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allowed to attend any Meeting of the Society, nor have access to any 

 public rooms which may be in its occupation. 



9. The Library shall be under the management and direction of the 

 Council, who are empowered to designate such works as shall not be 

 allowed to circulate. 



10. Members may borrow books from the Library, and have not more 

 than three volumes in their possession at the same time ; pamphlets and 

 periodical publications are not to be kept above fourteen days, nor any 

 other book above three weeks. Associates may see books in the Library 

 during office hours. 



11. Members who may borrow books from the Library shall be 

 answerable for the full value of any work that is lost or injured. 



12. Periodical publications shall remain on the table for a month, 

 other books for a fortnight, after they are received. 



13. When a book or pamphlet is wanted, and has been the stipulated 

 time in the possession of any Member, the Secretary shall request its 

 return, and a fine of threepence a day shall be incurred for every day it 

 may be detained, which fine shall commence on the third day after the 

 transmission of the notice in the case of town Members, and after the 

 sixth day in the case of country Members ; and until the return of such 

 works, and the discharge of all fines incurred, no further issue of books 

 shall be permitted to the Member applied to. 



14. The books shall be ordered in for inspection at such times as the 

 Council shall appoint, and a fine of half-a-crow^n shall be incurred for 

 neglecting to send in books by the time required in the notice. 



15. A book shall lie on the Library table in which Members may 

 insert, for the consideration of the Council, the titles of such works as 

 they desire to be purchased for the Institute. 



§ IV. By-laws (General and Ordinary Meetings). 



1. A General Meeting of Members and i^ssociates shall be held 

 annually on 24th May (being Her late Majesty's birthday, and the 

 Society's anniversary), or on the Monday following, or on such other day 

 as the Council may determine as most convenient, to receive the Report 



