[R.O. 2008 §140.010; Code 1968 §15-1; CC 1988 §16-1]
There is hereby established in the City, in accordance with
the result of an election held in the City on Tuesday, March 3, 1903,
a free public library and reading room to be maintained by the City
by the annual levy and collection of a tax allowed by Statute on all
the taxable property within the City. Such tax on all the taxable
property within the City shall be levied and collected annually in
the same manner as the general revenue of the City is now levied and
collected.
[R.O. 2008 §140.020; Code 1968 §15-3; CC 1988 §16-2]
The free public library shall be forever dedicated to the use
of the inhabitants of the City subject, however, to such reasonable
rules and regulations as the Library Board of Directors may adopt
in order to render the use of the library and reading rooms of the
greatest benefit to the greatest number of people. The Board may exclude
from the use of the library and reading rooms any person who shall
wilfully violate such rules. The Board may extend the privileges and
use of the library and reading rooms to persons outside of the City,
in the State, upon terms and conditions as the Board may from time
to time by its regulations prescribe.
[R.O. 2008 §140.030; Code 1968 §§15-2, 15-7;
CC 1988 §16-3]
A.
All money
received for the library shall be deposited in the City Treasury to
the credit of the Library Fund, shall be kept separate and apart from
other money of the City and shall be drawn upon by the proper officers
of the City upon properly authorized vouchers drawn by the Library
Board of Directors and signed by the President and attested by the
Secretary of such Board.
B.
All fines
collected under this Chapter shall be deposited in the City Treasury
to the credit of the Library Fund and for the use of the free public
library.
[R.O. 2008 §140.040; Code 1968 §§15-4, 15-5;
CC 1988 §16-4]
A.
A person
commits the offense of library theft if, with the purpose to deprive,
he/she:
1.
Knowingly
removes any library material from the premises of a library without
authorization;
2.
Borrows
or attempts to borrow any library material from a library by use of
a library card:
3.
Borrows
library material from the library pursuant to an agreement or procedure
established by the library which requires the return of such library
material and, with the purpose to deprive the library of the library
material, fails to return the library material to the library.
4.
Knowingly
writes on, injures, defaces, tears, cuts, mutilates or destroys a
book, document or other library material belonging to, on loan to
or otherwise in the custody of a library.
B.
It shall
be prima facie evidence of the person's purpose to deprive the library
of the library materials if, within ten (10) days after notice in
writing deposited as certified mail from the library demanding the
return of such library material, he/she without good cause shown fails
to return the library material. A person is presumed to have received
the notice required by this Subsection if the library mails such notice
to the last address provided to the library by such person. Payment
to the library, in an amount equal to the fair market value of an
item of no historical significance shall be considered returning the
item for purposes of this Subsection.
[R.O. 2008 §140.060; Code 1968 §15-8; CC 1988 §16-26]
The Mayor shall, with the approval of the City Council, appoint
a board of nine (9) Directors for the free public library and shall
choose such Directors from the citizens at large with reference to
their fitness for such office. No member of the Municipal Government
shall be eligible as a member of the Board.
[R.O. 2008 §140.070; Code 1968 §15-11; CC 1988
§16-27]
A.
The Library
Board of Directors shall, immediately after appointment, meet and
organize by the election of one (1) of their number as President and
by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary.
B.
The Board
shall make and adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations for their
own guidance and for the government of the library and reading rooms
as may be expedient and consistent with this Chapter.
[R.O. 2008 §140.080; Code 1968 §15-9; CC 1988 §16-28]
The Library Board of Directors shall hold office for three (3)
years from July first (1st). The Mayor shall, before June first (1st)
of each year, appoint three (3) Directors. The Mayor may, by and with
the consent of the City Council, remove any director for misconduct
or neglect of duty.
[R.O. 2008 §140.090; Code 1968 §15-10; CC 1988
§16-29]
Vacancies in the Library Board of Directors occasioned by removals,
resignations or otherwise shall be reported to the City Council and
be filled in like manner as original appointments. If the vacancy
is for an unexpired term, it shall be filled only for the unexpired
portion of that term. No member of the Board shall serve for more
than three (3) successive full terms and no member shall be eligible
for further appointment to the Board until two (2) years after the
expiration of the third (3rd) term. No Director shall receive compensation
as such, and no person shall be employed by the Board who is related
either by blood or by marriage to any Director of the Board.
[R.O. 2008 §140.100; Code 1968 §15-11; CC 1988
§16-30]
A.
The Library
Board of Directors shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure
of all money collected to the credit of the Library Fund and of the
construction or repair of any library building and of the supervision,
care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased
or set apart for that purpose.
B.
The Board
shall have the power to appoint a suitable librarian and necessary
assistants and fix their compensation and shall also have power to
remove such appointees and shall in general carry out the full intent
and spirit of this Chapter in the management and control of the library.
C.
The Board,
as a body corporate, may sue and be sued, complain and defend, and
make and use a common seal, purchase or lease grounds, purchase, lease,
occupy or erect an appropriate building or buildings for the use of
the public library and branches thereof, sell and convey real estate
and personal property for and on behalf of the public library and
branches thereof, issue bonds, secured by a deed of trust on any land
which they own, for the purpose of the purchase of ground and for
the erection of public buildings and for the improvements of existing
buildings, receive gifts of real and personal property for the use
and benefit of the public library and branch libraries thereof, the
same when accepted to be held and controlled by the Board of Directors,
according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest of such
property.
[R.O. 2008 §140.110; Code 1968 §15-12; CC 1988
§16-31]
A.
The Library
Board of Directors shall make, on or before the second (2nd) Monday
of June, an annual report to the City Council stating the following:
1.
The
condition of their trust on May first (1st) of that year;
2.
The
various sums of money received from the Library Fund and from other
sources;
3.
How
much money has been expended and for what purposes;
4.
The
number of books and periodicals on hand;
5.
The
number of books and periodicals added by purchase, gift or otherwise;
6.
The
number and general character and kind of books;
7.
A list
of all the property of the library; and
8.
Such
other statistics, information and suggestions as the Board deems of
general interest.
B.
All such
portions of the report that relate to the receipt and expenditure
of money as well as the account of books purchased, lost or stolen
shall be verified by affidavit.
