Whereas it is expedient to establish a National Gallery of Paintings, Sculpture, and the Fine Arts in Ireland: And whereas it is also expedient to render Archbishop Marsh's Library more conveniently accessible than it now is to the Inhabitants of Dublin: etc. etc.

IV. It shall be lawful for the Governors and Guardians of Archbishop Marsh's Library (anything in an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, in-titled An Act for settling and preserving a Public Library for ever in the House for that Purpose built by his Grace Narcissus now Lord Archbishop of Armagh, on Part of the Ground belonging to the Archbishop of Dublin's Palace near the City of Dublin, passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, or otherwise, to the contrary notwithstanding,) to cause the said Library to be removed to the said Building so to be erected, as soon as the said shall be completed and in a Condition to receive the said Library: Provided always that the said Governors and Guardians shall approve of the Plan and Arrangements of that Portion of the said Building to be appropriated to the Reception of a Public Library.