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Mode of filling Vacancies in the Number of the Governors of the National Gallery.
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XII. The President and Senior Vice-President of the Royal Dublin Society, the President of the Royal Hibernian Academy, the President of the Royal Irish Academy, and the Chairman of the Board of Public Works in Ireland, that is to say, the Persons for the Time being holding those Offices respectively, shall be ex-officio Members of the said Body Corporate, and Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland, but shall cease to be such Governors and Guardians respectively upon ceasing to hold the aforesaid Offices respectively: Provided always, that whensoever and so often as the said George Petrie Esquire and George Francis Mulvany Esquire, or either of them, or their or either of their Successors nominated or appointed as next herein-after mentioned, shall cease to be such Governor and Guardian or Governors and Guardians as aforesaid, then and in every such Case it shall be lawful for the Royal Hibernian Academy to nominate and appoint such Artist or Artists resident in Ireland as they shall think proper to be a Governor and Guardian or Governors and Guardians in the Room of the Person or Persons so ceasing to be such Governor and Guardian or Governors and Guardians as aforesaid, and every such resident Artist so nominated or appointed by the Royal Hibernian Academy shall thereupon forthwith become and be one of the Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland, to all Intents and Purposes as fully as if he had been so named herein in the Place of the said George Petrie Esquire or George Francis Mulvany Esquire: And be it enacted, that whensoever and so often as the said William Brabazon Earl of Meath, Thomas Aiskew Larcom Esquire, and William Dargan Esquire, or any or either of them, or their or any or either of their Successors appointed as next herein-after mentioned, shall cease to be such Governor and Guardian or Governors and Guardians as aforesaid, then and in every such Case it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, by Warrant under his Hand, to appoint a Person or Persons to fill such Vacancy or Vacancies, and every such Person or Persons so appointed to fill such Vacancy or Vacancies shall thereupon forthwith become and be one of the Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland, to all Intents and Purposes as fully as if he had been so named herein in the Place of the said William Brabazon Earl of Meath, or Thomas Aiskew Larcom Esquire, or William Dargan Esquire: Provided also, that whensoever and so often as any One or more of the remaining Seven Governors and Guardians herein-before named, or their or any or either of their Successors nominated, elected, or appointed as next herein-after mentioned, shall cease to be such Governor and Guardian or Governors and Guardians as aforesaid, then and in every such Case, so long and so often as there shall be at least One hundred Persons each of whom at the Time of the Occurrence of such Vacancy or Vacancies shall have made a Donation to the Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland, for the Purposes of their Trust, of not less than Two Guineas in Money, or of a Work or Works of Art to the Value in the whole of Twenty Pounds (such Value to be declared by the said Governors and Guardians by an Entry or Entries in their Books), or shall then be an annual Subscriber of One Guinea or upwards to the Funds of the said last-mentioned Body Corporate, and shall have paid his current Subscription to the said Body Corporate within Twelve Calendar Months then last past, it shall be lawful for such Donors and Subscribers to elect and nominate Persons or a Person to fill such Vacancies or Vacancy; and when and so often as on the Occasion of the happening of such Vacancy or Vacancies there be less than One hundred such Donors and Subscribers, then and in every such Case it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant by Warrant under his Hand to appoint a Person or Persons to fill such Vacancy or Vacancies, and every such Person so nominated, elected, or appointed to fill such Vacancy or Vacancies shall thereupon forthwith become and be One of the Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland, to all Intents and Purposes as fully as if he had been so named therein in the Place of the said Francis William Earl of Charlemont, the Right Honourable Maziere Brady, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the Lord Talbot de Malahide, Sir George Frederick John Hodson Baronet, Robert Calwell Esquire, John Calvert Stronge Esquire, or John Edward Pigot Esquire.
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