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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.075 - Bond requirement for treasurer, librarian and other employees — cost — librarian's duties, accounts and reports.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
182.075. Bond requirement for treasurer, librarian and other employees — cost — librarian's duties, accounts and reports. —
1. The treasurer, the librarian and other employees as designated by the board, before entering upon the discharge of their duties as such, shall enter into bond or bonds with a corporate surety to be approved by the board of trustees in such amount as may be fixed by the board, conditioned that they will render a faithful and just account of all money that comes into their hands, and otherwise perform the duties of their office according to law. The county library district shall pay the premium for the bond or bonds from its operating fund. A copy of such bond or bonds shall be filed with the treasurer of the board and the county clerk. In case of a breach of the conditions of the bond or bonds, the board or any taxpayer of the county library district may cause suit to be brought thereon. The suit shall be prosecuted in the name of the state of Missouri at the relation of and for use of the proper county library district.
2. The librarian, for and on behalf of the board, shall keep or cause to be kept financial records and accounts according to generally accepted accounting standards, and shall furnish to the board or any member thereof the financial records and accounts, or summaries thereof, that the board or any member thereof may request.
3. On or before the second Monday in March of each year, the librarian shall make a report to the board, stating the condition of the library and its services as of the thirty-first day of December of the preceding fiscal year. On or before the thirtieth day of April, the reports shall be submitted to the county governing body and to the Missouri state library by the board of trustees of the county library district.
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(L. 1984 S.B. 423)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.080 - Board may contract for library service — procedure.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
182.080. Board may contract for library service — procedure. —
The county library board of trustees may contract with the body having control of a public library for assistance in the operation of a free county library under such terms and conditions as may be stated in the contract, or it may contract with the body having control of a public or a school library or any other library to furnish library service to the people of the county library district, under such terms and conditions as may be stated in the contract. The body having control of any library district may contract with any such county library board of trustees to provide library service to the people of the library district under such terms and conditions as may be stated in the contract. The county library board of trustees may contract with any other county library district under the terms outlined in sections 70.210 to 70.320. In case a contract is made for services by any library, the contracting library boards of trustees shall advise and consult together with regard to the management and disbursement of funds, and other policies relating to the proper management of the library.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14770, A.L. 1955 p. 547)
Prior revision: 1929 § 13466
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.105 - Issuance of bonds for building — limits — maturity — election — tax to pay.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 2006
182.105. Issuance of bonds for building — limits — maturity — election — tax to pay. —
1. The county library board in any county library district may provide for the purchase of ground and for the erection of public library buildings, and for the improvement of existing buildings, and may provide for the payment of the same by the issue of bonds or otherwise, subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in this section.
2. No bonds shall be issued in an amount in excess of five percent of the value of taxable, tangible property in the county library district, as shown by the last completed assessment for state and county purposes, nor shall such indebtedness be incurred unless it has been approved by the vote of the constitutionally required percentage of the voters of the county library district voting on the question at a municipal election.
3. Before incurring any indebtedness as authorized in this section, the county library board shall provide for the collection of an annual tax on all taxable, tangible property in the county library district sufficient to pay the interest and principal of the indebtedness as they shall fall due and to retire the same within twenty years from the date contracted.
4. If, upon the returns from the election, which shall be certified to the county commission, it appears that the question to incur or increase such indebtedness has been assented to by the constitutionally required percentage of the voters voting on the question, the county commission shall enter of record a brief recital of the returns and shall declare that the county library board may issue bonds of the county library district in a total amount not in excess of that authorized by the voters. The bonds shall be issued in denominations of not less than one hundred dollars, or some multiple thereof, payable in not more than twenty years from the date they bear, bearing interest from date at a rate not exceeding the rate per annum authorized by law. All bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the county library board, attested by the signature of the secretary, and each bond shall have impressed thereon the corporate seal of the county library district.
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(L. 1955 p. 500 § 182.100, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1621, A.L. 2006 S.B. 936)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.110 - Librarians required to attend meetings — expenses.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
182.110. Librarians required to attend meetings — expenses. —
County librarians shall be required to attend state library meetings and district library institutes, the actual and necessary expenses incident thereto being a charge against the county library fund.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14774, A.L. 1955 p. 547)
Prior revision: 1929 § 13470
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.120 - Services accessible to all residents of county.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
182.120. Services accessible to all residents of county. —
The services of a free county library may be direct loan of books and other library materials, through branches, stations, or mobile units; but in all cases service shall be available to all residents of the county library district.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14775, A.L. 1955 p. 547)
Prior revision: 1929 § 13471
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.130 - Certain areas excluded from county library districts (first class charter counties).

