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Regulations for the Library 
OF THE 
Pa^i^iactecttisi partiaUtuval 
ADOPTED 1861. 
ARTICLE I. 
, All Books, Manuscripts, Drawings, Eiigraving:8, Paintings, Models, Fur- 
niture, and other articies appertaining to the Library, shall be confined 
j to the special care of the Committee on the Library. 
ARTICLE 11. 
I When any books or publications are added to the Library, a list thereof 
I shall be posted up in the Library Room, and all such additions shail be 
I withheld from circulation for the teiiu of one month. 
I ARTICLE III. 
The following Books of Record shali be kept:— 
j No. 1. A Cataiogue of the Books. 
I No. 2. A Catalogue of the Manuscripts, Drawings, Engravings, Paint- 
ings, Modeis, and ali other articles. 
No. 3. A list of ail Donations, Bequests, Books, or other articies pre- 
sented to the Society, with the date thereof, and the name 
and residence of the donor. 
ARTICLE IV. 
I Rare and costly books shall not be taken from the Library Room. A 
list of such works as are to be withheld from circulation shail be made 
j out from time to time by the Library Committee, and placed in the hands 
of the Librarian. 
ARTICLE V. 
j No more than two volumes shall be taken out by any member at one 
! time, or retained longer than three weeks; and for each volume retained 
beyond that time a fine of ten cents per week shall be paid by the person 
j so retaining it. And a fraction of a week shall be reckoned as a whole 
week in computing fines. 
[ 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 charged 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. 
I ARTICLE VII. 
j All Books shall be returned to the Library for examination on or before 
the first Saturday in July, annually, and remain until after the third Sat- 
urday of said month, and every person neglecting to return any Book or 
I 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 
j Library, any Book shall still be unreturued, the person by whom it is 
I retained shall pay for the said Book or set. as provided in Article VI, 
together with any fines which may have accumulated thereon ; and a 
notice to this effect shall be forthwith mailed to him by the Librarian. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
No member shall loan a book to any other person, under the penalty 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 
affixed to it. 
