OF ARTS AND SCIKNCKS. lol 



of all the property of the Actuk'iny entrusted to liiiii, .iiid tin- cliaractcr 

 of the investments. 



Article 6. The Financial Yrar of the Aeadcniy sliall Iw/m with 

 the fir*t day of April. 



Article 7. No person or committee shall incur any debt or 

 liability in the name of the Academy, unless in accordance with a 

 pre\ious vote and appropriation therefor by the Academy or the 

 Council, or sell or otherwise dispose of any property of the Academy, 

 except cash or invested funds, without the previous consent and ap- 

 pro\al of the Council. 



See Chap. ii. art. 4, 5; chap. vi. art. 2; chap. ix. art. 6; chap. .\. art. 

 1, 2, 3; chap. xi. art. 1. 



CHAPTER VIII 

 The Librarian and the Library 



Article 1. The Librarian shall have charge of the printed books, 

 keep a correct catalogue thereof, and provide for their deli\-ery from 

 the Library. 



At the Annual IMeeting, as Chairman of the Committee on the Li- 

 brary, he shall make a Report on its condition. 



Article 2. In conjunction with the Committee on the Library' he 

 shall have authority to expend such sums as may be appropriated by 

 the Academy for the purchase of books, periodicals, etc., and for de- 

 fraying other necessary expenses connected with the Library. 



Article 3. All books procured from the income of the Rumford 

 Fund or of other special Funds shall contain a book-plate expressing 

 the fact. 



Article 4. Books taken from the Library shall be receipted for to 

 the Librarian or his assistant. 



Article 5. Books shall be returned in good order, regard being had 

 to necessary wear with good usage. If any book shall be lost or 

 injured, the Fellow or Resident Associate to whom it stands charged 

 shall replace it by a new volume or by a new set, if it belongs to a set, 

 or pay the current price thereof to the Librarian, whereupon the 



