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IMapa, plataa, charts, ate., may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Thoaa too large to be entirely included in one expoaura are filmed beginning in ttte upper left hand comer, left to right and top to bottom, aa many framea aa required. The following diagrama illuatrata the method: Lee cartea, planchee, tableeux, etc., peuvent Atre filmte A dee taux da rMuction diffAranta. Loraque la document eet trop 979nd pour Atre reproduit en un aaui ciichi, ii eat fllmA A partir da I'angia supArieur gauche, do gauche A droite, et do haut en bee, en prenant la nombre d'Imegee nAceeaaira. L«a diagrammas suivanta illuatrant ia mAthode. t 2 3 i ■*■ t t :.. « $ « ^Q. / ^U,^ ?^ •y* n.-. C: TWN, Bl^AWS, AND RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THB §eaditig §00111 nud ^xhtw^ ; AND CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THB MECHANICS' INSTITUT OF SAINT JOHN,N.B. ST. JOHN, N. B. 1 1866. *•- .h" .-e^-if.:,: ' -,.i i * .f 4 INTRODUCTION. 'T'-rv' * 1 ! I ■ THE SAINT JOHN MECHANICS' INSTITUTE wm origindly organised in the latter part of the year 1838, by an Aasooiation of Gentlemen who were desiroas of foaming an Institation for the intel- lectual advancement of Mechanics and others, and the consequent irn* provement of Society at large. The Institute was incorporated by an Act of the Provincial Assembly, and the present building erected in 1 839. This building contains a spacious Lecture Hall, Museum, Library, Reading Boom, and Committee Rooms ; and though erected at a great expense and furnished with a valuable and costly collection of Philoso- phical Apparatus, Library of Books, and Museum of Curiosities, the Institution is now relieved from debt An important and instnicUve eourse of Lectures, on scientific and literaiy subjects, is annually delivered in the Hall of the Institute during the winter months, by gentlemen who render their services gratuitously in behalf of the Institution. The Lecture Season commences in November, and terminates in April, in each year. The first Lectures were delivered before the Institute in the winter of 1838-9 ; and the annual course hms from that time been regularly main- tained, as above mentioned. The first Lectures, in the present Hall, were delivered in December, 1840. The number of members of the Institute (including five honoraiy members) is now over 470. Persons may become members by applying to any one of the Office- bearers of the Institute, for the time being ; and upon paying an entrance fee of two dollars, and a yearly subscription of three dollars, (the price of the Lecture Ticket for the annual season,) they become entitled to all the privileges of membership, namely, a YOte at all general meet- ings, eligibility to Office in the Institute, the use of the Library and Reading room, the privilege of visiting the Museum, attending the annual course of Lectures, and proprietorship in the property of the Institution. OFFICERS OF THE »: SAINT JOHN MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, FOB THB YEAR 18e6-.'66. ISAAC WOODWARD, Esq. - -^r W. P. SMITH, GEORGE H. LAWRENCE, t VHJ W. H. A. KEANS. ..^iv^mmnKXi^Ji'i GEORGE HUTCHISON, Jr. h U ihU] v nl y-y'Uil^^.:ii... WILLIAM J. STARR...,w,,).<...:-,mT ;;.... ~.ut ANDREW GILMOUR, PETER CORMACK, r ,5, ,, ^ HURD PETERS, SAMUEL JORDAN, r ELISHA BROAD, HARTWELL B. CROSBY, ' GILBERT MURDOCK, ARCHIBALD ROWAN, JOHN McMillan, james allan, ^f..T ;.i ROBERT BRITAIN, JAMES J: CHRISTIE, r ^ €«mmitttir of S^ttAit: , i;^ OsoROi Blatch, Oscar D. Wetmore, and Robert Polley. n^^i THOMAS A. RANKINE. I ■i'm- Ai (fii'.i ■*♦'"'«?•' C'-ll (•■"^«! ^If" *<■ ft, if f. 5j- {i« ii,:.VJi ;!»1A 'i j.fy.i: .irn;na>i.t''/\,ff.i:ifl ,• •1 !'.'> !ij> !|=>ir' i. CONSTITUTION. LMi .^:%w*K(^»i%t >,'**# i"? } 1. This Society shall be denominated the '* Mechanics' Institute of Saint John/' and shall be provided with a Common Seal, having there- on the device usually adopted by Mechanics' Institutes in general, viz. : a hand uplifted, holding a hammer. ^ 2. Its object shall be the instruction of Mechanics and others in popu-^ lar and useml Science, and in its application to the Arts and Manumc-' tures, by means of Lectures, Apparatus, Models of Machinery, a Musem, a Library, and a School. 3. This Society shall consist of an unlimited number of Members, who Khali be divided into two classes, viz : Regular and Life Members ; Honorary and Corresponding Members. >^ 4. Any person paying Ten Pounds may become a Life Member, pro^ vided he is recommended and chosen in the same way as Regular M!em-' bers ; and such Life Members shall not be called upon for any annual payments. ...- - i^. •■ ^ ,....>: , ^^ ,-, 5. The officers of this Institute shall be a President, two Vice Pre-, sidents, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer, and Twelve Directors, to be elected annually by ballot — the nerson hav- ing a majority of votes, shall be declared duly elected ; provided, however, that no Meniber whose dues shall remain unpaid for fourteen days prior to such elections, unless he shall have been exempted from payment dv a V ote of the Board of Directors, shall be allowed to vote at any such elec-J^ ; tion. . i ^i. . 