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chap. ii. or by any members of the Royal 



Principal _ 



Librarian. Family, or by Royal Personages of other 



countries. 



3. In case of the death or sickness of the 

 Principal Librarian, the senior Officer in resi- 

 dence shall exercise his functions. 



4. It is the duty of the Principal Librarian, 

 in the capacity of Secretary,— 



(1.) To attend all meetings of the 

 Trustees excepting those held at the 

 Museum (Natural History) ; to take down 

 the minutes of their proceedings ; to pre- 

 pare lists of accounts due from the Trus- 

 tees and payable from the Parliamentary 

 Grant, to be submitted for approval at 

 each meeting of the Standing Com- 

 mittee, and to take care that orders for 

 payment are duly made upon the Pay- 

 master-General ; to conduct the corre- 

 spondence of the Trustees ; to issue all 

 summonses for meetings at Bloomsbury ; 

 to notify to the Principal Trustees the 

 vacancies which may occur in the estab- 

 lishment ; and also to take the chief 

 charge of all records and other documents 

 connected with the business of the Trust. 



(2.) He is charged with all payments 

 made on account of the Museum from 

 the Funds Account at the Bank of 

 England ; he is therefore empowered 



