Duties of Gen, 
Curators. 
Catalogue of 
Library. 
Catalogue 
open to 
inspection. 
Access to 
Library. 
Removal of 
Books, &c. 
Registers to be 
produced at 
Quarterly 
Meetings. 
By-laws. 
Alteration of 
Rules. 
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RULE 37.—All books, drawings, and manuscripts, presented to 
the Society shall be in charge of the General Curators until they 
shall have handed the same to the Librarian, who shall, before 
placing the same in the Library, enter the title of the book, 
drawing, or manuscript, and the name of the Donor in the 
Catalogue. The Catalogue shall be kept upon the table in the 
Library, and shall be open to inspection by Members of the 
Society, and Donors, or Owners, of books, drawings, or manu- 
scripts, but it must not be removed from the Library. 
RuLE 38.—Members of the Society shall have access to the 
Library, for the purpose of reference, on such days and during 
such hours as the Museum is open, except when the use of the 
room is required for Meetings. 
RULE 39.—No book shall be removed from the Library without 
the express sanction of the Committee, and then only for a 
specified time. The Librarian shall keep a record of all Books 
so removed, and shall apply for the return of the same when the 
period sanctioned by the Committee has expired. Drawings and 
MSS. shall not be removed from the Library except for. the 
purposes of the Society, and then for a specified time, and then 
only with such consent as is mentioned in Rule 3. 
RuLE 40.—The Registers of specimens and other objects pre- 
sented, or lent, to the Society, and the Catalogue of the Library 
shall be produced and examined at each Quarterly Meeting of 
the Committee, and the Chairman, if authorized by the Com- 
mittee, shall sign the same. 
RULE 41.—The Committee shall have power to draw up and 
enforce By-Laws, which may be amended from time to time, 
provided such By-Laws are not inconsistent with the Rules of the 
Society. 
Rute 42.—No change shall be made in the Rules of the 
Society, except at an Anniversary or Special General Meeting, at 
which twelve Members, at least, shall be present. A month’s 
notice of the proposed change shall be given to the General 
Secretaries, who shall communicate the same to each Member a 
fortnight, at least, before the Meeting. 
