48 Neiv Indian Museum Act. [Feb. 



in a condition to receive the said collections, and that an inventory of the 

 articles in such collections should be made by the said Society, one copy 

 whereof was to be signed by the said Trustees and kept by the said Society, 

 and another copy was to be signed by the said Society and kept by the said 

 Trustees, and that the said Society should continue to have the same ex- 

 clusive property in and control over their said library, manuscripts, maps, 

 coins, busts, pictures and engravings which they then possessed, and that 

 the Council of the said Society should have the exclusive possession, occupa- 

 tion and control, for the purposes of the said Society, of those portions of 

 the said building which should be set apart for the accommodation of the 

 said- Society and the reception of their library and other property therein, 

 before mentioned ; 



And whereas the Government of India has caused the said building to 

 be erected, and the Council of the said Society has caused the said collec- 

 tions belonging to the same Society to be removed to and deposited in the 

 said building at the expense of the Government of India ; and an inventory 

 of the articles in such collections has been made by the said Society, one 

 copy whereof has been signed by the said Trustees and delivered to the 

 said Society, and another copy has been signed by the Council of the said 

 Society and delivered to the said Trustees ; 



And whereas the said Trustees have, in pursuance of the said Act, set 

 apart certain portions of the said building for the said records and offices 

 of the Geological Survey of India ; 



And whereas, in consideration of a sum of one hundred and fifty 

 thousand rupees paid to them by the Government of India, the Council o£ 

 the said Society has relinquished the exclusive possession, occupation and 

 control secured to them by the said Act, of the portions of the said buil- 

 ding which, under the said Act, were to be set apart for the accommodation 

 of the said Society and the reception of their said Library and other pro- 

 perty ; 



And whereas it is expedient to alter the constitution of the said Body 

 Corporate and to amend the law relating to the appointment and salaries of 

 the said officers : 



And whereas under the circumstances aforesaid it is expedient to re- 

 peal the said Act, and to re-enact it with the modifications hereinafter 

 appearing ; It is hereby enacted as follows : — 



Preliminary. 



1. This Act may be called " The Indian Museum Act, 1876." 



2. Act No. XVII of 1866 (to ^provide for tlie establishment of a 

 Fuhlic Museum at Calcutta) shall be repealed. But all persons nominated 

 under the said Act as Trustees of the Indian Museum, and all officers and 

 servants appointed under the same Act and now holding office, shall be 

 deemed to have been respectively nominated and appointed under this Act. 



