Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery Act 1883 (SA)

ANNO QUADRAGEXINO SEXTO ET QUADRAGESIMO

SEPTIMO

No. 296.

An Act to provide for the establishment and incorpora-

tion of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery, and to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Institutes, and for other purposes.

[A ssegted to, Fe6ruary 28t4 1884.1

W HEREAS it is desirable to provide for the establishment, Preamble.

incorporation, and government of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallcry of South Australia, and to consolidate and amend the laws relating to Urban, Suburban, and Country Institutes, and for other purposes-BC it therefore Enacted by the Govcrnor of the Province of South Australia, with thc advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said province, in this prcscnt Parliament assembled, as follows:

Minister as the Governor may appoint: Institute "

1. This Act may be cited as the " Public Library, Muscum, Short title.

and Art Gallery Act, 1853-4."

2, This Act shall come into operation upon a day to be named commence me^.

by the Governor by Proclamation in the Government Gazette.

3. I n the construction of and for the purposes of this Act, Interpretation.

unless the same would be inconsistent with the subject-matter or context, the words and expressions following shall have the respec- tive meanings hereinafter assigned to them, that is to say-

" The Board" shall mean the Board of Governors of the Public

Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia:

The Minister Controlling Education " shall include such other

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Institute " or "Institutes " shall include all urban, suburban, and country institutes (except the South Australian Institute) now existing or hereafter established.

DiviElion of A C ~. 4. This Act shall be divided into four parts, namely-

PART I.--The Board of Governors of the Public Library,

Museum, and Art Gallery of South Aushalia;	its
Constitution and Powers:

PART 11.-The Urban, Suburban, and Country Institutes; their

Esta,blishment, Powers, and Government:

PART 111.-The Adelaide Circulating Library; its Establishment

and Government:

PABT I. PART I.

THE BOARD OF GOVEBNORS OF TIIE PUBLIC LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND ART GALLERY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA ; ITS CONSTITUTION AND POWERS.

Incorporation of

Board.

5. For thc purposes of this Act there is hereby constituted a Board, to be called the "Board of Governors of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia," of whom five shall form a quorum, and w1m shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall by the same name sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in a11 Courts and places whatso- ever, with power to prove in all competent Courts and compound

for all debts due to them.

Board o f ~ o v r r n o r s o f	6. Until the first appointment a'nd election of	the Board, the
South Aastmlian In-

8riwe to	Board of Governors of the South Australian Institute, as constituted
ta Board wointed.:	at the time of the coming into operation of this Act, shall be the Board within the meaning of this Act; but, upon such appointment and election being completed and notified by the Governor in the
Government Gazette, shall be dissolved.

~onati tuti tk	of o oar d.	7. The Board. of Governors of the Public LibraSy, Museum, and Art Gallery of Soath Australia shall consist of sixteen members,
of whom-

r. The Governor shall appoint eight members:

Ir. The South Australian Society of Arts shall elect one mcmbcr,

who shall be a member of the said society:

m. The University of Adelaide shall elect two members, who

shall be members of the said University:

N. The Royal Society of South Australia shall elect one member,

who shall be a member of the said society:

v. The

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v. The Adelaide Circulating Library, as hereinafter established, PART r.

shall elect one member, who shall be a member of the

said library:

vr, The Institutes shall elect three members:

No Institute shall be entitled to take part; in the election of a, member or members of the Board unless such Institute shall Dossess at least twcnty members who shall have paid their subscrbtions for the twelve months preceding the election. The elections of members of the Board by the several bodies of persons or societies mentioned in this section shall take place and be conducted in the manner prescribed by the rules and regulations contained in the First Schedule hereto, or such other rules and regulatiom as may from time to time be made in addition to, or in substitution for, or in amendment of, those xules and regulations; and the expressions c c Board " and Board of Governors" used in the I b South Australian Institute -4ct Amendment Act, 1879,'' and in any statutes or regula- tions made thereunder shall refer to the Board constituted by this Act. Upon the appointment and election of members of the Board, and thereafter in the month of November in each year, the Gover- nor shall cause to be published in the Government Gazette a list &of

the members of the Board, which Gazette shd l be primd facie evidence that the persons named therein are the members of the Board as therein specified.

8. After the first appointment and election of the me~nbers of the order of retirement of

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Board a meeting shall be held, at which the Board shall determine Board shall in like manner at its first meeting which shall happen after every subsequent appointment of a member or members by the Governor, determine, if more than one member be appointed, the order in which the names of such members shall be entered on the

by lot the order in which the names of the members a~pointcd by the

said roll next after the names previously on the said roll, or, if one member only be appointed, shall place his name last on the said	roll; and on the first day of October in every year the thrce members
whose namcs shall be first upon such roll shall vacate their seats, and three members shall be appointed by the Governor in place of such members: Provided, however, that the members vacating their seats shall be eligible for re-appointment.

9. Thc first appointment by the Governor of members of the Election of member5

Board, and the first elections of members of the Board by the several	the
bodies of persons or societies mentioned in section 7 of this Act, shall be made and take place respectively within one calendar month from the coming into operation of this Act; and thereafter, in the month of October in every year, the Governor and the several bodies of persons or societies mentioned in section 7 of this Act
shall appoint and elect members of the Board, and every appointed
or elected member of the Board shall hold office until the clection
or appointment of his successor, and shall then retire, but shall be

eligible for re-election. 18. ~4.u

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PART I. 10. All the members of the Board, whether appointed or elected,

member# to be on shall have and exercise the same rights, privileges and powers, and

asme footing.

be under and subject to the same liabilities.

filled.

caaod vacancy how

11, The Governor may appoint a member of the Board upon

any casual vacancy occurring through the death, resignation,

or removal of any member of the Board appointed by him,

and any casual vacancy caused by the death or resignation of any

member of the Board elected by any of the several bodies of persons or societies mentioned in section 7 of this Act, may be filled by the election of a person by the body of persons or society who shall have elected the member so dying or resigning. Any member of the Board elected under this section shall hold office for the same period as the member so dying or resigning would have held office had no such vacancy occurred. Every appointment or election under this section shall be notified by the Governor in the Govern- ment Gazette, and such Gazette shall be prim& facie evidence of the appointment or election so notified.

