Excerpt from Catalogue of the Public Library of the City of Newburyport, Founded by Hon. Josiah Little Provided said towns pay their proportion of the expenses of managing said Library, compared with those incurred by said city, for that purpose said proportion to be in the ratio Of the respective appraisement of said city and towns in the State valuation 5 and also that said towns pay one per cent. Jointly, per annum, on the cost of the apartments or building employed for said library, the General Regulations of said Library to be adopted by the City Government Of Newburyport. On the 18th of September 1854, the Mayor laid before the City Council the above communication 5 which was referred to the Joint Committee on Public Instruction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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