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ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE
RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
OF THE LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF MARYS-
VILLE,ESTABLISHING A LIB~~Y BOARD
AND PROVIDING FOR THE POWERS AND DUTIES
THEREOF,PROHIBITING CERTAIN ACTS AND
PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,WASHINGTON,
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS
Sect10n I There 1S hereby created for the management and
control of the library of the C1ty of Mqrysv11le a 11brary board to
cons1st of f1ve trustees The trustees shall be appo1nted by the
Mayor w1th the conf1rmat1on of the Counc11 The f1rst appo1ntments
made hereunder shall be for terms as follows one for one year,one
for two years,one for three years,one for four years,and one for
f1ve years,respect1vely,and thereafter,a trustee shall be appo1nted
annually to serve for f1ve years.Vacanc1~s 1n the board of trustees
may be f11led for the une~p1red term.L1brary trustees shall rece1ve
no salary or other compensat10n as trustee r re1mbursement of actual
expenses shall not exceed the amount wh1ch has been budgeted Pr10r
to any actual expenses be1ng re1mbursed to any trustee,the Cha1rman
of the Board shall f1rst approve such expenses
Sect10n 2. A trustee may be removed from the board only
by a vote of the C1ty Counc1l
Sect10n 3 The trustees,1mmed1a~ely after the1r appo1nt-
ment,shall meet and organ1ze by the elect10n of such off1cers as
they deem necessary.
They shall
(a)From t1me to t1me adopt such by-laws,rules,and
regulat10ns for the1r own gU1dance and for the
government of the 11brary as they deem necessary,
(b)Have the s~~erv1s1on,care and custody of all
property of the 11bary,1nclud1ng the rooms or
bU1ld1ngs constructed,leased,or set apart
therefor,,
(c)Subm1t annually to the C1ty Counc11,on or before
the th1rd Monday 1n August of each year,a proposed
budget conta1n1ng est1mates 1n deta11 of the amount
of money necessary for the 11brary for the ensu1ng
year,
(d)Accept such glfts of money or property for the
Li.b r ar y ,
(e)Propose lease or propqse purchase of land for llbrary
bUlldlngs,,,,
(f)Propose lease,propose purchase,or propose
erectlon of an appropr1ate bUlldlng for llbrary
purposes,and propose acqulsltl0n of such other
property as may be needed therefor,
(g)Do all other acts necessary for the orderly and
efflclent management and control of the llbrary
Sectlon 4.All money budgeted for llbrary purposes shall
be kept 1n a separate fund and the llbrary board of trustees shall
have excluslve control of the expendlture of thelr llbrary fund and
shall 1ssue vouchers thereon
Sectl0n 5 The tltle to money or property glven to or for
the use or beneflt of the llbrary and accepted by the Board shall
vest l.n the Board of Trustees,to be held and used accordlng to the
terms of the glft
Sectlon 6 Whoever lntentlonally lnJures,defaces,or
destroys any property belonglng to,or deposlted In,the publlC
llbrary,or readlng room,shall be gUllty of a mlsdemeanor
Sectlon 7 Whoever wlllfully retalns any book,newspaper,
magazlne,pamphlet,manuscrlpt,or other property belonglng In or
to the llbrary,or readlng room,for thlrty days after notlce In
wrltlng to return the same,glven after the exp1ratlon of the t1me
that by the rules of the llbrary board of trustees such art1cles or
other property may be kept,shall be gU1lty of a mlsdemeanor
Sectlon 8.Any person found gUllty of vl0lat1ng the pro-
V1Slons of Sectlon 6 or Sectl0n 7,or any part thereof may be
pun1.shed by a flne not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00),or
may be lmprlsoned In the Clty Jall for any perlod not exceed1ng
th1.rty (30)days,or by both such flne and 1mpr1sonment
Sectlon 9 Ordlnance No 390 passed by the C1ty Councll
on the 3rd day of August,1953,be,and the same 1S hereby repealed
Sect10n 10 ThlS Ord1nance shall take effect from and
after ltS passage and f1ve (5)days follow1ng 1tS publ1cat1on as
requlred by law.
PASSED by the C1ty Counc1l of the C1ty of Marysv1lle th1S
day of m ~1973
CITY OF MARYSVILLE
By~~d
Mayor "
ATTEST
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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