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HAMILTON : PRINTED AT THE JOURNAL AND EXPRESS OFFICE. 1844. HAMILTON AND GORE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, ESTABLISHED 1839. I. This Society shall be called the Hamilton and Gob£ Mechanics' Institute. II. The object to be the diffusion of scientific and literary knowledge by a Library of reference and circulation ; by the formation of a Museum of Specimens in Zoo- logy, Geology, or other subjects of nature, science, or manufactures ; by classes ; by conversations; or any other method the Committee may judge hecessrry. III. That it shall consist of a President, two Vice Presi- dents, Secretary, Treasurer and twelve Committee- men, ^nd an indefinite number of honorar , ordinary and junior members. IV. The President and Vice Presidents shall be elected by ballot at the Annual Public Meeting. V. The Committee, inclv^ding the Secretary, Treasurer, and Librarian, together fifteen, shall be elected by ballot. One month before the day of electing the Committee, a paper shall be placed in the rooms of the Institute, on which any member may nominate one other member as a fit and proper person for the office of Committee-man, and shall sign his name to such nomina^tion : if one week previous to the elec- tion, the number of nominees do not umount to double the numb^er of the Committee to be elected, the ex- isting Committee shall fill up the list to that number, which list Bhall be the only candidates allowed, and any ballot from any other shall be rejected by the scrutineers ; and all members of the Inettitute are re- commended to come to the Annual Meeting prepared with a list of all those for whom they wish to vote. These lists shall be dropped into the ballot box, and the two scrutineers being appointed, the fifteen whom they find to have the greatest number of votes shall be declared duly elected ; and such elected Committee shall at their first meeting choose from their number the Secretary, Treasurer and Librarian, Five of the Committee to form a quorum for the transaclion of ordinary business. VL The Institution shall be permanent and its property unalienable, except by the votes of nine-tenths of the whole members present at a General Meeting, spe- cially called for the purpose. VII. All discussion on political and religions matters is absolutely prohibited at its meetings. FUNDS. VIII. The entry money for each member shall be Five Shillings— and the annual contribution Ten Shil* lings, payable quarterly in advance. IX. The entry money may be increased by the resolution of an Annual Meeting in proportion to the increased value of the establishment. X. The Institute wifll gratefully receive donations of mo- ney, books, apparatus, models, or natural curiosities ; which donations, &.C., with the names of the Donors^ shall be registered in the books of the Society. OF MEMBERS. XL Any person above eighteen years of age shall be ad- missible as a member according to the following rega- lations : XII. Persons wishing to become members must give in their names, with a written recommendation, signed by two of the members, to the Secretary, who shall propose them at the first meeting of the Committee. If ap- proved, their names shall be enrolled as members, and on paying the entry money they shall receive a copy of the Rules and Regulations of the Institute, aaid « ticket of admission to the Library and Lectures, and be en- titled to participate in all the privileges resulting from the Institution. XIIL Members recommended and enrolled, afi aforesaid, shall be eligible to fill any ofHce in the Society, and entitled to vote at General Meetings : they shall bo admitted to the Lecturer, and also be permitted to en« roll themselves in any of the classes, and to enjoy the privilege of reading the books in the Library. XIV. That every member, on entering the meetings of the Institute, must shew his ticket, if required, to the door keeper : and, on applying for books, nmst shew it to the Librarian. XV. That any person wishing to introduce a friend to % Lecture must apply to the corresponding Secretary. No person to be allowed admission without a ticket. XVI. That if any member be found transgressing the laws of his country, the constitution of the Institute, or any of the bye laws, or acting in any manner so as to prove a dishonour to the Institution, he shall, on be- mg found guilty, be ejcpelled by the Committee, but shall have the right of appeal