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Agreement to apply to the Minet Library only.
"1. The Library, both Reading and Lending, to be
"used by the Ratepayers and inhabitants of both the
"Parishes of Camberwell and Lambeth.
"2. The Library to be under the control of a
"Joint Committee of six members, one half to be ap"pointed
by the Camberwell Libraries Commissioners,
"and the remaining half by the Lambeth Libraries
"Commissioners, two Members (one from each Parish)
"to retire yearly in the month of March, both to be
"eligible for re-election; the retiring Members to retire
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"in rotation, but in the first two years the Committee
"to arrange amongst themselves the Members to retire.
"3. All Librarians and other officers to be ap"pointed
by the Committee, but the Library and its
"officers to be under the supervision of the Head
"Librarian of such one of the two Parishes as the
"Committee may, from time to time, by resolution
"determine.
"4. The expense of the original purchase of fur"niture,
books, and other necessaries, and the subsequent
"maintenance of the Library and news-room, and pur"chase
of books, papers, and periodicals, the salaries of
"officers, and all other expenses in connection with the
"Library to be borne and paid equally by the Com"missioners
of both Parishes, but neither set of Com"missioners
to be callr-d upon to pay more than £350
"for the original expenses, or more than £300 for any