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the depositor, and while they remain as such, shall be exclusively 

 under the control of the Acadeniy, and subject to the same uses 

 and regulations as the specimens belonging to it. 



4. No person, making a deposit of specmiens, shall be allowed 

 t;o remove them without giving a receipt for the same to the Cu- 

 rator in charge. 



5. No specimen contained in the Museum shall be loaned, 

 unless by special permission of the Academy. 



6. The Curators shall arrange, in systematic order, all the speci- 

 mens belonging to the Museum, and keep a catalogue of the 

 same ; and shall report, on the fourth Monday in February in 

 each year, the state of the property confided to their charge. 



Chapter XII. — Of the Library. 



1. The library shall be under the control of the Librarian and 

 the Library Committee. 



2. No book shall be purchased, or other expense incurred for 

 the library, except by a recommendation to that effect signed by a 

 majority of the Library Committee, and ratified by the Council. 



3. The Library Committee shall designate such books as ought 

 not to be removed * from the rooms of the Academy, which shall be 

 marked on the catalogue, and shall not be taken out without special 

 permission from the Academy. 



4. The Librarian shall be furnished with a book, in which he 

 shall keep a regular account of all books borrowed and returned, 

 by inserting the name of the borrower and the book borrowed, the 

 time when taken out and when returned. In the absence of the 

 Librarian, one of the Library Committee shall keep this record. 



5. A volume, not returned within one month, shall incur a fine 

 of fifty cents, and twenty-five cents for each week thereafter. 



6. Any injury done to works shall be estimated by the Commit- 

 tee, and the borrower fined accordingly. 



7. The Librarian shall report to the Treasurer, from time to time, 

 the fines imposed. 



8. No member or fellow shall take out more than two volumes 

 at one time, without special permission from the Council. 



9. On the first Monday in June, all books shall be called in ; 

 and the Library Committee shall examine the library, and compare 

 it with the catalogue. They shall note all missing books, and re- 

 port the same, at the next meeting, to the Academy. 



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Chapter XIII. — Of Meetings. 



I. The ordinary meetings shall be held on Monday evening in 

 each week. 



* By the present rule, no book can be so removed without special permission 

 from the Council. 



