TABLE 100.-Detailed statistics, mainly for 1886-87, of free reference libraries, etc.-Continued. [NOTE.-Items respecting libraries marked with an asterisk are taken from a previous Report.] No. 139 140 141 Nashville. 142 Austin 143 Montpelier 144 145 146 Staunton 147 Wytheville. 148 Olympia. 149 Charleston.. 150 151 152 Madison 153 Cheyenne..... PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES. [Tables 101 and 102.] The remarks already made respecting the group of public school libraries presented in this chapter should be kept in mind. The table here given does not pretend to include all the libraries of its class; most of them are excluded by their small size; many by the fact that they are included with other statistics in the tables in a previous part of this Report; some will be found in the first table (Table 98) of this chapter, because they are free lending as well as free school libraries. After these important deductions are made, the remaining libraries are tabulated in this group. Among public school library laws, that of California, briefly summarized in the Report of this Bureau for 1885-86, seems to be one of the simplest and most efficacious. A copy of the label used to designate the books in the school libraries of this State is here given. 3. Every child attending school shall be entitled to the privileges of the Library; but when the number of books is insufficient to supply all the pupils, the Librarian shall determine the manner in which books may be drawn. 4. No person shall be entitled to two books from the Library at the same time, and no family shall draw more than one book while other families wishing books remain unsupplied. 5. No person shall loan a Library book to any one out of his own house, under a penalty of fifty cents for each offense. 6. No person shall retain a book from the Library more than two weeks, under a penalty of ten cents for each day he may so retain it; and no person may draw the same book the second time, while any other person wishes to draw it. 7. Any person losing or destroying a Library book shall pay the cost of such book and a fine of fifty cents; and any person injur ing a book by marking, tearing, or unnecessarily soiling it, shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten cents nor more than the cost of the book, to be determined by the Librarian. 8. Any person refusing or neglecting to pay any penalty or fine shall not be allowed to draw any book from the Library. 9. Any person, other than papils attending, resident in the school district, may become entitled to the privileges of the School Library by the payment of an admission fee of one dollar, and a monthly membership of twenty-five cents. 10. Any person resident in the district, who shall pay to the Trustees the sum of ten dollars, shall be entitled to a life-membership privilege of the Library. TABLE 101.-Summary, by States and geographical divisions, of libraries attached to public school systems. TABLE 102.-Detailed statistics, mainly for 1886-87, of libraries attached to public school systems and not tabulated elsewhere in this Report. [NOTE.-Items respecting libraries marked with an asterisk are taken from a previous Report.] 13 Holton. Public School a Open to public for reference. C. Y. Roop. b Supported by entertainments. c Open to public by subscription. e Supported by tax levied by State. fOpen to public. d In 1875 as joint stock association. |