W e will moft graciously, that all the abovementioned Officers shall perform the Office and Charge they have in the Academy with the utmoft Diligence, to the End good Order may be obferved among the Scholars, and that they receive abundantly all the Inftru&ion, that We have moft graciously intended to procure them by this Eftablishment.
T he Direftor, Old-Direftor, Reftors and Old-Re&ors shall each in his T u rn e v e r j Saturday
,
during the Space ofthree
three M onths, be prefent in the Schools, for there, m Company wich the Profeffors officiating in Courfe, to corr-eø what the Learners do.
T he Profeffors, appointed to give Leffons in the
M odel - School , shall publickly, each one, during his M onth, in the Order of his Courfe, inftruØ, and every Day at five o’ Clock in the Afternoon be there prefent to begin his Information, and twice in the Week to adjuft the Model, as alfo to draw, or model^TcT farne, for thereby to fet the Learners a good Example, he likewife, in the two Haurs of InftruØion, shall correø and keep them to Work. T hey shall alfo, at the End of their refpeØive M onth, leave in the faid School a Dr a u g h t, or M odel-
•^e d - F ig u r e of the living Model, for by that Means to give Youth an Opportunity to improve the more.
T he Profeffors in ArchiteØure shall, in like Manner, Monthly take their T urn to teach publickly, and Weekly on Manddy > in the Hour the Model is pofited, be prefent in the Ar c h i t e c t u r e-Sc h o o l, for there to give LefTons, and correØ the Youth.
The Profeffor in PerfpeØive shall alfo every Saturday, an Hour before the Model is placed, be prefent in one of the Ar h it e c t u r e - Schools , there publickly teach, and, in a Year’s Space, go thro’ the whole Cqurse of Per spec
-C 3 t iv e ,
t ive , for the InftruEtion of the Scholars frequenting the different Schools.
As for the orher ProfefTors, the ProfeiTor in Atiatomy shall be obliged every Summer to go thro* the whole Doffrine o f Ost eo lo g y , and every W in ter that of Myo~
lo g y. In Summer he shall give Leffons an Hour before the Model is adjufted ; and in Winter at the moft conve- nient Times and Hours. We will alfo moft graciously tha-t he be furnished with the moft neceffary Subje&s to his faid Lectures.
T he Profeffor in Geometry shall alfb every W ednesday,
an Hour before the Model is fet, be prefent in one of the
Ar c h it e c t u r e - Schools , for there annually to go thro*
a whole Course o f Ge o m e t r y , and fuch P a rts of the Mathematics, as are neceffary for the Artifts to know;
•* ,
except Perfpe&ive.
T he Reftors and Profeffors shall be permitted to leave the Academy after having ofhciated ten Years, or been a like Number of Years abfent, or becaufe of Want of H ealth, and the Inconveniences attending the farne;
and y e t, on this Coniideration, shall enjoy the farne Dignity and Prerogatives as before, and^allowed to bear the Tides of Old - Re c t o r s, and Old - Professors.
But
But in Cafe any within that fixed Tim e leaves off per- forming his Office, he shall thereby have forfeiced all the Rights and Prerogatives he had before.
T he Profelibrs, who advance to be Old-ProfelTors, receive no longer any Pay, but, like as the Old-Reftors, provided the Academy shall judge it proper , m a y , by a Majority of Voices, be promoted to higher Dignities.
■ T he Masters shall be obliged to attend chily, jn the
inferiour Schools, at the Hour the Model is pofited, for there to inftruft Youth in the firft Elements of Drawtng. They shall ftand under the Authority of the Profelfor offi- ciating, who shall be accountable to the Affemblies both for the Condua of the Marters, and alfo for whatever un- common happens in the Schools, during their Month’s At- tendance. Thefe farne Marters shall have Salaries.
