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CHAPTER IV. 
Concerning the Security of the Museum, 
1. The Museum shall at no time whatsoever be Precautions 
left without one at least of the officers within 
the same, or the precincts thereof, that proper 
orders may be given and due care taken for its 
preservation in case of fire, or any other acci- 
dent which may endanger the building or its 
contents. In case of any such accident, the 
Principal Librarian, or, in his absence, the Se- 
cretary, or the next officer in rank who shall be 
in the Museum, shall be, and he is hereby im- 
powered to give such orders as in his judgment 
will best conduce to the safety and preservation 
of the same. 
2. Each of the officers shall pay particular 
attention to the security of his department ; 
and for this purpose he shall see that after the 
companies leave the House, the windows and 
doors be properly secured, and that such care 
be taken of the fires in the stoves that no danger 
may arise therefrom. The Messenger and his 
Assistant shall likewise, under the direction of 
