increasing the total amount of orphan pension to 1,400 marks, and this until the youngest orphan shall have completed the twentieth year. "On the other hand, I hesitate to approve the proposition to apply at the present time for the increase of pensions the remainder of the auxiliary fund. "The relicts of teachers of the University of Goettingen are, of course, not excluded from the allowance of pensions from the pension fund provided in chapter 119, section 15a, of the appropriation by the state.

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necessity, are, however, so great and varied that, as has been repeatedly emphasized, it is possible to pension primarily only widows and minor orphans, and to consider only exceptionally the needs of surviving sons and daughters over 21 years of age as well as other relicts of university teachers.

If by the provision of $12 of the statutes and by the regulations approved above the widows and minor orphans are extraordinarily favored at Goettingen, and if, on the other hand, as has been previously emphasized by you, there are numerous other needy relicts, it seems preferable that in such cases relief should be given, not from the central fund, but from the auxiliary fund.

"There is at present no occasion for pension increase of actual widows without regard to actual necessity, inasmuch as these have just been essentially favored by an increase in the widows' allowance from 1,240 to 1,400 marks and the addition of sufficient allowance for orphans.

"Accordingly I desire that the revenue of the auxiliary fund, waiving the above-mentioned increases, be used primarily and without further limitation for the relief of needy relicts of university teachers of Goettingen. To the extent in which this revenue shall not be exhausted by this, I am inclined, upon motion to this effect, to grant its use for the increase of pensions. On the other hand, I am quite ready to take under consideration the granting of additional relief from chapter 119, section 15a, should the revenues of the auxiliary fund prove insufficient to grant the necessary relief without reference to the continuance of relief heretofore granted from the central (diesseitigen) fund.

"I have no criticism against the proposition that the granting of relief from the revenues of the auxiliary fund by the executive committee shall be made with your approval."

5. THE ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD.

At Greifswald a widows' fund has existed for the professors since 1734. The first statutes of the new institution for the care of widows and orphans at Greifswald, of October 26, 1847, bearing Government approval, were supplanted by new statutes on December 4, 1878. In accordance with these, all ordinary and extraordinary professors were officially held to become members of the institute. However, membership of the institution was also granted to the academic prefect, the judge of the university, the academic forester, the academic purser, and the secretary of the university. Moreover, limited participation in the institution was permitted to the clerk of the university and to the bedels. In accordance with the ministerial decree of January 15, 1885, the further admission of officials of the university was to exclude all allowances of relief from funds of the state. The annual fee of regular members was 72 marks. The widows were allowed annual pensions of 1,200 marks, and the orphans (full and half orphans) stipends of 300 to 1,200 marks.

The statutes now in force and approved by the minister of religious, educational, and medical affairs under date of September 19, 1889, are as follows: Statutes of the Professors' Widows and Orphans' Pension Institute of the Royal University of Griefswald.

I. MEMBERSHIP.

$1. The following provisions shall apply to the membership of the Professors' Widows and Orphans' Pension Institute of the University of Greifswald: Nos. 1, 2, and 3. As above, page 135 (Berlin).

II. ALLOWANCES OF THE RELICTS OF MEMBERS.

§§2 to 8. As above, page 135 (Berlin).

III. DISCONTINUANCE OF FEES.

$9. As above, page 140 (Bonn).

These pension amounts were not statutory, but rested upon special temporary approval of the ministry. Compare the ministerial decree of March 15, 1889, under note 12, p. 38.

Paragraphs not printed agree literally with the corresponding paragraphs of the statutes of the University of Berlin.

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IV. TRANSITION REGULATIONS.

§10. The regulations of §§ 2, 3, and 5 to 8, clause 1, apply also to the relicts of those who may be members at the time of the adoption of these statutes if these members in a written declaration, to be handed to the executive committee on or before the 1st of January, 1890, renounce for their prospective relicts all claims that might accrue to them under the statutes heretofore in force. In this case the now pensioned academic prefect and the chief forester, taking the place of the former academic forester, shall hold the rank of ordinary professors; the university purser, the secretary of the university, and the former secretary of the university, now occupying the position of questor, shall hold the rank of extraordinary professors, and the one-third part of the statutory benefits assigned to the clerk of the university and to the bedels shall be fixed on the basis of amounts due to ordinary professors.

Otherwise the provisions of the statutes heretofore in force shall apply to these relicts."

§ 11. As above, page 140 (Bonn).

§ 12. As above, page 140 (Berlin).

V. PRIVILEGES OF THE INSTITUTION.

§13. As above, page 136 (Berlin).

VI. PROPERTY OF THE INSTITUTION.

$14. The property of the institution heretofore in its possession, as well as the statutory annual allowance of 5,181 marks from the funds of the university, shall continue under its control.

