Alphabetical and analytical catalogue of the New-York Society Library : with a brief historical notice of the institution, the original articles of association, in 1754, and the charter and by-laws of the Society.

  • New York Society Library.
Date:
1838
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Alphabetical and analytical catalogue of the New-York Society Library : with a brief historical notice of the institution, the original articles of association, in 1754, and the charter and by-laws of the Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AN ACT To enable the Trustees of the New-York Society Library to increase the Yearly Sums payable on the Shares of the said Li- brary.—Passed March 5tk, 1819. Be it enacted by the people of the state of New- York, represented in senate and assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for the trustees of The New-York Society Library, in the city of New- York, for the time being, on the first Tuesday of May next, and yearly, on the first Tuesday of May, in every year thereaf- ter, to demand and receive from the members of the said society the sum of one dollar and fifty cents, in addition to the sum of two dollars and fifty cents, which they are now authorized by law to demand and receive for each and every right and share in the said library, making together the yearly sum of four dollars ; and in case any of the yearly sums of four dollars shall at any time thereafter be in arrear and unpaid for thirty days next after any of the days on which the same ought to have been paid, then the person or persons from whom the same shall be due, shall be subject to the like forfeiture of his, her or their rights and privileges in the said library, as is mentioned and provided in the charter of the said society. I certify the preceding to be a true copy of an original act of the legislature of this state, on file in this office. Stale of New- York, \ Secretary’s Office, f (Signed,) Albany, April 1th, 1819. Archibald Campbell, Dep. Secretary.