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taken from the halls only by written permission of three members 

 of the committee, who shall take a receipt for the same and be re- 

 sponsible for their safe return; (c) those which may circulate under 

 the following rules. 



Members shall be entitled to take from the Library one folio, or 

 two quarto volumes, or four volumes of any lesser fold, with the 

 plates belonging to the same, upon having them recorded by the 

 Librarian, or Assistant Librarian, and promising to make good any 

 damage they sustain while in their possession, and to replace the 

 same if lost, or pay the sum fixed by the Library Committee. 



No person shall lend any book belonging to the Institute, except- 

 ing to a member, under a penalty of one dollar for every such ofleuce . 



The Library Committee may allow members to take more than the 

 allotted number of books upon a written application, and may also 

 permit other persons than members to use the Library, under such 

 conditions as they may impose. 



No person shall detain any book longer than four weeks from the 

 time of its being taken from the Library, if notified that the same is 

 wanted by another member, under a penalty of five cents per day, 

 and no volume shall be retained longer than three months at one 

 time under the same penalty. 



The Librarian shall have power, by order of the Library Commit- 

 tee, to call in any volume after it has been retained by a member for 

 ten clays. 



On or before the first Wednesday in May, all books shall be re- 

 turned to the Library, and a penalty of five cents per day shall be 

 imposed for each volume detained. 



Labels designating the class to which each book belongs shall be 

 placed upon its cover. 



No book shall be allowed to circulate until one month after its re- 

 ception. 



CHAPTER VI. OF VISITORS. 



Visitors may be introduced by any Member, and a book shall be 

 kept in some conspicuous place in the rooms of the Institute for re- 

 ceiving their signatures. 



CHAPTER VII. OF MEETINGS. 



The field Meetings are under the direction of the Committee ap- 

 pointed for that purpose. 



Regular Meetings may beheld on the first and third Mondays of 

 each month at such time and place as may be agreed upon. 



Special Meetings may be called by the President, or, in his absence, 

 by one of the Vice Presidents. 



