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Standing Committee ; and shall take 

 care that a sufficient supply of copies 

 be always ready to meet the public 

 demand. 



(9.) Shall be in attendance when the 

 British Museum shall be visited by the 

 Sovereign or by any members of the 

 Royal Family, or by Royal Personages 

 of other countries. 



(10.) The Director shall give securi- 

 ties for the due discharge of his office 

 to the amount of 10,000/.: that is to 

 say, his own bond for 5,000/., and two 

 other securities in a joint and several 

 bond to the amount of 5,000/. 



3. In case of the death or sickness of the 

 Director, the Senior Officer in residence shall 

 exercise his functions. 



4. It is the duty of the Director in the 

 capacity of Secretary : — 



(1.) To attend all meetings of the 

 Trustees ; to take down the minutes of 

 their proceedings ; to prepare lists of 

 accounts due from the Trustees and 

 payable from the Parliamentary Grant, to 

 be submitted for approval at each meeting 

 of the Standing Committee, and to take 

 care that orders for payment are duly 

 made upon the Paymaster-General ; to 

 conduct the correspondence of the 



CHAP. 11. 



Director and 



Principal 



Librarian. 



