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REGULATIONS FOR THE LIBRARY 
OF THE 
Pas5<uhu5ctt5 Jtovticuttmal Society 
ADOPTED 1861. 
ARTICLE I. 
All Hooks, Manuscripts, Drawiugs, Engravings, Paintings, Models, Fur- 
mture, and otber articles appertainiug to the Library, shall be conflned 
to the special care of the Committee an the Library. 
, ARTICLE II. 
'' hen any books or publications are added to the Library, a list thereof 
shall be posted up in the Library Room, and all such additions shall be 
withheld from circulation for the term of one month. 
ARTICLE III. 
The following Books of Record shall be kept:— 
No. 1. A Catalogue of the Books. 
A Catalogue of the Manuscripts, Drawiugs, Engravings, Paint- 
ings, Models, and all otber articles. 
A list of all Douations, Bequests, Books, or other articles pre- 
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seuted to the Society, with the date thereof, and the 
and residence of the donor. 
ARTICLE IV. 
Rare and costly books shall not be taken from the Library Room A 
list of such works as are to be withheld from circulation shall be made 
out from time to time by the Library Committee, and placed in the liauds 
of the Librarian. 
ARTICLE V. 
No more than two volumes shall be taken out by any raember at one 
time, or retained longer than three weeks; and for eacli volume retained 
beyond that time a fine of ten Cents per week shall be paid by the person 
so retaining it. And a fraction of a week shall be reckoned as a wliole 
week in coinputing lines. 
ARTICLE VI. 
Every Book shall be returned in good order (regard being had to the 
necessary wear thereof with proper usage), and if any Book shall be lost 
or injured, the person to whom it Stands cliarged shall, at the election of 
the Committee on the Library, replace it by a new volume or set, or pay 
for it at its value to the Society. 
ARTICLE VII. 
All Books shall be returned to the Library for examination ou or before 
the first Saturday in July, annuaUy, and remaiu ui.til after the third Sat- 
urday of said month, and every person neglecting to returu anv Book or 
Books charged to him as herein required, shall pay a fine of twenty Cents 
per week, for every volume so retained. And if at the re-opening of the 
Library, any Book shall still be unreturned, the person by whom it is 
retained shall pay for the said Book or set, as provided in Article VI 
togetber with any fines which may have accuinulated thereon ; and a 
notice to this effect shall be forthwith mailed to him by the Librarian. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
No mernber shall loan a book to any other person, under the penaltv of 
a fine of $1.00. 
ARTICLE IX. 
When a written request shall be left at the Library for a particular 
Book then out, it shall be retained for the person requiring it, for one 
week after it shall have been returned. 
ARTICLE X. 
Every book shall be numbered in the order in which it is arranged in 
the Books of Record, and also have a copy of the foregoing regulations 
aflixed to it. 
