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Acts and Votes, 
incorporated aforesaid, That for the better Execution of 
by the Name 
of The Trustees the Purposes of this Act. the said Trustees 
t>f the British 
Museum, & c . hereby appointed shall be a Body Politick 
and Corporate, in Deed and Name, and have 
Succession for ever, by the Name of The 
Trustees of the British Museum ; and by that 
Name shall sue and be sued, implead and be 
impleaded, in all Courts and Places within 
this Realm ; and shall have Power to have and 
use a Common Seal to be appointed by them- 
selves ; and to make Bye-laws and Ordinances 
for the Purposes of this Act ; and to assemble 
together, when, where, and as often, and 
upon such Notice, as to them shall seem 
meet, for the Execution of the Trust hereby 
in them reposed ; and shall also have full 
Power, Capacity, and Ability, to purchase, 
take, hold, and enjoy, for the Purposes of 
this Act, as well Goods and Chattels, as 
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, so as 
the yearly Value of such Lands shall not ex- 
ceed Five hundred Pounds above all Charges 
and Reprizes; the Statute of Mortmain, or 
any other Statute and Law to the contrary 
thereof in any wise notwithstanding. 
Trustee* And be it further enacted by the Authority 
make Statutes aforesaid, That the Trustees so appointed and 
