No person shall detain or fail to return any book, periodical, pamphlet,
artistic reproduction, phonograph recording, audiovisual material or any other
article borrowed from the free public library of the City of Long Branch after
seven days have elapsed from the date of posting by certified mail, return
receipt requested, and regular mail of a notice demanding return thereof,
addressed to said person at the last address furnished.
No person shall cut, tear, deface, disfigure, damage or destroy any
book, periodical, pamphlet, artistic reproduction, phonograph recording, audiovisual
material or other article or any part thereof which is borrowed from, owned
by or is in the custody of such library.
The Library Board shall adopt and post in a conspicuous place in the
Free Public Library building rules, regulations and procedures governing the
borrowing of books, periodicals, pamphlets or any other item or article which
may be available for such borrowing to the public.
No person shall remove any book, periodical, pamphlet, artistic reproduction,
phonograph recording, audiovisual materials or any other item or article from
the Free Public Library building without complying with the rules, regulations
and procedures of the library for borrowing such items or articles.
No person shall register or furnish a false name or address or use any
card other than the one issued to said person for the purpose of borrowing
any book or other article from said library.
The Library Board of Trustees, through a designated agent, is authorized
to file a complaint in the Municipal Court of the City of Long Branch in the
extent that any of the provisions of this chapter are violated, upon the following
conditions:
A. A certified letter, return receipt requested, and regular
mail shall be sent by the Library Board of Trustees after eight weeks, informing
the person that the book or material is overdue and that he is subject to
prosecution pursuant to this chapter.
B. In the case of a minor, the letter shall be sent to the
parents or guardians of the minor involved.
C. The book, material or article shall be overdue for at
least two months.
Any person, firm or corporation found guilty in the Municipal Court of the City of Long Branch of a violation of the terms of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
I, together with restitution to the Library Board of Trustees for the current replacement value of the materials.