Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1864-1870)

Regent Johnson, from the Library Uommittee, presenlu uul
following additional Rules for the government of the General
Library, which were adopted:
Each Professor shall be entitled to have from the library
twenty books only at any one time, and all books shall be
returned on the first day of January in each year, and at the
expiration of each month and a half thereafter.
The Library Committee shall be authorized to place permanently at the Observatory such books as in their opinion are
needed there and not required for consultation at the general
library room.
It shall be the duty of the Librarian to report to the Board
of Regents all violations of these rules by any member of the
Faculties, and le shall not permit any person entitled to take
books from the library to do so while in default for not returning books, or when he has already the full number which he is
entitled to draw under these rules.
Pastors of churches resident within the city of Ann Arbor,
and the Principal and teachers of the classics in the Ann Arbor
Union School, shall be entitled to draw from the Library, not
to exceed five books at any one time, subject to the restrictions
imposed upon others, and these books may be recalled when
wanted by any other person entitled to the privilege.
The President presented a communication from Professor
Wood, showing the necessity of additional rooms and accommodations for the Department of Civil Engineeriug.
Referred to the Executive Committee.
The President plresented a communication from Prof. Wood,
asking anl appropriation of $60 to purchase Paine's Surveyor's
Measure and Case, and Gurman's Engineer's Chain for use in
the Department of Civil Engineering.
Referred to the Committee on the Scientific Course,