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meeting; any vacancy which may occur by death, or otherwise, shall be filled up 
at the next quarterly meeting. Each Trustee shall be furnished with an inventory 
of every article belonging to the Society. 
“ 8. That twelve members of the Society be appointed to constitute a Committee 
of Management of its affairs, whenever it may not be necessary to call a general 
meeting of the Society; and that the Treasurer, Secretary, and Librarian be, by 
virtue of their office, members of the said Committee of Management, in addition 
to the twelve before named. 
“ 9- That the Committee of Management shall be composed of the twelve senior 
members of the society; and that the four senior members of the Committee shall 
annually retire, and their places be supplied by the four next in rotation on the 
list of subscribers; and that any member refusing to undertake the above office 
be fined two shillings and sixpence. 
“ 10. That the Committee of Management do at least meet once a month, or 
oftener if requisite, such monthly meeting to be held on the first Tuesday in every 
month, and that not less than three members, exclusive of the officers, do form a 
quorum ; and all Committees shall have full power to impose such fines, and to 
make such rules and orders, as may be necessary to produce punctuality in their 
meetings. 
“ 11. There shall be three Auditors chosen by the Society at the annual meeting, 
who shall make their report quarterly. 
“ 12. That, for the purposes of this Society, such books be procured and circu¬ 
lated as are of practical utility; and that no work be admitted which has a contro¬ 
versial, immoral, or irreligious tendency ; and that such order be adopted in the 
circulation of the books as shall best secure to each member an equal share in the 
benefits of the Institution. 
“ 13. That any subscriber may propose a book to the Committee of Manage¬ 
ment at one meeting, and its purchase be decided upon by them at the next 
meeting. 
“ 14. That every book purchased by the Society be entered by the Librarian in 
a book to be provided for that purpose. 
“ 15. That upon any member changing his residence to a distance of more 
than three miles from the Society’s Rooms, he shall be entitled, if within the 
term of two years from his admission into the Society, to the amount of his 
entrance-money in cash. 
“ 16. That the Librarian be provided with a book so ruled that each member 
may sign his name upon receiving a book from the library, and likewise the same 
in the opposite column on its return. 
“17. That every book, on being issued for circulation, shall be accompanied 
with a list having columns in which to mark the times of reception and delivery; 
and for every day any book shall be kept over the time specified, a fine of three¬ 
pence shall be exacted; sixpence for neglecting to mark the list, and two shillings 
for losing the list entirely. 
“ 18. Any person taking a book from the library without permission of the 
Librarian, shall be fined five shillings. 
“19. The Secretary shall enter all By-laws in a book to be kept for that pur¬ 
pose, and shall read the newly-enacted ones publicly every quarterly night; and all 
By-laws shall be binding on the Society “ 
N. B.—The Society contemplate the hiring of a private room for the purposes 
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