xxxviii THE INDIAN MUSEUiVI : 1814—1914. 
PART III. 
Bye-Laws Relating to the Art Section Only. 
SECTION I. 
Finance. 
1. The officer in charge shall draw up each year and cir¬ 
culate to the Trustees before the annual meeting in March a 
budget- showing {i) the expenditure for the current financial 
year, (^^) the proposed expenditure for the next financial year, 
{in) the funds, if any, actually in hand, (iv) those to be realized 
from the Government grant or grants during the next financial 
year, and (0 any other sums which may reasonably be expected 
to accrue during the year to the Trust. He shall include a 
statement showing the actual expenditure for the preceding three 
years. 
2. The officer in charge will be allowed a permanent advance 
of Rs. SCO from which he will meet items of petty expenditure. 
All other payments are to be made by the Trustees on bills cer¬ 
tified by the officer in charge. The latter shall, however, invite 
the attention of the Treasurer to any item over Rs. 500. The 
permanent advance may be recouped when necessary by the 
presentation of detailed contingent bills to the Treasurer. 
3. The budget shall be drawn up systematically under 
separate headings to be decided from time to time by the Trus¬ 
tees. 
4. The budget shall be discussed by the Trustees either at 
their annual meeting or at an extraordinary meeting called for 
the purpose, and, if it is approved, the officer in charge shall 
be empowered to spend the funds of the Trust in accordance 
with it. 
5. In the event of a re-appropriation from one heading to 
another in the budget becoming necessary, the matter shall be 
referred immediately to the Trustees. 
6. If the Treasurer considers that any item of the expendi¬ 
ture proposed by the officer in charge is extravagant or that 
expenditure is being incurred unduly in any direction, he shall 
bring the matter to the notice of the Trustees, who shall appoint 
a committee to consider it and to report at the next ordinary 
meeting. 
SECTION II. 
Duties of the Officer in charge. 
7. The attention of the officer in charge shall be given in the 
first place to determining, cataloguing, arranging and preserving 
the collections under his charge. He shall not, however, neglect 
