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As for I know, No terms were determined by the Secretary of State on which the present members of the Committee hold office since, although the membership was decided at the official level, formal letters of appointment have never been sent. Perhaps Mr. MacPetrie would kindly say whether, even at this late hour, this, should now be done. The first
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No notification in the Hong Kong Gazette of appointments to the Court and Council of the University will be made until it has been decided when the University_is to be reopened.
I suggest writing
I have written) to Mr. Sloss as in draft opposite and we need take no action pending a reply.
26.10.46.
Miss Ruslan
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1. 52(1) of the Order in Cuncil at 23 provides that the Committee
consist of "such persons en a Secreling of flute stall from Time
Time to
15 "limme appoint.." In my opinion this
es, by installing a ininuli on which
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Hu 5. & S. must al·lendt indicate his formal approval que appointinenta propond lucmbers
Commille am flue nothing to show luat this was ever clom.
2.
From 22
en 22 March 46
hained.
I can find
won it appears that the Committer purported li transact business before the cluti of the brich in Concil
lue
46
March
which brought the Committed into existence (27 March 46).
I am of the opinions that the excercise by live Committer before 27th
of the statisting povero quantied by the Orices in Council
was ultra vires.
we want·
3. Clearly
ruliduting Oran
X
4.
to
smulle
GE
aroid howing to poss in Comcil all this stage curd
this I Famil
obviate this
be adopted :-
That The
up l
16
following course showed
push 3.
(a) a minati should be put folio 5.57. S. to
instint showny The
7
present incomberomp of the
which I'm 5.95. can then approve by
Committee initialling the (b) aflis the
Flus
S.
Ininule.
minuli
hevo
been initialled
a qurum
- see
Committee should then meet (2 will suffec
5. 2635 of the Onlu
ali
Previves
onlu m
in Corncil) and formally adopt transactims of the Committee.
If ynvanish, the minute suggested question
7. the
So harded that their
in
above
3 cash may also cover the regignation of the present members hut it- tavel-be
resignatime dlu hot takes effect become effective "before they have fallen the action suggested in 3(6). Since no lioma
of office have been intermined by the S. 93. for the present membero we can takent that they une emplumeriahli all within the scope ghu
Oran in Council and there is
to fix any levins for them now provided kumm S. J. S. approves Hui apporalinant and thur resignation.
JcAcilenie 2/1/1/46
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