CHAPTER VIII. 



OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



Section 1. A member of the Society shall be chosen at the stated 

 meeting on the third Friday of January in each year, to be the libra- 

 rian of the Society. Nominations for said office shall be made at the 

 first stated meeting in January, and no person shall be voted for who 

 has not been so nominated. 



2. The librarian shall have, under the direction of the proper stand- 

 ing committees, the custody and care of the hall, and of the books and 

 papers belonging to the Society, which he shall dispose and arrange in 

 such a manner as shall be judged most convenient, and shall keep an 

 arrano;ed catalogue of them, with the names of the donors. H'' shall 

 assist the curators in their charge of the cabinet. 



3. He shall attend at the library at every meeting of the Society, 

 and daily, excepting Sundays, from 10 A. M. to 1 P. M. except when 

 allowed leave of absence by the presiding officer of the Society, and 

 shall then, and at such other times as he may think proper, lend out 

 to any resident member of the Society, who is not indebted to him for 

 fines or forfeitures, any books belonging to the library, except the last 

 volumes and loose numbers of periodical journals, and except recent 

 donations made to the Society, which shall not be lent out; taking 

 from each member, borrowing a book, an obligation, with a sufficient 

 penalty, to return the same uninjured, within one month thereafter, 

 subject to a fine of fifty cents at every stated meeting that shall occur 

 after the limited period before he returns the book, and a forfeiture of 

 double the value of the book, or of the set of which it is one, if not 

 returned in six months after being borrowed. 



4. He shall levy and collect these fines and forfeitures, and pay 

 over the moneys thence arising to the treasurer, at the end of his 

 official year, in aid of the appropriation for the library. 



5. He shall give notice in the newspapers of the meetings of the 

 Society and of the officers and council, and of all elections, and shall 

 make all such publications on behalf of the Society as are not other- 

 wise devolved by law or special order. 



6. He shall, at the beginning of each year, cause tables to be pre- 

 pared for the use of the members, on which shall be noted the days 

 for the meetings of the Society and of the officers and council, the 

 stated business to be transacted thereat, and the names of the officiating 

 secretaries and curator. 



7. He shall transcribe carefully and correctly the minuses of the 



