There is hereby established within the City of Hometown a public
library and reading room for the use and benefit of the inhabitants
of said City. The use and maintenance of said public library shall
be governed by the provisions of Local Library Act, Chapter 75 of
the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
The Mayor, with the approval of the City Council, shall appoint
a board of nine directors from City residents. Not more than one member
of the City Council shall be at any time a member of said board.
Said directors shall hold office for three years. The Mayor
shall, before the first of July of each year, appoint as before three
directors, to take the place of the retiring directors, who shall
hold office for three years, and until their successors are appointed.
The Mayor may, by and with the consent of the City Council, remove
any director for misconduct or neglect of duty.
Any person who fails to return any book belonging to the Hometown
public library, or any of its branches, after the due date, according
to the rules and regulations duly made and adopted by the directors
of such library for the government thereof, shall be fined not less
than $20 nor more than $750 for each offense.
When any person has violated the terms of §
2.304, the officer or persons making the arrest may issue, in lieu of a formal complaint, a notice to appear at the police station in the City of Hometown within 10 days after said arrest with the books and pay the minimum fine of $20 for each offense. If the books are not returned he shall pay for the value of such books plus the minimum fine of $20. Every person issued such a notification of violation, after consenting to a waiver of court hearing and trial, may pay the sums for the violation at the police station, Hometown, Illinois, in lieu of said person's appearance in court. If a second notice to appear is issued, an additional sum of double the amount shall be added to the fines herein provided. Failure to pay the fine herein provided within the time provided shall subject said person to whom the notification was given to an issuance of a warrant for his arrest, and the police officer or person issuing such notification shall swear out a complaint for the arrest.
All monies collected for fines shall be turned over by the City
Treasurer to the Board of Library Directors of the City of Hometown,
to be used for library purposes.
Nothing in this article shall prevent the library from recovering
the value of the books, where the books have not been returned.