Notices of Public Libraries in the United States of AmericaHouse of Representatives, 1851 - 207 頁 |
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第 5 頁 - To discover, procure, and preserve whatever may relate to the natural, civil, literary and ecclesiastical history of the United States in general, and of this State in particular.
第 52 頁 - In 1806 the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the spontaneous vote of the University of Glasgow; and in 1808 he was elected a member of the National Institute of France.
第 79 頁 - Desiring to render a public benefit to the City of New York , and to contribute to the advancement of human knowledge and the general good of society...
第 155 頁 - ... governor, legislative assembly, judges of the supreme court, secretary, marshal, and attorney of said territory, and such other persons and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by law.
第 152 頁 - The money which may have been or shall be paid by persons as an equivalent for exemption from military duty, and the clear proceeds of all fines...
第 52 頁 - The charter is congenial with the whole of the civil government established here by the venerable Roger Williams, who allowed no religious tests, and no preeminence of one denomination over another; and none has ever been allowed unto this day. This charter is also congenial with the present spirit of this State and of this town.
第 33 頁 - Athenaeum, incorporated in 1810, was formed by the union of the Social and Philosophical Libraries. "In the year 1760, a number of gentlemen signed a covenant for the formation of a library in Salem, to be called the 'Social Library.
第 63 頁 - The trustees hereby declare, agreeably to the provisions of the Revised Statutes, that the Law Library, in its most extensive sense, comprehends such books of reference as should always be kept in it] but, during the session of the Legislature, of the Senate, of the Court for the Correction of Errors, and of any court held in the Capitol, law books may be taken from the library to any room in the Capitol, to be returned on the same day. The librarian shall previously charge each person, so taking,...
第 79 頁 - State, shall be filled by persons appointed by the remaining trustees. The acts of a majority of the trustees, at a meeting reasonably notified, shall be valid. All the property and effects of the institution shall be vested in the said trustees. They shall have power to direct the expenditure of the funds, the investment, safe-keeping, and management thereof, and of the property and effects of the institution ; also to make such ordinances and regulations, from time to time, as they may think proper...
第 103 頁 - Library Company of Philadelphia, with such of the minutes of the same directors as they order me to make, begun on the 8th day of November, 1731. By virtue of the deed or instrument of the said company, dated the first day of July last.