, 1876-06-13
TIE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Fourth Annual Report Of the
Directors to the Common
Council.
Some Interesting Statistics Concerning
1t-..60.000 Volumes and 30,-
600 borrowers.
Boston Excepted, Chicago Has Tho
Largest Circulation in the
Country.

THO Hoard Of Directors Of tho Public 1.lhrarr
held their annual meeting yrHcrdny Rftcrnoon Ii
the otce Of tIp Librarian. President sllorey ucca.
rtca tic chair. Thu spcclal business bcforu them
Wna tho annual reports.
Tho fourth annual report Of the Directors to The
Council was rcat. Tho expenses Of tho Library
for tic past year were 311, 723DG. OF this autn,
$40, 7S5 u have been expended for hooks md
81, ;Ioi. 03 for newspapers and periodicals.
It was determined TINT public library cnuld Ia
maintained In Chicago upnn tax OF onc-Astil Ola
mill dollar u, the tnxnble property In tile ctly
Experience allowH that such l!brnsy cannot Ia
carried on ctIectna!iy to aecuro tho must I'm.
portant results ut cost 1csB than the full amoun,
Of tic ax authorized by the law. Tln levy Of lh71
malc for enc-hft OF mill, amounting 10
s,u, s3J. 10. Ut which ST., 4JJ ii have been col.
lected. Tho levy for 1a73 little short Of The
w,oIu amount authorized by law, hclng $4N, O'1Gs,
Of which 9i3, UOd. 10 have tcen collected. Tia
tcyfes In three following ycara were each $o5, 00O
Of which there l,Ayc been collected for lb74,
SIT, HHU, Ou: for 1s71, 81. O:}o CO. The who'll
amount collected under all tho levics wns stgu,.
BIN. 30. Contrary to Tic Judgment Ut tho Drector.
the levy for the last three yeara Inns bccn reduced
to s.5, 600 q year al tho ecriduH con.
sequences 10 tho Library ot these dcGc!cnclet
we're now apparent. The unpaid vouchers Of ,hs
Directors amount to 9l5 o0G. ii. It appcars from
the report of the Comptroller that he chnrscs III.
Library Fund with ,:,0S on account Of the ua,s
dcsa1caton, md when all tic yuucl.crs now drawn
*nt. mol. III ltEa pro1,ablo that thu incouo nrIt
xsar wiii not be .,,r thnn sIU. G1p. asi the ~.
enses ye' M not IT, p1obaIiy !ess @ tSaa eg 7 unv
~ tha ns tG m
The cash balance o1 hand OH Jnnc was $737. A.
r,,c rcnort ~ t:,n ,',rsrnn nnrys4 " r pooc to,
Mr. foelo sta!c, tGst te Library hns 6een atsetsd
by ihe ESncfa business . on ana ihe e
eFal municlra! shiEott "nicn WIZ e1peGtteu llas
81 tg mt hbfnsy has haa an asssstion o,
now posscsscs CORRECTION u aeae'S o'ooo WI"
atrSa, ro ,tr,-v bo. ,,t r., ,,o+o ,hor, m mn ,,
rowers aid il IL Il rapdy i inefessnE @ Ts s'S sooa "a
hare been crowded ann mush delay ms been r.
pcrienssa ny tlose de,sltnE , b9oks: n.,..,,,,, ..
Ct the Lrssy enl the1s ss been
saynS 81 81, 5eo IN rent s9S4' 10 IN heas'ag' and
IL is:ss ,SSa, soath e. et the Esaa!nstoo% r. - % ns:
been ated up WY cascs ior patent G 1cposis PUBLIC
aae teen "a feeeveea s eI s liz H st Vasi
port,, ,,,.. =. ro,,,no, ,n A., ,,,,,u, ,to n,
The number G Or @ volumes ~ INC Library At tno ast
~ VI. rhe accessi1as I, q snc yeaf havo bcch
~. ~ s9lnnes; " tNese =, lpo Hase ncen slscn'
ana O. Voo nave ueeh pnlcnasG@a. Mno nnmoeI eoh'
osh!iGu aiiu NulM Wy W. ~ s. ane ~ iuiyI. sNsb
ihn ;Srarw an y, thc acerssinns whrh inva ssn ~
c to eash WHICH 'e 0S'n
The am9nn @ expended ;p tor M now n1oks Vas Il Slg G
on.tr,crts ~ ha,orv III ho"rnni,v tayci. ~ nrts D
Srinrat "ranco " nr ~ ,tnrxnrn II ~" sorrr,t
natu"i rs.sHsSt "t.t ~. H' :" ~ s,Mi
~ 81 !han SS, Sv
yo!!9es ao al nne''ba Peobo oo'A'
n, ~ ~ es ft psym a,.
Ges nnIm ~ III LII M nc,s % m9 s b HYs
ss s astssnsa .sts s Sty
oara nra!nst tic nppropr.aon nnde for he sap
port of .ie Lbrnry W ~ tl,e Cy Council. The pnr. @
o. oofs - vs Pep n IN EUROPE anu al
Te donutons m Of lie ycar hayo been 1os vol
cncn,n nh hss uiynn it, col,cct'on Of Dutch Gcoks'
nnsi4IiInw @ 81 ri vninnn. md f9 ,amnbirts In
re.ponso clreuar INV reports snd paLlISS S,, yo'
aud Tsrri,orics, from liz Department Of the in.
trrlor nt Wasblpgton and from The lon Carter II.
tinn ~ Thca.t, hna riy1n iii n1blIc dueunenty uf
t,oh thn fi,,itn tutrs Ghich II nnss".se1 407 yo
a,nes. e x letter had beru received from +, Y.
at ha nrarY .a cre aa e
is ~ coa as "f;sr fbo ~ praut dr rs jsysou
hn niyeii III Volumes whtch wprc cc dct toward t1e
ba Of hs ls II yoss II ni Hy
or ia excellent scrics OF city Iocuucnts The Ito
volumes presented by y,,1;, 9S;; Nlso' of AassAehu'
rho number ta II IeoIsuted I"ox Borrowers re.
WsaS m"Is: T. ana r. p ~ ~ c %S!e y @ are msps a
II. III fcmsss The number q cards SURRENDERED
.ts s,1 ."Ii"r liz, tntni ru,,hor nr uc,anna inv
,,iiin,. cards anI nj ent;ticb tn iruw hooks. I'D; il
Of s S mY% " 1ays % s of
Ind 2Di i,avvwtthdrawn ther deposit nrd rurten.
dercd sler cards Tue amount u deposts. noM n
{,uMR Il s.7o, on wiich sis. i0 intcrcst Gas ne.
cIasl. Tic a,n,,,nt of lines received for tic Dc:
trnt,on of SooKs las brcn ST. H3i, III, Tne an.uunt
nsi1"S iont nna = ,rnu S,I ttIS Tsl