Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-04

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1f administrator necessarily resting
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~ altogether mnssassznah&e To expect
II that bostg In finance The i~astaaafkssa,
cur 10 undertake she duty ss ~ccalecting
the snbseFtpalun list The szassrrape
tsug aist IN only i uA&ans II Eegaaenlmn,
snE th* city ~tEessaTy~ n Ii nas nay.
able 90 The hoard haas aO the eaFy clerk
NJ offisial a The elsy. The hoard
esmaa a"a Ssas N 1t chose sa dO mn. far
thss ~eolleetGun 1T the subscriptions. I,
a* safe IN NaE that sAae library hoard
As an organization Nl1f nua undertake
the cs'lasetia0 of ah~ sals@eripaSon ilsf.
This members sf the teaaFd has.. been
pstsatgai III their time md work AMI
are !ea willing aud ready to Dr. every,
thing @Ithia Fsason. tut tn ask them
MT "slis "a take thu esssst ri aud man.
ag"asen, Ut the library. Ga, also a.
raise funds with which To- meet current
expenses h. In the apim'"n Of the
tsaaTd. entirely unreasonable
No such duty was mplased d,
'he creation and appointment III The
hoard.
Ordinance Ma, :75 providing fur such
a hoard. also defines the DUTIES there.
Ut aud shows what the city council
who constituted the board expected i,
10 d0. Section : III that ordinance
Is a. follows:
III shall be- the duty of said board,
when 80 appointed aud organized To
take charge Of the Carnegl. Public
Library In the city of Las Vegas, and
10 have control of the same and the
conduct and administration of the
same, for the I'D and benefit M the
public. and they shalt adopt suca rules
and regulations A. may b. necessary j.,
concerning the said library and for
the use aud a thereof. and shalt
direct and control the expenditure Of
all money necessary In the care and
maintenance of said public library,
WHICH HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED
by THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LAS VEGAS" II is here on. .
Ississly provided and contemplated
n q there shall be an approximation :
by the city council, Under these cir.
cninstanees II Is manifest that II Ii the
duty Of the city council to make the
necessary appropriations. and not the
duty of the members of the library
board. To provide the means. !
A word as tn the Women's Library
association. The propriety Of Undue. ,
such an organization was repeat.
eddy discussed by the board apa IN. 1
ally the organization was effected nv
the public-spirited women of Las We.
gas, Tor the purpose not of taking
the whole responsibility Of financial
management. but for library work I'm
ways and by such means as the
association might deem practical and
primarily for the purpose OF making
the library an up 10 date institution. |
by the addition of new books in place
those worn out, and adding new