Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-03
STATE LIBRARY.
LIBRARIAN PERKINS REPORTS OVER
5000 BOOKS MISSING.
He Tells the Trustees that ais Prede-
cessor's Accounts Were Wrong
Other Matters.

The Board of Trustees of the California
State Library held its regular biennial
meeting yesterday afternoon at the Capt.
toll. There were present Trustees R D.
Stephens, Fleet F. Srothe-, H. E McCune
and Viii s. Green.
Librarian Dana Perkins made his first
report to the Board. covering the period Of
his ncumbency-trom April 7th to June
30th of this year. In his report Mr.. Perk-
ms said:
assumed the duties of Librarian of the Cali.
fornia State Library on April e. 1890 and found
the State Library Fund. My predecessor, L. H.
Wallis. transferred to me unpaid claims against
the State Library to the amount offs go which
have been paid by me with the exception OF
81 obs As. This amount, deducted from the
amount of unpaid bills, leaves balance of
S7,252 81, which has been allowed and paid. In
addition TO this amount, claims against the
California State Library, contracted by ex-ii-
brarian Wallis. have been received to the
amount of s72l 81 making a total of 1878 Sc in
bills contracted by my predecessor and paid
by me.
Mr. Perkins continued in his report to
remark that had his predecessor paid the
claims in his possession OF the time he sur
rendered his office the amount to the credit
of the library would have been only Sl0,-
$50 60, instead of the sl9972 81 shown by
the hooks of Mr.. Wallis and the Con-
troller. Referring to the property of the
library as found by HIM, Mr.. Perkins said :
The accession register received from my pre-
deeessor shows 1896 volumes in the library on
April 4 1890, but after a careful count l find
that | received only 1857 volumes. The dit
ference in the number OF volumes in the library
as shown by the accession register and that ac-
t0ally received by me on April Z, 1890, is 6 500.
The catalogues aud cards of the general and
law departments have been carefully checked
and compared with the books, maps, periodi
Gals, etc, received from my predecessor and
find the following list of books entered therein
which cannot be found in the library.
Then followed lengthy list of the sew
eral thousand missing volumes referred TO.
Continuing Mr.. Perkins said:
George T. Clark, late Deputy Librarian under
ex-Librarian Wallis, was at the request OF Mr..
Wallis, and by your instructions. retained in
the library to represent my predecessor while
the work of taking the inventory and counting
the books, etc, was being performed Mr..
Clark reports that he is unable to find in the
library the books represented in the foregoing
lists.
The report concludes with resume of
the books received money drawn and ex-
pended and other transactions during the
new Librarians incumbency.
After accepting the Librarians report,
the Board proceeded to the consideration of
the proposed new set of rules to govern the
library, offered by Trustee Green. These
rules were published in full recently in the
RECORD UNION. After discussing the mat
ter, the Board decided to adopt the rules
without any notifications
Bills to the amount of 1922 26 were
audited and ordered paid. New books,
periodicals. ETC., recommended by the lii
brarian were ordered purchased and other
routine business attended to. The Board
then adjourned until September 9th.