He has written an important - and long overdue - book.

Most of the money for these programs came from fines, so don't feel bad about those overdue books.

The fines for overdue books have not been set, but will probably be 50 cents or $1 a day.

"Anyway," the library director said, "the most we charge for an overdue book is $2."

"And by the end of the year, I'd have about $30 in fines from overdue books."

Please check and return any overdue books to the library.

No one is called, for all to hear, to return an overdue book to the library or report to the psychological examiner.

But for overdue books, the penalty is only a maximum fine of $500, with no reference to a prison term.

It charges 5 cents a day for overdue books on children's cards.

You can't even get a break on the 15-cent fine for an overdue book.