UC-NRLF B M OMfi MD7 tz Xl 677 C2 1903 MAIN 1 7 y Law$ =DQ. ^ ...Library Laws... = OF THE State of California r 23C1 =^ 4 ..1903.. oa LIBRARY LAWS ... OF THE ... STATE OF CALIFORNIA »' J' ...1903... [With Rules and Regulations for the Government of the California State Library, adopted by the Board of Trustees, August J, 1903. to take effect September I, 1903.] J' Compiled by . . . J. L. GILLIS, State Librarian. >," :;- SACRAMENTO : W. W. SHANNON, : : : Superintendent of State Printing 1903 1- '1) BOARD OF TRUSTEES - - OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY. ALLEN B. LEMMON, President De. THOMAS FLINT BRADNER W. LEE JOSEPH STEFFENS - W. C. VAN FLEET - Santa Rosa - San Juan Los Angeles Sacramento San Francisco LIBRARY: STATE CAPITOL, ROOM 46 " • . • JAMES L.- GIi.]..$S, Librarian C C « • - - , C * I CONTENTS. Constitution of California. Sections from, relating to Free Public Libraries ..-. 5 Political Code. Sections from, relative to State Library 5-11 Penal Code. Sections from, relative to Libraries 11 General Laws. Relating to Libraries and kindred in- stitutions-- _ 12-24 Appendix. Rules and regulations governing the California State Library 25-31 242743 LIBRARY LAWS OP THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. Section of the Constitution of California Relat- ing to Pree Public Libraries. ARTICLE XIII. Revenue and Taxation. Section 1. All property in the State, not exempt under the laws of the United States, shall be taxed in proportion to its value, to be ascertained as provided by law. ***** * Provided, that property used for free public libraries ***** shall be exempt from taxation. [Amendment adopted November 6, 1894.] POLITICAL CODE. Title I, Chapter III. Executive Officers. § 343. The number and designation of the civil executive officers are as follows : * * * * * * * ; five Trustees of the State Library ; a State Librarian ; two Deputies for the State Librarian. - 6 - Tide V, Chapter III. State Library. $ 2292. Board of Trustees, and term of office of. $ 2293. General powers and duties of board. $ 2294. Term of office of Librarian. $ 2295. General duties of Librarian. $ 2296. Who may take books. $ 2297. Books taken by members of the Legislature. $ 2298. Books taken by State officers. $ 2299. Liability for injury to books. § 2300. Library Fund. $ 2301. Library, time to be kept open. $ 2302. Salary of Librarian. $ 2303. Salary of Deputies. $ 2,304. Bond of Librarian. § 2305. When this chapter takes effect. § 2292. The State Library is under the con- trol of a board of trustees consisting of five members, holding their ofKces for the term of four years, and appointed by the Governor in the following manner, to wit: Three trustees shall be appointed for the full term of four years, from and after the twenty-eighth day of February, nineteen hundred and two; and two trustees shall be appointed for the term of two years from and after said date. At the expiration of the terms of office of the trustees appointed as above provided, their successors shall thereafter be appointed for the full term of four years. Appointments to fill vacancies caused by death, resignation, or removal shall be for the unexpired term only. [Amendment February 25, 1899; in effect in sixty days.] § 2293. The powers and duties of the board are as follows : — 7 — 1. To make rules and regulations, not incon- sistent with law, for its government and for the government of the library ; 2. To appoint a librarian, who must desig- nate one of his deputies as chief deputy; 3. Whenever necessary, to authorize the librarian to appoint an additional deputy and other assistants ; 4. To sell or exchange duplicate copies of books ; 5. To keep in order and repair the books and property in the library ; 6. To draw from the State treasury, at any time, all moneys therein belonging to the library fund ; 7. To prescribe rules and regulations permit- ting persons other than those named in section twenty-two hundred and ninety-six, to have the use of books from the library ; 8. To collect and preserve statistics and other information pertaining to libraries, which shall be available to other public libraries within the State applying for the same ; 9. To make to the Governor, biennially, a report of its transactions. § 2294. The Librarian holds his office for the term of four years, unless sooner removed by a unanimous vote of all the trustees. § 2295. It is the duty of the Librarian : 1. To be in attendance at the library during office hours. 2. To act as secretary of the board of trustees, and keep a record of their proceedings. — 8 — 3. To purchase books, maps, engravings, paintings, and furniture for the library. 4. To number and stamp all books and maps belonging to the library, and to keep a cata- logue thereof. 5. To have bound all books and papers that require binding. 6. To keep a register of all books and prop- erty added to the library, and of the cost thereof. 7. To keep a register of all books taken from the library. 