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VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
RULES OF THE LIBRARY. 
1. A Library be bought at the expense of the Association, and a Libra- 
rian chosen by the Members. 
2. Members shall be enabled to obtain books on any day, except Sundays, 
between the hours of Ten and Five. 
3. The books shall be numbered, to prevent confusion in the return of 
several copies of the same work. 
4. Members requiring particular works shall enter such request in a book 
kept for the purpose, and these works shall be delivered to the Members in 
the order of such entry. 
5. Opposite to the Member’s name and the title of the work required shall 
be placed the day of the month, &c , written in ink, to obviate mistakes. 
6. Folio and quarto volumes may be kept two weeks; octavos, containing 
500 pages and above, ten days ; others one week ; and duodecimos and 
pamphlets, two days. 
7- If a work is retained by a Member beyond the time allowed, he shall 
be fined Sixpence for the first day, and Threepence for each succeeding 
day. 
8. On books being returned by Members, they shall present them to the 
Librarian, and see an acknowledgment made of their receipt in his book. 
9. Should a work be defaced or injured while in the possession of a Mem- 
ber, he shall pay its value. 
10. Should a Member be dissatisfied with the decision of the Librarian 
with respect to Fines, or as to whether a book is injured or defaced, he shall 
have the privilege of referring the question to the Council. 
1 1. All Fines shall be collected weekly, and, being paid into the hands 
of the Secretary, they shall by him be transmitted to the Treasurer monthly. 
12. Fellows of the Association, and other constituents, shall have the use 
of the books of the Library, subject to the same laws as Members. 
13. The state of the Library shall be examined by the Council at the close 
of the session, and a report made of it by the Secretary at the following 
meeting of the Association. 
14. The Salary of the Librarian shallbe Five Pounds annually, and he shall 
be considered responsible for the books belonging to the Library. 
15. During the vacation, books shallbe delivered to the Members by the 
Librarian, or his substitute, under the same restrictions as during the session. 
The officers of the Association for the ensuing session were 
then elected ; after which Messrs. Sewell, Spooner, and Mor- 
ton, proposed as candidates for admission a long list of prac- 
titioners and students. 
In order that the successful candidates might have an oppor- 
tunity of being present, and assisting at the discussion of the 
first subject, a requisition was presented to the President by 
twelve members, requesting him to appoint an extraordinary 
meeting on the 17th of November, for the purpose of proceed- 
ing to the ballot. The President gave his consent, and the 
Secretary was instructed to summon such meeting. 