On failure to elect,

the Governor 12. If the University of Adelaide, the Royal Society of South

appoint.	Australia, the Adelaide Circulating Library, or the Institutcs, or any of them, shall fail or neglect to exercise their right of election given by this Act, the Governor may appoint a member or members of the Board, who shall hold office for the same period and in all respects
ss if he or they had been elected by the body of persons or society
so making default. The provisions of this section shall also apply to any casual vacancy caused by the death or resignation of any elected member of the Board.

~ o m a may erercim 13. All the powers conferred by this Act upon the Board may be exercised by the members of the Board for the time being actually

poWergnotwithatand-

zng vacancy.

in office, notwithstanding any vacancy in the Board.

Lands to be under 14. The parcels of land described in the Second Schedule hereto,

control of the Board,	together with all buildings thereon, and any other lands or buildings
Power to take, &C.,	which the Governor, bp Proclamation published in the Government

&c.,cerlainlan&.	Gazette, may so direct, shall be under the care, control, and manage- ment of the Board. The Board shall, with the consent of the Governor, have power and be capable in law to take, purchase, and hold lands, tenements, and hereditaments of all kinds, whatsoever
and whercsocver situate, and $hall, with the like consent, have
powcr aid be capable in lam to sell, exchange, grant, demise, let, or otherwise dispose of the same or any part thereof. The Board may permit any society having for its object the encourage- ment of Literature or the Arts and Sciences, or any person desirous of encouraging the like objects, to use m y part of the land or buildings under their control, for such period and upon such terms *
as the Board may think proper.

V e ~ W i a B a d of 15, All the goods and chattels already acquired by or for the

personal property, nse of the Natimal Gallery of South Australia, or the South

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Australian Institute, or the Board of Governors thereof, together	PART I
with the books, boxes, and other things used for circulation among
the Institutes, shall be vested in the Board; and all gifts and
bequests now or hereafter made to the National Gallery of South Australia, the Art Gallery, or the South Australian Institute, or the Board of Governors thereof, shall be deemed gifts and bequests to the Board by this Act constituted. The Board is hereby em- powered to receive, take, or purchase any pictures or other works of art, objects of natural history, mineral specimens, exhibits, coins, medals, curiosities, books, maps, manuscripts, documents, pamphlets, or papers, or other goods or chattels whatsoever; and to sell, ex- change, or otherwise dispose of the same or any of them; but no picture or other work of art shall be sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of without the consent of the Governor.

repeal, alter, and re-enact rules and regulations for the following rllle8, &c. 16. The Board shall have power from time to time to make, Powertomako

purposes-

I. For the conduct of their own proceedings:

11. For the due management of the affairs of the Public Library,

Museum, and Art Gallery in their several departments:

m. For the admission, exclusion, or expulsion of the public or any individual to and from the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery, or any part thereof:

IV. For specifying the conditions and restrictions upon and sub- ject to which the public may be allowed-

(a. j To read books or manuscripts, or make copies

of or extracts therefrom:

( b. ) To inspect the pictures, works of art, and

exhibits in the Art Gallery and Museum, and

make drawings or copies thereof:

(C.) To obtain instruction in the different schools of

industry and art:

and for fixing the amount of the fees payable for such instruction, and the manner of the appropriation thereof:

v. For the most effectual use of the pictures, exhibits, coins, medals, mineral specimens, curiosities, objects of natural history, works of art, books, maps, manuscripts, docu- ments, pamphlets, or papers, for the purposes of public education and enjoyment:

vr. For prescribing the conditions and method upon and by

which the advantages heretofore extended by the South

Australian Institute to Institutes may be continued:

VII. For fixing penalties for any breach of any rule or regulation

authorised to be made by this Act, not exceeding the sum

of Tcn Pounds for any one offence:

VIII. For such other purposes as the Governor by Proclamation in

the Government Gazette may allow: IX. Generally

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IX. Generally for carrying into effect the objects of this Act:

And all such ru les and regulations shall be in writing, and, the common seal of the Board having been affixed thereto, copies thereof shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament not later than one month from the making thereof, if throughout such month Parliament shall be in Session, and if Parliament shall not be in Session throughout such month, then within one month after the commencement of the next Session thereof; and, if or so far as

not disallowed by express resolution of either Housc of Parliament,

within one month after being so laid before both Houses of Par-

liament, such rules and regulations, after the expiration of such last-mentioned month, shall be forthwith published in the Govern- ment Gazette, and shall thereupon be valid and have the force of law; and the production of the Government Gazette containing such ~ublication shall be conclusive evidence of the tenor and validity of such rules and regulations.

Annual report and

17. The Board shall, on or before the thirtieth day of September in each year, report its proceedings during the twelve months ending on the thirtieth day of June to the Governor, and a copy of such report shall be laid each year beforc Parliament. The accounts of thc Board shall be annually audited by the Corn- missioners of Audit, who may exercise in that behalf the powers conferred upon them by "The Audit Act, 1882," and an abstract of such accounts shall be annually laid upon the table of the House of Assembly of the said province.

audit.

