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-OF THE- 
ADOPTED 1861- 
ARTICLE I. 
All Books, Manuscripts, Drawings,Engravings, Paintiugs, Models, Furniture, 
and other articles appertaining to the Library, shall be contineu to the special care of 
the Committee on the Library. 
ARTICLE II. 
When 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 lor the term of one month. 
ARTICLE III. 
The following Books of Record shall be kept: — 
No. 1. A Catalogue of the Books. 
No. 2. A Catalogue of the Manuscripts, Drawings, Engravings, Paintings, Models, 
and all other articles. 
No. 3. A dist of all Donations, Bequests. Books, or other articles presented to the 
Society with a date thereof, and the name 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 fn®i time to time 
by the Library Committee and placed in the hands of the Librarian. 
ARTICLE V. 
No more than two volumes shall be taken out by any member atone time, or 
retained longer than three weeks; and for each volume retained beyond that time a 
line of ten cents per week shall be paid by t he person so retaining it. And u fraction 
of a week shall be reckoned as a whole week in computing lines. 
ARTICLE VI. 
Every Book shall be returned in good order (regard being had to the 
necessary wear thereof with proper usage), ami 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. 
ARTICLE VII. 
All Books shall be returned to the Library for examination on or before the 
lirst Saturday in July, annually, and remain till alter the third Snturduy of said 
month, and every person neglecting to return any Book or Books charged to him as 
herein required, shall pay a line 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 lor the said Book or set, as provided in 
article Gth, together with any lines which may have accumulated thereon; and a 
notice to this etrect 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 line 
of SI .00. 
ARTICLE IX. 
When a written request shall bo 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 which it is arranged in the Books of 
Record, and also have a copy of the foregoing regulations affixed to it. 
