BOOKS SENT FROM LIBRARY FOR EXCHANGE SINCE LAST REPORT. Vermont Reports, Vol. 35, Session Laws, 1864, House Journal, 1864, Senate Journal, 1864, Directory and Manual, 1864, School Report, 1864, Auditor's Report, 1864, Report of Adjutant and Inspector General, 1864, by mail and express, to Colorado Territory, California, Iowa, Missouri, Oregon, Washington Territory, New Mexico 66 Nebraska. Bession Laws, 1864, House Journal, 1864, Senate Journal, 1864, Directory and Manual, 1864, School Report, 1864, Auditor's Report, 1864, Adjutant and Inspector General's Report, 1864, by express, to Mass. Historical Society, American Geographical and Statistical Society, N. Y., Smithsonian Institution, American Antiquarian Society, Pennsylvania Historical Society. REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE VERMONT STATE LIBRARY. (Referred to on Page 68 of the Journal.) To the General Assembly of the State of Vermont : The Trustees of the State Library respectfully report that the additions to the State Library since the last annual report have been as follows: By purchase of W. H. Piper & Co., By purchase of Little, Brown & Co., Total number of Volumes, Amount of the bill of W. H. Piper & Co., Total expenses for books, List of books received at and sent from the Library is annexed. A catalogue of the entire Library will soon be required, and that the defective sets of reports and other documents may be in some measure completed before its publication, as liberal an appropriation is recommended as the finances of the State will allow for the increase of the Library. The suggestion has been made that an alcove in the Library should be removed so as to afford more room on the floor. The attention of the Legislature, through the action of its proper committees, is invited to the subject. This appears to be the proper source whence should come any decision to alter the public buildings. The Legislature of 1863 passed "An act in relation to the preservation and distribution of public documents." The provisions of this law, if executed, would contribute much to its proposed objects; but they have been generally neglected the present year. This public notice of its disregard may direct the attention of public officers to its requirements in making their annual reports for the future. In our opinion this law may be improved by directing the precise number of volumes to be bound, and the precise parties to receive them. Suggestions from any source for readering the Library more advantageous for legislative purposes are solicited. All which is respectfully submitted. CHARLES REED, Secretary. Montpelier, October 27, 1864. J. GREGORY SMITH, SAL LIST OF BOOKS RECEIVED AT THE VERMONT STAte library FOR THE Laws, 1st and 2d sessions, 1863; Report of Postmaster General, 1863; 66 Commissioner on Crown Lands, 1863; Annual, of Pierre Foster, Esq., on the Protection of Fisheries; 66 of Commissioner on Public Works, 1863; on State of the Militia; Flora Canadienne, 2 Vols. ; Hesperus and other Poems, by Sangster; Geology of Canada, 1863; Public Accounts, 1863'; Miscellaneous Statistics; Tables of Trade and Navigation, 1863. CALIFORNIA. Supreme Court Reports, Vol. 22; Session Laws, 1863-4, two copies. CONNECTICUT. Journal of the House of Representatives, May session, 1863; Proceedings (in English and French) of the Constitutional Convention, 1864 ; Debates in Convention for Amendinent of Constitution. Documents of Second session 37th Congress, 64 Vols., 2 sets ; First session 37th Congress, 5 Vols. ; U.S. Official Register, 1863; 39 Maps Northeastern Boundary Line. Acts of 1864. WESTERN VIRGINIA. WISCONSIN. Wisconsin Reports, Vols. 14, 15. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Dublin Quarterly Journal of Science for July, 1863; January, 1864; Smithsonian Report, 1862. |