National Gallery of Ireland Act, 1854

Governors, &c. empowered to receive Donations and Subscriptions, &c.

VIII. It shall be lawful for the said last-mentioned Body Corporate to receive Devises, Bequests, Donations, and Subscriptions (annual or otherwise) of Land, Buildings, Money, and Works of Art, and to hold the same, and to lay out such Sums of Money as they shall so receive for the Purposes of the National Gallery of Ireland, in the Improvement and Enlargement of the Collection of Works of Art presented to or purchased for the said Gallery, or deposited therein, and the said Body Corporate shall have the entire and exclusive Possession, Occupation, and Control for the Purposes of their Trusts herein mentioned of those Portions of the said Building so to be erected as herein-before mentioned which shall be upon the Completion of the said Building set apart by the said Building Trustees for the Accommodation of the National Gallery of Ireland, and of all such other Buildings, Enclosures, and Appurtenances as shall or may from Time to Time be required and obtained for the Purposes of the said National Gallery or any Part thereof.