Transcribed from the [1832?] Tilling edition by David Price, email
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[Picture: Pamphlet cover]
RULES
OF THE
Western Grammar School,
BROMPTON.
The following Gentlemen have been elected Honorary Officers of the
Institution:
_President_,
SIR THEOPHILUS LEE, Crescent House, Brompton.
_Vice-Presidents_,
HON. & REV. GERARD VALERIAN WELLESLEY, D.D. Rectory House, Chelsea.
REV. HENRY BLUNT, A.M. Sloane Street.
F. C. PARRY, Esq. A.M. F.A.S.E. 4, Onslow Terrace, Brompton.
T. STAVELEY, Esq. 9, Brompton Square.
_Joint Treasurers_,
C. THISLETON, Esq. 4, White Hall.
H. W. BURGESS, Esq. 134, Sloane Street.
CAPTAIN G. HARRIS, R.N. C.B. 8, Brompton Crescent.
_Secretary_,
E. KNOWLES, Esq. 22, Brompton Crescent.
_Physician_,
JAMES VEITCH, Esq. M.D. Cadogan Place.
_Surgeons_,
GEORGE WOOLLEY, Esq. 8, Brompton Row.
GEORGE GLEN, Esq. 18, ditto.
_Architect_,
W. F. POCOCK, Esq. 10, Trevor Terrace.
_Committee_,
1. REV. J. F. LATEWARD, A.M. Kensington.
2. REV. JOHN MORISON, 1, Hans Place.
3. REV. R. H. SHEPHERD, 9, Palace Street, Pimlico.
4. E. J. CLARK, Esq. M.D. Hyde Park Place, West.
5. CAPTAIN PEEVOR, 36, Church Street, Chelsea.
6. W. JERDAN, Esq. Grove House, Brompton.
7. B. P. HOBART, Esq. 24, Brompton Crescent.
8. S. SMITH, Esq. 14, South Parade, Chelsea.
9. W. LEACH, Esq. Manor Street, ditto.
10. SETH SMITH, Esq. Wilton Place.
11. . . .
12. . . .
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_Auditors_,
1. SAMUEL SHEPHERD, Esq. Marlborough Square.
2. NICHOLAS GRAT, Esq. Robert Street, Chelsea.
_Bankers_.
MESSRS. COCKBURN, and Co. White Hall.
RULES
OF THE
Western Grammar School,
BROMPTON.
SECTION I.
_Of the Institution_, _and the Proprietors_.
RULE I. The Institution shall be divided into One Hundred Shares, the
holders of which shall be deemed and called the Proprietors; no
Proprietor being entitled to hold more than three Shares. {1}
RULE II. Each Proprietor shall pay into the hands of the Treasurers,
(Sect. IV. Rule VI.) Fifteen Pounds for each Share he or she may hold.
RULE III. Each Proprietor shall pay to the Treasurers an annual sum of
Nine Guineas, by equal quarterly payments, in advance, for each Share he
or she may hold; the said sums to be payable on the first Monday in the
Months of January, April, July, and October, in every Year, at the
Committee Room, between the hours of One and Three.
RULE IV. Until such person shall have paid to the Treasurers such sum of
Fifteen Pounds, he or she shall not be held to be a Proprietor.
RULE. V. Each Proprietor shall subscribe his or her Name to the
Declaration hereinafter mentioned, (See p. 19;) and until such
Declaration shall be signed, no person whatever shall be held to be a
Proprietor, nor be entitled to any privilege, right, or interest
whatever, in this Institution.
RULE VI. Each Proprietor shall be answerable for his or her quarterly,
and all other payments, whether he or she have a Nominee in the School or
not.
RULE VII. If any Proprietor shall neglect to pay to the Treasurers the
amount of his or her Subscription, and other monies which may be due by
such Proprietor, for 28 days after the same shall have become due, he or
she shall forfeit the sum of 10_s_; and if, after notice being given by
the Secretary of such penalty having been incurred, such Proprietor do
not pay the amount of his or her Subscription, together with the penalty,
within the period of 28 days, then such Proprietor’s Share or Shares
shall be forfeited; and such Proprietor, his or her Heirs, Executors,
Administrators, and Assigns, shall have no right, interest, property, or
privilege, in the Institution, or in any part thereof; provided,
nevertheless, that such Proprietor may appeal to a Special General
Meeting, by giving notice of such his or her intention to the Secretary,
on or before the day when his or her next Subscription would have become
due; and at such General Meeting it shall be determined whether any, and
what relief shall be given.
RULE VIII. Every Proprietor shall have the privilege of nominating to
the School one Pupil, in respect of each Share he or she may hold: such
Pupil, if the son, grand-son, step-son, brother, or nephew, of the
nominating Proprietor, shall be admitted without ballot; but if not so
related to the nominating Proprietor, he shall not be admitted without
the previous consent of the Committee of Proprietors; such consent to be
ascertained by ballot, (Sect. II. Rule IV.) and such ballot not to be
made, unless the Nominator do give fourteen days previous notice thereof
to the Secretary; which notice shall contain the name of the Nominee, and
the names, rank, station in life, and residence of his Parents or
Guardians.
RULE IX. The Proprietors shall be at liberty to transfer or bequeath
their several Shares: but in every case of a transfer, the Purchaser or
Grantee shall be first approved of by ballot, at a General Meeting of the
Committee. Every Purchaser or Grantee having been so approved of, shall
be entitled to all the advantages of an original Proprietor.
RULE X. Any person having a Proprietor’s Share bequeathed to him, or
inheriting such Share, or taking it under Letters of Administration, may
nominate a Pupil in respect to such Share; such Pupil to be admitted by
ballot only.
RULE XI. Any person obtaining a Share as above, may be admitted as a
Proprietor, by ballot, subject to his or her signing the Declaration
hereinafter mentioned.
RULE XII. Any Proprietor, on giving previous notice to the Secretary, of
his or her intention, shall have the power of inspecting the Minutes of
the Committee at any General Meeting of the Proprietors.