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* 8. Persons desirous of admission into the said chap. hi. 
... . . Reading Room. 
Room, are to send their applications in writing 
to the Principal Librarian, or in his absence to 
the Senior Under Librarian ; these officers are 
to lay the same before the next General Meet- 
ing, or Committee of Trustees, who will, if 
they see no objection, grant admission for a 
term not exceeding half a year. But in all 
cases which may require such dispatch as that 
time cannot be allowed for an application to the 
Trustees, the Principal Librarian, or, in his 
absence, the Senior Officer in residence, shall 
be empowered to grant a temporary leave till 
the next General Meeting or Committee. 
9. Persons who apply for admission to the 
Reading Room are to specify their descriptions 
and places of abode ; and as it might be dan- 
gerous, in so populous a metropolis as London, 
to admit perfect strangers, it is expected that 
every one who applies, should produce a re- 
commendation from a Trustee or an Officer of 
the House. 
10. Every reader may, at the expiration of 
his term, apply for a prolongation of the same, 
without a fresh recommendation. 
11. Readers are allowed to take one or more Regulations 
. . and Cautions, 
extracts from any printed book or manuscript ; 
but no whole or greater part of a manuscript is 
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