PART 11.

THE URBAN, SUBURBAN, AND COUNTRY INSTI-

TUTES, THEIR ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS,

AND GOVERNMENT.

Defmition of Urban,	18. All Institutes now or hereafter established, except the
Suburban, and

County Institutes. South Australian Institute, shall be dcemed to be, for the purposes

of this Act, Urban, Suburban, or Country Institutes. All moneys

held by the Board of Governors of the South Australian Insti t~te;

at the date of the coming into operation of this Act, for the benefit

of Institutes, and all moneys hereafter voted by the Parliament of South Australia for the support and maintenance of Institutes, shall, unless otherwise provided by the said Parliament, bc dis- tributed and applied by the Board for the benefit of Institutes,

and the Adelaide Circulating Library, in such manner as the

Minister Controlling Education shall direct.

19. All persons of respectable character above the age of fifteen

shall be competent to become members of an Institute on payment

of the subscription and entrance fee, and no person shall be elected

or admitted a member of any such Institute by ballot, nor shall

any such person be rejected from membership by such means,

but the committee of any such Institute may refuse to admit any

unfit

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unfit person as a member: Provided, that any person so refused shall PABT n.

have a right of appeal against such refusal to a general meeting

of thc members of the Institute, who may reverse such refusal.

20, The person in whom the real estate of any Institute shall Imtitutoe tofurniah

hereafter become vested as trustee shall, within three calendar months from thc vesting of such real estate, make out and deliver to the Minister Controlling Education a return containing the particulars set forth in the form in the Third Schedule hereto; and the person in whom the real estate of any Institute shall from time to time remain vested, shall make out and deliver in like manner a similar return in the month of January in each year; and cvery person in whom such real estate shall be so vested, who shall not make out and deliver, or cause to be made out and delivered, the return aforesaid within the times aforesaid, or shall make out and deliver a false return, shall, for every day that such return shall not have been so made out and delivered, forfeit and pay a penalty of uot more than Five Pounds, nor less than Two Pounds; and shall, for making out such false return, forfeit and pay a penalty of not more than Fifty Pounds, nor less than Five Pounds.

21. Unless the returns mentioned in the last preceding section I n s t i t u t ~, the trustfwl

whereof shall not

shall be duly furnished, every Institute, the trustee of which shall fudsh returns to be

make default, shall be disqualified and debarred from receiving any d i ~ n t i t l e d t o grant-

grant of moncys, or any cart of any grant of moneys, voted b j thk Parliament of South Australia, to which rcspectively, but for this Act, such Institute might haw been or become entitled.

22, No person or body poiitic or corporate having, before the Mortgagees and en-

passing of this Act, any legal or equitable mortgage, encnmbrmce, Institute realty not to cumbrancees of

or lien of any sort upon or over the real estate of any Institute, ~ $; ; ~; ~ ~; ; ~ ~ l

shall sell such real estate or any part thereof, or foreclose any notico to Minieter

such mortgage or encumbrance, or enforce such lien, without first E d m -

giving to the Minister Controlling Education three calendar months'

brance, or lien, the intention to sell, foreclose, or enforce, as the	rlotice ir! writing, setting forth the nature of the mortgage, encum-	case may be, and the amount of principal and iilterest claimed to be
due on the date of such notice.

23. \V here the Minister Controlling Education shall have re- Minister Controlling

ceived a notice in writing of the intention to sell, foreclose, or off	Education may pay
cnforce a lien against the real estate of any Institute as aforesaid, he may, in his discretion, discharge the claim, or any part thereof, out of any public moneys or any special grant to which such Institute may be entitled.

24, I n case the Minister Controlling Education shall not exercise Mortgageaa may sell, &C., if Minieter Con-

the power by the last preceding section vested in him within the Edocltion

said period of three months, the person or body politic or corporate does not redeem.

giving the notice aforesaid may, at the expiration of the said period of three months, sell or foreclose, as if this Act had not been passed.

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PART 11. 25. It shall not be lawful for any person in whom the real eetate

Pmbibiti,,n of any Institute shall be vested as the trustee thereof, nor for any

stituh real eatate a d s wia In- incorporated Institute, to sell, lease, aliene, mortgage, or encumber in

any manner whatsoever, any real estate whereof any such trustee

without ~ ~ ~ e ~ ~ o ~

ling Education. f i e Minister Control- or incorporated Institute may be seized or possessed, without the

consent in writing of the Minister Controlling Education indorsed upon every conve$ance, or other instrument whereby such dealing

is effected; and every such conveyance or other instrAment made or

executed without such consent in writing as aforesaid, shall be

absolutely void.

Prohibition against

26. From and after the passing of this Act no Listitute, nor

incorporation.

any members or officers thereof, nor any other person, shall be

authorised, empowered, or able to incorporate any such Institute

under any statute or law now in force in the said province.

