viil THE INDIAN MUSEUM: 1814—1914. 
2. Act No. XVII of 1866 {to provide for the establishment of 
a Public Museum at Calcutta) shall be re- 
Repeal of Act No. XVII persons nominated under 
^ ‘ the said Act as Trustees of the Indian 
Museum, and all officers and servants appointed under the 
same Act and now holding office, shall be deemed to have been 
respectively nominated and appointed under this Act. 
Incorporation of the Trustees. 
3. The Trustees of the said Indian Museum shall be— 
Tru.stees of. the Indian 
Museum incorporated. 
such Secretary to the Government of 
India as the Governor General in Council 
from time to time directs in this behalf, 
the Accountant General, 
five other persons to be nominated by the Governor General 
of India in Council, 
the President of the Asiatic Societ}^ of Bengal and four other 
Members of the Council of the said Society for the time being, 
to be nominated by the Council of the said Society, 
the Superintendent of the Geological Surve 3 ^ of India, and 
three other persons to be elected by the Trustees for the 
time being and appointed under their common seal; 
and such Trustees and their successors shall, subject to the 
provisions hereinafter contained, be and are hereby constituted 
a Body Corporate by the name of the ‘‘Trustees of the Indian 
Museum,” and shall have a common seal, and by such name 
shall have perpetual succession; and all the powers of the said 
Corporation maj^ be exercised so long and so often as there shall 
exist seven Members thereof. 
4. The persons for the time being holding the offices 
^ ^ . TIT u respectively mentioned in section three 
xo^cio em ers. shall be Members of the said Body 
Corporate, and shall cease to be such Members respectively upon 
ceasing to hold the said offices respectively : 
Provided that, whenever the said Secretary to the Govern¬ 
ment of India, Accountant General or Superintendent of the 
Geological Survey of India is also the President of the said 
Society, the Council of the said Society may nominate any other 
person, being a Member of the said Society, to be a Trustee under 
this Act so long as such presidency is held by the said Secretary, 
Accountant General or Superintendent. 
5. If any of the said Trustees for the time being dies or is 
^ , absent from India for more than twelve 
Trusted ^ consecutive months, or desires to be 
discharged, or refuses or becomes incapable 
to act, or not having been an ex-officio Member of the said Body 
Corporate becomes such, or if any of the Trustees to be nominated 