8. To distribute to the State University, to the Leland Stanford Jr. University, to each incorporated college in the State, to each pub- lic library therein, and to such other literary and scientific institutions therein as his judg- ment may dictate, one copy each of all oflScial State publications, including the laws, journals and appendices of the Legislature, and to establish and maintain with similar public institutions of the General Government, the other States, and foreign countries, a system of exchange of such State publications for like official publications and other valuable works. The State Librarian is empowered to make requisition upon the Secretary of State for a sufficient number of such State publications, to enable him to carry out the requirements of this subdivision. § 2296. Books may be taken from the library by the members of the Legislature during the sessions thereof, and by other State otficers at any time. — 9 — §2297. Books taken by members of the Legislature must be returned at the close of the session ; and before the Controller draws his warrant in favor of any member of the Legislature for his last week's salary, he must be satisfied that such member has returned all books taken by him and paid for any injuries thereto. § 2298. The Controller, when notified by the State Librarian that any officer or employe of the State for whom he draws a warrant for salary has failed to return any book taken by him (or for which he has given an order) within the time prescribed by the rules, or the time within which it was agreed to be returned, and which notice shall give the value thereof, must, after first informing said officer or em- ploye of such notice, upon failure by him to return the said book, deduct from the warrant for the salary of said officer or employe, twice the value of such book, and place the amount so deducted in the State Library Fund. In case of the neglect or refusal on the part of any officer or employe of the State to return a book for which he has given an order or a receipt or has in his possession, the State Librarian is authorized to purchase for the library a duplicate of said book, and to notify the Controller of such purchase, together with the cost of the same. Upon the receipt of such notice from the Librarian, the Controller must deduct twice the cost of said duplicate book from the warrant for the salary of said officer or employe, and place the amount so deducted — lo- in the State Library Fund. The State Librarian is empowered to bring suit in his official capac- ity for the recovery of any book or books, or for three times the value thereof, together with costs of suit, against any person having the same in his possession or being responsible therefor. In case the Librarian has purchased a duplicate of any book as provided in this chapter, he is authorized to bring suit as afore- said for three times the amount so expended for said duplicate, together with costs of suit. § 2299. Every person who injures or fails to return any book taken is liable to the librarian in three times the value thereof. § 2300. [Amended by Section 416, subd. 25, Pol. Code.— Statutes, 1903, p. 28.] All fees col- lected by the Secretary of State must, at the end of each month, be paid into the State treasury. Twenty-five hundred dollars of such monthly returns shall be credited to and con- stitute the State Library Fund, and the bal- ance shall be paid into the General Fund of the State. § 2301. During the session of the Legisla- ture and of the Supreme Court, the library must be kept open everyday from nine o'clock A M. until nine o'clock p. m., and at other times during such hours as the trustees may direct. § 2302. The annual salary of the Librarian is three thousand dollars. § 2303. The annual salary of each deputy is eighteen hundred dollars. — 11 — § 2304. The Librarian must execute an offi- cial bond in the sum of three thousand dollars. § 2305. This chapter shall be in force and effect from and after the first day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. PENAL CODE. Sections from, relative to libraries. § 623. Every person who maliciously cuts, tears, defaces, breaks, or injures any book, map, chart, picture, engraving, statue, coin, model, apparatus, or other work of literature, art, mechanics, or object of curiosity, depos- ited in any public library, gallery, museum, collection, fair, or exhibition is guilty of a misdemeanor. [Approved March 6, 1901; Stats. 1901, p. 99.] § 623J. Whoever willfully detains any book, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, manuscript, or other property belonging to any public or incorporated library, reading-room, museum, or other educational institution, for thirty days after notice in writing to return the same, given after the expiration of the time which by the rules of such institution such article or other property may be kept, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished accord- ingly. [Became a law under constitutional provision, without Governor's approval, March 14,1899; Stats. 