Appointment of 27. The members of an Institute may from time to time, at a

trustees.

general meeting of such members duly convened by public notice of the object of such meeting, appoint or elect proper persons to be trustees of any such Institute; and such trustees, accepting the office, shall continue to be trustees for such period, and with such powers and duties as may be prescribed by any rules or regulations which for the time being may regulate the affairs of such Institute.

to be vested in the

Effects of Imtitutee 28. .4ll real and personal property, including choses in action,

trustees for the time	and all documents evidencing title thereto belonging to any
b e y who may bring	Institute, shall be vested in the trustees of such Institute for the time

and	efend actions, &X.	being, for the use and benefit of such Institute, and after the death, resignation, or removal of any trustee, shall, from and after the filing of the memorial in the next section mentioned, vest in the succeeding trustee, for thc same estate and interest as the former trustee had therein, and subject to the same trusts, without any assignment or conveyance whatever, and shall also, for all purposes of action or suit, as wcll criminal as civil, in law or in equity,
in anywise touching or concerning the same, be deemed the
property of the person or persons appointed to the office of trustee of such Institute for the time being, in his or their proper names,
without further description, and he or they shall bring or defend any action, suit, or prosecution, criminal as well as civil, in law or in equity, touching or concerning the property, right, or claim aforesaid of such Institute, and may in all such cases sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in his or their proper names, as the trustees of the said Institute, without other description; and
no such suit, action, or prosecution shall be discontinued or abate by the death of any such trustee, or his resignation or removal from
the office of trustee, but the same may be proceeded in by the continuing or succeeding trustee, in the proper names of the person or persons commencing the same, any law, usage, or custom to the con- trary notwithstanding; and such succeeding trustee shall receive or pay the like costs as if the action or suit had been commenced in his name, for the benefit of, or to be reimbursed from, the funds of such
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29. A memorial of the name of the person in whom the real or personal estate of any Institute shall be vested as trustee thereof, PART rr.

of name

in the form or to the effect for that purpose set forth in the of trustro to be recorded on oath in

within thirty days after the election or appointment of snch trustee; and when and as often as any trustee of such Institute shall be newly-elected or appointed, a memorial of the natne of such newly-elected or appointed trustee, i n the same form or to the same effect as the abovc-mentioned memorial, signed by such newly-electcd or appointed trustee, as the case may hc, and by the continuing trustees of such Institutc, and verified as aforesaid, shall in like manner be recorded in the said Supreme Court within thirty days next after such trustee shall be so clccted or appointed; and the said memorial may be rccorded after thirty days on paymcnt of a fine of Ten Shillings, and after six months on payment of a fine of Five Pounds.

Fourth Schedule hereto, signed by the trustee of such Instituta Suprerue court.

and verified on oath before a Justice of the Peace for the said

province, or a Conimissioner for taking affidavits in the Supreme

30, Until a memorial of the name of the trustee for the time ~~lltil s ~ h record

made 110 action to be

being be recorded in the manner hereinhefore directed, no action, brought.

suit, or other proceeding shall be brought by any Institute, or by

the trustee thereof, under the authority of this Act.

31, Every Institute shall, at such time and in such form and Institute to furnish accounts and reporter

manner, and to such person, as shall be from time to time appointed ,h,n

by

by the Minister Controlling Education, furnish all such just and Govelnmenf-

true accounts, reports, statistical tables, and statements as shall be

requircd to clucidntc the state and proceedings of such Institute,

and the manner in which the puqoses of such institute and the

provisions of this Act have been carried into effect.

32, Every Institute which fails (either by default of its officers Institutes not com-

or otherwise) to comply with the provisions of this Act, or any of plying with this Act not to be entitled to

receive any specid grant of moneys which may be madc by the pliance.	them, shall not be entitled to participate in any general grant or to grant until corn-
Parliament of the said province until such Institute shall have complied with the provisions aforesaid.

33, No rules or regulations hereafter to bc made, or alterations Institutc rdos to of no effect until

of existing rules hereafter made by any Institute, or by the mcm-

by tl,o

bers thereof, shall have any force or effect until after the same (+orernor.

shall have been approved by the Governor, and a notification of

such approval has appeared in the Government Gazette.

34. NO Institutc shall be dissolved, nor shall its property be Dissolution of Insti- tute, and disposal of

alienated or disposed of, unless with the consent of three-fourths properly.

of such of the members as shall be present at a public meeting,

which shall be convened by notice signed by not less than one-

sixth of the existing members, and published one month before the

day

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A T I day of meeting in the following manner, viz. :-By posting the

same in some conspicuous place in thc sciding-room or library of the Institute, by forwarding a copy to the Board, and by ad- vertisement in the Goaernmfnt Gazette ; nor shall the nropertv l. L

be alienated, nor the funds arising from its sale be d ispse i

of, except to such institutions connected with education as the members so assembled shall think fit and the said Board shall approve of; neither shall any dividend, gift, division, or bonus in money be made unto or between any of the members of such Institute. The said Board shall also be entitled to the possession of the property, and to become trustees thereof in case of any Institute falling into decay, or the property being endangered or &ispersed, by reason of non-subscription by the members or other- wise.

PART 111. PART 111.

'l'IIE ADELAIDE CIRCULATI&G LlBRARY; ITS

ESTABLISHRTENT AND GOVERNMENT.

Adelaide: Cimlating 35. From and after the coming into operation of this Act the

Library.	South Australian Institute, as heretofore constituted, shall cease to exist, but in lie^^ thereof thc1.c shall be a library, under the name of the Adelaide Circdating Library, to which Library the Board shall transfer such of t h ~ hooks, maps, manuscripts, docurrients,
pamplllets, and papers 11eretofore belonoing to the Soutlr Australian Institute, ns the Board may deem suitable for the purposes of a ?
Circulating. Library. The Board shall, from time to time, assign to the said Circulati~ig Libra1 y such rooms in the buildings under their control a s the Uowd Inay think fit. Thc said Circulating Library shall pal ticipste in the annual grant of moncys voted by ~ar l iament for the Institutes, to such extent as the Minister Con- trolling Fduration may direct.

delaide Circulating 36. The subscriiiers t o the s ~ i d Circulating Library shall be a

