38 ORGANIZATION OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



ISSUE OF BOOKS. 



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1^0 book shall be withdrawn from the Central Library until the appli- 

 cant has filled ont and signed the prescribed blank form of application 

 or call-card. Snpplies of call-cards may be obtained from the Librarian 

 or the liegistrar. 



REGULATION OF SECTIONAL LIBRARIES. 



XCVI. 



Each Sectional Library shall be under the control of a Cnrator or 

 Acting Curator, who shall be responsible for its safe-keeping, and who 

 shall on no account lend the books. Books in a Sectional Library must 

 be returned to the Central Library before they can be issued for use out- 

 side of the room to which they are accredited. The books of each 

 Library shall be kept separate from all other books in suitable cases in 

 the rooms of the Curator, the locks of which shall be controlled by a 

 master-key in the hands of the Librarian, who may at any time examine 

 them, and call the attention of the Curators to any deficiencies. 



DUTIES OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



XCVII. 



The Librarian of the Museum shall be responsible for all books, 

 pamphlets, and periodicals belonging to the Museum, and for such of 

 the archives as may be assigned to his care. 



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Description of Publications. — The Publications of the United States 

 National Museum consist of two series, the Bulletins of the United 

 States National Museum, and the Proceedings of the United States 

 Xational Museum. These are published under the direction of the 

 Secretary of the Interior, to whom application should be made by those 

 who desire to obtain them. 



XCIX. 



Bides for Administration of the Publications. — Articles intended for 

 publication in the Proceedings of the National Museum or Bulletin of 

 the Fish Commission must be submitted to the Director for approval. 



After approval, all papers are to be given to the Editor of Proceedings 

 and Bulletin, who will record the titles, number of pages of manuscript, 

 number and character of illustrations, date of receiving them, giving 

 each article a number by which it may be subsequently referred to 



