

ESSEX INSTITUTE. 



PRESENTED BY 



Library ConditioziW. 



The Library to be under the control of the Direc- 

 tors, who mry withhold such books from circulation 

 as they may deem expedient. 



Each Member shall be entitled to take from the 

 Library one folio, or one quarto, or two of any 

 lesser fold, with the plates belonging to the same 

 upon signing a receipt for the same, and promising 

 to make good any damage which may be sustained 

 wten in their possession, or to replace the same, if 



No person shall lend any book belonging to the 

 Institute, except to a member, under a penalty of one 

 dollar for every offence. 



The Directors may permit other persons than mem- 

 bers to use the Library. No member shall detain 



aD ?« J ) ^ l0Dg L er than four weeks > after be «ng duly 

 notified that the same is wanted by another member 

 under a penalty of twenty-five cents per week 



On or before the first Wednesday in May, all books 

 shall be returned, and the committee of the Directors 

 appointed for that purpose shall examine the Libra- 

 ry, and make a report of the condition at the Annual 



