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the president and clerk at their meetings ; and three of their number shall 

 be a quorum. 



be amended so as to read : 



Section 7. The President and Senior Secretary of the Society shall be, 

 ex-officio, the President and Clerk at tlieir meetings ; and seven of their 

 number shall be a quorum. 



4. To change Chapter YIII (Of the Librarian), so that Sec- 

 tion 3, which now reads : 



3. He shall attend at the library at every meeting of the Society, and 

 daily, excepting Sundays, from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M., except when allowed 

 leave of absence by the presiding officer of the Society, and shall then, 

 and at such other times as he may think proper, lend out to any resident 

 member of the Society, who is not indebted to him for fines or forfeit- 

 ures, any books belonging to the library, except the last volumes and 

 loose numbers of periodical journals, and except recent donations made 

 to the Society, which shall not be lent out ; taking from each member 

 borrowing a book an obligation, with a sufficient penalty, to return the 

 same uninjured, within one month thereafter, subject to a fine of fifty 

 cents at every stated meeting that shall occur after the limited period 

 before he returns the book, and a forfeiture of double the value of the 

 book, or of the set of which it is one, if not returned in six months after 

 being borrowed. 



so that it shall stand as follows : 



Section 3. He shall attend at the library at every meeting of the 

 Society, and daily, excepting Sundays and legal holidays, from 10 A.M. 

 to 3 P.M., except when allowed leave of absence by the presiding officer 

 of the Society, and shall then, and at such other times as he may think 

 proper, lend out to any resident member of the Society, who is not in- 

 debted to him for fines or forfeitures, any books belonging to the library, 

 except tiie last volumes and loose numbers of periodical journals, and 

 except recent donations made to the Society, which shall not be lent out ; 

 taking from each member borrowing a book an obligation, with a suffi- 

 cient penalty, to return the same uninjured, within one month thereafter, 

 subject to a fine of fifty cents at every stated meeting that shall occur 

 after the limited period before he returns the book, and a forfeiture of 

 double the value of the book, or of the set of which it is one, if not 

 returned in six months after being borrowed. 



That Section 9, which now stands as follows : 



9. He shall receive an annual salary of seven hundred dollars, to be 



