[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of High Bridge 2-9-2006 as Sec. 2-56 of the 2006 Code of the Borough of High Bridge.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Using the Library of High Bridge library card to borrow books
or other articles from the Library of High Bridge.[1]
The joint library established by the Borough of High Bridge
and the County of Hunterdon in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:54-29.3
et seq.
The joint library established by the Borough of High Bridge
and the County of Hunterdon in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:54-9 et
seq. shall be ruled by a Board of Trustees consisting of eight members;
and one of the members shall be the Mayor of the Borough of High Bridge
or designate, another shall be the Superintendent of Schools or designate
and the Librarian, who is not a voting member. All members are appointed
by the Mayor with the advice and consent of Council.
No person shall detain or fail to return any book, periodical,
pamphlet, artistic reproduction, phonograph recording, audio-visual
material or any other article borrowed from the Library of High Bridge
after 30 days have elapsed from the date of posting by certified mail,
return receipt requested, of a notice demanding return thereof, addressed
to said person at the last address furnished to the library.
No person shall cut, tear, deface, disfigure, damage or destroy
any book, periodical, pamphlet, artistic reproduction, phonograph
recording, audio-visual material or other article, or any part thereof,
which is borrowed from, owned by or is in the custody of the Library
of High Bridge.
No person shall register or furnish a false name or address
or use without the owner's permission any card other than the
one issued to said person for the purpose of borrowing any book, periodical,
pamphlet, phonograph recording, audio-visual material or other article
from the Library of High Bridge.
A.
The Board of Trustees of the Library of High Bridge shall adopt and
post in a conspicuous place in the library reasonable rules, including
a lost items policy and an overdue policy, and any other regulations
and procedures governing the borrowing of books, periodicals, pamphlets
or any other item or article which may be available to the public
for such borrowing.
B.
No person shall remove any book, periodical, pamphlet, artistic reproduction,
phonograph recording, audio-visual material or any other item or article
from the Library of High Bridge unless such person shall first have
complied with said rules, regulations and procedures.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Librarian
of the Library of High Bridge or such other person as may, from time
to time, be designated by the Board of Trustees of the Library of
High Bridge.
Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of any part of this chapter shall forfeit and pay a penalty as stated in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, for each offense or, in the case of a violation of § 219-3 or 219-4 of this chapter, for each article detained or damaged. Continued failure to return any such article detained or to pay the Library of High Bridge the replacement cost thereof or of any article damaged, for a period of 30 days after conviction of a violation of § 219-3 or 219-4 of this chapter, shall constitute a separate offense under this chapter.