Libmry made a body

corporate.	body corporate in deed, n m c, and law, by the name of the Adelaide Circulating Liliraq-, :ind by the same name shall have perpetual saccession m d a conmoll seal, and may sue and be swd, implead or	be irnplrarled, in all Courts and before Justices, and shall be subject
to thc rules in the Fifth Schedule hereto, or other tkle rules for the time being in force in respect thereof.
laide Circulating

Subscribers to Ade- 37. Persons snbscrihiug, :M provided by the rules in the said

Library t o be mem-	Fifth Schedule hereto, to the said Adclaide Circulating Library
bers thereof.	shall be mernbrm thereof: Provided that no person shall be allowed
to vote as such member at any meeting hcld iu pursuance of this Act unless hc slrull have bee11 a subscriber, and shall have paid his subscription, for the six months next preceding the time of such meeting; and all persons who shall be at the timc of the coming into opemtion of this Act subscribers to the Library of the South Australian Jnstitutc sl~all be subscribers to the Adelaidc Circulating Library to the same extent and for the like period as if the sub-

scriptions

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scriptions paid by them had bccn paid to the Adelaide Circulating	PART	111.
Library instead of to the Library of the South Australian Institute. All subscriptions which shall be due from the subscribers to the Librarv of the South Australian Institute at the date on which this
Act shall come into operation shall be paid to and may be recovered by the Committee of the Adclaide Circulating Library.

38. I t shall be lawful for the subscribers to the Adelaide Circu- Sub,*ibors to librav

lating Library, within one c a l ~ ~ ~ d i ~ r month after this Act shall come to elect committee,

into operation, at a special meeting callctl for that purpose, and thereafter at the annual geueral mrr:ting in every succeeding year, to elect from amoirg tllrms~lves fire persons to bc the Committee

of thc Adelaide Circulating Library, of whom t h e e shall form a

quorum, and the pcrsons so elected shall retain office until the ;~ppointrnent of their successors. Until the first appointment of the Cornmittec of the Adelaidc Circulating Library the Board shdl be the Committee of such Library.

39, Any casunl vacancy caused by the dcath or resignation of Casual vacancy in

any member of the Coinmittcc may bc filled by the elrction of a Committee~ho~fiUed

niember of thc Committee by the subscribers, in the manner prescribed

by section 43 of this Act, &d such nicmbcr shall hold ofice for the

likc period as the person so dying or resigning would have done

had no such vacancy occurred.

40. Thc Cornmittcc of the Aclrlai (1 e Circulating Library may Comnlmittee rnlr

appoint n secretary, librarian, ancl such other officcrs as may seem proper, ancl the salaries of such officcrs, together with all nloncys disbursed b y thc: C~rrimitt~ec in the purclxme of books and the rrcneral

expenses of the corporation, shall be paid out of' thc subscriptions h.

received from subscribers, and slwh 1nonc.ys as may be npproprit~tecl

for the purposes of' the Adclaide Circulating. Library by the Ronrd.

41. A general n~ceting of the Adc:ln.ide Circulating Library shall Annual general

be bolclen annually, in the nionth of Octobcr, or1 such thy and a t such mneting.

hour and ylacc as shall from timc to tirw bc fixed by tlie Comtnittcc, by giving sever1 days' notice iu any two newspapers published in Ade- laide, such general meeting to consist of not less than ten subscribers exclusive of' any meinbcrs of the said Committee; and if a sufficient number of subscribers to form a meeting bc not present within an hour of tlle time fixed for such mecting, the said Cornmittec, or the chairman of the meeting, may adj joum tllc said meeting for such period not exceeding one calendar month from thc date of such meeting, and unto such place us thcy or he may appoint, and thereafter iu likc manner until a quorum be obtained. At such general meeting thc time and place for the election of the Committee for thc ensuing year shall be fixed, a report of the proceedings during the preceding year shall be laid before the meeting, ihc necmsary steps shall be

taken to elect a member of the Board, and all matters connected

with the affairs of the said Adelaide Circulating Library may be' discussed. The said Committee may at any time, upon giving seven

days'

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PART m, days' notice in any two newspapers published in Adelaide, convene a meeting of the subscribers to the said Library for the purpose of taking the necessary steps to elect a member of the Board.

Special meetings. 42. The said Committee may and, on the requisition of any two of

the Committee or of any thirty of the subscribers, shall, by giving

fourteen days' notice in any two newspapers published in Adelaide,

and affixing a legible copy of such notice in a conspicuous place in the building occupied by the said Adelaide Circulating Library, convene

a special general meeting thereof for the purpose of considering any

matters colinected therewith that may be set forth in such requisition.

Election of members

of Committee. 43. The elcction of members of the Committee shall he by

ballot? and shall be held at a place and on a day to be fixed at any general or special meeting, or any adjournment thereof, of the members of the Adelaide Circulating Library. On the taking of such ballot, the secretary of the said Library, or such othcr officer

as may be appointed by the Committee for that purpose, shall act

i s returning officer, and shall have the general management and control of the election. Such ballot shall be open on the day fixed for election from eleven o'cloclr in the morning until eight o'clock in the evenirrg. No person shall be eligible as a member of the said (!omrnittee who shall not have given to the secretary of the said Iibrary, or other officer appointed for that purpose by the Committee, tcn clays' notice o f his intention to offer himself as a candidate for elcction. 'l'hc result of such election shall be certified to the Committee by the said sccretwy, or such other officer as may be appointvd by the Committee for that purpose.

All payments

t o be hy cheque. 44. All snms of money received by the Adelaide Circulating

Library shall bc paid to their credit at such bank in hdelaidc as the Committee nmy direct, to the credit of the said Library, and all moneys aborc the sum of Two Pounds shall he paid by cheque, signed by two members of the said Committee and countersigned by the secretary or other officer appointed by the Conunittee for such purpose.

