Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-27
The Law Relatin6 to Public E4brsn-
x1on.

AN ACT to provide for the establish
ment and maintenance Of free apublie
Libraries in cities and incorporated
towns
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Iowa. Tho
Council Of any city or Incorporated town
in this State may raise and appropriate
money not exceeding in amount one mill
upon the dollar Of the assessed valuation
ofthe taxable property or such city or
incorporated town, in any one year, to
procure books, maps, charts, periodicals
and other publications for the establish.
ment and perpetual maintenance of a
free public library within the limits oil
such city or incorporated town.
And the Council Of such city or incor
poratci town, out of the fund so raised,
may appropriate money for the purchase
of such land and the erection Of such
buildings as may be necessary for the
suitable accommodation thereof, or for
the hiring or leasing of rooms for such
purpose, and for the compensation of such
officers or agents as may be necessarily
emplaIcd in the establishment and man
agenent of such library.
Sec. 2 The Council of any such city
or incorporated town accepting the pro
visions Of this act, may enact rules, by.
laws and ordinances for the establishment
and maintenance of such library, provide
for the election or appointment of officers
aud agents, and may assess and levy a
yearly tax for the support and maintcn
ancc thereof not exceeding the amount
named in the first section of this act.
SEC g. Every public library cstab
llshed and maintained under the provision
of this act. shall be open to the free. use
of every inlabitant of the municipal cor.
poration by which it is established, for
the general diffusion Of intelligence
among all classes of the community, sub
ject to suchru!cs and regulations for the
well ordering and careful preservation
thereof as may be established and Ordain'
cd by the Council of such city Or incor
poratcd town.
SIC. T. Any such city or incorporated
town may received, hold, and possess, or
sell and dispose ofany and all gifts. do
nations, devises, requests and legacies as
may be made to such city or incorporated
town for the purpose Of establishing, in
crcasing or improving any sucl, public
library; and the city or town council
thereof may apply the use, profits, pro-
cccds, interest, and rents accruing there
from in such manner us will best promote
the prosperity and utility of such library
SEC s. Every city Or Incorporated
town in which such Il public library shall
be established and maintained under tho
provisions of this act, shall be entitled te
receive Il copy of the laws, journals and
all other works published by authority OF
the Stale after the establishment of such
library, for the use Of such library, and
the Secretary of State is hereby author
izcu and required to furnish the same
from year to year to such city or incorpo
rated town.
Sec. 6. Any city or incorporated
town of this State proposing to accept tho
benefits of this act, shall, before cXcrcIs
ing the powers herein conferred, submit
to IL vote of the people at any municipal
election of such city or incorporated
town, the question, "shall the city (or
town council, as the case may beg accept
the benefit of an act of tho Legislature
for the creation and maintenance of 4
free public library? Yes-no.'
SEC. Z. SO much of chapter As, Of tlle
acts ofthc Thirteenth General Assembly
rs conflicts with this act is hereby re
pcaled.
SEC 9. This act being deemed o
immediate importance, shall take effect
from and after its publication in the Daily
State Register, and State Leader, news
popcrs publichcd in Des Moincs.
Approved, March Goth, 1872.
hereby certify that the foregoing ac'
was published in the Daily State Leader
March 90, and in the Daily Iowa State
Register, March GO, 1872.
ED WRIGHT.
Secretary of State.