I, CONSTITUTION AND COMMITTEE. 1. The Committee shall consist of not less than 14 members, including the President and Secretary. 2. The Deputy Commissioner of Lahore, the Director of Public Instruction, Punjab, and the Director of Agriculture and Industries, Punjab, shall be ex officio members. 3 The Municipality of Lahore, the Punjab University, the Bishop of Lahore, and the Committee of the Lahore Gymkhana (late Lahore and Mian Mir Institute) shall each nominate a member. The members so appointed may be changed from time to time by the authorities nominating them. 4. The life members shall annually elect two members to be on the Committee for one year. 5. The remaining members will be nominated by Government who will also appoint the President. 6. The Committee shall appoint its own Secretary. 7. Standing Sub-Committees shall be appointed by the Committee to carry on the management of the different departments of the Library. 8. The Secretary shall be a member of every Sub-Committee. 9. A meeting of the Committee shall be held on the first Monday in every month. Three members shall form a quorum. 10. A special meeting of the Committee may be called by the President or a Sub-Committee at a week's notice. 11. A general meeting of the life members and Committee shall be held once a year in the month of April, and at the meeting the two annual members to represent the life members shall be elected. Absent life members may vote at the election by proxy. 12. The current business of the Committee to be brought up at each monthly meeting shall include the examination of the Accounts, of the Suggestion Book, of orders to Booksellers, of breaches of the Rules, &c. 13. The funds shall be kept in the name of the Punjab Public Library by the Bank of Bengal, or as the Committee may from time to time direct. 14. All cheques shall be signed by the Secretary and a member of the Committee appointed by it for the purpose. 15. Expenditure on fixed charges for which sanction already exists, and on contingencies up to a limit of Rs. 50 a month may be incurred on the joint authority of the persons empowered to sign cheques. All other expenditure requires the previous sanction of the Committee. 16. A donation of money of Rs. 50 or upwards, or of books not already in the Library accepted by the Committee and valued by it as worth not less than Rs. 50, shall entitle the donor to the privileges of a life member. 17. Any donor of books may make it a condition of the donation that any of the books he gives shall not be lent out except to himself. 18. Life members shall be exempt from payment of deposits, subscriptions and other fees required by the Rules. 19. The Punjab Govern nent shall, in consideration of its interest in the Punjab Public Library., have the reversionary right in the books, furniture and other property of the Library in the event of its dissolution, and shall further have power to dispose of the same in such manner as to it may seem fit, and as shall be in accordance with law. 29. The Library may be dissolved with the consent of the Punjab Government, but not otherwise. II. THE READING-ROOM. 1. The Reading Room is open to the public free of charge. 2. Books may not be removed from the shelves by any one except the Librarian. 3. Catalogues and application forms are on the table. The Librarian will get any book for which a form is handed to him; and books must be returned to him before leaving. 4. The Committee will exclude from the building persons who disregard any Rules or who damage the property of the Library. 5. CLOSED DAYS.-The King Emperor's Birthday, also fron 1st to 7th October and from 1st to 7th April inclusive. 6. DAILY HOURS. In the winter 8 A. M. to noon and 3 to 8 P. M., and in the hot weather 7 to 11 A M. and 4 to 8 P.M. and on Sundays 2 to 5 PM, in the winter and 5 to 7 P.M. in the hot weather. III-RULES FOR LENDING OUT BOOKS. Books will be issued on the following conditions: 1. An applicant must deposit Rs. 10 with the Secretary. The deposit will be liable to forfeit for injury or loss of a book or for breach of any of the Rules. Books lost must be replaced or paid for. Note.-The deposit will not be required from Government servants, Barristers, Pleaders, and others approved of by the Committee. 2. An annual subscription of Rs. 5 must be paid in advance. |