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988, 2 histories
182.130. Certain areas excluded from county library districts (first class charter counties). —
If, in any county of the first class having a charter form of government, any property located within the geographical boundaries of a county library district is now, or hereafter, included within the geographical boundaries of an urban public library district supported at least in part by taxation, the property now, or hereafter, included within the geographical boundaries of the urban public library district shall be excluded from the county library district, and the excluded property shall only be subject to taxation for library purposes by the urban public library district and shall no longer be subject to taxation for county library district purposes.
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(L. 1965 p. 312 § 4, A.L. 1975 H.B. 124, A.L. 1988 S.B. 681)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.143 - Treasurer of board of trustees, duties.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 31 Dec 1985, see footnote
182.143. Treasurer of board of trustees, duties. —
1. The treasurer of the board of trustees of a library district shall receive and be the custodian of all money belonging to the district from whatever source derived. All funds in the library district derived from local taxation for the library fund and received from the proper city finance officer shall be kept in the city library fund. All funds of the library district derived from local taxation for the library building maintenance and refurnishing fund and received from the proper city finance officer shall be kept in the library building maintenance and refurnishing fund. All funds of the library district derived from state aid or federal grants, other than land, building and furnishing grants, shall be kept in the library operating fund. The board may establish any other funds that it deems necessary. The treasurer shall deposit all moneys belonging to the library district in the depositaries that are selected by the board of trustees. The treasurer shall also be the custodian of all bonds or other securities belonging to the library district.
2. Library district moneys shall be disbursed by the treasurer by appropriate instrument of payment. The board of trustees shall prepare a budget for each fiscal year and all expenditures shall conform to such a budget. The budget shall be approved by the board of trustees. The board by resolution may direct that the signature of the president or treasurer be
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a facsimile signature in the manner provided by sections 105.273 to 105.278.
3. No authorization or certification shall be made, and no instrument of payment shall be issued for the payment of any library district indebtedness unless there is sufficient money in the treasury and the proper fund for the payment of the indebtedness and unless the authorization, certification and instrument are in the proper form.
4. At each regularly scheduled meeting of the board the treasurer of the board of trustees shall submit to the board of trustees an accounting reflecting receipt and disbursement of funds belonging to the library district.
5. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a library district from contracting with a municipality for services.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 152)
Effective 12-31-85
*Word "by" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.145 - Cities maintaining library prior to August 29, 1955, may levy tax for and maintain library.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1957
182.145. Cities maintaining library prior to August 29, 1955, may levy tax for and maintain library. —
Any incorporated city having lawfully established a free public library prior to the effective date of section 182.140, and having had at that time authority to levy and collect a tax for the establishment and maintenance of the library, may levy and collect a tax for the maintenance of the library, and reduce or increase the tax in the manner provided in section 182.140.
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(L. 1957 p. 461 § 1)
(1964) Where taxable property lying within the boundaries of a county library district was incorporated by annexation into the boundaries of a city which had a tax-supported free public library, held that the property was subject to the taxing power of both districts and such interpretation did not violate Article X, § 3, and Article I, §§ 2, 10, 26 and 28 of Missouri Constitution. St. Louis County Library District v. Hopkins (Mo.), 375 S.W.2d 71.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.170 - Trustees, number, appointment.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
182.170. Trustees, number, appointment. —
When any city establishes and maintains a public library under sections 182.140 to 182.301, the mayor or other proper official of the city, with the approval of the legislative branch of the city government, shall proceed to appoint a library board of nine trustees, chosen from the citizens at large, with reference to their fitness for the office. No member of the city government shall be a member of the board.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14753, A.L. 1955 p. 555 § 182.160)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13449; 1919 § 7192; 1909 § 8188
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.180 - Terms of office of trustees — removal.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
182.180. Terms of office of trustees — removal. —
The trustees shall hold office, one-third for one year, one-third for two years and one-third for three years from the first of July following their appointment, and at their first regular meeting shall cast lots for the respective terms; and annually thereafter the mayor or other proper official, before the first of July of each year, shall appoint three trustees, who shall hold office for three years. The mayor or other proper official, by and with the consent of the legislative branch of the city government, may remove any trustee for misconduct or neglect of duty.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14754, A.L. 1955 p. 555 § 182.170)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13450; 1919 § 7193; 1909 § 8189
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.190 - Vacancies, how filled — three terms disqualifies — nepotism forbidden.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
182.190. Vacancies, how filled — three terms disqualifies — nepotism forbidden. —
Vacancies in the board of trustees, occasioned by removals, resignations or otherwise, shall be reported to the proper official and be filled in like manner as original appointments, except that if the vacancy is an unexpired term, the appointment shall be made for only the unexpired portion of that term. No member of the board shall serve for more than three successive full terms and shall not be eligible for further appointment to the board until two years after the expiration of the third term. No trustee shall receive compensation as such, and no person shall be employed by the board who is related either by blood or by marriage to any trustee of the board.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14755, A.L. 1955 p. 555 § 182.180)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13451; 1919 § 7194; 1909 § 8190
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.200 - Board, organization, powers, duties — funds, management and disbursement — exchange services.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
182.200. Board, organization, powers, duties — funds, management and disbursement — exchange services. —
1. The trustees, immediately after appointment, shall meet and organize by the election of one of their number as president, and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary.
