AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. v 
"n The Treasurer shall have the power, with the consent of the Committee of Finance, to 
remit the admission fee of five dollars, and likewise any annual assessment above the sum of 
two dollars, in all such cases as he shall deem reasonable and proper. 
CHAPTER VII. 
OF THE LIBRARIAN AND LIBRARY. 
1. It shall be the duty of the Librarian to take charge of the books, to keep a correct cata- 
logue of the same, and to provide for the delivery of books from the Library. He shall also 
have the custody of the publications of the Academy. 
2. The Librarian, in conjunction with the Committee on the Library, shall have authority to 
expend, as they may deem expedient, such sums as may be appropriated, either from the Rum- 
ford or the General Fund of the Academy, for the purchase of books and for defraying other | 
necessary expenses connected with the Library. They shall have authority to propose rules and 
regulations concerning the circulation, return, and safe-keeping of books; and to appoint such 
agents for these purposes as they may think necessary. 
9. To all books in the Library procured from the income of the Rumford Fund, the Librarian 
shall eause a stamp or label to be affixed, expressing the fact that they were so procured. 
4. Every person who takes a book from the Ge sl shall give a receipt for the same to the 
Librarian or his assistant. 
5. Every book shall be returned in good order, regard being had to the necessary wear of the 
book with good usage. And if any book shall be lost or injured, the person to whom it stands 
charged shall replace it by a new volume or set, if it belong to a set, or pay the current price of 
the volume or set to the Librarian; and thereupon the remainder of the set, if the volume be- 
longed to a set, shall be delivered to the person so paying for the same. 
6. All books shall be returned to the Library for examination, at least one week before the 
Annual Meeting. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
Or MEETINGS. 
1. There shall be annually four stated meetings of the Academy; namely, on the day next 
preceding the last Wednesday in May (the Annual Meeting), on the second Wednesday in 
August, on the second Wednesday in November, and on the last Wednesday in January; to 
