The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-07-12
LIBRARY MEMBERS, TAKE NOTICE!
Rules and Regulations OF the Kingstree
Public Library.

Rules and Regulations OF the kingstre
Public Library.
l. The Library shall be opened t.
the public on each Tuesday from
p. m. to 7 p. m. and on each Satur
day from 9 a. m. to l p. m, tn
hours named being subject to chang'
according to the seasons.
2. Any person eligible for mem
bership and residing in the town O
Kingstree and immediate vicinity
desiring to borrow books from th'
Library on the conditions herein
after prescribed, shall first apply fol
and receive the proper non-trans
ferable agreement, or membership
card, which may be obtained from
the Librarian, and for which no fet
shall be charged in the first instance
but in the event of the loss of such
original membership card, a renewa
or duplicate thereof may be obtain
ed on payment of a fee of ten cents
3. All applications for member
ship cards must be made in person
by the party desiring the same, but
no card shall be issued toany minol
under the age of fourteen years
unless the same is signed, or count
ersigned, by such minors parent. Of
guardian, or other person satisfac
tory to the Librarian, who shal
thereby assume the responsibility
for the observance of these rules by
the minor, and for the book or books
borrowed on such card.
4. The membership card, on which
shall appear the borrowers name
address and number, must be pre-
sented to the Librarian whenever
any book or periodical is borrowed
or returned. No book nor periodi'
cal may be removed from the Libra
ry without such application there
for, nor until the same is properly
charged to the borrower by the Ii
brarian.
5. Books and periodicals borrow
ed from the Library may be retain
ed by the borrower only for the pc
RODS hereinafter indicated: New
fiction and magazines more than one
month old, seven days; fiction which
has been in the Library six months
and non-fiction, fourteen days; new
magazines and periodicals. from the
closing hour of one library day tc
the opening hour of next succeeding
library day; dictionaries, encyclo
paediae and works of reference may
not be removed from the Library
under any conditions. All books
permitted to be removed hereunder
except fiction and periodicals, may
be renewed on the same card once
only, unless reserved for some other
borrower.
6. No borrower nor member
against whom any charges or fines
are assessed may be permitted tc
take any periodical from the Library
until such charges or fines shall be
paid.
7. A fine of two cents a day, IN
cluding Sundays and holidays, must
be paid on each book or periodical
retained over time allowed, and ar
additional fine of twenty-five cent:
for messenger service will be charg
ed against the borrower for calling
in any book. or periodical retained
two weeks over time.
8. Borrowers must take notice O.
the time limit within which books o.
periodicals are required to be re
turned. and no claim to exemption
from fine can be allowed for tn
non.receipt of such notice from tn
Librarian.
9. All books or periodicals lost, o
destroyed, or injured beyond reason
able wear must be replaced. or pai'
for, by the borrower, and, if on
volume of any set is destroyed, tn
borrower will be required to pay tn
cost of replacing the entire set. Tn
remaining volumes of the origina
set may then be delivered to tn
borrower.
10. Writing in books, turnin
down leaves and all other injurie
J thorato houond reasonable wear ar