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chap. i. 5. Ordinary business shall be transacted by 



Standing , ^ ^ . , 



Committee, the Standing Committee, meeting at the 

 Museum (Bloomsbury) or the Museum (Natu- 

 ral History). The Committee shall report 

 their proceedings to General Meetings held at 

 that branch of the Museum to which these refer. 



6. No business shall be transacted by the 

 Standing Committee unless Three Members at 

 least be present. 



7. They shall have power to affix the Seal 

 of the Corporation to Documents requiring it. 



8. They shall inquire, as often as they think 

 fit, into the conduct of the Officers, Assistants, 

 Attendants and Servants of the Museum ; and 

 give directions accordingly. 



9. They may grant to the Officers leave of 

 absence, provided that such absence, unless for 

 special cause, do not extend beyond the space 

 of eight weeks in the year, and that two at 

 least of the Keepers of departments, having 

 houses within the precincts of the Museum, be 

 always in residence : provided also that the 

 Keeper and the Assistant Keeper or Assistant 

 Keepers of a department be not absent at the 

 same time. 



10. The Standing Committee shall also have 

 power to order payment of all pecuniary 

 demands upon the Trustees. 



11. All moneys belonging to the Funds 

 Account of the Trustees shall be kept at the 

 Bank of England. 