Tower of mnicing 45. 'I'hr said Committee may, from time to time, make rules for

rt~lcs, nnd tdtorir~g

the rulcs in the	the Adclaiclc Circulating Library, in addition to, or in substitution
Fifth Schedule.	for, or in amendment or alteration of, the rules contained in the
Fifth Schcclnlc hcreto, or in addition to, or in substitution fbr,
or in ;~mrndmc.nt or nltcration of, any rules made under this powcr. 111 reqec t of all such adclitioiid or substituted rules, alterations, or ;trnenclments, thc provisions hcreinbcfore contaizzed, with respect to laying before Pxlinmcnt and publishing in the Goue?.nrn,ent Gazette,
shall likewise apply.

MISCELLANEOUS.

% ~ ~ d ~ ~ W I S i 8 - 4& 111 the constrnction and for thc purposes of the Copyright

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Act, 1878," the expression, South Australian Institute," wherever PART m.

used, shall be taken to mean the Public Library, under the control of the Board, and the expression " Board of Governors," or Board of Governors of the said Institute," shall be taken to mean the Board.

47. All fines or penalties for offences against this Act, or any Recovey of penaltim

rule or regulation madc hereunder, may be recovered in a summary way under the provisions of the Ordinance No, 6 of 1850, before

any two Justices of the Peace, and all convictions and orders mdy

be enforced as provided by the said Ordinance, or, at the option of

the Board, any such fines and pcnalties may be recovered by the Board, or by any person authorised by the Board, as a debt due to the Board or t o such authorised pcrson in any Court of Law.

48. There shall be an appeal from any order or conviction of Appeal.

any Special Magistrate or Justices under this Act, or from any order

dismissing any information or for the payment of costs or otherwise, which appeal shall be to the Local Court of Adelaide of Full Juris- diction only, and the proceedings on such appeal shall bc coiiducted

in a manner appointed by the said Ordinance No. 6 of 1850, and

any Acts extending or amending the same, for appeals to Local Courts; but such Local Court of Adelaide aforesaid may make such order as to the payment of the costs of appeal as i t shall think fit, although such costs may exceed Ten Pounds.

49. Informations may be laid for any offence against this Act, or who 1.y idor-

any rule or regulation made hereunder, at the ilistance of any

person.

50. One moiety of every fine or penalty recovered for any one moiety of penal.

offencc against this Act or any rule or regulation made hereunder ties to be paid to the	complainant.
shall be paid to the complainant or informant.

51. The Act, No. 19 of 1863, intituled A11 Act to consolidate ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 .

and amend thc Laws relating to the South Australian Institute "; sections 1 and 5 of the Act, No. 151 of 1879, intituled An Act to amend the Laws relating to the South Australian Institute, and for othcr purposes"; and " The Suburban and Country Institutes Act,

1874," are hereby repealed: Provided that such repeal shall not

affect the validity of any rules or regulations heretofore madc by any Institute under the provisions of " The Suburban and Country Institutes Act, 1874," or of anything done or suffered, or corn- menced to be done or suffered, under the said Acts, or any of them, nor condone or affect any offences committed or penalties incurred thereunder.

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

WILLIAM C. F. ROBINSON, Governor.

SCHEDUItES

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SCHEDULES REFERRED TO.

THE FIRST SCHEDULE.

Rules and Regulutionsjor the Election of Afenzbers of the Boarcl.

ELECTION BY T H E UXIVERSITP O F ADELAIDE.

1. The members of the Board to bc elected by the University of Adelaide shall

be elected in manner prescribed by the " South Australian Institute Act Amendment Act, 1879," and the statutes and regulations made, or to be hereafter made, there- under, for the election by the University of Adelaide of members of the Kosrd of Governors of the South Australian Institute; and the esprcssions Board". and "Board of Governors" used in that Act, and in the statutes and regulations made thereunder, shall refer to the Board of Governors of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia. Thc result of ewry such election shall be certified to the Governor under the hand of the Chancellor or Vice-Cl~nncellor of the

University, whuse certificate shall bc conclusive as to the validity of such election.

ELECTLON BY THE SOUTH hU8TRALThN S O C l E l T O F AHTS.

1. The member of the Board to be elected by the South Australian Society of Arts shall be electgd by the said society in accordance with such regulations as may be made in that behalf by the said society, and until such regnlutions shall be made, in accordance with the regulations now in force for the election of a member of the Board of Governors of the South Austrnlian Institute by the said society, and the result of such election shall be certified to the Governor, under the hand of thc President of the Society, whose certificate shall be conclusive.

ELECTIOX B Y TIIE ROYAL SOCIETY O F SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

1. 'The member of the Board to be elected by the ltoyal Society of South Aus-

tralia shall be elected \ ~ y the said society in accordailce with such regulations as may

be made in that behalf by thc said society, and until such regulations si-lsll be made, in accordance with the regulations now in force for the clection of a member of the

Board of Chvernors of the South Australiirn Institute by the said society, and t l ~ e

result of such election shall be certified to the Governor, under the hand of the

President of the Society, whose certificate shall be conclusive.

ELECTION BY THE ADELAIDE CIltCULATING LIUBARY.

1. The member of the Board to be clected by the Adelaidc Circulating Library

shall be elected by the subscribers thelcto at a general or special meeting called for

that purpose, or at any adjournment thereof.

2. At such meeting i t shall bc competent for any subscriber to propose a candidate for membership of the Board,.provided that such candiclate is 3, subscriber to the

Circulating Library, and that his written consent to act as a lncrnber of the Board, if

elected, is produced to the inceting.