'fmy>i'*^''''-> ■ « " 6. The President, Vice Presidents, Secretaries, Treasurer, and Direc- tors shall constitute a Board of Directors, with full powers to appropriate funds, elect IVIembers, and conduct the affairs of the Institute. Not less , than two-thirds of this Board must be operative Mechanics. ^tni 7. The Recording Secretary shall engross in a book, to be kept for that purpose, the minutes of all the transactions of the Institute, the names of Members, of donors, and all other matters requiring to be recorded. He shall also receive all dues and donations in money, and pay the same over to the Treasurer, and take his receipt for the same. 8. The Treasurer shall receive ifll dues and donations in money from«^: the Secretaiy, and give a receipt therefor ; pay all drafts on him when signed by tne Secretanr, and countersigned by the President ; keep a regular account of the financial concerns of the Institute, an abstract of which, accompanied with satisfactory vouchers, he shall exhibit quarterly, and at such other times as shall be required. 9. The Treasurer shall give bonds to the Institute, with two wood sureties, to be approved of by the Directors, in the sum of Two Thou- n »'i Mocl DoUan, or in suoli ftxrther sam m to them iii«y Mem meet, for the jiut rendering of his aooounts, «nd paying over any balance remaining m his hands when required. 10. Every person on becoming a Member shall subscribe this Constitu- tion, and pay the sum of Ten shillings ; and every Member shall be suUeot to an annual payment of Fifteen Shillings, which shall be paid hemn he receives his ticket of admission to the Lectures. 11. The admission fee may be increased in proportion to the increafied value of the propertv belonging to the Institute ; but this cannot be done except by a resolution passed at a General Meeting. 12. The Institute will gratefbUy receive donations of Money, Books. Api^ratus, Models of Machinery, Drawings, or Natural and Artificial Ouriomties, which donations, together with the names of the donors, shall be registered in the books of the Society, kept for that purpose. 13. An Annual Meeting of this Society shall be held on the second Monday in April, to audit accounts, elect officers, and transact other business connected with the Institute. 14. The annual lockets of Regular and Life Members may be tran»> ferred ; but persons to whom they are transferred shall not be admissable to any office or vote ; the management of the Institute being vested in the Kegular and JMe Members, who are eligible to any office, and entitied to vote on all questions connected with the Institute. 15. In order to preserve the harmony of the Institute, nothing of an hrreligiouB tendency, or which may involve religious or political contro- veni!>', shall be admissable, on any account, at any meeting of the Institute. 16. In order to make the Institution as generally useful as possible, any person shall be entitied to the privilege of reading from the Library and attending the Lectures, or any other course of instruction that may be given in the Institution, for one year, on paying such a sum as the Boud of Directors shall determine : but such person shidl not be entitied to any share in the management or the Institute, nor eligible to office, nor entitied to vote at any meeting whatever. 17. This Society shall be permanent, and its property unalienable, but each Member shall have power to transfer his share, provided auch transfer is approved of by the Board of Directors, in the same manner as the admission of new Members. 18. Any proposal to alter or amend this Constitution or the Bye-Laws of the Institute, must be made in writing, and delivered to the Secre- tary, who shall read it at the first meeting of the Institute, after which it shidl lie over until the next meeting for discussion, and the proposed amendment shall finally be adopted or rejected by a minority of the Members present. // // A .t BYE-LA Wa '.. ,,.r .». #• >' \ / 1. Special Meetings of the Institute mav be called by the President) 9r in his absence by either of the Vice Presidents, whenever he may deem them neoensary, or when requested in writing by twenty MemberSi 2. Twenty>iive Members shall constituto a Quorum ibrthe transaction of business. 3. The Recording Secretary shall give public notice in one or more id the citv papera, not less than three days previous to every Annual aad Special Meeting of the Institute. .....' DIBBOTION. 1. The Regular Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on the first Thursday in eveiy month. 2. Special Meetin|^ of the Board of Directors mttrlbe «alled by order of the President, or in his absence by either of lite Vice Pftsidenta. 3. The Board of Directors shall keep full and accurate minutes of the transactions of the Board, and at the Annual Meetings of the Institute leport their proceedings together with a general statement of the affairs of the Institute. j., < * 4. Any vacancy which may occur in the Bond of Directors by death, resignation, or otherwise, may be filled up by ^ Board of Directors at any meeting thereof. MEMBERS. 