AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 



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have the power, with the consent of the Committee of Finance, to 



assessment above 



uch cases as he shall deem reasonable and proper 



CHAPTER VII. 



Of the Librarian and Library. 



1. It shall be the duty of the Librarian to take charge of the books, to keep a correct catalogue 

 of the same, and to provide for the delivery of books from the Library. He shall also ha\ 

 the custody of the publications of the Academy. 



2. The Librarian, in conjunction with the Committee on the Library, shall have authority to 



may 



defi 



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necessary expenses connected with the Library. They shall have authority to propose rules ai 

 regulations concerning the circulation, return, and safe-keeping of books ; and to appoint such 

 agents for these purposes as they may think necessary. 



3. To all books in the Library procured from the income of the Rumford Fund, the Librarian 

 shall cause a stamp or label to be affixed, expressing the fact that they were so procured. 



4. Every person who t: 

 Librarian or his assistant. 



same 



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order, regard being had 



person 



of the volume 



• book with good usage. And if any book shall be lost or injured, the 

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



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. 



CHAPTER VI II. 



Of Meetings 



Academy 



1. There shall be annually four stated meetings of the 

 preceding the last Wednesday in May (the Annual Meeting), on the seconu »_, ■■■ 

 August, on the seeond Wednesday in November, and on the last Wednesday m January , 



the second Wednesday in 



