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apartment of manuscripts and medals;
then the department of natural and arti-
ficial productions; and afterwards the
department of printed books, by the
particular officers assigned to each de-
partment.
IX.  That one hour only be allowed
to the several companies, for gratifying
their curiosity in viewing each apart-
ment, and that each company keep to-
gether in that room, in which the officer,
who attends them, shall then be.
X.  That in passing through the rooms,
if any of the spectators desire to see any
book, or other part of the collection,
not herein after excepted, it be handed
to them by the officer, who is to re-
store it to its place, before they leave
the room; that no more than one such
book, or other part of the collection,
be delivered at a time; and that the
officer be ready to give the company any
information they shall desire, relating
to that part of the collection under his
care.
XI.  That upon the expiration of each
hour, notice be given of it; at which
time the several companies shall remove
out of the apartment, in which they
then
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then are, to make room for fresh com-
panies.
XII.  That if any of the persons who
have tickets, come after the hour mark-
ed in the said ticket, but before the
three hours alloted them are expired;
they be permitted to join the company
appointed for the same hour, in order
to see the remaining part of the collec-
tion, if they desire it.
XIII.  That a catalogue of the respec-
tive printed books, manuscripts, and
other parts of the collection, distinguish-
ed by numbers, be deposited in some
one room of each department, to which
the same shall respectively belong, as
soon as the same can be prepared.
XIV.  That written numbers, answering
to those in the catalogues, be affixed both
to the books, and other parts of the col-
lection, as far as can conveniently be done.
XV.  That the coins and medals, ex-
cept such as the standing Committee
shall order, from time to time, to be
placed in glass cases, be not exposed to
view, but by leave of the Trustees, in
a general meeting; or the standing
Committee; or of the principal Libra-
rian: that they be shewn between the
hours of one and three in the afternoon
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