2. They shall make and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for their own guidance, and for the government of the library, as may be expedient, and not inconsistent with sections 182.140 to 182.301.
3. They shall appoint a properly qualified librarian who shall be the chief executive and administrative officer for the library.
4. They shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of all moneys collected to the credit of the library fund, and of the construction of any library building, and of the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased, or set apart for that purpose. All moneys received for the library shall be deposited in the city treasury to the credit of the city library fund, and shall be kept separate and apart from other moneys of the city. At least once in every month the proper city finance officer shall pay over to the treasurer of the library district all moneys received and collected for the library fund, including interest on such moneys, and take duplicate receipts from the treasurer, one of which he shall file with the secretary of the library district and the other of which he shall file in his settlement with the city governing body.
5. The board, as a body corporate, may sue and be sued, complain and defend, and make and use a common seal, purchase or lease grounds, purchase, lease, occupy or erect an appropriate building or buildings for the use of the public library and branches thereof, sell and convey real estate and personal property for and on behalf of the public library and branches thereof, issue bonds, secured by a deed of trust on any land which they own, for the purpose of the purchase of ground and for the erection of public buildings and for the improvements of existing buildings, receive gifts of real and personal property for the use and benefit of the public library and branch libraries thereof, the same when accepted to be held and controlled by the board of trustees, according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest of such property.
6. The board may extend the privileges and use of the library to nonresidents through agreements with other existing libraries allowing for exchanges of services, upon such terms and conditions as the boards of the libraries, from time to time, may prescribe.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14756, A.L. 1955 p. 555 § 182.190, A.L. 1985 S.B. 152, A.L. 1995 S.B. 14)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13452; 1919 § 7195; 1909 § 8191
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.210 - Annual report of librarian, contents, when submitted.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
182.210. Annual report of librarian, contents, when submitted. —
The librarian shall make, within eight weeks after the end of the fiscal year of the library, an annual report to the board of trustees, stating the condition of the library and its services on the last day of the fiscal year, the various sums of money received from the library fund and from other sources, and how the moneys have been expended and for what purposes, and such other statistics, information and suggestions as may be of general interest. This report shall be transmitted by the board to the proper official and governing body of the city and a copy shall be transmitted at the same time to the Missouri state library.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14758, A.L. 1955 p. 555 § 182.200)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13454; 1919 § 7197; 1909 § 8193
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.221 - Treasurer, librarian and board employees — bond, duties (cities 600,000 or more).

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 31 Dec 1985, see footnote
182.221. Treasurer, librarian and board employees — bond, duties (cities 600,000 or more). —
1. The treasurer, the librarian and such other employees as the board may designate shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties as such, enter into bond or bonds with a corporate surety, to be approved by the board of trustees, in such amount as may be fixed by the board, conditioned that they will render a faithful and just account of all money that comes into their hands and otherwise perform the duties of their office according to law. The library district shall pay the premium for the bond or bonds from its operating fund. A copy of such bond or bonds shall be filed with the treasurer of the board. In case of a breach of the conditions of the bond or bonds the board or any taxpayer of the library district may cause suit to be brought thereon.
2. The librarian, for and on behalf of the board, shall keep or cause to be kept financial records and accounts according to generally accepted accounting standards and shall furnish to the board, or any member thereof, the financial records and accounts, or summaries thereof, that the board or any member thereof may request.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 152 § 182.220)
Effective 12-31-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.230 - Library free to public subject to regulations.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
182.230. Library free to public subject to regulations. —
Every library and reading room established under sections 182.140 to 182.301 shall be forever free to the use of the inhabitants of the city where located, always subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the library board may adopt in order to render the use of the library and reading room of the greatest benefit to the greatest number. The board may exclude from the use of the library and reading room any and all persons who willfully violate such rules. The board may extend the privileges and use of the library and reading room to persons residing outside of the city in this state, upon such terms and conditions as the board, from time to time, by its regulations, may prescribe.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14757, A.L. 1955 p. 555 § 182.210)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13453; 1919 § 7196; 1909 § 8192
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.240 - Council may provide penalties for damage to property.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
182.240. Council may provide penalties for damage to property. —
The governing body of the city may pass ordinances imposing suitable penalties for the punishment of persons committing injury upon the library or the grounds or other property thereof, and for injury to or failure to return any book belonging to the library.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14759, A.L. 1955 p. 555 § 182.220)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13455; 1919 § 7198; 1909 § 8194
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.260 - Library building tax — duration, rate, election — funds, management and disbursement (cities 10,000 or over).

