The Public Library of the city of Boston : a history . tance a wilful, and inonly one instance an accidental injury was done to abook, and in the latter case the damage was volun-tarily and cheerfully made good. Only one bookwas lost and that was paid for. The rules and regulations for the use of theLibrary, prepared by Nathaniel B. Shurtleff andSampson Reed, a committee of the Trustees towhom the subject had been referred, were adopted,in an amended draft, on the eighth of November inthe preceding year. They provided for the openingof the reading room from nine oclock in the fore-noon until h
The Public Library of the city of Boston : a history . tance a wilful, and inonly one instance an accidental injury was done to abook, and in the latter case the damage was volun-tarily and cheerfully made good. Only one bookwas lost and that was paid for. The rules and regulations for the use of theLibrary, prepared by Nathaniel B. Shurtleff andSampson Reed, a committee of the Trustees towhom the subject had been referred, were adopted,in an amended draft, on the eighth of November inthe preceding year. They provided for the openingof the reading room from nine oclock in the fore-noon until half past nine in the evening on all seculardays except holidays. The use of the reading roomwas open to all inhabitants of Boston of respectablecharacter and above the age of 16 years, upon theirfirst signing an agreement to observe the rules andregulations. Certificates from parents or guardianswere required in the case of minors, and for the con-duct of such minors while in the room the parents orguardian became responsible. Books for use in the 48. ^^iVEIsc-i dc Oc. JJ-sto7l THE MASON STREET BUILDINGLOCATION OF LIBRARY 1854-1858 THE CITY OF BOSTON reading room were furnished by the Librarian, uponapplication by means of a card containing the cata-logue number of the book desired. Pamphlets andperiodicals were openly accessible. The Librarianwas required to keep an alphabetical list of the namesand residences of all the persons who used the read-ing room. The Library was open for the delivery ofbooks for home use from three oclock in the after-noon until eight oclock in the evening, on all dayswhen the reading room was open, except duringthe two weeks preceding the annual examination ofthe Library, which occurred on the last secular dayin October. No book was permitted to be takenfrom the shelves except by an officer of the were called for on cards provided for the pur-pose, by the use of their catalogue numbers. The privilege of borrowing books for home usewas
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