1899, p. 97.] — 12 — An Act to encourage and provide for the dissemi- nation of a knowledge of the arts, sciences, and general literature, and the founding, main- taining, and perpetuating public libraries, museums, and galleries of art, and the receipt of donations and contributions thereto when established; for the conveyance, holding, and protection of real property within this State suitable for the purposes herein designated, and the erection thereon of buildings appro- priate to such pxirposes, and for the creation of trusts necessary or proper for the better preserva- tion of such institutions, and the control and management thereof [Approved March 5, 1887; Stats. 1887, p. 26.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assemhly, do enact as follows : Manner of SECTION 1. Any persoii intending in his ingrifts lifetime, or by will or trust deed, to operate leLlna- after his death, to found, maintain, and per- knowN petuate in this State a public library, museum, |dge of gallery of art, or any or all thereof, for the diffusion of mechanical, scientific, artistic, and general knowledge, may to that end and for such purpose, and for any purpose within the purview of the title of this Act, convey in writing by words denoting a gift or grant to one or more trustees named in such gift or grant, and to their successors, any library or collection of books and works for such public library, or any museum, or gallery of art in this State, and such gift or grant may also express, and shall be construed to be a convey- — 13 — ance of the future additions and accretions thereof; and he may also in like manner, to that end, and for such purpose, convey by grant to such trustee or trustees, any real property within this State belonging to him which may be necessary or proper for the erection and maintenance of buildings suit- able to such institution, and the buildings erected thereon, with grounds conveniently adjacent thereto, and other lands, tenements, and hereditaments for the purpose of produc- ing an income for the support and mainte- nance of such institutions, or any of them, and any collateral burdens which may be im- posed by the terms of such foundation as part and parcel of the regulations for its conduct, and also personal property of all descriptions, which may subserve the purposes of the insti- tution and maintenance of any such library, museum, or gallery of art. Sec. 2. Any contributions or gifts by any Gifts by other person than the founder, of any property "han^ suitable to the general plan or support of any f"'^'**^®'- institution mentioned in the title of this Act, shall immediately vest in the trustees, and become incorporated into and subject to the trust, and to all its terms and conditions, and be managed under the rules and regulations prescribed therefor. Sec. 3. The person making such gift, grant, oirec- or conveyance, as founder, may therein desig- tainedin ^. gift- nate ; I. The name by which the institution so Tounded and maintained shall be known. — 14 — 2. Its nature, object, and purposes. 3. The powers and duties of the trustees, which shall not be exclusive of other powers and duties that, in their judgment, may be necessary more effectually to carry out the purposes of such institution. / 4. The mode and manner and by whom the successors to the trustees named in the gift or grant shall be appointed. 5. Such rules and regulations for the manage- ment of such institution, and the furtherance of its purposes, as the grantor may elect to prescribe ; but such rules and regulations shall, unless the grant shall otherwise prescribe, be deemed advisory only, and shall not preclude such trustees or their successors froiu making such changes as new conditions may, from time to time, require. 6. The place or places where the necessary buildings shall be erected, and the general character thereof. The person making such grant may therein provide for all other things necessary or proper to carry out the purposes thereof, or otherwise, by his last will or testa- ment. Sec. 4. The trustees named in such gift or grant, and their successors, may, in the name of such institution designated in the gift or grant, sue and defend in relation to the trust property, and to all matters affecting the insti- tution so founded and established. Privileges Q-ec. 5. By a provision in such gift or grant, granted ^ x €_> w to foun- the founder may elect, in respect to the personal "**'^' and real property conveyed, and the additions and increase thereof, and in respect to the — 15 — election, maintenance, and management of ai-y buildings auxiliary thereto, and in respect to any property connected with such institu- tion, to reserve to himself a veto and right of annulment or modification of any act of such trustees, in case he shall, within thirty days after notice of the performance of such act, file in the office of said trustees, or deliver to their president or principal officer, a notice, in writing, of such veto, annulment, or modifica- tion, and upon a like notice, in conformity with a