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Art. VIIL But no works shall be loaned from the hall on any 

 account whatever, except those marked with an asterisk (thus *) in 

 the catalogue, unless by an affirmative ballot-vote of three-fourths of 

 the members present when the application is made ; and in the case 

 of deposited books, the written consent of the depositor having been 

 previously obtained ; the name of the borrower and the title of the 

 book to be recorded on the minutes, and security given for its safe 

 return, by note or otherwise, for the full value thereof, according to 

 the estimate of the librarian or the library committee. 



Art. IX. And whenever the librarian may deem it necessary to 

 withhold the loan of books, permission must be obtained from the 

 Society, two-thirds of the members present agreeing thereto. 



Art. X. Every book must be returned on the evening of business 

 next succeeding the time at which it was borrowed, under a penalty 

 of twenty-five cents for each week it shall be detained beyond such 

 time. 



Art. XI. No member shall be allowed to renew the loan of a book 

 if any other member shall be desirous of obtaining it. 



Art. XII. The librarian and library committee shall be responsible 

 for all works committed to their charge. 



CHAPTER VIIL 



MUSEUM. 



Art. I. No specimen of Natural History contained in the collec- 

 tions of the Academy shall be loaned from the Hall under any pre- 

 tence, or for any purpose whatever. 



Art. II. The keys of the cases containing the collections shall be 

 kept by the curators and members of the committees attached to the 

 different departments, who alone shall have liberty to open the cases, 

 and shall be responsible for all articles committed to their charge. 



Art. III. If any member is desirous to inspect more closely the 

 specimens in the collection, for purposes of study or description, he 

 must apply to the curators or the members of the committee on that 

 department. 



Art. IV. All articles in the museum must be properly labelled as 

 far as practicable, and a catalogue of the articles in each department 

 kept by the committee attached to said department. 



Art. V. Articles presented to the Academy for the museum must, 

 if possible, be arranged therein before the stated meeting next suc- 

 ceeding their presentation. 



