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CHAPTER II. 



CHAP. II. 

 Residence. 



Pirector and 

 Principal 

 Librarian. . 



Rules relative to the Director and Principal 

 Librarian, and the Director 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 are 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 ; 

 and shall take care that the Officers, 

 Assistants., Attendants and Servants be 

 regular in their attendance 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. 



