672 SelcB Communications from various Book-Societies, 



J. Every fubfcribcr (hall have a power of 

 transferring Ins or her property in the library, 

 but no fubfcriber (hall be permitted to lend a 

 ticket or library book to any perfon out of 

 the faid fujjfcriber's houfe, under the penalty 



of 2S. 6d. 



4-. At a general Iialf-yeariy meeting, a 

 committee (hall be appointed, confifting of 

 nine members, ejch fubftriber giving in a 

 lift of nine names; and thofe perfurs who 

 are named in the greatcft number of liih to 

 be the committee. If any perfon eledled 

 decline the office, he (hall forfeit 5s. : but 

 no member (hall be obliged to act two fiibfe- 

 quent half-years. 



5. The committee (hall choofe a ftcretary 

 and treafurer out of theii number, and any 

 one rcfufing to art (hjl! forfeit 5s. 



6. The committee ihall meet at the library 

 the firit Monday in every month, at eight 

 in the evening. Not Icfs than five (hall be 

 deemed a committee; and each member of 

 the committee not attending at tlie above 

 time, (liall forfeit is. 



7. For the accommodation of the fubfcri- 

 bers, the fecretary and treafurer fhall attend 

 at the library every Monday evening, from 

 half paft feven till nine, to receive and de- 

 liver out books ; and for non-attendance 

 themfelves, or by their proxies, each (lull 

 forfeit IS. 



i>. In all cafes the manner of voting»to be 

 by ballot; and ladies, who are members, 

 (hall have the privilege of voting by proxy, 

 provided the proxy be a fubfcriber : but no 

 gentleman ihall be proxy for more than one 

 lady. 



9. As every fubfcriber has a right to pro- 

 pole what books he tninks proper, the titles, 

 with the prices, (h.ill be entered in a book to 

 he kept at the library for that puvpofe ; and 

 the committee (liail determine what books 

 (hall be admitted, and (hall alfo purchafe them 

 where, and in what manner, they judge moft 

 advaiitdgeous to the focicty. 



10. The fubfcriber who lud applies to the 

 fecretary for any book (hall have it fir3, and 

 others in the order in which they .apply, 

 provided their names are entered by the fe- 

 Ci'.-tary (or that purpofe. 



IJ. No pf:rfon, except a non-refident, (hall 

 take more ihao two books from the library 

 at any one tinie ; and wlioevcr keeps a ma- 

 g.'.:ine or review beyond the limited time, 

 Ihall forfeit 3d. for each dav, till the fines 

 ace equal to the price of ttie book. The 

 forfeit or: any other volume, kept beyond 

 the limited tune, to be 6v*. per week ; but 

 ttie fi c not to exceed the criginal price of the 

 book. The time allowed for reading each 

 book to be fjxed py the fecictaiy, fubjcd'i to 

 the alteration of the conMiittce. 



12. Any member negleciing to circulate 

 the ptriodical puMications rn the order writ- 

 t^:^n on them (Jijil forfeit IS. exclufivc of 

 the Icrfeiiare in ihc forcgoiii^article j and' 



whoever has a review on the evening of the 

 committee, (hall fend it to the library, or 

 forfeit IS. 



13. All bills (hall be examined by the 

 committee ; and if approved, the treafurer 

 fhall pay them, and keep a correfl account of 

 income and expenditure, fubjeft to the in- 

 fpeflion of any member. 



14. The fecretary and treafurer may ap- 

 point an extraordinary meeting of the com- 

 mittee, when they think it necelTary, by 

 caufing a written notice to be fent to each 

 member of the committee three daj^ previ- 

 ous to the meeting ; and in cafe of non-at- 

 tendance at ihe time mentioned in the 6th 

 article, each fhall be fubjeft to the for- 

 fei'ure therein expreflfed. The committee 

 (hjll alfo have pciwer to call a general meet- 

 ing whenever the intereft of the fociety re- 

 quires it. 



15. If any book be loft or damaged, the 

 fubfcriber to whom it was laft delivered (hall 

 immediately replace it with a new one of 

 the fime edition, or pay as much to the fe- 

 cretary as will replace the fame, exdufive of 

 the fines ; and if the book loft be part of 

 a fet, the before-mentioned fubfcriber (hall 

 take the remaining volumes, and pay for a 

 new fet. 



16. There (hall be an annual fale of fuch 

 books as the majority of the fociety may 

 deem moft proper to difpofe of; and that all 

 fubfcribers may have equal right and property 

 in the library, the value of the books fhall 

 at all times be adequate to the amount of the 

 fubfcription money paid on entrance by each 

 fubfcriber. 



17. Any five members (hall have a right 

 to propofe new laws, or alterations and 

 amendments to thufe already made ; and, if 

 approved by a majority of the committee, 

 they (hall be valid till the next general ni;rt. 

 ina, to which they fhall be lubmilted for 

 confidcration. 



18. Xon-r';fidents (hill be exempt frotn 

 fnving in the committee ; and fhall be al- 

 lowed four bocks to be fent at their cxpence, 

 agreeably to fuch diteitions as they (hall 

 give the fecretary, who ihall fix the time to 

 be allowed on each. 



19. Any member refufing to fubmit to 

 thcfe laws, or fuch as may hereafter be made, 

 agreeably to the lyth article, (hall forfeit his 

 or her property in the library. 



To t'-c Editor nf I fit Muitt/ilj/ M/:!:iizine. 



Sllf, 



IIIlLIlE feud you cnpii'S of the Rules 

 uf the RoDk-Socicty itiid Libiiiry 

 Society of C.hici)<;ltcr. 



TIjo fonnci- cf thefc h.is now ftood 

 the tell of fevciitccn years experience, 

 and lius continued nioltly full. 



'i'lie I'ubfcrijuioH was at rlrfl 3s. 6d. 



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