National Gallery (Amendment) Act, 1865

The Building and Grounds vested in the Commissioners of Public Works.

3. The said Building so erected and intended for the said National Gallery and Library, and the Lands and Ground forming the Site thereof, containing in front to Merrion Square One hundred and twenty-four Feet, in rear on the West Side Sixty-six Feet, on the South Side Three hundred and eighty-three Feet, and on the North Three hundred and fifteen Feet, be the said several Admeasurements more or less, with all Enclosures thereunto belonging, being the Portion of the said demised Premises so appropriated for the said National Gallery as herein aforesaid, together with all Ways, Easements, and Privileges thereto appertaining or therewith enjoyed, shall be and the same are hereby vested in the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, and their Successors, for all the Term and Interest created by the said recited Lease of the Fourth Day of August One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in trust for Her Majesty and Her Successors, subject to the Payment to the said Royal Dublin Society and their Successors of the annual Rent of One hundred Pounds by Two half-yearly Payments on every Twenty-fifth Day of March and Twenty-ninth Day of September in each Year during the said Term, the first Payment of the said Rent to be made on the Twenty-ninth Day of September One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and subject to the Observance, of the Covenants and Conditions in the said Lease contained, so far as regards the said Premises so vested in the said Commissioners of Public Works as aforesaid; and the said Royal Dublin Society shall have all Remedies for the Recovery of the said Rent as are incident to a Rent reserved upon a Demise for Years.

In case 3,000l. advanced the Rent of 100l. per Annum to cease.

In case the aforesaid Sum of Three thousand Pounds shall at any Time hereafter be advanced and paid to the said Royal Dublin Society out of Public Monies, then from and after such Payment the said annual Rent of One hundred Pounds so payable to the said Royal Dublin Society shall cease and determine.

Proviso as to Use and Occupation of Portion of the Building by the Governors and Guardians of National Gallery.

Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery to use and occupy all that Portion of the said Building now used and occupied by them for the Purpose of the National Gallery, together with the free Use of all Ways and Entrances leading to and from the same; and, subject as aforesaid, all the Residue of the said Building and Premises shall be held by the Commissioners of Public Works, their Successors and Assigns, for such Purposes and Uses connected with the Advancement of the Fine Arts as may from Time to Time be directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury.

The whole of the Rent of 277l. 7s. 9d. to be paid by the Society.

The whole of the said Rent of Two hundred and seventy-seven Pounds Seven Shillings and Ninepence so reserved by the said Lease of the Fourth Day of August One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five shall be paid by the Royal Dublin Society, and the said Society shall indemnify the said Commissioners of Public Works, and the said Land and Building so vested in them as aforesaid, of and from all Actions, Suits, Costs, and Charges whatsoever by reason of the Nonpayment of the said Rent, or the Nonobservance of the Covenants and Conditions in the said Lease contained on the Part of the Lessees, so far as the same relate to the Premises demised thereby, other than the Portion thereof so hereby vested in the said Commissioners.