1. / .. y 1 . Every Member on i^avment of the admission fee shall reoeive a certi- cate of Membership, which he shall produce as proof of his Membership when requested \ but no Member shall be entitled to any of the privi- leges of the Institute whose dues shall be in arrear. 2. The Board of Directon may erase from the roll of Memben the mme of any Member whose dues have remained in arrear for a longer period than one year, or who shall be guilty of any improper conduct as a Member of the Institute, and the stock of any person so expelled shall be considered as forfeited to the Institute unless otherwise ordered. 3. In case any Member wishes to withdraw from the Institute and tnmsfer his Membership he shall give notice thereof in writing to the Board of Direotore, and Hhall Mtate the name of the neroon to whom tha «hare is to bo transferred, and such transfer shall be made in writing, and in the followinff form :— ' (J * a < Form of Transfer.—" I do hereby trnnnfer my stock, privilege, and interest in the Mechanics' Institute of St. John, to (Signed) M And when such transfer shall be approved by the Board of Directors, and endorsed thus— ♦* Approved, , President (or Chairman,)*' *- and shall have been entered in the Records of the Institute, it shall be considered as complete. 4. Honorary Members shall be elected in the same manner as Regular and Life Members. > ,v;'ii.r*^v. ;-'..»#■ •^.'k:" ijs.a-- .<■'.■■?■■(? .■'•>'^^)-t> 5. Persons who shall have rendered some signal service in Science, or the Arts, or the Institute, may be candidates for Honorary Membership. 6. Corresponding Members shall be such as do not reside in the City of St. John, nor its immediate vicinity. 7 Corresponding Members shall Ije elected in the same manner us Regular and Honorarv Members, and ^hall not be subject to any charge for yearly dues. It shall be their duty to communicate from time to time such information as may be in their possession relative to improve- ments and discoveries in the Arts and Sciences. 8. All Regular and Life Members in removing from the City and County of St. John may become Corresponding Members subject to the same regulation as regularly elected Corresponding Members. 9 Whenever a Corresponding Member moves to the City and County of St. John he may become a Regular Member by paying the annual dues. 10. A Member's Ticket shall admit to the Lectures and Museum the Member, and any two members of his family. Any Member may intro- duce a stranger to the Lecture and Museum by writing his or her name on a card, together with the signature of the Member introducing, which card shull in all cases be left with the door keeper. 1 1 . A committee of three Members not bein^ office bearers shall be ap- pointed at each Annual Meeting, whose duty it shall be to examine and credit the reports and accounts of the Secretary and Treasurer, and to report thereon ; and it shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to cause the reports and accounts of the Secretary and Treasurer, a list of the Members eligible to office, and entitled to vote, and all such other matters as they may deem advisable to be printed and ready for distribu- tion before the Annual Meeting. « BULE8 TO BB OBSEBVED AT MEETINQS. 1. Any MoinW wishinff to Hpeok, muHt rise in his place, and address the presiding officer. When two or nioro rino at tho same time, the Chairman shall duoide who has the preferitnco. 2. No motions shall bo considered bnfore the meeting, unless it has been seconded, when the Chairman shall declare whether it is an order. 3. A motion to ac^ourn shall always be in order except while any Member is aildre.>ssing the meeting. 4. An amendment, except to a motion to adjourn, in at all times in order ; and if'it be accepted by the mover of the resolution, the question shall be on the motion as amended ; if not, the question on the amend- ment shall be first taken ; except that in filling blanks, the largest sum, and longest time shall be put nrst. An amendment to a motion to ad- journ, as to time and place, shall also be an order. 5. A Member shall not speak more than twice on any question, with- out permission from the Chairman. 6. When a question is under debate, norooti^ii can be received, unless to amend, to postpone, for the previous question, or to adjourn. 7. Questions of order shall be decided by the Chairman without de- bate. Any Member may appeal from the decisions of the ChairmaD to the meeting, which shall confirm or reverse his decision without discussion. ^^^^ \,. ,t.i^i,, ;-„,,-/- ' ■ .■ .*. .ti:■hi:.,P^;.^ iw^-sf, ^ir v^K JS^ \- 8. Committees shall be appointed by the Chairman, unless nominated by a miyority ot the meeting. . . ^ „ .^ ^, ,^, , ^ -.^..^vm n^ .1^ 9. Any motion, proposition, or resolution, offered by any Member shall be delivered in writing, and signed by the movers, when required by the Chairman. 10. The following shall be the Order of Business to be observed at meetmgs : — t . ! '. .? 