pravision in such gift or grant, he may elect to perform during his life all the powers which, by -he terms thereof, are vested in or enjoined upon the trustees therein named, and their successors; provided, that upon the death or disability to act of the founder and grantor, such powers and duties shall be devolved upon, aad be exercised by, the trustees named in the gift or grant, and their successors. Such person may also reserve the right to alter, amend, or modify, at any time during his life, or by his last will and testament, the terms and condi- tions thereof, and the trusts therein created in respect to such institution, its buildings, and the property conveyed therefor. Sec. 6. The founder shall have power in Founder J J ••L. j.i_ to reserve said deed of trust to name and describe the right to , . , . fix corn- character and personality of any one or more pensation of the immediate or future trustees, the po.fe'^'r- librarian, and other officers, and to name and duJilYon impose any particular duty to be performed trustees. by any one or more trustees or other officers, so described and characterized, and to declare and limit any compensation, and fix the char- — 16 — acter and method of such compensation he may choose to provide for any such trustee dt other officer whom the terms of his foundation may characterize, and upon whom specific or general duties shall be imposed. SdeZ ^^^" '^' "^"y ^^^^^ sift or grant may be exe- cuted, acknowledged, and recorded in the manner now or hereafter provided by law for the execution, acknowledgment, and recording of grants of real property. Sec. 8. No suit, action, or proceeding shall be commenced or maintained by any person to set aside, annul, or affect said gift, grant, or conveyance, or to affect the title to the prop- erty convej^ed, or the right to the possesaon or to the rents, issues, and profits thereof, unless the same be commenced within t^'o years after the date of the filing of such grant for record. / 8bc. 9. Any person, being the founder, mak- ing a gift or grant for any of the purposes mentioned in this Act may, at any time there- after, by last will or testament, devise or bequeath to the State of California all or any of the property, real and personal, mentioned in such gift or grant, or in any such supple- mental thereto, and such devise or bequest shall take effect in case, from any cause what- ever, the gift or grant shall be annulled or set aside, or the trusts therein declared shall for any reason fail. Such devise or bequest is hereby suffered to he made by way of assur- ance that the intentions of the grantor shall be carried out, and in the faith that the State, in case it shall succeed to the property, or any — 17 — part thereof, will, to the extent and value of such property, carry out, in respect to the objects and purposes of any such grant, all the wishes and intentions of the grantor. Sec. 10. The provisions of this Act shall be Liberal liberally construed, with a view to effect its uon of objects and purposes, and the singular number Vuions. in the construction thereof shall be deemed to include the plural, and the plural number shall be deemed to include the singular. Sbc. 11. Nothing in this Act shall repeal, universi- ,., , ° »n i- ' ties, col- modify, change, or have any effect upon anj^ leges, of the provisions of an Act of the Legislature etc. ' of the State of California entitled "An Act to advance learning, the arts and sciences, and to promote the public welfare by providing for the conveyance, holding, and protection of property, and the creation of trusts for the founding, endowment, erection, and main- tenance within this State, of universities, colleges, schools, seminaries of learning, mechanical institutes, museums, and galleries of art," approved March ninth, eighteen hun- dred and eighty-five. Sec. 12. This Act shall take effect immedi- ately. — 18 An Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of public libraries within muni- cipalities. [Approved March 23, 1901; Stats. 1901, p. 557.] The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: ub^aries, SECTION 1. The commoD council, board of ment"and ^^ustees, OP othcr legislative body of any incor- mainte- porated city or town in the State of California, nance of. ^ ■, . may, and upon being requested to do so by one fourth of the electors of such municipal corporation in the manner hereinafter provided, must, by ordinance, establish in and for said municipality a public library ; provided, there be none already established therein. Petitions, ggc. 2. The request referred to in the pre- ceding section may be by a single petition, or by several petitions; provided, that such several petitions be substantially in the same form, and that such single petition has, or such sev- eral petitions in the aggregate have, the signa- tures of the requisite number of electors. Board ot Sec. 3. Such public librarv shall be man- hbrarv , in. , " trustee-^, aged by a board designated as the board of library trustees, consisting of