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 31 Dec 1985, see footnote
182.260. Library building tax — duration, rate, election — funds, management and disbursement (cities 10,000 or over). —
Whenever in any city which has decided or shall hereafter decide to establish and maintain a free public library under the provisions of sections 182.140 to 182.301, voters equal to five percent of the total vote cast for governor at the last election in the city in writing petition the proper authorities, asking that an annual tax be levied as an increased rate of taxation for the erection and maintenance of free public library buildings in the city, and specify in their petition an annual rate of taxation, which shall not to be levied for more than ten years on all taxable property in the city, and the board of trustees of the free public library of the city deems it necessary that the library buildings be erected and properly maintained and refurbished, and so express its opinion by resolution, then the question shall be submitted at an election. The order of the governing body and the notice shall specify the name of the city and the rate of taxation mentioned in the petition. If a majority of the voters voting on the question vote in favor of the increased tax, the tax specified in the notice shall be levied and collected in like manner with other general taxes of the city, and shall be known as the "Library Building, Maintenance and Refurbishing Fund". All funds received pursuant to this section shall be utilized by the board of trustees for erection of a library or for the normal maintenance, remodeling or refurbishing of any existing library under the control of the board. At least once in every month the proper city finance officer shall pay over to the treasurer of the library district all moneys received and collected for the library building, maintenance and refurbishing fund, including interest on such moneys, and take duplicate receipts from the treasurer, one of which he shall file with the secretary of the library district and the other of which he shall file in his settlement with the city governing body.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14764, A.L. 1955 p. 555 § 182.250, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1982 S.B. 495, A.L. 1985 S.B. 152)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13460; 1919 § 7203; 1909 § 8199
Effective 12-31-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.270 - Plans — contracts for library building (cities 10,000 or over).

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
182.270. Plans — contracts for library building (cities 10,000 or over). —
When it has been determined at the election to provide for the erection of a free public library building, the board of trustees shall proceed to have plans and specifications of a public library building prepared, shall take bids thereon for the construction of the building and shall let the contract therefor to the lowest and best responsible bidder, and shall require of such bidder securities for the performance of his bid. The board may let parts of the material or labor for the erection of the building to different bidders, as to it may seem best, and may reject any and all bids.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14765, A.L. 1955 p. 555 § 182.260)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13461; 1919 § 7204; 1909 § 8200
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.280 - Board may sell lands, when — exceptions (cities 10,000 or over).

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
182.280. Board may sell lands, when — exceptions (cities 10,000 or over). —
Whenever the board of trustees of any public library acquires a lot or tract of land, and the board determines that it is not judicious to erect the library building upon the lot, the board may sell or exchange the lot and to use the proceeds of the sale or exchange for the purposes of a site for a library building, or for the erection of a library building, on any other land purchased or leased by or donated to the board and which it may deem suitable for the building. Sections 182.260, 182.270 and 182.280 shall not apply to cities under ten thousand inhabitants.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14766, A.L. 1955 p. 555 § 182.270)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13462; 1919 § 7205; 1909 § 8201
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.296 - Treasurer, librarian and board employees — bond, duties (city and county library).

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 31 Dec 1985, see footnote
182.296. Treasurer, librarian and board employees — bond, duties (city and county library). —
1. The treasurer, the librarian and such other employees as the board may designate shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties as such, enter into bond or bonds with a corporate surety, to be approved by the board of trustees, in such amount as may be fixed by the board, conditioned that they will render a faithful and just account of all money that comes into their hands and otherwise perform the duties of their office according to law. The library district shall pay the premium for the bond or bonds from its operating fund. A copy of such bond or bonds shall be filed with the treasurer of the board. In case of a breach of the conditions of the bond or bonds the board or any taxpayer of the library district may cause suit to be brought thereon.