Furthermore We will moft graciously, that the Aca- demy in Time be provided with the moft and Books belonging to each of the feveral Arts; forne to Pain- ting and Carving; others to A rchiteaure,
Perfpeaive,
Anatomy and Geometry, and other-fome to the Study of Sacred and Prophane Hiftory. Thefe Books the Profeflers and the other Teachers shall make ufe o fin their Leftons, and when any of the Scholars of the Academy are found
to
»m&r S"
to want any of the faid Books, they shall have Liberty tø make Ufe of thern to their private Inftru&ion, but by no Means be fuffered to carry thern out of the Academy*
A
r t i c l eIV.
T o give this Academy ftill more Lufter, We do here- by moft graciously repeatand confirm a-new the Priviiege, which We formerly granted thern, of EleQing into their Body certain Honorary Members to the Number ofAVg^, who shall have each his Vote in the Affemblies.
A
r t i c l eV.
T he Academy shall continue to aflemble every fir f t
and laft Monday in the Month to confult of their Affairs, and confider of whatever concerns thefe Arts, and over and above to communicate to each o ther their Thoughts and Infight; but all other Kind of Difcourfe shall not be allowedi^*
In the General-Assemblies, which shall be held
*r
Quartery , the Secretary shall read up all the Confulta- tions, which in that Space of Time were made.
In the firft General-Affembly in the Year he shall read up the Charter and Statutes of the Academy^
Such
Such AfTemblies shall be notifyjfd by Writs of Convo- cation figned by the ProfefTor, in whofe monthly Courfe they happen, and in Cafe of an extraordinary AfTembly, the Matter to be debated shall be inferted in the faid Writs.
In the AfTemblies the Academy shall be feated as follows:
TheD ireftor shall fit on thePrefident’s Right-Hand, and next unto him the Reffcor and ProfefTor in whofe Month the Affembly is held; next thefe fit the Old-Dire&or, Old- Reflors and Reftors, the Old-Profeflors and Profeffors- Artiffs according to their Priority in the Academy; next thefe fit the Counfellors of the Academy, likewife according to their Precedency; and lafHy the ProfefTors in Anatomy and Geometry.
T he Honorary Members are to take their Seats on the Prefident’s L eft-H an d, each one according to his T itle, or Poft; and when a Deliberadon is made, the Votes shall be gathered in the like Order, which too muft be obferved in fubfcribing the Conclufions in the Regiflers.
The Academical Members shall fit, in Order as they have been received, behind the Officiating and Honorary Members; they shall have Liberty to be prefent in all the AfTemblies, wichout being invited to any but the General- AfTemblies, for there to hear the Deliberations of the Ialt
D three
three Months read u p ; they shall alfo fubfcribe the Conclufions of the General - Affernblies ; but they shall have no Voices, except to the adjudging of forne great Prize.
A rticle VI.
T he Academy shall henceforth conftantly keep two
Reg iste rs authorifed and fealed by the Prefident. In the
one of which shall be entered all the Di p l o m a s and L e t
t e r s Pa t e n t s of the Members of the Academy of whac Clafs foever. In the Letters Patents of the Artifts shall be fpecified what Pieces of Workmanship they have exhibited for their Reception, for thereby to make appear upon what Foundation they were received into the Academy, and befides that they may enjoy the Prerogatives their Ability juftly deferves.
In the otber Register shall be inferted all the Con
-clusions of the Academy; what Orders We moft graci-ously shall give thern, or they receive from the Prefident;
the El e c t i o n and Re c e p t i o n of all the Members, as well thofe Officiating, as the Honorary and Academical; the
Ad j u d g i n g the Prizes, and other De c r e e s, L e t t e r s, D e c l a r a t i o n s , At t e s t a t i o n s, & c. and shall Every-thing, that is infcribed in the faid Regifter, be tigned
by-t , the
the Officiating and Honorary Members prefent, when the Conclufions were made.
In Refpeft of the Performances on which the Acade- my shall be confulted, the particular Judgment that they pafs thereupon shall be immediately figned by the Dire&or and the Officiating Members, to the Intent it may acquire the Authority of a Sentence o fthe Academy, and, when the Prefident has feen the farne, it shall be entered into the Regifter-Book of Deliberations, of which the Extra&s, thad the Secretary gives from thence, he alone shall lign, and the farne shall be called, an Extract fro m the Academy’s Register-Book,