to a General Meeting. XVII. That persons from i2 to 17 years of age, recommend- ed according to Rule 5th, may be admitted to the pri- vileges of attending lectures, classes, and the use of the library, on paying 2s. 6d. entry money, and 5s. annually ; but they cannot be eligible to any oiHce in the Society, nor entitled to a vote at the General Meetings, XVIII. That every member shall be entitled to transfer his right in the Society ; and on the death of any member, his heir shall be admitted to the benefit of his rights, provided such substitute or heir be recom- mended and chosen in the way prescribed for the admission of u^embers. XIX. Should any member let his <|uarterly contribution go in arrears six months, he shall, after being warned by the Secretary, be deprived of the privileges of the So- ciety, until he shall pay his arrears, and enter rgain as a new member. Should any member have occasion to remove to a distance to follow his occupation, he shall, on his return, be admitted to his privileges by paying up his arrears without entering again. XX. That any person making a donation to the'amount of Ten Pounds, in money, books, apparatus, '&c., shall 6 be docincil an honorary member for life ; and if any in- diviiluul Hball be conBiderod by a Genural Meeting to have benefited tlie Institution by his discoverieH, or otherwise, he may be elccteJ as an honorary member. THE DUTIES Oh' THE COMMITTEE. XXI. That the Committee shall be chosen from among the members at the Annual General Meeting, in accor- dance with the constitution of the Society : those members only being eligible for office, and qualified to vote, who shall have fully paid up their annual con- tribution. XXIl.That the, committee, for the time being, shall have the entire control of all the property of the Institute, and the management of the funds ; and it shall be their du- ty lo select and purchase, at the cheapest rate, such books and apparatus as a majority of them shall direct, to the extent only, however, of the funds actually in the hands of tho Treasurer ; to frame regulations for the Library ; to engage Lecturers ; appoint Class Teachers ; and to transact all the business of the So- ciety : but without power to borrow money or contract debts, except by the authority of a General Meeting. They shall meet on the first Wednesday of every month, and more frequently if necessary. XXIIL That all questions before the Committee shall be decided by a majority of the votes of those present, except questions involving the character of members, or the decision concerning persons wishing to become members, which shall be decided by ballot, and the decision must be a majority of the whole Committee. XXIV. That all sums of money collected by the Secre" taries, or any other office bearer, in behalf of the In- stitution, shall be punctually paid over into the hands of the Treasurer, at the Monthly Meeting, and when not present, from unavoidable causes, shall be carried to him. XXV. When the Committee shall deem it necessary to draw upon the Treasurer for any sum, (not exceeding the amount of funds in his hands) it shall be by pre- senting a draft signed by the Chairman and the Re- cording Secre; ary. ■'-.* DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT PRESIDENTS. AND VICE ' • XXVI. Thai it flmll be the duty of the President to preside at all niectingB of the Socio*}', aud call Specinl Mcetinga at the request of the quorum of the Conuiiit- tee, or of twelve mcmbera ; and, ia the absence of the President, one of the Vice Presidents shall act iti all respects as President. The senior to be pieferrcd, if more than one of them be present. THE DUTIES OF THE TREASURER. XXVII. That the Treasurer shall take charge of all the sums of money put into his hands, belonging to thr; Society, keep regular accounts thereof, and honour all the orders of the Committee (to the extent of fundd in his hands and no more.) And he ^hall lay bofop; the Committee at each quarterly Meeting, and thn members at each Annual Meeting, an abstract 'f his receipts and disbureemcnts for the preceding year. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. XXVIII. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to carry on all the written correspondence of the Society, pigri and give out the members tickets, on receiving their entry money, or the first quarter of an annual con- tribution, and to keep a regular record of the same ; and to supply each member, on application, with one free admission ticket to any one of the IpcturcF. Il'* shall also attend all the m'^.