48 



Acts and Votes, 8$c. 



also happen that the major Part of* the whole 

 Number of the Trustees of the British Mu- 

 seum cannot conveniently be present at every 

 General Meeting of the said Trustees ; be it 

 enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That 

 Elections of every such Election of a Trustee, at which 

 winch the at the said Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord 

 Canterbury^ Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, and the Speaker 



lor, Lord 



of the House of Commons, or any Two of 



Keeper, and 



speaker of the them shall be present, shall be as valid and 



House of Com- 



mons, or two e ff ec tual to all Intents and Purposes what- 



of them shall J 



be present, soever, as if the said Archbishop of Canter- 

 bury, the Lord Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, 

 and the Speaker of the House of Commons, 

 were all of them present ; and that the Acts 

 and Orders made by the major Part of such 

 Number of the said Trustees, as shall be pre- 



and ail Acts sent at any such General Meeting, so as 



done by Seven 

 Trustees 

 deemed valid. 



done by Seven 



Trustees Seven or the said lrustees at the least be 



there present, shall have the same and the 

 like Force and Effect, as if such Acts and 

 Orders were made hy the major Part of the 

 whole Number of the said Trustees ; any 

 thing in the said Act, or any Law, to the 

 contrary thereof in any wise notwithstand- 



ing- 



