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to the duties of the office ; therefore he suggested
that to insure results, a person should be engaged
who could give all, or a fair share of his time to the
society, with a proportionate salary attached to the
office.
The treasurer reported. In a letter, dated at
Vexiö, Sweden, Mr. Josephson, chairman of the
library committee, reported that while in Sweden he
had obtained promises of liberal donations of books
from publishers and institutions. Several
prospective donors, however, attached the condition that the
society should first show that it maintains a library
accessible to the public. Donations from public
institutions in Sweden enjoying the government frank
would involve 110 expenses whatever to the society,
while it would be required to pay the cost of
transportation on all donations from institutions not so
favored and from private publishers. Thus,
extensive collections will at the disposal of the society, as
soon as it shall have acquired the money wherewith
to pay the freight. To accomplish its purpose and
justify the warm interest for the cause shown in
Sweden, the report concludes, the one thing needful
is that the moneyed members of the society come to
its aid in a substantial manner.
The election of members of the council took
place, resulting as shown in the appended lists.
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