five members, to be appointed by the mayor, president of the board of trustees or other executive head of the municipality, by and with the consent of the legislative body of said municipality. Such trustees shall severally hold office for three years, serving without compensation ; pro- vided, that the members of the first board ap- — 19 — pointed shall so classify themselves by lot that one of their number shall go out of office at the end of the current fiscal year, two at the end of one year thereafter, and the other two at the end of two years thereafter. Men and women shall be equally eligible to such ap- pointment, and vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term in the same manner. Sec. 4. Boards of library trustees shall Meetings *^ . of board meet at least once a month at such times and of tms- places as they may fix by resolution. Special meetings may be called at any time by three trustees, by written notice served upon each member at least three hours before the time specified for the proposed meeting. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Such boards shall appoint one of their number president, who President of board. shall serve for one year and until his successor is appointed, and in his absence shall select a president pro tern. Such boards shall cause a proper record of their proceedings to be kept. Sec. 5. Boards of library trustees shall have l°^^^^l^°^ power: ij.^;^^^.. First— To make and enforce all rules, regu- lations and by-laws necessary for the admin- istration, government and protection of the libraries under their management, and all property belonging thereto. Second — To administer any trust declared or created for such libraries, and receive by gift, devise, or bequest and hold in trust or other- wise, property situated in this State or else- — 20 — where, and where not otherwise provided, dispose of the same for the benefit of such libraries. Third— To prescribe the duties and powers of the librarian, secretary and other officers and employes of any such libraries ; to determine the number of and appoint all such officers and employes, and fix their compensation, which said officers and employes shall hold their offices or positions at the pleasure of said boards. Fourth— To purchase necessary books, journals, publications and other personal property. Fifth—To purchase such real property, and erect or rent and equip, such building or build- ings, room or rooms, as may be necessary, when in their judgment a suitable building, or portion thereof, has not been provided by the legislative body of the municipality for such libraries. Sixth— To require the Secretary of State and other State officials to furnish such libraries with copies of any and all reports, laws and other publications of the State not otherwise disposed of by law. Seventh— To borrow books from, lend books to and exchange the same with other libraries, and to allow non-residents to borrow books upon such conditions as they may prescribe. Eighth— To do and perform any and all other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this Act. — 21 — Sec. 6. Boards of library trustees shall, on ^"^t ^^ or before the last day of July in each year, port to , , e 1. • governing make a report to the legislative body of their body and . . ,., ■ . 1 J-.- J! i.T_ forward municipality, giving the condition oi the copy to library on the thirtieth day of June preceding, ijbrary. together with a statement of their proceedings for the year then ended, and forward a copy thereof to the State Library at Sacramento. Sbc. 7. The legislative body of any munici- [il\^J^ pality in which a public library has been etc. established in accordance with this Act, shall in making the annual tax levy and as part thereof, if the maintenance of the library has not been otherwise provided for, levy a tax for the purpose of maintaining such library and purchasing property necessary therefor, which tax shall be in addition to other taxes, the levy of which is permitted in the municipality; provided, that after two years from the passage [;'^ig "^ of this Act as to existing libraries and after two years from the establishment of new libraries thereunder, where a maintenance corresponding thereto has not been otherwise provided, in municipalities of the first, second and third classes, such tax levy shall not exceed one mill on the dollar of assessed valuation, and in municipalities of the fourth, fifth, and sixth classes such levy shall not exceed two mills on the dollar of assessed valuation. Sec. 8. The revenue derived from said tax, i^ibrary fund, of together with all money acquired by gift, what devise, bequest, or otherwise, for the purposes sist. of the library, shall be apportioned to a fund to be designated the library fund, and be — 22 — ^ applied to the purposes herein authorized. If such payment into the treasury should be inconsistent with the conditions or terms of any such gift, devise, bequest, the board shall provide for the safety and preservation of the same, and the