1.--Books may be withdrawn by any person able to sign his own name and agreeing to obey the rules of the Library.
2.--One work of fiction and one class book may be taken at the same time by the same borrower.
3.--Books that do not contain a 7-day slip may be retained for two weeks and may be renewed for one week additional, excepting new publications which shall not be subject to renewal.
4.--Books will not be exchanged on the same day they are drawn out.
5.--Any person detaining a book longer than the time allowed by [the] above rules shall pay to the Librarian two cents per day for each volume so detained.
6.--If a book falls due on a legal holiday it may be returned the next day without fine.
7.--The person to whom a book is charged shall be held responsible for return of that book in good condition. If the book is lost or injured he shall pay to the Librarian its value before he may be allowed further use of the Library.
8.--A fine of five cents shall be charged the borrower for the loss of his library card.
9.--Books will be reserved upon payment of 1 cent and will be held one day after notification has been sent to [the] borrower.

Notes: This was the content of a bookplate found in PML's copy of The Handbook of Oratory: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, William Vincent Byars, ed. St. Louis; Chicago: Ferd. P. Kaiser, 1901. [L.I.] R[ef.] 808.5 B. On the original, under "Patchogue Free Library" are two stylized dolphins facing each other. What was in those days referred to as a "free library" or as a "free public library" was what today we would refer to as a public library.