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Page 29 - In their possession, and to replace the same if lost, or pay a sum fixed by the Library Committee. No person shall lend any book belonging to the Institute, excepting to a member, under a penalty of one dollar for each offence.
Page 29 - ... sum fixed by the Library Committee. No person shall lend any book belonging to the Institute, excepting to a member, under a penalty of one dollar for each offence. The Library Committee may allow members to take more than the allotted number of books upon a written application, and may also permit other persons than members to use the Library under such conditions as they may impose. No person shall detain any book longer than four weeks...
Page 29 - Committee shall divide the books and other articles belonging to the Library into three classes, namely, (a) those which are not to be removed from the building; (b) those which may be taken only by written permission of three members of the committee; (c) those which may circulate under the following rules. Members shall be entitled to take from...
Page 29 - No person shall detain any book longer than four weeks from the Library, if notified that the same is wanted by another member, under a penalty of five cents per day, and no volume shall be detained longer than three months at one time under the same penalty. The Librarian shall have power by order of the Library Committee to call in any volume alter it has been retained by a member for ten days.
Page 19 - SOLUTION. — A. The aluminous fluid, composed of rock salt, 4 ounces ; alum, 2 ounces ; corrosive sublimate, 4 grains ; boiling water, 2 quarts. B. The saline solution, composed of rock-salt, 8 ounces ; corrosive sublimate, 2 grains ; boiling water, 1 quart. To be well stirred, strained, and cooled. II. A strong brine, to be used as hereafter indicated for Goadby's Solution. III. In extreme cases, dry salt may be used, and the specimens salted down like herring, &c.
Page 29 - ... penalty. The Librarian shall have power by order of the Library Committee to call in any volume after it has been retained by a member for ten days. On or before the first Wednesday in May, all books shall be returned to the Library, and a penalty of five cents per day shall be imposed for each volume detained.
Page 9 - New-York, on the . Article 7. Missionaries shall be selected from the three churches indiscriminately. Article 8. This Constitution may be altered by a vote of two thirds of the members present at an annual meeting, with the consent of the highest judicatories of the three denominations.
Page 28 - The Library Committee shall divide the books and other articles belonging to the Library into three classes, namely: (a) those which are not to be removed from the building; (b) those which may be taken from the halls only by written permission of three members of the committee, who shall...
Page 29 - Library, if notified that the same is wanted by another member, under a penalty of five cents per day, and no volume shall be detained longer than three months at one time under the same penalty. The Librarian shall have power by order of the Library Committee to call in any volume after it has been retained by a member for ten days. On or before the first Wednesday in May, all books...
Page 99 - A specimen from Fort Webster or Copper Mines shows the stripes on the sides much more distinctly, running through all the dorsal rows anteriorly, and crossed by the indistinct bars already referred to. The contrast between the dark chestnut-brown spots on each side, and its deeper centre, with the clear yellow of the edges, is very distinct. Beneath yellow, with the blotches reduced to mere dull spots.