1. Reading the Minutes. * 2. Reports from Officers. 3. Reports from Board of Directors. 4. Reports from Committees. 5. Essays and Communications. 6. Resolutions. .1^ yf- l M' REGULATIONS. The Librarj^ And Reading Boom shall be under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Librarv shall be kept open regularly on the •venings of every Mondav and friday, (holidays excepted.) from seven to eight o'clock daring the months of November, December, January, February, March, and April, and from eight to nine during the remain^ OCe>^^ der of the year. The Reading Room shall be kept open every o ^e ninf t ( 8 M ( (?id>/ un d Sunday excepted,) from 8«m» to half-past nine o'clock. ^ THE BEADING BOOM. ]. No conversation shall be allowed in the Reading Room. 2. No person shall be permitted to smoke in the Rooms, or injure tbt furniture, or conduct himself in any way inconsistent with decorum. 3. Any Member mutilating any of the periodials or [papers, shall be liable to a dne equal to twice the cost thereof. 4. No periodical shall be removed from the Reading-Room until om month shall have elapsed from the time of its being received ; nor then finless the next succeeding number shall have been received. a Lib; to o oh ti ag c iV LIBBABY. Bctors dkajl appol 2. No persons, except Members of the Board, shall be suffered to move a book from its place in the Libraiy, without permission of the Librarian. 3. No Member shall be entitled to receive a book from the Libraij vntil he shall have paid all sums due from him to the Institute. 4. Each Member shall have the privilege of using any of the booke ih>m the Library in the Reading Room, though at the same time in possession of a book belonging to the Institute ; yet it will be considered as an invariable rule that such book must be resigned to any Member irawing it from the Libraiy. \ Dd «v 5. Deposited books and those marked in the Catalogue with an asterisk, together with such other works as the Board shall from time to time designate as Books of Reference, shall not be taken from the Rooms, except by speeial permission of the Board. i»' 6. A Member applving for books shall receive but one volume at a time, except when the plated beloneing to the works are bound in a separate volume, when that also shall be delivered if requued. f.',:^-,'. 7. A folio or quarto may be kept three weeks; any other sized work, two weeks. Any person detaining a book longer, shall pay a fine of five cents for each night the Library is open after the same should have been returned, and shall be debarred from the use of the Library until such fine be paid. >- 8. If any book be lost or defaced, the person who took the same out of the Library shall pav the original value of it, (or of the set, if it belongs to one, and in that case ha shall have the remaining volumes as his own property,) and shall not be allowed to take any other books from the Library until the loss has been made good. 9. Every Member reauiring a book for use in the Reading Room, shall enter the title of the same, with his signature, in a Register to be kept for that purpose ; the Librarian shall countersign the entry when tk«^ book is returned into his possession. 10. No Member shall be allowed to write in any of the books belong- ing to the Library ; he shall also be responsible for va loss if not returned agreeably to the preceding regulation. 11. All works on P|trty Politics and Gontroveraal Theology shall be excluded from the Library, as inconsistent witli the objects of the institution. , . , 12. In order to guard against the possible introduction of immoral works, all books presented to the Institution shall be subject to the ai)proval of the Board of Directors, before they are placed in the Liorary. 13. A stamp shall be procured, having on it " Mechanics' Insti- tute, St. John," with which distinct impressions shall be stamped in various places in and upon each book, and upon plates, maps, &o. 14. There shall be a printed Catalogue of the books with a number affixed to each volume, so that when a person wants a book ho may mention the number. The books shall be delivered in the order of application, and if a particular book shall be required, and it be already r/^S J.' a 13 engoged, the party applying biay euter the name of it with the Ijihra- Tiao, ^no shall detain it for him when it ^ returned into the liihrafy. A written Oatalogue of snoh hooks as m;v rom time to time be added to the Library, shall be hungup ia the Library Room till printed Oata- lognes oan be prepared. 45. In order that the Direetors may be enabled to report the state of die Libraiy at the Annual Meetingi all the books must be in on th« ftrst Monday in April, under the penalty of ten oents for a duodecimo, twenty oents for an octavo, and forty cents for a qusrto, per volume, tat every day they may be d<^ined beyond the period. The Libraiy at this time shall be closed for a' week. '-m mi liiiw 'fi nmr ii'ii i,!JfJi t^}U-Ji^J. *i' l0-m-. /&.»j (I mi i^ilc\kf ■ iU!Aiio;^M ** i'i n'V«^h/:d ." :f'% ihl'H Krf(V: ^ fi'. : ■«• w1fr.i.1?' ,-• f '■■'■'' " '^Mt oil '■<