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 STATEMENT 
 
 CONSTITUTION 
 
 BY-LAWS 
 
 PUBLIC LIBRARY REGULATIONS 
 
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Colorado Medical Library Association 
 
 Certain members of the medical profession 
 in Denver, realizing that the existence of a 
 medical reference library for Colorado has 
 become a necessity to the enlightened study 
 and practice of medicine, have united and 
 become incorporated under the title of The 
 Colorado Medical Library Association. 
 
 The annual subscription for membership has 
 been placed at $ 5 . 00 , and the subscriptions so 
 received will be expended in the purchase of 
 medical literature of a character determined by 
 the nominations of the individual subscribers. 
 The works thus obtained will be placed on the 
 shelves of the Denver Public Librar}^ on the 
 condition that the Library will spend on med- 
 ical literature at least as much money as is 
 subscribed by the Association. The power and 
 usefulness of books are increased when they 
 are brought together. To the choice collection 
 of medical works already in possession of the 
 Public Library, several hundred valuable 
 volumes have recently been added, either as 
 bequests, gifts, or to be held in trust for their 
 present owners. The funds in the treasury of 
 
the Medico-Legal Society have been devoted 
 to the purchase of appropriate literature to be 
 added to the library. 
 
 The medical department of the library now 
 contains over 800 bound volumes; fifty-five 
 journals are regularly received through subscrip- 
 tion, while some seventy-five additional journals 
 are present in incomplete sets. At the present 
 rate Colorado will shortly be in possession of a 
 medical library which will compare favorably 
 with the collections of the east. The present 
 executive committee is as follows: J. T. 
 Eskridge, president; Henry Sewall, secretary 
 and treasurer, No. 23 Eighteenth Ave.; J. C. 
 Dana, Librarian of Public Library. 
 
 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Colorado Medical Library Association 
 
 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 Article I . — Name and Incorporation. This 
 organization shall be incorporated under the 
 laws of Colorado, and known under the name 
 of “The Colorado Medical Library Association. ” 
 Article II. — Object of the Association. 
 The object of this Association shall be the 
 establishment of a library and the accumulation 
 of literature for the same, by purchase, gift or 
 otherwise, for the diffusion of knowledge of 
 the medical arts and sciences. No pecuniary 
 
gain or profit shall result to any one from the 
 library. 
 
 Article III . — Members and Fees . Sec- 
 tion i. The members of the Association shall 
 consist of annual and life members. 
 
 Section 2. With the approval of the Exec- 
 utive Committee, any person may become an 
 annual member of the Association on payment 
 of the annual fee of five dollars ($5). 
 
 Section 3. With the approval of the Exec- 
 tive Committee, any person may become a life 
 member of the Association on the payment of 
 one hundred dollars ($100). 
 
 Art 1 CEE IV. — Officers . The officers of the 
 Association shall be a President, a Secretary 
 and a Treasurer. The offices of secretary and 
 treasurer may be filled by the same person. 
 
 ArticeE V. — Meetings . The regular meet- 
 ings of the Association shall be held on the first 
 Monday of January in each year, in the City of 
 Denver. 
 
 Articee VI . — Disposition of the Property of 
 the Association. The books, journals, pam- 
 phlets, etc., of the Association shall be marked 
 the property of the Association, and shall be 
 located at such place as may be designated at any 
 annual meeting by a two-thirds vote of the 
 members present, provided that at least twenty- 
 five (25) members are present, and provided 
 that a month’s notice of the desired change of 
 location has been given in writing, signed at 
 the request of ten (10) members of the Associ- 
 ation. 
 
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Article VII. — Amendments and Alterations 
 of the Constitution and By-Laws . Amend- 
 ments and alterations of the constitution and 
 by-laws (heretofore made, or to be made) shall 
 require a two- thirds vote of a meeting, at which 
 there are at least twenty (20) members present, 
 and written notice of the same, signed by five 
 members, must be given a month previous. 
 
 BY-LAWS. 
 
 Article I. — Duties of Officers . Section i. 
 The president shall preside at all meetings of 
 the Association, and shall perform such other 
 duties as custom and parliamentary usage may 
 require. He shall be ex officio member of all 
 committees. 
 
 Section 2. The secretary shall keep the 
 records and conduct the correspondence of the 
 Association. He shall give proper and timely 
 notice in writing of every regular and special 
 meeting to each member of the Association, 
 and shall, at each regular annual meeting, make 
 report of the condition and development of 
 the Association. 
 
 Section 3. The treasurer shall keep careful 
 account of all monies received and disbursed 
 by the Association, and annually make report 
 of the same to the Association. 
 
 Article II. — Election of Officers. The officers 
 of the Association shall be elected by ballot at 
 each regular annual meeting of the Association. 
 
