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bifhop of London, each of the principal fecretaries of ftate, being a 

 being a peer or lord of parliament, the fpeaker of the houle of com- 

 mons, each of the principal fecretaries of llate, not being a peer or 

 lord of parliament, the chancellor of the exchequer, the lord chief 

 juftice of the king's bench, the mafter of the rolls, the lord chief 

 juftice of the common pleas, his majefty's attorney general and folici- 

 tor general, the prefident of the royal fociety, the prefidcnt of the 

 royal college of phyficians ; together with Charles lord Cadogan, and 

 Hans Stanley Efquire; with Samuel Boroughs and Thomas Hart 

 Efquires (two of the prefent truflees of the Cottonian library); toge- 

 ther alfo with the moft noble William duke of Portland, and the 

 right honourable Edward earl of Oxford and Mortimer ; fliall be 

 truftees for putting this ad: into execution : and they, or the major 

 part of them, in a general meeting affembled (whereof the arch- 

 bifliop of Canterbury, the lord chancellor, or lord keeper, and the 

 fpeaker of the houfe of commons, (hall be three) fhall nominate 

 fifteen other perfons to be aflbciates to them, and who fliall continue 

 truftees for life ; and on the death of any fuch truftee, the reft ftiall, 

 in like manner, eled another in his place, and fo toties quoties. 

 ' VI) One general repofitory ftiall be provided in fuch convenient 

 place within the cities of London or Weftminfter, or their fuburbs, 

 as the truftees fliall diredt, for the reception of Sloane's mufeum, the 

 Cottonian library (and the additions to be made thereto by virtue 

 of the will of the faid Arthur Edwards Efquire) ; and alfo of the Har- 

 leian manufcripts; and of fuch other additions to the Cottonian library 

 as ftiall be made; and of fuch other coUedions and libraries, as, with 

 the approbation of the truftees for this ad, ftiall be admitted into the 

 f lid general repofitory. And the mufeum of Sir Hans Sloane, in all 

 its branches, fhall therein be kept together and entire, with proper 

 marks of diftindion. Alio the Harleian coUedion of manufcrijjts 

 Ihall be kept together in the general repofitory, as an addition to the 

 Cottonian library. 



' VII) The truflees fliall be one body politic and corporate, and fliall 

 have fucceflion forever, by the name of the truftees of the Bntifli 

 mufeum; with a common feal ; and may fue and be fued, make bye 

 laws, &c. with power to purchafe and enjoy, for the purpofes of this 

 ad, as well goods and chatties, as lands, tenements, and heredita- 

 ments, not exceeding L500 yearly. They may at a general meeting, 

 from time to time, make ftatutes and rules for the cuftody, prelerva- 

 tion, and infpedion, of the before-named feveral collcdions; may 

 appoint the filnrics of ofticers, and may dilplace fuch at pleafure. 

 And the archbifliop of Canterbury, chancellor, and fpcuker, or any 

 two of them, ftiall recommend to his majefty two fit perfons, for the 

 king to name one of them to be principal librarian. And tiie reft or 



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