The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-29
Good Year Has Been One
Just Closed-Increase
Every Place.
BALANCE ON HAND St073.O7
Total Additions of Books
During Year Was 588
Volumes.
About 800 More VIII he Added Dur
ing the Month--Adult Fine Cut
From Five to Three Cents, child
rcns Raised TO Ono Cent.

The annual report Of the Marion
public library fer the year ending
December 81. 1911. recently submitted
to Mary T.. Downey, state organizer
Of libraries, Columbus, Ohio, by the
local librarian, shows a decrease in
number of circulation Of 2,S9S, but this
is explained by the fact that the city
was in the throes of a small poN cpl
demc during the months Of March and
April and the library was not largely
patronized. In all other departments,
tie report shows an increase. The
report is as follows:
Receipts -UncXpended balance, ST.
S01S3; amount received from tax levy,
So. .2i3.S6; amount collected I'm fines,
lost and injured books and fees from
nun-residents, $l35.S7. Total, A,1S156.
EXpenditures-Hea and light. S2S2 rs
salaries, library and ianitor service,
$1.41433; books, $Sj.93; periodicals.
$500; furniture. fixtures. repairs and
improvements. $S995; other expenses
$65S.42 Total. S2,9Sl9l.
Balance on hand. $lS13.07.
Book account-Nuabcr of volumes
at the beginning of the year, adults
and children, 741S; number of volumes
added by purchase, AS; number Of
volumes added by gift, 90; number of
volumes added by binding, 81; total
additions during the year, jSS; number
OF volumes host or W1thdrawn, "a;
number of volumes at the end of the
year, adults, 6,624, children, 1,S2S. To-
tai. 1882.
Number of newspapers and period
lcals currently received, 5S
Registration--Numbcr OF borrowers
registered during the year, adults,
aSl, children, 215. Total 500. Total
number of borrowers cards in force 10
date. 3.565.
Number of cards held 10y county
borrowers, 6. Fee for non-residents,
81 per year.
Circulation-Circulation during the
year. Adults, 2l,G27; children, 1928;
tctal 30,950. Number of volumes of
adult fiction circulated 1S.77S. Largest
daily circulation, 270 Smallest daily
circulation. 81. Average, 1853.
Trusteos-M Merrill rurney. Dr. A.
ihlu' W. H. warner, W. -. MdioneNi
George Lawrence and L. B. McNeal
(SigneO Misses Helen Kramer
Helen Rosenberg ana Dora Nash IL
hrarians; Or. \. Rhu, president, and
J.. -. McNeaL secretary.
Within the next month. the librar-
ians expect to add about 300 books to
the library Most of tne books will be
for reference purposes FOR adults and
children.
During the past year several inter-
o0ting and valuable volumes have been
added 10 the library. About the most
interesting of these books are ten
volumes entitled Photographic His
tory of the Civil War" edited by T.. r.
Miller and published by the Review
Of Reviews company The books,
which have been widely advertised as
hitherto unpublished pictures of the
civil war contain hundreds of scenes
with accompanying descriptions of
great struggle that will come as q re-
Velation not only to the old soldier
but To historians, scholars and any
one interested In national history.
The librarians announce that the
adult fine for overdue books has been
decreased from five cents per day to
three and the fine for children has
been increased from one cent per day
TO three.