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CHAPTER II. 



CHAP. II. 

 Residence. 



Director and 



Principal 



Librarian. 



Rules relative to the Director and Principal 

 Libraj'ian, and the Dii'ector of the 

 Natural History Departments. 



1. The Director and all other persons having 

 houses within the precincts of the Museum 

 (Bloomsbury) shall reside therein, unless leave 

 of absence be granted by the Standing Com- 

 mittee. 



2. The Director, being, by the Act of In- 

 corporation, the person to whom the care and 

 custody of the British Museum is chiefly en- 

 trusted : — 



( i . ) Shall be responsible for the safety 

 of the Museums, and of the Property 

 and Collections therein. 



(2.) Shall exercise a general super- 

 intendence over all the Departments at 

 Bloomsbury ; and shall take care that 

 the Officers, Assistants, Attendants, 

 and Servants be regular in their attend- 

 ance and perform their proper duties ; 

 and shall report every omission in this 

 respect to the Standing Committee. 



(3.) Shall make such remarks on the 

 Reports of the Officers as he may think 

 proper for the information of the 

 Trustees. 