application thereof to the use of the library, in accordance vs^ith the terms and conditions of such gift, devise or bequest. Method of Payments from said fund shall be made in the disburse- '' ment. manner provided for the payment of other demands against the municipality ; 'provided, that demands upon said fund shall be presented to the board of library trustees for allowance rather than to the legislative or other body of the municipality. ijbrary Sec.9. Evcry library established uudcr this must be •' -' free. Act shall be forever free to the inhabitants and non-resident taxpayers of the munici- pality, subject always to such rules, regulations and by-laws as may be made by boards of library trustees; and provided, that for viola- tions of the same a person may be fined or excluded from the privileges of the library, borito Sec. 10. Boards of library trustees and the fng^mu°ni- legislative bodies of neighboring munieipali- cipaiities. ^^gg qj. boards of supcrvisors of the counties in which public libraries are situated, may con- tract for lending the books of such libraries to residents of such counties or neighboring municipalities, upon a reasonable compensa- tion to be paid by such counties or neighboring municipalities, ^r'^^erty ^BC. 11. The title to all property acquired for the purposes of such libraries, when not inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition^ — 23 — or otherwise designated, shall vest in the municipalities in which such libraries are, or are to be, situated, and in the name of the municipal corporations may be sued for and defended by action at law or otherwise. Sec. 12. An Act entitled "An Act to estab- Act of 1880 r6- lish free public libraries and reading rooms," peaied. approved April twenty-six, eighteen hundred and eighty, is hereby repealed ; provided, that as to existing libraries this Act is to be deemed a continuation thereof, and such libraries shall be governed hereby accordingly; provided, hoioever, that this Act shall have no' applica- tion to any library established or governed by the provisions of a city charter, and the pro- visions of any city charter shall in no manner be affected by this Act. Sec. 13. Any ordinance establishing a library ordi- adopted under the provisions of section one of may be this Act may be repealed by the body which by^peu- adopted the same upon being requested to do "°"" so by one fourth of the electors of such munici- pal corporations, in the manner provided in section two of this Act, and upon the repeal of such ordinance such library shall be disestab- lished in such municipal corporation. Sec. 14. This Act shall take effect imme- diately. — 24 — Assembly Joint Resolution No. 8, authorizing and directing the State Printer to deliver ten copies of every work published or printed in the State Printing Office to the State Librarian; also, two copies to the Librarian of the State University. [Adopted February 12, 1891; Stats. 1891, p. 620.] Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concur- ring. That the State Printer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to the State Librarian ten copies of all State pub- lications printed in the State Printing Office ; also, two copies of the same to the Librarian of the State University — one half of which shall be bound in cloth or leather RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY. Suggeslious for making the library more useful are invited, and any reader having cause for com- plaint will greatly oblige the Librarian by reporting the facts personally or by note. 1. Ignorance of Rules. — As these rules are publicly posted in the library and a copy is given to every borrower, no violation of them will be excused on the plea of ignorance. 2. Suspension of Rules. — No suspension of a rule can be made except by official action on a written request giving satisfactory reasons. 3. Hours of Opening. — The library is open each week day from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m ; Sundays; 10 A. M. to 3 p. M. It is closed on legal holidays. During the sessions of the Legislature and of the Supreme Court the library is kept open from 9 A. M. to 9 p. m. REFERENCE USE. 4. Decorum.— Silence and decorum must be strictly observed in the reading-rooms. The — 26 — use of tobacco, begging, circulating petitions, offering articles for sale, all conversation except necessary questions, or any act that may annoy readers, is forbidden. Dogs must be left out- side. 5. State Ofiacials.— The reading-rooms and reference library are free to all persons con- forming to the rules ; but no reader is entitled to retain for use in the library any book required for immediate official use by any court, department, committee, or State officer in the Capitol. 6. Access to Shelves. — No one but officers of the library has access to its private rooms, or to shelves, unless with an attendant or with permission. 7. Removal of Books. — No book, newspaper, or periodical may be removed by a reader from the room in which it belongs, without permis- sion of the librarian in charge. 