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

the necessary expense of each such librar-
ian in attendance at such school OF IN
strufton be Paid by the town city city
librarian is employed.
SEC 3. Said board shall, upon the
application of the board OF library
trustees of a town, city or Incorporated
owned and controlled by such town, city
or Incorporated village, eXpend sum not
exceeding one hundred dollars for books
lage Such books shall be used by said
trustees for the purpose of establishing q
free public library, and said board shall
select and purchase books so provided.
SEC. 4. In addition to the expen-
diture of the sum specified in the preced-
ing section, said board may, in its discre
ton, assist free public libraries as follows:
If a town whose grand list, exclusive
of polls, does not exceed ten thousand
dollars, through its library trustees salts
fies the said board that it has free public
library or libraries, which are doing prac-
benefit and are rendering useful assistance
to the public schools OF such town. the
board may expend such amounts at such
times as they may determine not exceed
ing one hundred dollars annually for the
purchase of books for such free public
library or libraries owned and controlled
by such town. The total amount ex-
pended by said board of library, commits
coed one thousand dollars for a year:
Said board shall certify to the auditor OF
accounts the sum or sums required by
them under this section and he shall draw
orders therefor, payable to said board
Sec. 5. If the local authorities OF
free public library any part of whose
books have been paid for with state funds
fail to provide for the safety and public
usefulness of such books, and knowledge
of this delinquency comes to the attention
of said board, it shall notify the trustees
of said library in writing of what is neces
sary to meet the requirements of sait
board, and, if such trustees neglect tt
comply with such requirements for
period OF sixty days after service OF sucl
shall be under full and direct control o
said board, to be used for the public benefi
in such manner as to it may seem best.
SEC 6. No member of said board eX
cept its secretary, shall receive com
Said board may expend not exceeding
two thousand dollars, annually, for neces
sary expenses in the discharge of its duties
including expenses for the transportatiol
OF books and exclusive of the necesSar
expense of making its report to the genera
assembly.
It may employ secretary and pa
him such salary as to it seems suitabl
out of the appropriation herein provided
The auditor of accounts shall draw a
order in favor of said board for sums eX
pended by it under the provisions of thi
act.
SEC 7. Said board of library com
missioners may make necessary rules fo
its government and for the care of tn
libraries furnished by the state.
SEC. 8. town, city or incorpol
ated village, voting to instruct its boar
OF library trustees to make application
to the state board of library commissioner
under the fifth preceding section sha
annually appropriate for the MAINTENANCE
Of its free public library sum not les
than fifty dollars, if it's grand list is tie
thousand dollars or over or a sum not les
than twenty-five dollars, if its grand lis
is less than ten thousand dollars and nc
less than twenty-five hundred dollars
or sum not less than fifteen dollars if il
grand list is less than, twenty-five hundre
dollars; and the proper officer of such tow
city or Incorporated village shall annual!
in the month of September, draw an orde
on the treasurer of the town, city or il
corporated village, payable to such tru.
tees for the amount of such appropriation
without the town, city, or incorporate