Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts/1848/Statutes/Chapter 52

An to authorize the city of Boston to establish a Public Library.

BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

The city of Boston is hereby authorized to establish and maintain a public library, for the use of the inhabitants of the said city; and the city council of the said city may, from time to time, make such rules and regulations, for the care and maintenance thereof, as they may deem proper: provided, however, that no appropriations for the said library shall exceed the sum of five thousand dollars in any one year.

This act shall be null and void, unless it shall be accepted by the city council of the said city of Boston, within sixty days from its passage. [Approved by the Governor, March 18, 1848.]