8. Books Not in Actual Use.— Readers may not, without special permission from a libra- rian, retain an accumulation of law or other reference books on their tables, but all volumes not in actual use must be promptly returned to the shelves by the attendants. 9. Reproductions. — A librarian's permission must be secured before making reproductions by photography, tracing, etc. 10. Injuries.— Notes, corrections of the text, or marks of any kind on books belonging to the library, are unconditionally forbidden. — 27 — Any person violating this rule or otherwise injuring a book must make good the injury or take the book and pay all costs of replacing it. The borrower is responsible for all losses or injuries which occur while the book is lent to him either for reference or home use. Books are assumed to be in proper condition when issued, and if they are found to be mutilated or defaced the fact should be reported without delay at the loan desk. HOME USE. 11. Borrowers.— Regents of the University, members of the Legislature, Justices of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Superior Courts, heads of the several State departments, their deputies and clerks otScially resident in Sacra- mento, and such libraries, institutions, or individuals as may be registered as having special claim on the facilities in some depart- ment, may borrow books subject to recall, if specially needed. 12. Loans. — Books can be lent only to regis- tered borrowers, and delivered only on personal application or on a written order, by which full responsibilityforbooks so delivered is assumed. No borrower has the right to transfer his privi- lege to another or to borrow books to lend to others. Children under fifteen years of age, unaccompanied by parents or guardians, are not entitled to the privileges of the library. — 28 — 13. Reference Books.— Books of reference, art, and rare books are lent only in special cases and on a written permit. 14. Periodicals.— Newspapers and the bound volumes of the most popular periodicals are never lent. 15. Fines. — Any person taking from the library a book without having it charged at the loan desk, will be fined fifty cents for each offense. A fine of five cents a day must be paid for each book kept over time. No book will be lent to any one to whom a book or an unpaid fine is charged. 16. Renewal. — No one may keep from the library, without the librarian's written permis- sion, more than two volumes at a time (except State officers who may require them in their official duties), nor any volume longer than two weeks without renewal. Books may be renewed either in person or by note addressed " Loan Desk, State Library, Sacramento," but the sender must take all risks of the mail. Books may not be renewed by telephone. A book may be kept only two weeks from the date of such renewal. 17. Recall. — No borrower may keep a book more than twenty-four hours after notice from the library that it is wanted. 18. Books Unreturned. — Any book unre- turned after one week's notice, may be sent for at the expense of the borrower, and if unre- turned after one month's notice, may be con- sidered lost, in which case the borrower must — 29 — pay its value, or be liable in an action therefoi for three times its value, as provided in Sec- tions 2298 and 2299 of the Political Code. 19. Violations. — For willful violation of any library rule or failure to pay any fine or for a lost book, the librarian may suspend the offender from all use of the library till the case is considered by the Board of State Library Trustees. LOANS OUTSIDE SA.CRAMENTO. The State Library, founded for the benefit of the people of the whole State, contains many books not readily accessible elsewhere, and not so much used at Sacramento as to make their brief absence from the shelves a serious con- sideration. Many teachers in State institutions and others eligible to borrow books from the State Library find it of great advantage to have access to these books without incurring the serious expense and loss of time of a journey to Sacramento. Books will therefore be lent from the State Library to institutions in the State, and to registered borrowers for tem- porary use outside Sacramento; provided: 1. That such precautions be taken in pack- ing as to guard against any probability of injury in transportation. 2. That the State Library shall not pay post- age or express either way. 3. That borrowers at a distance shall not be entitled to retain books longer than two weeks, and they may be renewed once, for two weeks, on application. — 30 — 4. That no book shall be lent except on condition that it be returned within twenty- four hours after notice is received from the library that the claims of other users require its recall. 5. That this permission shall not be con- strued as giving borrowers at a distance any claims on books which, from their cheapness or wide distribution, can easily be obtained nearer home, nor on books which, because of cost, rarity, or constant use in the State Library can not properly be allowed to leave it tempo- rarily. 