The remaining divisions of this section as given above, with the following addition to the last division: In future the shares of the institution from promotion and other fees shall be transferred to the exchequer of the university. § 15. As above, page 141 (Bonn).

VII. ADMINISTRATION OF THE INSTITUTION.

§§ 16 and 17. As above, page 136.

§ 18. As above, page 136, except that the report is transmitted for inspection. etc., to the curator of the university instead of the minister of religious, etc., affairs.

§§ 19 and 20. As above, page 136 (Berlin).

VIII. MEETINGS OF MEMBERS.

§§ 21 to 23. As above, page 137 (Berlin).

IX. AMENDMENTS OF STATUTES.

$24. As above, page 137 (Berlin).

X. CONCLUSION.

$25. These statutes shall take effect on April 1, 1889.

On the day designated above the statutes of December 14, 1878, cease to have effect, in so far as they are not kept in force by §§ 10 to 20.

6. ROYAL COMBINED FREDERICK UNIVERSITY OF HALLE-WITTENBERG. Under the statute of March 23, 1824, approved by the Government, a new institution for the care of widows and orphans was organized for the University

Compare the decree of the minister of religious, etc., affairs of the 15th of March, 1889, directed to the curator of the university (II. I. No. 9478 II): "In reply to the report of the 28th of November of last year, I approve the resolution of the general assembly of the members of the institution for the care of widows and orphans at Greifswald granting that the increase of widows' pensions to 1,200, respectively, 400 marks, which expires on the 1st of April of the current year, be extended to the 1st of April, 1890. In order to cover possible deficiencies, the 2,000 marks provided in Section II under expenses of the former professors' widows fund for the current year are to be used first. The interest-bearing investment of this sum, which would prevent the immediate availability of the same, is therefore for the present to be postponed."

at Halle. The old widows' fund of Halle of the year 1777, as well as the widows' fund of Wittenberg, was combined with the new fund. In accordance with the statutes, supplemented in the meanwhile by amendments on April 12, 1869, and on June 20, 1871, all ordinary and extraordinary professors, as well as the librarians of the university and the prosector, in so far as they held equal rank with the extraordinary professors, were ex officio members of the institution. Only those teachers of the university that held their professorship as a secondary office and the nonsalaried extraordinaries were excluded. The annual membership fee was 72 marks, for which an annual pension of 1,080 marks was granted to widows and stipends of 270 to 1,080 marks to orphans (full and half orphans).

With April 1, 1889, the following statutes, approved by the minister of religious, educational, and medical affairs, under date of December 17, 1889, went into effect:

Statutes of the professors' widows and orphans' pension institute of the royal combined Frederick University of Halle-Wittenberg.

I. MEMBERSHIP.

§1. The following provisions shall apply to the membership of the professors' widows and orphans' pension institute for the University of IIalle-Wittenberg: Remainder of this paragraph as above (Berlin).

II. ALLOWANCES OF THE RELICTS OF MEMBERS.

§§ 2 to 8. As above, page 135 (Berlin).

III. DISCONTINUANCE OF FEES.

89. Persons who shall obtain membership after the adoption of these statutes shall not be required to issue drafts therefor.

IV. TRANSITION REGULATIONS.

§§ 10 and 11. As above, page 140 (Bonn), except the proviso of the first subdivision of $10, which reads as follows: "Provided, however, That the director of the library shall hold rank with the ordinary professors and the questor and secretary of the university with the extraordinary professors." a

§ 12. As above, page 136 (Berlin).

V. PRIVILEGES OF THE INSTITUTION.

$13. The institution is a public institution and enjoys the privileges of a corporation.

Particularly, it shall be competent to acquire gifts and legacies in accordance with statutory requirements.

V. PROPERTY OF THE INSTITUTION.

$14. The property of the institution heretofore in its possession shall continue under its control, as well as the statutory allowance of 3,000 marks by the State.

The remaining two subdivisions of this paragraph as given above, with the following addition at the close: The shares of the institution from fees for certificates of graduation, etc., shall hereafter be turned over to the exchequer of the university.

§ 15. As above, page 141 (Bonn).

a The provision contained in the second subdivision of $10 has been amended as follows with regard to those members who may have failed to make the renunciatory declaration indicated in the first subdivision of §10:

"The widows of these members shall draw an annual pension of 1,200 marks in quarterly installments in advance, beginning on the day when they shall cease to enjoy the salary or the pension of their husbands. Furthermore, there shall be allowed to a half orphan 300 marks; to two half orphans, 500 marks; to three or more half orphans, 600 marks; to full orphans, double these amounts, payable quarterly in advance until the completed twenty-first year of life, respectively, until the male orphan shall be provided for or the female orphan married."