^tings of the Society and Committee, take regular minutes of the same, an- nounce all meetings, regulator required by the Presi- dent, and sign all drafts, ordered by the Committee on the Treasurer ; and he shall Ipy before each Annual Meeting a report of the transactions of the Society for the preceding yeari OF THE LIBRARY. XXIX. That the Library shall comprehend throe Divi- sions, The ^fj,rst shall ,con.siet of books of rcl'erenc*, and valuable books of science : none of there to be ta- 8 ken out of the reading room, except by special order of the Committee, The secoiul shall consist of books suited for general reading and adapted for circulation among the members. The third to consist of hooks adapted to the capacities of the young persons who may join the Society, but who are not of age to enjoy all the privileges of full membership. All the hooka shall be such as are calculated directly to forward the objects of the Society ; and the Committee shall admit no book which may tend directly or indirectly, to im- morality of conduct or loose habits of life, DUTIES OP THE LIBRARIAN. XXX. It shall be the duty of the Librarian to attend upon the Circulating Library during the hours it is open, and give out books to the members, according to the rules prescribed by the Committee ; keep an accurate register of the books so given out, and arrange, alpha- betically and numerically, in a catalogue, every ijook in the Library. LECTURES. XXXI. That at every public Lecture, the President, one of the Vice Presidents, or some other member of Com- mittee, shall ocewpy the chsiir for the purpose of keep- ing order. 9 RULES OF THE Olirtttlatiug Cibrarii, AND NEWS ROOM. 1. The Library and News Room to be open every night (Saturdays and Sundays excepted) from -seven o'clock until ten, from the 1st May to the 30th September ; and from half-past six o'clock, until half-past nine, during the winter months, 2. The members must produce their tickets, if required, every time they get out or return a book. 8. That no member have more than one volume at a time, except in the case of the plates or key to any subject being in a separate volume. 4. That the time allowed for reading a^ book, shall be marked on its board or title-page, including the days of delivery and return. 5. That any member retaining a book longer than the appointed time shall pay a fine of one penny for every day the book is detained ; and if kept above seven days, three pence a day ; and if not returned within fourteen days of the appointed time, application shall be made to the mem- ber for the same, and if not then returned, the member shall pay the value thereof, or of the set of books to which it belongs ; and in default of such payment he shall cease to be a member of the Institute. 6. That a member lending a book to any person, not a member of the Institute, shall pay a fine of five shillings. 7. That if a book be written in, or otherwise damaged) the member in whose hands the book was at the time, shall pay the amount of damage, the value of the book, or set (if it belong to a set) or replace it by one equally good, according to the judgment of the committee — and he shall not be entitled to any privilege frwn tho Library, till such damage is paid. 10 8. That all fines shall be paid to the Librarian within one week after being incurred, and in default thereof, the names of members incurring the same shall be exhibited in the Reading Room of the Institution ; and they shall cease to be members thereof till payment be made ; and all fines to hs paid over to the managing Committee at the first meeting thereafter. 9. None of the books marked in the catalogue as books of reference shall be circulated. 10. That a member, on returning a book, may take the same again out of the Library, if no application for it has been previously made. IL That proper books be kept for entering the books taken out of the Library. 12. No persons allowed to hold any general conversation in the'Ncws Room. 13. Any member smoking, or bringing a dog into the News Room or Library will be fined Id. 3d. 14. No person will be allowed to take away from the News Room any book, periodical, or newspaper, under a penalty of 53. 15. Any member taking a book from the shelves of the Library, for perusal in the News room, must return the same to the Librarian. 