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1877.] New Indian Museum Act. 49 



Incorporation oftlie Trustees. 



3. The Trustees of the said Indian Museum shall be — 



such Secretary to the Government o£ India as the Governor General 

 in Council from time to time directs in this behalf, 



the Accountant General, 



five other persons to be nominated by the Governor General of India 

 in Council, 



the President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and four other Mem- 

 bers of the Council of the said Society for the"' time being, to be nominated 

 by the Council of the said Society, 



the Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India, and 



three other persons to be elected by the Trustees for the time being 

 and appointed under their common seal ; 



and such Trustees and their successors shall, subject to the provisions 

 hereinafter contained, be and are hereby constituted a Body Corporate by 

 the name of the " Trustees of the Indian Museum," and shall have a com- 

 mon seal, and by such name shall have perpetual succession ; and all the 

 powers of the said Corporation may be exercised so long and so often as 

 there shall exist seven Members thereof. 



4. The persons for the time being holding the offices respectively 

 mentioned in section three shall be ex officio Members of the said Body 

 Corporate, and shall cease to be such Members respectively upon ceasing to 

 hold the said offices respectively : 



Provided that, whenever the said Secretary to the Government of 

 India, Accountant General or Superintendent of the Geological Survey of 

 India is also the President of the said Society, the Council of the said 

 Society may nominate any other person, being a Member of the said So- 

 ciety, to be a Trustee under this Act so long as such presidency is held by 

 the said Secretary, Accountant General or Superintendent. 



5. If any of the said Trustees for the time being dies or is absent 

 from India for more than twelve consecutive months, or desires to be dis- 

 charged, or refuses or becomes incapable to act, or not having been an eoo 

 o^cio Member of the said Body Corporate becomes such, or if any of the 

 Trustees to be nominated by the Council of the said Society ceases to be a 

 Member of such Council, then and in every such case the authority which 

 appoints the Trustee so dying, being absent from India, desiring to be dis- 

 charged, refusing or becoming incapable to act, or becoming an ex officio 

 Member as aforesaid, or ceasing to be such Member of Council as aforesaid, 

 may appoint a new Trustee in his place according to the provisions of 

 section three, 



and every Trustee so appointed shall thereupon become and be a Mem- 

 ber of the said Body Corporate as fully and effectually as if he had been 

 hereby constituted a Trustee. ' 



