LIST OF PRESIDENTS-1799-1886. UPTON SCOTT-1799-1801. ROBERT MOORE-1820-26. ROBERT GOLDSBOROUGH-1826-36. JOEL HOPKINS-1841-48. RICHARD S. STEUART-1848-51. WILLIAM W. HANDY-1851-52. MICHAEL S. BAER-1852-53. JOHN L. YATES-1853-54. JOHN FONErden-1854-55. JACOB BAER-1855-56. CHRISTOPHER C. Cox-1856-57. JOSHUA I. COHEN-1857-58. JOEL HOPKINS-1858-59. GEORGE C. M. ROBERTS-1859-70. P. C. WILLIAMS-1872-73. ABRAM B. ARNOLD-1877-78. JOHN R. QUINAN-1885-86. GEORGE W. MILTENBERGER, 1886. ACTIVE MEMBERS. *Deceased during the year. + Three years in arrears for dues, and will hereafter be dropped. ... ...... Baltimore. Dickson, I. N..............Baltimore Co. ....... .Howard Co. .Baltimore. Forwood, W. Stump..Harford Co. Chatard, Ferd. E...... Chatard, Ferd. E., Jr.. Free, S. M...... 66 Martin, Jas. S...Montgomery Co. 66 66 Ohr, Chas. H...... Alleghany Co. Johnston, Christopher 66 Johnston, Christ'r, Jr.. RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE LIBRARY. Adopted May 9th and 12th, 1882. I. The Librarian shall attend at the Library Rooms daily, except Sunday and legal holidays, from 12 o'clock until 3 o'clock P. M., during which hours only books and journals may be taken from the Library. II. Each member of the Faculty, paying the annual dues, shall be entitled to take out, at one time, four volumes duodecimo, two volumes octavo, one volume quarto, or one volume folio. This rule may be suspended by the written order of three members of the Library Committee. III. Members retaining books longer than two weeks shall become subject to the following fines per week: For each pamphlet, 3 cents; for each duodecimo or octavo volume, 10 cents; for each quarto or folio volume, 20 cents. Such fines shall be appropriated for the uses of the Library Committee. IV. No book shall be delivered to a member unless in person, or to his written order. A member receiving a book shall be held responsible for it from the time of its delivery until its return to the Library. V. A member not returning a book or books, belonging to the Library, within four weeks after the date of receiving them, shall be notified by the Librarian that he is incurring a fine; and if they be not returned within three months, in the absence of satisfactory reasons therefor, the Librarian shall recover them, or if they be lost, their value, in behalf of the Faculty; otherwise, the defaulting member shall forfeit the privileges of the Library, and shall be reported at the next annual convention of the Faculty by the Library Committee. Should any book be injured or defaced while in the possession of a member, he shall be fined, at the discretion of the Library Committee, or, at his option, may furnish such a copy of the same work as shall be acceptable to the Committee. VI. If any member, upon returning a book, shall find that there has been no application for it while in his possession, he may take |