16. All periodicals to remain on the table of the News Room until the next number comes in ; and all new books to remain for a certain number of days, which shall be spe- cified on the cover, before going into general circulation. 17. Any member wishing to propose a book, &c. must enter the title and price in the order book : the Committee will determine upon the propriety of admitting the same ; and if granted, the proposer will be allowed the first read- ing, after being on the table the time prescribed for new works. 18. That for the purpose of enabling the Committee to ascertain the state of the Library, and the condition of the books therein, the circulation of the books shall cease for one week, four times in the year ; such weeks to com- mence on the Tuesdays of February, May, August, and November, (i. e. the Tuesdays previous to the Annual and Quarterly General Meetings ;) that all books must be returned to the Library on or before the abpve days, and that any member detaining a book aft-er the appointed days, shall be fined sixpence for every day it is so detained. r n ataUrguc of Books^ * \ V A. No. of Book. 55. Abercrombie on the Intellellectual Powers, 314. Accum on Coal Gass, 61. Alexander the Great, Williams' Life of, ^18. American Antiquities, 115—16. Aysha, or the Maid of Kurs, 2 vols., 194— 35. Astowe, by W. I. 2 vols., 318. Astoria, by W. I., 471. Arcana of Arts and Sciences, 325. Astronomy and General Physics, 121. American Popular Library, 198. Arthur Gordon Pym, Adventures of, 424—27. Appendix to Journal of the House of Assembly, 4 vols., ^r B. 293. Beaty's Essay on Truth, . Bolisarius, Life of, 363__G7. Bench and Bar, 2 vols., 308. Biography of self-taught Men, 361—62. Biography (American), 470. Binglcy'a Travels in South America, . Black Hawk, Life of, „ ,, , n- 381. Bigland's Letters on Ancient & Modern History, Book of Science, Laid Open, 108. 227—9. 156—57. 49. 309. 176—79. 47. 155. 64. 105. 148—50. 232. 187—88. 329—30. 455. 453. 456. 454. 452. 457. 120. 12 Baik of Science, British CyclopoBdia of Natural History, 3 vols. British Drama, 2 vols., British Essayists, Spirit of, Brunton's Mechanics, Burns' Works, 4 vols., Butler's Analogy, Byron's Works, British America, History of, Bruce's Travels, ., ' Bulwer's Works, 3 vols., Brande's Cyclopoedia of Arts, Brougham's Critical Works, 2 vols., do. Historical Sketches, 2 vols., Buchmgham's Historical Sketches, Bees, Piegeons, Rabbits, i&c, Barnaby Rudge, Bishop Heber's Indian Journal, Byron's Narrative, Burrow's Bible in Spain, Blain's Cyclopoedia of Rural Sports, <■ • 3t3. 316—17. 410. 41—42. 428—9. 304—5. 57. 79. 358. Cabinet of Curiosities, dp. do., 2 vols., Carnngton, Lord, on Drill Husbandry, CaBsar's Commentaries, 2 vols., rlirt^P^U?'''''^*^'*''?.^**'"***^ ^^«P»^> 2 vols., Chaptal's Chemistry, 2 vols., Charlemagne, James» Life of, Charles XII Chathwn's, Burke's, Erskinc'sand Mackintosh's Speeches, I m 233. Chitty>8 Medical Jurieprudence, 321. Clark's Travels in Russia, Tartary and Turkey, 291. Colonial Journal No. 9, 355—56. Columbus, Irving's Life of, lUontnl 483. Combe, Dr. Andrew, on Hedlth, and Mental Education, 340. Combe, Dr. George, on Phrenology, 83. Cook's Voyages, 45—46. Cowper*8 Poems, 2 vols,, 231. Creswell's Geometry, 345. Christian Philosopher, by Dick, 432. Cabinet Makers' Guide, 338. Comstock's Phisiology, 66—67. China, History of, 2 vols., 335. Combe's Lectures on Phrenology, 400—7. Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, 8 vols., 324. Chalmers' Political Economy, 113. Cream of Knowledge, 369. Clark on Climate, rr«^rt«.« 341. Chalmers on the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God, 168— 74. Cabinet Cyclopcedia, 7 vols., 203. Charles O'Malley, 121. Chemical Affinity, Laws and Researches ot, 378. Conversation on Nature and Art, ^ <■' ^ D. 76—8. Diary of a Physician, 3 vols., 181. Dick's Improvement of Society^ 223—6. Distinguished Men, 4 vols., 119. t)r. Syntax's Tour, . Don Diego Rosa, , I I _j 14 • * 332. Drake's Momlnga in Spring, 163—^, Dryden's Works, 2 vols., . Domestic Economy, 87. Dodil's Lectnres to Young Men, 158— 43. Defoe's Novels, 6 vols., 151— 2. D'lsraeli'sNoveis, 2vols., . Drinkwater's History and Siege of Gibralter, 221—2. 183—6. 259—62. 39—40. .347. 415. 306. 307. 