REGULATIONS FOR THE LIBRARY 



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ADOPTED 1861. 



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ARTICLE I. 



All Books, Manuscripts, Drawings, Engravings, Paintings, Models, Fur- 

 niture, and other articles appertaining ro the Library, shall be confined 

 to the special care of the Committee on the Library. 



ARTICLE II. 



When any books or publications are added to the Library, a list thereof 

 shall be posted up in the Library Room, aud all such additions shall be 

 withheld from circulation for the term of one month. 



ARTICLE III. 



The following Books of Record shall be kept: 

 A Catalogue ot the Books. 

 A Catalogue of the Manuscripts, Drawings, Engravings, Paint- 



ings, Models, and all other articles. 

 No. 3. A list of all Donations, Bequests, Books, or other articles pre- 

 sented to the Society, with the date thereof, and the name 

 and residence of the donor. 



ARTICLE IV. 



Rare and costly books shall not be taken from the Library Room. A 

 list of such works as are to be withheld from circulation shall be made 

 out from time to time by the Library Committee, and placed in the hands 

 of the Librarian. 



ARTICLE V. 



No more than two volumes shall be taken out by any member at one 

 time, or retained longer than three weeks; and for each volume retained 

 beyond that time a fine of ten cents per week shall be paid by the person 

 so retaining it. And a fraction of a week shall be reckoned as a whole 

 week in computing fines. 



ARTICLE VI. 



Every Book shall be returned in good order (regard being had to the 

 necessary wear thereof with proper usage), and if any Book shall be lost 

 or injured, the person to whom it stands charged shall, at the election of 

 the Committee on the Library, replace it by a new volume or set, or pay 

 for it at its value to the Society. 



ARTICLE VII. 



All Books shall be returned to the Library for examination on or before 

 the first Saturday in July, annually, aud remain until after the third Sat- 

 urday of said month, and every person neglecting to return any Book or 

 Books charged to him as herein required, shall pay a fine of twenty cents 

 per week, for every volume so retained. Aud if at the re-opening of the 

 Library, any Book shall still be unreturned, the person by whom it is 

 retained shall pay for the said Book or set, as provided in Article VI, 

 together with any tines which may have accumulated thereon; and a 

 notice to this effect shall be forthwith mailed to him by the Librarian. 



ARTICLE VIII. 



No member shall loan a book to any other person, under the penalty of 

 a tine of $1.00. 



ARTICLE IX. 



When a written request shall be left at the Library for a particular 

 Book then out, it shall be retained for the person requiring it, for one 

 week after it shall have been returned. 



ARTICLE X. 



Every book shall be numbered in the order in which it is arranged in 

 the Books of Record, and also have a copy of the foregoing regulations 

 affixed to it. 



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