Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-02-17

town, Incorporated village or city in the
preceding year, and may also appropriate
annually, for the maintenance care and
increase thereof, such sum of money as
such town, Incorporated village or city
may vote at its annual meeting, and may
receive, hold and manage devise, bequest
or gift for public library.
SEC %. A town, Incorporated vii
lage or city which has established or shall
hereafter establish a public library may
elect at its annual meeting board of five
trustees, who shall have full power to man
age such public library and to receive, con-
troll and manage property which shall come
into the hands of such town, Incorporated
village or city by gift purchase devise or
bequeSt for the use and benefit OF such
library.
Sec. "a. At the meeting when said
trustees are first chosen, they shall be
elected for the following terms: one for
one year, one for two years, one for three
years, one for four years, and one for five
years, and until their respective successors
are chosen. Their successors shall be
elected for the term of five years, but
person chosen to fill vacancy shall serve
only for the remainder of the unexpired
term.
SEC. %. Said trustees shall make
report to the annual meeting of the town,
Incorporated village, or city of the cOndi-
ton of the library and of the management
and expenditure of such moneys as have
SEC. 26. Moneys raised for a Ii
brary shall be paid out by an agent to be
appointed by. the selectmen of town,
the mayor of city, unless library trustees
have been elected.
SEC. 81. Two incorporated library
associations in the same town may, by a
: majority vote of the members of each of
. such associations, at meetings thereof
warned for that purpose, unite and assume
the corporate name of either of such
= associations.
2 SEC. %. When a town has estab-
r lished public library, such town may, at
l an annual meeting, vote to place in such
I library a copy. of such documents and
g volumes heretofore received by such town
!. for it or its town clerks office as it shall
e designate, and also copy of such docu-
e ments and volumes hereafter to be re-
;, ceived from the state, except the Vermont
: Reports, Vermont Public Documents and
, other books and documents provided by
S law to be kept in the town clerks Office,
; as it shall designate.
Y The ownership of such books shall con-
e tinue in the town; but their use shall be
n enjoyed by the library until such town
n shall otherwise vote.
n SEC 30. The state librarian shall
n deliver to a town public library that has
d been voted by its town the use of books
e owned by such town, such duplicate docu-
e ments and volumes published or provided
ID by the state, as can, in the Judgment OF
e the trustees of the state library, be de
/. livered without prejudice to the state
l. library
IS Such documents and volumes shall be
ic delivered on application stating what
y books have already been received from
IT the town, and the property in such docu
ments and volumes shall remain in the
l. state; but their use shall be enjoyed by
n such public library, until the state librarian
S. is directed by law to demand their return
" to the state library.
" SEC 80. When public library
al exists in a town and is not established by
s. it, such town may, at an annual meeting
is by two-thirds vote, make the provision:
r, named in the second preceding section il
Or respect to use by the library of book
D. owned by the town apply to such library
h and in case of such vote, the provision!
lie of the preceding section shall apply tt
such library the same as if it were estab
l. lished and maintained by such town.
lg SEC 81. Chapter 63 of the Public
lie Statutes is hereby repealed
a. Sec. 80. This act shall take effec
lg December 1, 1908.
n Approved December 3, 1908