6. That any borrower refusing or neglecting to conform to any rules adopted to protect the State Library against loss, injurj^ or inconvenience to readers, or failing to return promptly and in good order any book lent, shall forfeit all State Library privileges. Under the above conditions books will be sent from Sacramento to: 1. Any registered public or free library. 2. Responsible heads of State institutions, departments or courts, or to those connected with the State government and needing books for use in their official work. 3. Registered study clubs, extension centers, summer schools, or other recognized educa- tional agencies. 4. Any resident of the State making studies or investigations in which he needs the assist- ance of the State Library; provided, that his responsibility is known to the library or that — 31 — he gives satisfactory references or makes a deposit covering the value of the books. It is usually the most convenient method for readers not known at the State Library to have books sent to them through the local library or school authorities. The State Library recognizes this lending of books to distant points as a very important part of its work, and is anxious to be of service to the largest number possible of those needing its assistance, not alone in lending but in recom- mending the best books. The attention of borrowers is called to Sec- tions 2298 and 2299 of the Political Code. INDEX. All sections refer to Political Code unless otherwise noted, BOOKS. PAGE. Distribution of to Universities, Colleges, etc. $2295--.. 8-24 Withdrawal of, by whom. $2296 8 CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY. (See State Library.) CONSTITUTION. Property exempt from taxation. Const., Art. 13, Sec. 1 5 DEPUTIES (STATE LIBRARY). Appointment of. $2293 7 Civil executive officers. $343 5 Salaryof. $2303 10 DETENTION OF BOOKS. Penalty for. Penal Code, $ 623>^ 11 DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS. By State Librarian — To State University. $2295 8 To Leland Stanford Junior University. $ 2295 8 By State Printer — ToState Library 24 To State University 24 To Leland Stanford Junior University 24 EXCHANGE. To establish system of. $2295 8 — 33 — EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION. PAGE. Property used for Free Public Libraries. Const., Art. 13, Sec. 1 - -- 5 FOUNDING OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES. Manner of - -- ^'^ FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES. Establishment of, by municipalities 18 Board of Library Trustees ..- - 18 Fund, of what shall consist-- - 21 Must be free.- - - ^ Loaning of books 22 Property exempt from taxation. Const., Art. 13, Sec. 1 ^ Taxes, levy of for support -- 21 Founding of - 12 Directions of founder - 13 Trustees, how appointed 14 Founder may bequeath to Stale 16^ INJURIES TO BOOKS. Liability-Civil. Pol. Code, $2299 - 10 Penal, Pen. Code, $623 11 LEGISLATURE. Members of, may withdraw books. § 2296 8 Must return same, when. $2297.. 9 LIBRARIAN (STATE). Civil executive officer. $343 5 Appointment of. $2292 6 Duties of. $2295 " To notify Controller when officer or em ploy 6 fails to return book. $2298 - 9 Bond of. $2304 -- - H May draw requisition on Secretary of State for books, documents, etc. $2295 • 8 LOANING OF BOOKS. To other libraries -- 22 — 34 — PAGE. MUTILATION OF PROPERTY IN LIBRARY, ETC. Penal Code, $623... li PUBLIC LIBRARIES. (5eeFREE Public Libraries.) RULES (STATE LIBRARY) 25 SECRETARY OF STATE. State Librarian to draw requisition on, for State publications. $2295 8 STATE CONTROLLER. Duties of, when officer or employe fails to return book. $2298 9 STATE LIBRARY. Board of Trustees and term of office. $ 2292. . . 6 General powers and duties of Board. $ 2293. . . 6 Term of office of Librarian. $2294 7 General duties of Librarian. $2295 7 Who may take books. $2296. 8 Books taken by members of Legislature. $ 2297 9 Books taken by State officers. $2298 9 Liability for inj ury to books. $ 2299 . . 10-1 1 Library fund. $2300 10 Library, time to be kept open. $2301.. 10 Salary of Librarian. $2302 10 Salary of Deputies. $2303 10 Bond of Librarian. $2304 11 Rules of 25 STATE OFFICERS. May withdraw books. $2296 8 STATE PRINTER. To distribute documents to State Library 24 TAXATION. Free public libraries, exempt from. Const., Art. 13, Sec. 1.. 5 Levy of taxes, for support 21 ,5 1 * 35^ "> > > TRUSTEES (PUBLIC LIBRARIES). page. Appointment of 14 Powers 19 Mustfile report 21 Meetings of 19 Prescribe rules.- 19 May draw requisition for books required 20 TRUSTEES (STATE LIBRARY). Appointment and term of oflBce. $ 2292 6 Powers and duties of. $2293 6 Civil executive officers. $343 6 UNIVERSITY (STATE). Distribution of books to. $2295 8 Distribution of books to, by State Printer 24 UNIVERSITY (LELAND STANFORD JR.). Distribution of books to. $2295 8 WITHDRAWAL OF BOOKS. Privilege of.. 8 U.C.BERKELEY LIBRARIES CD^^^^b^lb '1 ■■; : . ■ , :•*? . < ,.-,>,-v ■■■ .; w '':■-.:(- :.,^.