The regulations for the administration of the Library were again revised in 1732/3 by the City Council: {11} "At an ASSEMBLY held on _Feb._ the 24th, 1732/3. the Right Worshipful the MAYOR, _Sheriffs_, _Aldermen_, and _Common-Council_ this Day assembled, for the better Regulation of the _Publick Library_, have unanimously appointed the following ORDERS to be observed, upon Pain of Exclusion from the said _Library_. "ORDERED, That the Catalogues already printed be Six Hundred; and that one Half of them be kept in the Town-Clerk's Office, to be delivered out to the Members of the Corporation; and the other Half be left in the Library, to be delivered out to the Subscribers. "ORDERED, That the Books in the said Library be Annually called over, in the first Week of _June_, in the Presence of the _Chamberlain_; and that such books as are found to be Duplicates, be sold by the _Chamberlain_ and _Library-Keeper_; and that the Money arising by Sale thereof, be laid out in the Purchasing of such Books as shall be thought proper by the said Subscribers. "ORDERED, That after the said Annual Call is finished, the Subscribers to the said Library, upon their next Monthly Meeting, have Liberty to choose a _Library-Keeper_ for the Year ensuing. "ORDERED, That on the Reception of any Book or Books given to the said Library, the _Donor's_ Name shall be written on the inside Cover of the Book, and that the _Library-Keeper_ shall Register the same in the Vellum Book. "ORDERED, That no Person shall have more than Three Books out of the said Library at one Time, nor keep them longer than one Month, without the Consent of the Majority of the Subscribers present at their Monthly Meeting: And that an Account of every Book Lent, and the Return thereof, be duly made and enter'd in a Book for that Purpose. "ORDERED, That every Person who shall be admitted to the Use of the said Library, shall declare his full and free Consent to comply with the said Orders, as far as to him may appertain, according to the true Intent and Meaning of the same; and particularly with the following Orders or Articles, by subscribing his Name in the said _Library-Book_ upon his Admission: And also that all the said Orders, and the following Articles, shall be entred in the said _Library-Book_, _viz_: "_First_, That every Subscriber upon Admission shall pay to the Under _Library-Keeper_ one Shilling, and also one Shilling Quarterly, for his Care of, and Attendance at the said Library: And every Subscriber shall also pay his Proportion of all Charges that may be thought necessary by the Subscribers, for the better preserving of the Books in the said Library; or shall be excluded the Use thereof.