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Excerpt from History of the Library of the New York Law Institute
In the beginning the Law Institute was meant, says Mr. Gerard, to be very much of the character of thepresent Bar Association - not merely a library, but an Association which should, by salutary rules, guard the purity of the profession, and hold a check upon the members through investigation and the power of expul sion. It was, however, found impossible to carry out such views and they were abandoned and all the energies of the members were turned toward establishing a Law Library, which would contain, as it were, the law of the larger part of the civilized world. In March, 1828, the library of Robert Tillotson was purchased on such liberal and satisfactory terms that, by resolution, the free use of the library was voted to Mr. Tillotson, and in his visits to the city he was to be granted its privi leges in the same manner as if he were a regularly elected member.
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