Historical Sketch of the Origin and Foundation of the Chicago Public LibraryBeach, Barnard & Company, legal printers, 1877 - 98 páginas |
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abroad amount appointed appropriation April Atlantic Express authorized binding Board of Directors Board of Public book-borrowers borrowers Boston Public Library building Chairman Chicago Public Library circulation citizens City Council City of Chicago collection Committee Common Council Comptroller copy Crystal Palace Dear Sir donations donors England English Patent Office establishing expenses feel fire foundation Free Library Bill Free Public Library friends gentlemen gift honorable body hope increase institution issued JOHN ROBSON JOSEPH MEDILL Julius Rosenthal June large number letter levy Librarian Library and Reading-Room Library Board Library Fund Library in Chicago London Mayor Medill Mayor of Chicago meeting months municipal number of books number of visitors number of volumes old Post Office opened present progress Queal Raster Reading Room received remain respectfully Secretary sent Sheahan shelves Shorey soon sympathy THOMAS HOYNE Thomas Hughes THOS tion Treasury trust United Woodcroft writer
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Página 95 - AS MEN MAY SEE THEM. THE chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of Angels ; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. Ps. Ixviii.
Página 13 - SEC. 7. The said Board of Directors shall make, on or before the second Monday in June, an annual report to the City Council, stating the condition of their trust on the first day of June of
Página 13 - SEC. 9. Any person desiring to make donations of money, personal property, or real estate for the benefit of such Library, shall have the right to vest the title to the money or real estate so donated in the Board of Directors created under this act, to be held and controlled by such Board, when accepted, according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise, or bequest of such
Página 12 - 4. Vacancies in the Board of Directors occasioned by removals, resignation, or otherwise, shall be reported to the City Council, and be filled in like manner as original appointments; and no Director
Página 12 - and benefit of the inhabitants of such city, and may levy a tax of not to exceed one mill on the dollar annually, and. in cities of over 100,000 inhabitants, not to exceed
Página 13 - SEC. 6. Every Library and Reading-Room established under this act shall be forever free to the use of the inhabitants of the city where located, always
Página 13 - other sources, and how such moneys have been expended, and for what purposes ; the number of books and periodicals on hand ; the number added by purchase, gift, or otherwise, during the year; the number lost or missing; the number of visitors attending; the number of books loaned out, and the general character and kind of such books, with other statistics, information and suggestions as they may deem of general interest.
Página 13 - SEC. 12. Whereas, all the libraries of Chicago were destroyed by the recent fire in that city, and large donations of books have been made to found a Free Library; and, whereas, no suitable building or organization exists to receive or preserve them; therefore, an emergency exists that this law shall take effect immediately ; therefore, this act shall take effect and
Página 66 - home the center of affection and virtue! Pleasing communion must be found with the great minds, who in all ages have best understood, felt, written, or sung the human heart! To do this, books must be made cheap and cost little,
Página 18 - while the home literature of the present day, and of the last hundred years, will form an important portion of the new Library, the characteristic feature of the gift will consist in sending to the Americans works of the thirteen preceding centuries, which are the common