Description of the house and museum on the north side of Lincolns-Inn-Fields, the residence of John Soane ... / [Anon].

  • John Soane
Date:
1830
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Description of the house and museum on the north side of Lincolns-Inn-Fields, the residence of John Soane ... / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IX. And be it enacted, that in the event of the said Sir John Soane departing this life without having by Will or Codicil nominated or appointed any person to be the Curator of the said Museum ; or in the event of any Curator so nominated and appointed by the Will or Codicil of the said Sir John Soane, departing this life before he shall have been admitted to or taken upon himself the said office of Curator; or in the event of any Curator so nominated and appointed by the Will or Codicil of the said Sir John Soane, or any future Curator to be appointed as hereinafter mentioned, dying, or resigning the said office of Curator, or being removed from the said office as hereinbefore is mentioned, it shall be lawful for the President and Council of the Royal Academy for the time being, within three months from such vacancy occurring, to select and nominate and appoint as such Curator as aforesaid an English Architect who may have distinguished himself or gained any Academical Prize, being at the least of the age of twenty-five years, whom they may deem the most competent to discharge the duties of the said office ; and upon such appointment being duly certified to the Trustees of the said Museum, the said Curator so nominated and appointed shall be by the said Trustees instituted into the said office of Curator, and charged with the same duties, and entitled to the same salary, as is hereinbefore by this Act declared and provided ; and during all such time as the said office or appointment of Curator shall be vacant, the Trustees of the said Museum shall place a proper person in temporary charge of the said house. Museum, and offices, and shall pay to such person such reasonable sum of money, by way of compensation for his services, as the said Trustees shall in their discretion think fit. X. And be it enacted, that in the event of the said Sir John Soane departing this life without having by Will or Codicil named or appointed any person to be the Inspectress of the said Museum, house, and offices; or in the event of any Inspectress so nominated and appointed by the Will or Codicil of the said Sir John Soane departing this life before she shall have taken upon herself the said office of Inspectress; or in the event of any Inspectress so nominated and appointed by the Will or Codicil of the said Sir John Soane, or any future Inspectress to be appointed as hereinafter mentioned, dying, or resigning the said office of Inspectress, or being removed from the said office as hereinbefore is mentioned, it shall and may be lawful for the said Trustees of the said Museum, within one month of such vacancy occurring, to select and nominate and appoint as such Inspectress, with the like salary as aforesaid, any other proper person to be Inspectress of the said house and offices. XI. And be it enacted, that Samuel Thornton, of Chobham, in the county of Surrey, Esquire; Francis Chantrey, of Belgrave Place, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire; Samuel Higham, of the National Debt Redemption Office, Esquire; and John Laurens Bicknell, of Abingdon Street, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, shall be, and they are hereby constituted and appointed, the Trustees for life for the purposes of this Act; and that they and their successors, to be appointed as hereinafter is mentioned, together with the persons who shall be respectively elected additional Trustees, in manner and for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, shall be and be called “ The Trustees of Sir John Soane’s Museum,” and may sue and be sued by that name or title. XII. And be it enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the said Sir John Soane, and he is hereby authorised and empowered by any deed or instrument under his hand and seal duly executed by him in the presence of two or more credible witnesses, or by his last Will and Testament in writing, -or by any Codicil to his Will or Testament in writing, duly executed by him in the presence of three or more credible witnesses, to nominate and appoint any other person or persons to be a Trustee or Trustees of Provision for the appoint¬ ment of new or future Cu¬ rators. Provision for the appoint¬ ment of new or future In¬ spectress. Names and style of the Trustees. Sir J. Soane to have power during his life, by Deed or Will, to ap¬ point other Trustees in the stead of E E
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