3. If one candidate only is proposed, he shall be declared by thc chairman of the

meeting to bc duly elected by the Adelaide Circulating Library as a rncmber of the

Board.

4. If more than one candidate is proposed, the meeting shall fix a time (not more than five dars from such meeting), and a place within the City of' Adelaide, at which a poll shall be taken of the subscribers to tlle Circulating Library,

5. On the day fixed for the poll, some person appointed by the meeting for that purpose shall attend at the polling-place, from the hour of 11 o'cloclr in the fore-

noon to the hour of 8 o'clock in the evening, ant1 act as Returning Officer.

6. On the taking of the poll the proposer or seconder of any candid@ may act as

a scrutineer on bt.half of the candidate whom he has proposed or seconded, and any

candidate may appoint a person to act for him as scrutineer.

7. The voting on the taking of the poll shall be by ~ o t i n g papers prepared by the

Returning Officer for that purpose, and delivered to him on the polling day within the hours aforesaid, or sent through the post and actually received by him prior to the hour of 8 o'clock in the evening of the polling day, and the Returning Officer

shall accept the votes only of such persons us appear by the List of Subscribers to the Circulating Library to be subscribers, and W ~ I J are entitled to vote at

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meetings of the Circulating Library.	Evcry subscriber shall be entitled to one vote
and no more.

8. All the details and arrangements for the taking of the poll, and the method of

taking and recording the votes shall be prescribed and made by the Returning

Officer.

9. At the close of the poll, or so soon thereafter as conveniently may be, the voting papers shall be counted by the Returning Officcr in the presence of the scrutineers if they desire to attend, and the candidate for whom the greatest number of votes has been recorded, shttll be dcclared by the Returning Officer to bc the member of the Board elected by the Adelaide Circulating Library.

10. The Returning Officer s l d l cnter in the minute book of the Circulating Librarj. the names of the candidates at every clection, and the number of votes recorded for each of them, with the result of such election.

11. The result of every election by the Adelaide Circulating Library of a member of the Board shall be certified to the Governor, under the seal of the Circulating Library, and such certificate shall be conclusive as to the result and the validity of such election.

12. These Rules shall also apply to the clection by the Adelaide Circulating Library of a member of the Roard to fill a casual vacancy.

ELECTION BY TBE INSTITUTES.

1. In the month of Octobcr in each year each Institute entitled to take part in the election of members of the Board shall hold a meeting, according to the regulations for the time being of such Institute for the holding of meetings, for the purpose of exercising the right of election giren to the institute^ by this Act.

2. At such meeting, or at any adjournment thereof, the subscribers shall select three persons for whom such Institute votes as members of the Board to be elected by the Institutes; and the Secrctary of such Institute shall, on or before the 24th day of the month of October, transmit to thc Secretary of the B n a ~ d a return containing the names of the three persons so selected, and, if from any cause whatever, the return of any Institute shall not be received by the Secretary of the Board by the 25th day of October, such Institute shall be deemed to have failed to have esercised its right to vote at the election of members gf the Board.

3. On or before the 31st day of OctoLcr in each year the Board shall meet and examine the returns of the lnstitutes, furnished undcr the second paragraph hereof, and shall declare the three persons who shd l obtain the largest number of votes respectively to be duly elected by the lnstitutes as members of the Board; but in case of an equal number of votes being given for two or more candidates, the Board shall determine which of such candidates is or are elected, and shall declare him or them to be a member or members of the Board.

4. The Hoard shall forthwith certify to the Governor the names of the three persons elected members of the Board by the lnstitutes, and the certificate p£ the

Board shall be conclusive evidencc of the validity of the election of the members of

the Boaid named therein.

5. All the provisions of these rules and regulations shall apply to the first election of members of the Board by the lnstitutes as if the name of the month immediately succeeding the coming into operation of this Act was inserted herein instead of the month of October; and the provisions of these rules and regulations shall also apply to the clection of any member of the Board by the Institutes to fill a casual vacancy, but the Roarcl shall, in that case, fix the time within which any casual vacancy shall be filled, and shall appoint the days on or before which the Institutes entitled to take part in the election shall exercise their right of selection, and the time within which the returns of such selection shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Board, and the election certified by the Board to the Governor,

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

l. The Board may from time to time make rules and regulations in addition to,

or in sub~titution for, or in amendment or alteration of, the rules and regulations contained in this Schedule; and all such rules and regulations shall be in writing, and the provisions hereinbefore contained, with respect to laying before Parliament and phblishing in the Government Gazette, shall apply to all such rules and regulations.

THE

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THE SECOND SCHEDULE.

Land and Buildings under the care, control, and management of the Bonrd.

All that picce or parcel of land situated on the north side of the street or road within the City of Adelaide known as North-terrace, thc boundaries whereof are as follows, viz. :--Commencing at the south-east corner at a point on the northern side of North-terrace, City of Adelaide, 100 links west of the south-west corner of University block; thence northerly by a line 100 links west of, and parallel to, thc western boundary of said University block for 348 links; thence westerly at an angle of $g0 47' for 901 links; thence southerly at an angle of 90° 40' for 340 links to the northern side of North-terrace; thence easterly along said side of terrace for 898 links to the point of commencement, together with all buildings now or herc- after erected on the said piece of land.

THE THIRD SCHEDULE.

Public Library, Museum, and Art Galleray Act, 1883.

