. History of the University of Michigan . rs of constant use had not revealeddefects of plan and construction in the building,but it is still regarded, all things considered, asone of the most satisfactory structures on theCampus. The constant growth of the collec-tion again compelled enlargement; in 1899the book stacks were extended to a capacityof 200,000 volumes. The year 1877 is also an important one inLibrary annals. In this year the Legislature ^ HISrORT OF THE UNIVERSITY izi made the first of a series of special appropri- These annual appropriations are: ations for the Library
. History of the University of Michigan . rs of constant use had not revealeddefects of plan and construction in the building,but it is still regarded, all things considered, asone of the most satisfactory structures on theCampus. The constant growth of the collec-tion again compelled enlargement; in 1899the book stacks were extended to a capacityof 200,000 volumes. The year 1877 is also an important one inLibrary annals. In this year the Legislature ^ HISrORT OF THE UNIVERSITY izi made the first of a series of special appropri- These annual appropriations are: ations for the Library that extended over a 1S77, 1S78 $S,ooo period of fourteen years and amounted in the S79, 1S80 4,000 aggregate to $79,000. The close of this period S80, iS8r 5,000 saw a change of policy. ^3 15,000 With the increase of the general tax for ,00, 10,000 . ° 1007 10,000 University purposes from one-twentieth to ,889 15,000 one-sixth of a mill, in 1893, special appropri- 1891 15,000 ations for the hbrary, like special appropria- Total #79x^00. READING ROOll, UXIVERSITV LIBR.^RY tions for other purposes, save in rare cases,came to an end, and the Board of Regentshad to provide for that interest out of the gen-eral fund. It immediately doubled the amountthat, in the years just preceding, the Legis-lature had voted for this purpose. Moredefinitely, since that time, the annual appro-priation for the Library, or rather Libraries, hasbeen $15,000, all of which is devoted to thepurchase of books and periodicals, and to theirbinding and repair. The cost of administrationis otherwise provided for. The Library of the LTniversit) of Michiganhas profited largely from the liberality of indi-vidual givers. A compilation of facts madein 1898 showed that gifts of money for thedirect purchase of books for the generalLibrary alone amounted to something morethan $18,000. It was then estimated thatsome 30,000 \-olumes had been added bygift, about one-half of which, and by far themost valuable were the
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