196. Egyptian Antiquities, 2 vols., EHjs' Polynesian Researches, 4 vols., England, Hume's History of, 4 vols., Euler's Letters, 2 vols., Evans* Sketches, Extracts from the Rev. Thos. Coke, Eminent Mechanics, Emmerson's Mechanics, Ettrick Shepherd, Edinborough Journal, F. .343. Falconer's Inadequte View of Christianity, 411. Fergusson's Astronomy, 166—7. Franklin's Works, 2 vols., 117. Frizzle Pumpkins, Adventures of. r^ \ *^\ 15 G. . Goldsmith's Animated Nature, 217. Galileo, Life of, 351. Gambler's Evidence, 255—8. Gibbon's Rome, 4 yo 8. J 297_8. Good's Study of Medicme, 2 vols., . Gray's Implements of Agriculture, 3G9— 70. Great Metropolis, 2d series, 2 vols., 16. Goldsmith's Works, 154. Gypsies of Spain, 409. Gray on Husbandry, a 328. Hazlitt's Notes, 219—20. Historical Parallels, 2 vols., 62. Humboldt's Travels and Researches, 278. Hayti, Sketches of, 200. Haverill, a Poem, 472. Hawley's Poems, 180. History, Beautieo of, . , 349-50. History of Man, Remarkable Events m the, 342. Humphrey's Addresses, 153. History of the Scotch Rebellion, 334. Hitchcock's Geology, 320. History of Painting m England, 102—4. History of Italy, 3 vols., 80. History of Fine Arts, 436. Harry Loriquier, , 430—1. Heber's.(Bishop) India Journal, 2 voU 201—2. History Missions, 2 vols., 269. " Greece, Is., u ^^I^' u'T^J ^"^»«^ India, 3 vols., 449. Hay's Western Barbary, 1 1 fi I. til: iSstSa^^'" '" *« "»'^ ^. ^Ib. Improvement of the Mind, J. ii!i n T^^^^*^ '^'^atise on the Holy Scrintures 9?o""o' ^^"'^"' Boswell's Life of, ^ ''^"P^"'*^'* dT^ 1?* -I^^-Phus' Works, 2 vole., n •'""'"8» Letters of, 106. Joyce's Scientific Dialogues, l»^. Jack Hmton, 434. Journal of the Brig Commerce, Jnlkt f ?o 5^"^ °" *^^ Prophecies, ^I' ^"?*'f,H;storyof the Reformation, 484, Knight's Stor^ of Knowledge, /*■- 17 L. 135. Lafayette, Memoirs of, 370. Letters from Nova Scotia, 58—60. Lives of Celebrated Travellers, 3 vols. 1!29. Lives and Exploits of the Banditti and Rohbcrs of all Nations, 346. Locke on EJucation, yg, Beau ties of, 18—34. London Magazine, 18 vols. 481. Lord's (E.) History of Protestant Missions, 482. Law's Elements of Agriculture, 44. Lives and Voyages of Early Navigators, 292. Lindsay, Margaret, Trials of 68 — 9. Lander's Expedition on the Niger, 2 vols. .'133. Lindley's Horticulture, 364. Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life, 110. Lives of British Heroes, 12^1 — 5. Life and Literary Remains of L. E. L., 2 vols. 436 — 40. Leather Stocking Tales, .'> vols. 474. Lowdcn's Encyclopedia of Architecture, M. 139. 481. 53—4. 236—44. 245—9. 84. 111. 189. 80—9. 'Make Brun's Geography, 6 vols. Manufactures in Metals, Dr. Lardner*a Mariner's Library, Mara time and Inland Discovery, Mary, Queen of Scottg, 2 vols. Mechanic's Magazine, New York, 9 vols. ■ . Glasgow, 5 vols. Memoirs of the Rev. Robert Hall, James Lackington, the Duchess De Abrantcp, Modern Traveller , Palestine, Syria and Asia ' Minor, Brazil and Bnenos Ayres, Mexico and Guatimalia, Columbia, Arabia, and Russia, 10 vols. Moore's History of Ireland, B ! I ti I I J I 18 348. Moral Class Book, 43. Mudie on Nature, 25U. Mechanics, for Practical, " 175, Mackenzie's Man of Feeling, 145 — 7. Maryatt's Works, 3 vols. 339. Milton's Poetical Works, 1 — 17. Monthly Review, 17 vols. N. 81— 9. Napoleon, Lockhart's Life of, 2 vols. 310—12. Natural Philosophy, 3 vols. 56. Nelson, Souihey's Life of, 302—3. New Preceptor, 2 vols. 299. Nicholson's Mathematics, 127—8. Nicholas Nickleby, 2 vols. 279«-.82. Napier's History of the Peninsular War, 4 vols. 408. New World, 457. Niagara Falls, a Poem, by Liston, O. 130. 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Rogers, Campbell, Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirkwhite, 413—14. Rohanhalt's Philosophy, 2 vols. 253-~54. RoUin's Ancient History, 2 vols. 377. Rae on Creation, 263 — 4. Raumer's Political History of England, 2 voIh. 326 — 7. Roger's Animal and Vegetable Pliisiology, 2 v. 23. Ryckman on Gothic Architecture, 4.35. Royal Humane Society, 53rd Report of, 450. Ranks' History of the Popes, 1 \ 8. 134. Shdi Slick, Scoti's (Sir Walter) Histrry of Scotland, Ml. Pocticul Works. lUO— I. Scott, Life of Sir Wttltcr, 2 voU. 118. Self Condemned, 1.58. Shakc8pcKre*a Plays, ini — 3. Spanish Campaign, 3vo>. 373 — I. Sketches of London, 2voU. 417— 283 — 5. Tlilcra' H'lHtoiy oftlie French Revolution, 3 v. 200. TtilleyramI, T.ifc of 478. Taylor's System of the World, 479. Tcgs;'fl Young Man's Book of Knowledge, 480. Took'8 Tanlhcon, 55—7. Turner'st History of the World, 3 vols. 301. Tyticr's Ge '^ral History, 473—4. Traits and Steries of the Irish Prasantry, 2 volo. 05. Two Years before the Mast, 70 — 5. 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