Studio: international art (29.1903)

The "Instrument" of Institution of the Royal Academy

duty, and (with the consent of the geneial body,
and the King's permission first obtained for that
purpose) to suspend or entirely remove from their
employments such as shall be found guilty of any
great offences. The council shall meet as often as
the business of the Society shall require it; every
member shall be punctual to the hour of appoint-
ment, under the penalty of a fine, at the option of
the council; and at each meeting the attending
members shall receive forty-five shillings, to be
equally divided amongst them, in which division,
however, the secretary shall not be comprehended.

" V. The seats in the council shall go by suc-
cession to all the members of the Society, except-
ing the secretary, who shall always belong thereto.
Four of the council shall be voted out every year,
and these shall not re-occupy their seats in the
council till all the rest have served; neither the
president nor secretary shall have any vote either
in the council or general assembly, excepting the
suffrages be equal, in which case the president
shall have the casting vote.

" VI. There shall be a Secretary of the Royal
Academy, elected by ballot, from amongst the
Academicians, and approved of by the King; his
business shall be to keep the minutes of the council,
to write letters, and send summonses, &c.; he shall
attend at the exhibition, assist in disposing the per-
formances, make out the catalogues, &c.; he shall
also, when the keeper of the Academy is indisposed,
take upon himself the care of the Academy and
the inspection of the Schools of Design, for which
he shall be properly qualified ; his salary shall be
sixty pounds a year, and he shall continue in office
during his Majesty's pleasure.

" VII. There shall be a Keeper of the Royal
Academy, elected by ballot, from amongst the
Academicians; he shall be an able painter of
history, sculptor, or other artist, properly qualified.
His business shall be to keep the Royal Academy,
with the models, casts, books, and other moveables
belonging thereto; to attend regularly the Schools
of Design during the sittings of the students, to
preserve order among them, and to give them such
advice and instruction as they shall require ; he
shall have the immediate direction of all the
servants of the Academy, shall regulate all things
relating to the schools, and, with the assistance of
the visitors, provide the living models, &c. He
shall attend at the exhibition, assist in disposing
the performances, and be constantly at hand to
preserve order and decorum. His salary shall be
one hundred pounds a year ; he shall have a con-
venient apartment allotted him in the Royal
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Academy, where he shall constantly reside; and
he shall continue in office during the King's
pleasure.

" VIII. There shall be a Treasurer of the Royal
Academy, who, as the King is graciously pleased
to pay all deficiencies, shall be appointed by his
Majesty from amongst the Academicians, that he
may have a person on whom he places full con-
fidence in an office where his interest is concerned;
and his Majesty doth hereby nominate and appoint
William Chambers, Esquire, architect of his works,
to be treasurer of the Royal Academy of Arts;
which office he shall hold, together with the emolu-
ments thereof, from the date of these presents,
and during his Majesty's pleasure. His business
shall be to receive the rents and profits of the
Academy, to pay its expenses, to superintend
repairs of the buildings and alterations, to examine
all bills, and to conclude all bargains ; he shall
once in every quarter lay a fair state of his accounts
before the council, and when they have passed
examination and been approved there, he shall lay
them before the Keeper of his Majesty's Purse, to
be by him finally audited and the deficiencies paid;
his salary shall be sixty pounds a year.

" IX. That the Schools of Design may be under
the direction of the ablest artists, there shall be
elected annually from amongst the Academicians
nine persons who shall be called Visitors■ they
shall be painters of history, able sculptors, or other
persons properly qualified ; their business shall be
to attend the schools by rotation each a month, to
set the figures, to examine the performances of the
students, to advise and instruct them, to endeavour
to form their taste, and turn their attention towards
that branch of the arts for which they shall seem to
have the aptest disposition. These officers shall be
approved of by the King ; they shall be paid out of
the treasury ten shillings and sixpence for each
time of attending, which shall be at least two hours,,
and shall be subject to a fine of ten shillings and
sixpence whenever they neglect to attend, unless
they appoint a proxy from amongst the visitors for
the time being, in which case he shall be entitled
to the reward. At every election of visitors four of
the old visitors shall be declared non-eligible.

" X. There shall be a Professor of Anatomy,
who shall read annually six public lectures in the
schools, adapted to the arts of design; his salary
shall be thirty pounds a year ; and he shall con-
tinue in office during the King's pleasure.

" XI. There shall be a Professor of Architecture,,
who shall read annually six public Lectures, calcu-
lated to form the taste of the Students, to instruct