Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16


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All applicants shall then be furnished
with a registration card which must be
presented to the Librarian whenever a
book is drawn, renewed or returned.
g. No person shall DC allowed TO draw
] more than one volume at time.
| :. All books are to he returned with
| In fourteen days from the date of dcliv.
cry, under penalty Of three cents for each
| days delay. Delinquents shall be mott
fed Immediately upon the expiration OF
the period for which books are drawn,
and any book retained one week beyond
the time prescribed shall be sent for by
the Librarian, and messenger fee of
twenty five cents shall be collected from
the delinquent
8. Any book may be renewed once to
the same borrower, at or before the end
| of the fourteen days; but not more than
once until it shall haye remained in the
Library one full Library day.
O. All books shall be returned to the
Library ut such times as the Library
Committee may appoint by reasonable
notice, under penalty of one dollar for
every failure to comply with their re-
quest.
10. All injuries to books boyond rea-
sonablc wear, and all losses shall be made
good to the satisfaction of the Library
Committee. by the borrower. If any
volume lost or injured forms part of II
set, the whole set shall be replaced by
the person liable, he being entitled to the
damaged set Any book not returned
within one week after il has been sent
for by the Librarian shall be regarded as
lost.
II. No person owing any fines or
damages, shall borrow from the Library
until the same is paid.
10. Books of reference, rare or costly
volumes, and such as the Board of Direc
tors may reserve for any cause, shall not
be taken from the Library without spec
ial permission.
49, All books belonging to the Libra
ry may, Mt the discretion of the Libra.
rian, be used in the Reading Room
IA. Newspapers and periodicals shall
in no case be taken from the Reading
Room.
is No person who has borrowed a
book from the Library shall lend it to
any one not member of the same house.
hold.
16 No books shall be taken from the
shelves of the Library by any person not
employed in its service. excep: such vol
umes as are dcposited1 in tho Reading
Room for reference.
H. All conversation, and conduct in.
onpci sfp ~ will, ~ n, lot nd Nr,lnrly IN
of the Reading Room arc strictly prohib
tied.
1S. Any person abusing the privileges
of the Library or Reading Room, by Wis
iting it in such condition of person as to
become offensive to other patrons, or by
the violation of any Of the regulations,
by the intentional DETACHMENT Of II book
by writing in it, or in any other way,
shall be at once reported to the Board of
Directors, and by them excluded from
the Library or Reading Room, for time
or permanently, according to the nature
of the offense; but in case Of any gross
offense, the Librarian or his representa-.
tive shall act summarily in the matter,
and cause the offender to be ut once ex.
Guided from the room, reporting the case
to the Board Of Directors as soon rs pos
sib!e for their final decision
10. Amendments to these regulations
must receive the vote Of majority of
the Board of Directors, and shall take
effect from the date Of their approval by
the City Council.
STATE OF IOWA,
BUCHANAN COUNTY. Lss.
City Of Independence,
l, james NJ. Wcart, City Clerk Of the
City of Independence, Iowa, do hereby
certify that the foregoing "Rules and
Regulations of the Free Public Library"
were reported from the Board of Direc.
tors of the Library to the City Council,
on the Sth day of December, 1878, and
were approved by the City Council.
In Witness Whereof, l have hereunto
set my hand and seal
this 9th day Of December
IL. s. 1873.
JAMES NJ. WEART,
City Clerk