POLEMIC SOCIETY.
We are happy to inform the public, and particularly those who have been so liberal in promoting the Library instituted by the Polemic Society, that we have deposited the Books belonging to said Library, in the Academy; which will be distributed and governed according to the following regulations:
1st. The Librarian shall attend on every Saturday from 10 to 12 o'clock, to receive from and distribute books to subscribers.
2nd. Not more than two weeks shall be allowed for the reading of a Book, without permission from the Librarian; and any person not returning said book in the specified time, shall be liable of a fine of 50 cents.
3rd. No person shall draw more than one book on the same day.
4th. All books shall be delivered to the Librarian, who will inspect said books, and if damaged, the injurer shall immediately repair the injury.
GENTLEMEN,
Accept of our sincere thanks for your kindness in so liberally subscribing to our late institution. We hope that assiduity, together with your assistance, will in time make it answer the end for which it was designed.
Signed by order of the Society, Wm. Guy, Sec.
—The Raleigh Minerva, April 21, 1808.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
