Smyrna times., 1901-04-10

after the adoption of this Act, there
shall be created and established a
board to be known as "The State Ii.
brary Commission for the State of Del
aware" Said commission shall be COM
posed of nine persons to be appointed
by the Governor, who shall respec-
lively hold office for the term of five
years or until their successors are dulv
chosen; provided, that in the first COM
mission created under this Act, the
Governor shall appoint three members
for the term of one year, three mem
bers for the term of three years and
three for the term of five years. All
vacancies on said commission, whether
occurring by expiration of term, or
otherwise, shall be filled by the Gov
nor. No person shall be ineligible by
reason of sex to serve on the commls-
sion.
SECTION 2. The said Commission
shall organize by the selection from its
members of a chairman and such other
officers as are or may be deemed advis-
able: provided that the State Librarian
shall, by virtue of his office, be the
secretary of said Commission, but
shall have no vote nor voice in the acts
and proceedings of the said Commits
sion. No member shall receive any
salary or compensation for his services
as such commissioner; but the State
Treasurer shall, and he is hereby au-
thorized and directed, to pay to the
chairman of said Commission out of any
funds in his hands, all reasonable and
proper bills for printing, postage aud
stationary incurred by said Commits
sion.
SECTION 3. The said Commission
shall have general supervision over all
libraries in this State established or
maintained under the provisions of this
act: And shall have the supervision
and control of all circulating libraries
now, or hereafter to be, established
under the provisions of Chapter 220
of Volume 81 of the Laws of Delaware d;
shall have power to require of any and
all Town Library Commissions created
as hereinafter provided, such reports
as are or may be deemed proper
shall make certificate to the State
Treasurer when any library is entitled
to State aid as is hereinafter provided;
and shall have all further and other
powers necessary and proper for the
general supervision of the libraries
Aforesaid. The said State Library Com
mission shall have power to make all
rules and bylaws for its own govern
ment. The said Commission shall, in
the month of January in each year in
which there is a regular biennial
session of the General Assembly of
this State, make report to said Gene
raj Assembly of it's doings and of any
recommendation deemed advisable.
SECTION 4. Any incorporated city
or town in this State may receive in
it's corporate capacity and hold any de-
wise, bequest or donation for the foun-
dation and establishment or for the
maintenance, support and increase of a
free public library, within the same.
SECTION 5. Any incorporated city
or town in this State is hereby author
lied and empowered to establish
and maintain a free public library,
with or without reading rooms,
within the same, for the use of the in-
habitants thereof, provided that at any
town election held as hereinafter pro
vided, a majority of the qualified elec
tors of said town, then present anC
voting, shall vote in favor of such es-
tablishment.
SECTION 6. For the purpose of thi
Act; all Incorporated cities or towns in
this State shall be divided into three
CidSStS, udutlN ult lONho VIZ o7fCSSSN
value of whose real estate shall be no
less than one million, five hundred
thousand dollars, shall be deemed anC
taken to be towns of the first class; all
towns the assessed value of whose rea
estate shall be less than one million
five hundred thousand dollars and no
less than two hundred and fifty thous
and dollars, shall be deemed and takel
to be towns of the second class, and al
towns the assessed value of whose rea
estate shall be less than two hundred
and fifty Thousand dollars shall b
deemed and taken to be towns OF th
third class.
SECTION Z. The town council of an
incorporated city or town in this Stat
shall. when petitioned so to do by a
least twenty-five qualified electors l
aid town thirty days at least befor
the next succeeding regular town cleo
tion, submit the question as to tn
establishment of free public librar
in said town to the qualified electo1
thereof at a special election to be hel
on the day next following the ensuin
regular town election not being Sun
day or a legal holiday.
SECTION 8. The vote on the que'
ton as to the establishment of fire
public library when submitted as afol
said. shall be by ballot upon whic
shall be printed or written the word
''for a free library" or the words
against free library" A majorit
of the ballots cast legally at said cleo
ton shall determine the question. A
persons entitled to vote at the regula
town election next before such specli
election, shall be entitled to vote Q
such question; and in addition, all Il
male persons over the age OF twent;,
one years who for the three month
next preceding any such election, hay
resided in the town, and who have pal
a town tax therein for the year next pr
ceding such election, shall be entltlt
to vote at said election upon the que
tion as to the establishment OF a fr'
library, and thereafter, at any tow
election at which members OF the Tow