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Article III . — Special Meetings. Special 
 meetings may be called by the president, at 
 such time and place as he may designate, when- 
 ever requested in writing by five members of 
 the Association. 
 
 Article IV. — Order of Business. At all 
 meetings the business shall be conducted as 
 follows: 
 
 1. Minutes of the last regular or special 
 meeting. 
 
 2. Report of the secretary. 
 
 3. Report of the treasurer. 
 
 4. Reports of standing committees. 
 
 5. Reports of special committees. 
 
 6. Unfinished business. 
 
 7. New and miscellaneous business. 
 
 8. Adjournment. 
 
 Article V . — Rules of Order. In conducting 
 the business of the meetings of the Association, 
 the parliamentary rules as laid down in Rob- 
 erts’ Rules of Order shall be adopted. 
 
 Article VI. — The Executive Committee. 
 Section i. An executive committee shall be 
 established which shall consist of not less than 
 three members, including the president and 
 secretary of the Association, who shall appoint 
 a third member, and the secretary of the Asso- 
 ciation shall be secretary of the committee. 
 
 Section 2. The executive committee shall 
 have general supervision of the finances, pur- 
 chases and expenses of the Association, and 
 shall act as censors over the qualifications of 
 applicants for admission to the Association. 
 
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Section 3. No purchase shall be made or 
 expense incurred except by order of the Asso- 
 ciation or of the executive committee; and the 
 executive committee shall not have power to 
 incur any indebtedness beyond the amount of 
 cash in the treasury. 
 
 Section 4. The executive committee shall 
 meet on the call of the chairman. 
 
 Articee VII . — The Choice of Books. Sec- 
 tion 1. No purchase of books, journals or 
 pamphlets shall be made except by order of 
 the executive committee. 
 
 Section 2. Every member of the Associa- 
 tion shall have the privilege of advising, in 
 writing to a member of the executive commitee, 
 the purchase of such literature as he may desire; 
 and it shall be the duty of the executive com- 
 mittee to consider every request so presented 
 and, so far as possible, dispose the funds of the 
 Association in such a manner as may seem to 
 conform with the desires of the greatest number 
 of members. 
 
 Section 3. In the choice of books the 
 executive committee shall give weight to the 
 number of applications received for the same 
 work. 
 
 Articee VIII . — Removal of Books. Section 
 1. Only members of the Association shall be 
 allowed to remove from the library the books, 
 pamphlets or journals belonging to the Associa- 
 tion. 
 
 Section 2. While the works belonging to 
 the Association are in charge of the Denver 
 
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 Public Library, the rules of the library which 
 govern the loan of its own works shall be 
 applied to the loan of the property of the 
 Association. 
 
 Article IX . — The Association Year and the 
 Payment of Subscriptions. The Association 
 year shall begin on the first of January in each 
 year. Subscriptions for each current year shall 
 be payable to the treasurer on that date. 
 
 LIBRARY REGULATIONS 
 
 All books in the library, except fiction and 
 recent additions in great demand, are lent for 
 fourteen days. Books of fiction are lent for 
 seven days. Except in a few special cases all 
 books may be renewed for a second term of 
 seven or fourteen days. A fine of two cents per 
 day is collected for all books overdue. Current 
 journals and magazines are lent for three days; 
 back numbers for fourteen days. Books and 
 magazines are sent to persons living outside of 
 Denver on payment of express or postage, and 
 under simple requirements as to identification 
 of the borrower and payments in case of loss. 
 For many books sent to the non-resident bor- 
 rower an extension of the usual time limit can 
 be made. 
 
 Any reputable adult resident of Denver can 
 become a borrower on agreeing over his own 
 name to conform to the library rules in his use 
 of books. Minors must have guarantors. 
 
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All members of the Colorado Medical Library 
 Association may take books from the general 
 library. The medical books and all other 
 resources of the library are open to all comers, 
 every one having access to all shelves, save 
 only those containing fiction. This last restric- 
 tion is solely because of lack of room. 
 
 Books given to, or deposited with, the library 
 or the Medical Library Association, will be 
 properly acknowledged and full receipts given 
 where wished. Proper care and return on 
 demand will be guaranteed to the owners in 
 the case of books placed temporarily in the 
 library. 
 
 The Public Library is established and main- 
 tained by the Board of Education of School 
 District Number One, Arapahoe County, Colo- 
 rado. Its permanency and responsibility are 
 therefore well assured. It is capable of receiv- 
 ing any gift, grant or devise. Donations of 
 books or magazines, one or many, new or old, 
 for the medical alcove or the general library, 
 are always acknowledged and made accessible 
 to all readers. 
 
 The library is open every day, including 
 Sundays, from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. 
 
 J. J. SMITH, 
 
 Chairman of Committee on Library. 
 
 J. C. DANA, 
 
 Librarian.