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Description of real es- l I Encumbrance.

tate, stating number or Kames, addresses, [Shte nature of

distinguishing mark of Iescription descriptions, and en c m ante,

!Name of allotment, acre, or sec- of build- occupations of and the amount

Institute. tion, and uamc of ings the trustees as thereof; or if

county and hundred or	thcreon.	defined by this	none, state the
town where situated;	Act.
also area.	fact.]

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Dated the day of 18

(Siynature of Chairman of Trustees.)

THE FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Memorial of the names of Trustee [ o r Trustees, as the case may 6el of the

Institute, pursuant to the Public Library, Muscum, and Art

Gallery Act, 1883.

I I

Names of Trustee or trustee^, as

the case may be. Address. Occupation.

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f Signatzlres of Trustees.)

.......................V.. A. B.

.......................... C. D. Trustee for Trustees, as

.......................... E.F. I	the case may he)
.......................... 0.11.

L. M. maketh oath and saith that he was present and did see the foregoing memorial signed by the above-named Trustee [or Trustees respectively, as the case

may 661 whole names appear thereto, L. M.

Sworn thie day of 18 ,

before me,

[J.P., or a Commissioner, &C.] THE

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THE FIFTH SCHEDULE.

Rules of the Adelaide Circzclntiny Library.

Persons shall be allowed to become subscribers to the Adelaide Circulating Library, subject to the following regulations :-

I. Any person desiring to subscribe to the said library shall previously insert his

name and full address, with particulars of his occupation, in a book to be

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kept for the purpose; and shsll also (if required) dcposit with the secretary a certificate, signed by two householders of respectability, to the effect that the person so desiring to subscribe is known to them, and is a fit person to be allowed so to do; and every such person shall pay an entrance fee of Two Shillings and Sixpence, and thereafter a.n annual subscription of Twenty Shillings, payable in advance, or a quartcrly subscription of Five Shillings, also payable in advance, or such other sum as the Committee may from time to time determine.

11. When any person desires as aforesaid to subscribe to the Adclaide Circulating Library, the secretary, or other officer appointed for the purpose, may, if he sce fit, rcfuse to reccivc such subscription until the next meeting of the Committee, who shall he and are hereby empowered, at their discretion, either to receive or to refuse such subscription.

III. The Committee may, if they see fit, at any time expel any subscriber guilty of

misconduct.

IT-. Subscribers to the library shall be allowed to take out one or more volumes of a single work, or of two separate works, at one time, for a fixed period, as specified in such book or books: provided that persons so taking out books shall, if required by the librarian, or othcr officer appointed for thc purpose, deposit n sum not cxceeding the value of the work or works so taken out, to ensure their return, or to be forfeited if such work is not returned; and provided also, that if the period fixed for the reten- tion of any book so takcn out be esceeded, the librarian may, if he see fit, give notice thcrcof in writing to the subscribcr so rctnining such book, and such subscriber shall thereafter be subject to a fine of Twopence per day for every day that he retains such hook after the delivery of such notice. The librarian may, in his discretion, refuse to issue any book to any sub- scriber who, or any of whose family or household, he may have reason to believe to be suffering or recovcring from any infectious or contagious disorder.

v. Any subscriber lending a book belonging to the Adelaide Circulating Library to any non-subscriber, not being a member of such subscriber's household,

shall render himself liable to expulsion.

m. Any subscriber defacing or losing any book, the property of the Adelaide Circulating Library, shall be required to pay for a new copy of the same; and if the book so defaced or lost be one volume of a set, and it be found impossible to replace the said volume, such subscriber shall replace the whole work; but in either czsc the said subscriber shall bc entitled to the injured volume or work so soon as it is so replaced.

VII. Books shall not be issued to any subscriber in an imperfect condition, unless

a memorandum be made in any such book stating the nature and extent of such imperfection; but, in the event of any book being so issued, or of its receiving damage while in the custody of any subscriber, he shall, on returning such book, call the attention of the librarian to any injury it may have sustained; and any subscriber failing to do so shall be held responsible for any such injury.

V I I ~. Any nnnunl subscribcr shall be cntillcd, on payment of double subscription,

to take out not more than four books at one time, and to retain such books so taken out for twice the number of days notified therein, unless any such book shall have been added to the library within the preceding twelve months, in which case the ordinary number of days only shall be allowed.

IX. All entries by the librarian, secretary, or other person appointed or authorised

in that behalf; made in the issue b001i of the library, relating to the loan

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of any book to any subscriber, shall be good and sufficient prim& fa&

evidence that the book mentioned in any such entry was lent at the time

and to the person mentioned in such entry; and if, within one month from

the time at which such book ought to have been returned by such

subscriber, there shall be no entry made in the issue book of such retunr,

such subscriber shall bc conclusively deerncd to hare lost or kept such

book.

X. If any subscriber shall carelessly or negligently permit or suffer any book belonging to the library to be sold or disposed of when in his possession or custody, he shall forfeit therefor the sum of not less than Orlc Pound nor more than Five Pounds.

XI. In the event of any subscriber making special application in writing for the

use of several works, for the purpose of study, the secrctary shall have

power to grant the same for a period not exceeding fourteen days,

XII, The Committee may, if they see fit, once in every year call in all books in circulation, and suspend the issuc of books, for a period not exceeding twenty-one days, and during that period close the library.

XITI. The library shall (subject to Bule x~r. ) be open to subscribers on every day in

the year (exccpt Sundays and public holidays) from the hour of eleven in the morning until eight in the afternoon, or during such hours as the Committee may from time to time appoint.

xrv. All fines and penalties to which, under the foregoing Rules in this Schedule

contained any person may be subject, may be rccoversd by the Committee

as a debt due to the Adelaide Circulating Library in any Court of Law.

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