Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-07
STATE LIBRARY.
Proposed New Code of Rules for Its Fu-
ture Government.

proposed New Code OF Rules for Its Flu
ture Government.
There was TO have been a meeting of the
Trustees of the State Library on Saturday,
but there was not quorum present and
the meeting was deferred. Trustee Green
had prepared the following preamble and
resolutions, which will be submitted to the
Board when the members come together:
WHEREAS, The purpose of State Library il
to collect in one place the valuable publications
of the world for the use of the people of the
State who desire to read or to refer to them that
such being the purpose OF the Library, each citi-
zen of the State has q right to find every book
or paper purchased at the states expense in the
Library when he calls for it, subject to such ex-
ceptions as may the better carry out the purpose
above stated; that q State Library can in no
sense and in no degree be a circulating library;
and whereas in the infancy of the State and in
her earlier efforts at building library, it may
have been admissible to adopt rules at variance
with the fundamental idea leading to the es-
Enlistment of a State Library. Now, since it
has become Of great value, and since the prac-
tice more or less in vogue in the past has led to
the loss or mutilation of many valuable hooks,
and as the citizens of the whole State are visit
ing the Library daily more and more TO read
books and to refer to them, it is therefore
Resolved, That the following rules be and the
same are hereby adopted:
/. All books, papers, periodicals, maps and
works of art now in the law library, in the med
ical library or in the general library are de-
ciared to be works and books of reference to be
kept in the Library, Tor the use and benefit of
the people of the state, and cannot be taken
therefrom except as hereinafter provided. No
book map or paper valuable as a work of art or
for its antiquity shall be taken from the Library
under any Circumstance, and the Librarian
shall be the sole judge of the class to which q
book, map or paper belongs
2. The Library shall be kept open every day.
excluding Sundays and legal holidays. During
the sessions of the Legislature and OF the SUI
preme Court the Library shall be kept open from
times the hours shall be from 9 O clock A. NJ to
O. clock p NJ; provided, however, the Libra
rian may. in his discretion, keep the rooms
open on Sundays and legal holidays, from said
hour of O'Clock P. NJ. 10 9 o'clock P. NJ, in
charge of some reliable person, for the accom-
modaticn of the citizens of the State as a read
ing -room, but not for the delivery of books.
3. Amy person making application to the Ii
printed matter for public use in the Library
shall be furnished with the same and with such
facilities for reading. copying or making notes
therefrom as the Librarian can command
In case any book or paper so applied for
shall be temporarily absent from the Library in
the hands of any State officer or other person
under the statute law or these rules, the Libra
rian shall have it returned, if practicable, for
the use of such applicant. Children under Is
years of age, unaccompanied by parents or
guardian. are not entitled to the privileges of
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brarian.
L. Any State officers may take from the Ii.
brary to their respective offices such books as
they may require for reference in the discharge
of their official duties, but not for the use of an
other person who has not the legal privilege of
taking books.
5. Whenever Judge of any Court of record
in this State desires book for his information
in determining any case in his Court, or when
he deems 1t necessary for any attorney TO have
any book in the Library for use in any trial or
proceeding, be may make written Tequisition
on the Librarian Tor such book, and the order
must imply personal responsibility for its
safe return. The expense of transportation
must in all cases be borne by the applicant
6. Members of State Commissions who have
not their Offices at the Capitol may order books
from the Library for use in the line of their
otfici.i duties in the same manner as set out in
Rule 5.
T. Any member of the Legislature. elect or
qualified, may make requisition on the Libra
rian when the Legislature is not in session for
any book that may be taken from the Library,
and which he will state is 10 aid him in the
future session in which he is to sit. Such requi-
sition must imply an agreement that if the book
shall not be returned according to the rules of
the Library, the price thereof will be deducted
from his salary the same as from the salary of
sitting member. The cost of transportation in
all cases TO be borne by the applicant.
s. Sitting members OF the Legislature will be
required to comply with the strict letter of the
law.
9. No book shall be kept out of the Library
more than seven days, and one day added for
each 500 miles, or fraction thereof, il must
travel in going and coming when ordered from
a distance.
10. Writing in or marking books or periodi-
Gals, tearing or turning down leaves, and all
other defacemen;s, are strictly prohibited. Any
person defacing book or periodical shall pay
to the Librarian the price of the hook injured.
Ii. No loud talking will be allowed in any
part of the Library.
u. No smoking or chewing of tobacco will be
permitted in the Library.
49, Copying from books, other than law
books, must be done in pencil.
IA No book can be taken from the Library
until its title and the name of the person taking
it have been registered by the Librarian and a
receipt given TOR il, in such manner us may be
required by the Librarian.
10. Visitors to the Library are prohibited from
talking to the attaches during office hours, ex-
cept on business in connection with the Library.
l6. Any person violating the rules of the Cali
fornia state Library may be prohibited by the
Librarian from the use and privileges of the
Library. and for misbehavior and willful viola
ton of the rules relating to good order in the
Library and the preservation of the books, may
be summarily elected from the Library.
IL. No rule herein contained shall be so con-
strued as to authorize any person to take any
book, paper or map from the Library except for
the purpose of information in the line of his
official duty.