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may determine, and to appoint others. And also We do hereby ordain that Ourmost dearly beloved Consort shall he the President of the said Corporation ; and onIris ceasing to he President, that the said Commissioners hereby incorporated mayelect such President as they may think fit; and also that the said Commissionershereby incorporated may elect such other persons to be Members of the said Cor-poration as they may think lit; and that they, the said Commissioners hereby incor-porated, shall and may have full power and authority to receive, charge, and takeany moneys for the deposit of any goods to be exhibited, or the entrance to theExhibition, or lor the rent of any part of the Buildings to be erected, or otherwiserelating to the premises, and to dispose of all moneys which, by any of the meansaforesaid, shall come to their hands, in all respects as they shall think lit for andtowards the purposes of the said Exhibition, or otherwise, in the execution of thepowers hereby given to them ; and that they shall have full power to give effectualdischarges to any persons respectively paying any moneys to them, which have beenalready subscribed, or shall be hereafter subscribed, lor the purpose of, or relating to,the said Exhibition; and to settle and adjust any accounts relating thereto, or to anypart thereof, which may have been, or shall be, expended by any person or personswhomsoever. And We do hereby order and direct that the said Commissionershereby incorporated shall meet when and at such place or places as from time to timethey shall direct or determine; and that all and every the powers hereby given tothe said Commissioners hereby incorporated may be dime at any meeting of anythree or more of them ; and that the decision of the majority of the said Com-missioners so incorporated attending at any such meeting shall be binding, anddetermine any question proposed at any meeting; and that when the votes shall beequal, the President for the time being, if present, shall, in addition to his vote as aMember, have the easting vote ; and that the said Commissioners so incorporatedshall and may, from time to time, make such rules, orders, regulations, and bye-lawsfor the management of the business of the said Corporation as they may think lit, sons the same be not contrary to the laws of this Our Realm; and such rules, orders,regulations, and bye-laws shall, when made, and till the same shall be repealed oraltered, be as effectual as if they were contained in this Our Royal Charter: Providedalways, that when and as soon as all the matters and things entrusted to be done bythis Our Royal Charter by the said Commissioners hereby incorporated shall be fullyperformed, or become incapable of being executed, and when the same shall havebeen eertilied in writing to one of Our Principal Secretaries of State by any three ormore of the said Commissioners, then these presents and every matter and thing shallbe absolutely void.

In witness whereof We have caused these Our letters to be made patent.

Witness Ourself at Our Palace at Westminster this Fifteenth day of

August, in the Fourteenth year of Our reign.

By Writ of Privy Seal,

EDMUNDS.