STATUTES OP THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 89 



CHAPTER Y. 



Library and Cabinet. 



1. It shall be the duty of the Librarian, or the Keeper of the Library, to take charge of the books, 

 to keep a correct catalogue of the same, and to deliver books to the Fellows of the Academy. 



2. Any Fellow of the Academy may have at any one time three volumes from the Library. 



3. Books may be kept out three calendar months, and no longer ; and every person shall be 

 subjected to a fine of twenty cents a week, for every volume retained beyond that time. 



4. Every person, who takes a book from the Library, shall give a receipt for the same to the 

 Librarian or his Assistant. 



5. Every book shall be returned in good order, regard being had to the necessary wear of the 

 book with good usage. And if any book shall be lost or injured, the person, to whom it stands 

 charged, shall replace it by a new volume or set, if it belong to a set, or pay the current price of the 

 volume or set to the Librarian ; and thereupon, the remainder of the set, if the volume belonged to 

 a set, shall be delivered to the person so paying for the same. 



6. All books shall be returned to the Library for examination, at least one week before the 

 annual meeting. And every person then having one or more books and neglecting to return the 

 same, as herein required, shall forfeit and pay a fine of one dollar. 



7. At the meeting of the Academy in May, a committee shall be chosen to examine the 

 Library, and make report of its condition at the next annual meeting. 



CHAPTEE VL 



Of Meetings. 



1. There shall be annually four stated meetings of the Academy : namely, on the last "Wednes- 

 day in January, the day next preceding the last Wednesday in May, the second Wednesday in 

 August, and the second Wednesday in November, to be held at the Hall of the Academy, in 

 Boston. 



2. The President shall have power to caU extraordinary meetings of the Academy, at such time 

 and place as he shall see fit. 



3. Seven Fellows shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of every description, 

 which may come before the Academy. 



4. The meetings of the Academy shall be advertised in the public papers, by the Eecording 

 Secretary. 



