The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-07-13
Ordinance No. 401.

An Ordinance providing for the establishment
of a free public library in the city OF North
Yakima, Washington, creating fund Tor the
maintenance thereof aud providing for the
levy and and collection OF taxes TO supply
such fund.
The CITY Council of the city of North Yak
ina do ordain rs follows:
Section /. That free public library Is here
by created and established in the Citv OF North
Yakima, Washington, to be known rs the North
Yakima Public Library.
Section =. The management and control OF
said library shall be vested in board Of five
trustees. who shall be appointed by the mayor
with the consent Of the city council. The super
intendent of public schools OF the City oi North
Yakima shall be ex oiiicio II member OF snch
board of trustees
Sections. The term of Office of such trustees
shall be five years from and after their appoint
meut and confirmation; provided. the terms OF
the members of the board first appointed shall
be for one, two. three, four aud five years re-
spectively, and the members of such board shall
determine 10y lot whose term of office shall ex
pire i'll each year; and, at the expiration of the
term of any member of such board the mayor
shall appoint his successor for the full term o
five years, subject to confirmation OF. the city
couL Gil as above provided. The mayor shall
with the consent Of the council promptly
appoint a member of such board to fill any
vacancy existing thereon at any time, ana q
trustee so appoi ted TO FIJI vacancy shall
serve fol ne balance of the term OF the person
whom he shall sue eed. No person shall b,
ineligible as trlis ee by reason OF sex and nc
trustee rs such shall ever receive any com
pensation.
Section l. Said library is established and
this ordinance is passed under and pursuant to
the provisions of an Act OF thelegi lature of the
state OF Washington. entitled An act provid-
ing for the establishment and maintenance OF
public and free Libraries aid museums, and re
pealiug all laws in conflict herewith" passed
March IA, 1901. and approved March Is, 1901. the
same being Chapter CLNNI of the Session Laws
OF the state of Washing ON for 1901, and the said
library shall be managed under and governed
by the provisions of said act, and said board OF
trustees as to all rights, powers and duties shall
be also governed by the provisions of said act.
section .. fund is hereby created to be
known as the North Yakima Public Library
Fund, into which shall be paid the moneys real
lied from the levy aud collection of taxes a.
hereinafter provided, also all moneys turned
over TO said BOARD of trustees for the benefit OF
such library or arising from the sale OF any pro
perty held for its use or benefit, or which NAV
arise from the collection of fines, fees penal
ties levied and collected in the use and man
agement of said library d its property, and the
moneys in such fund shall be expended only
under direction of tIe library trustees on proper
ly authenticated vouchers
Section C. There shall be levied in each year
upon all the taxable property in the City of
North Yakima a TAX sufficient to produce the
sum of one thousand dollars for the mainten-
ance ana payment OF the operating expenses of
said library. which said tax shall be levied aud
collected at the times and in the manner provi-
ded by the laws of the state of Washington and
the ordinances of the City of North Yakima for
the levy and collection OF other city taxes: and
said tax, when C llected, shall be placed in the
said North Yakima Library Fund and paid out
and expended as hereinbefore rovided for the
main enance Of said library ard tue payment
OF the operating expenses thereof.
Section :. This ordinance shall take etfec t
and be in force from and after five days from
the date of its publication.
Passed by the CITY Council July 3, 1904.
Approved July, 1904
Attest: Mayor.
J. c. BRooKER, City Clerk.