2. The librarian, for and on behalf of the board, shall keep or cause to be kept financial records and accounts according to generally accepted accounting standards and shall furnish to the board, or any member thereof, the financial records and accounts, or summaries thereof, that the board or any member thereof may request.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 152)
Effective 12-31-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.301 - City or city-county library may contract for cooperative service.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
182.301. City or city-county library may contract for cooperative service. —
Any city library board or any city-county library board may contract for cooperative service with the body having control of a city library or school library or a county or other public library or any other library within the state under such terms or conditions as may be stated in the contract and the body having control of any library in the state may contract with city, city-county, county or public library in the state.
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(L. 1955 p. 555 § 182.240)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.410 - Directors — appointment — number — board to be bipartisan.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
182.410. Directors — appointment — number — board to be bipartisan. —
When any incorporated city containing over three hundred thousand inhabitants shall have decided to establish and maintain a public library and reading room under this chapter, the mayor of such city shall, with the approval of the city council, proceed to appoint a board of nine directors for the same, chosen from the citizens at large, with reference to their fitness for such office; and no member of the municipal government shall be a member of said board; provided, that not more than five of such directors shall be members of the same political party.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14777)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13473; 1919 § 7206; 1909 § 8202
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.420 - Term of directors — removal.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
182.420. Term of directors — removal. —
Said directors shall hold office, one-third for one year, one-third for two years and one-third for three years, from the first of June following their appointment, and at their first regular meeting shall cast lots for their respective terms; and annually thereafter the mayor shall, before the first of June of each year, appoint, as before, three directors, who shall hold office for three years, and until their successors are appointed. The mayor may, by and with the consent of the city council, remove any director for misconduct or neglect of duty.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14778)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13474; 1919 § 7207; 1909 § 8203
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.430 - Vacancies, how filled — no compensation.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
182.430. Vacancies, how filled — no compensation. —
Vacancies in the board of directors, occasioned by removals, resignation or otherwise, shall be reported to the mayor, and be filled in like manner as original appointments, and no director shall receive compensation as such.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14779)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13475; 1919 § 7208; 1909 § 8204
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.440 - Duty of board — appointment of officers — powers.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
182.440. Duty of board — appointment of officers — powers. —
1. The directors shall be known and styled in their corporate name as the board of directors of the public library, and in such name may exercise the powers herein granted.
2. They shall, immediately after appointment, meet and organize by the election of one of their number as president, and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary.
3. They shall make and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for their own guidance, and for the government of the library and reading room, as may be expedient, not inconsistent with this chapter.
4. They shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of all moneys collected to the credit of the library fund, and of the construction of any library building, and of the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased or set apart for that purpose.
5. The board shall have power to purchase, hold or lease grounds, to occupy, lease or erect an appropriate building or buildings for the use of the library, and to issue bonds, secured by deed of trust on any land of which they may be possessed, for the purpose of the purchase of grounds
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and for the erection of public library buildings and for the improvement of existing buildings and all property by such board purchased, or otherwise obtained, shall vest in such board as a body corporate, and be held by it in trust.
6. They shall have power to appoint a suitable librarian and necessary assistants, and fix their compensation, and shall also have power to remove such appointees; and shall, in general, carry out the spirit and intent of this chapter in establishing and maintaining a public library and reading room.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14780, A.L. 1985 S.B. 152, A.L. 1995 S.B. 14)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13476; 1919 § 7209; 1909 § 8205
*Word "ground" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.450 - Board to make annual report — contents.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
182.450. Board to make annual report — contents. —
The said board of directors shall make, on or before the second Monday in June, an annual report to the mayor, stating the condition of their trust on the first day of May of that year, the various sums of money received from the library fund and from other sources, and how such moneys have been expended and for what purposes; the number of books and periodicals on hand, the number added by purchase, gift or otherwise, during the year; the number and general character and kind of such books, with such other statistics, information and suggestions as they may deem of general interest. All such portions of said report as relate to the receipt and expenditure of money, as well as the number of books on hand, books lost or missing, and books purchased, shall be verified by affidavit.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14781)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13477; 1919 § 7210; 1909 § 8206
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.460 - City to provide penalties.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
182.460. City to provide penalties. —
The said cities shall have power to pass ordinances imposing suitable penalties for the punishment of persons committing injury upon such library, or the grounds or other property thereof, and for injury to or failure to return any book belonging to such library.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14782)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13478; 1919 § 7211; 1909 § 8207
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.480 - Municipal library districts created in cities — property subject to taxation.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
182.480. Municipal library districts created in cities — property subject to taxation. —
As of October 13, 1965, and any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, all of the area or territory included within the geographical boundaries of a city, including any area or territory which becomes a part of any city pursuant to any annexation pending on October 13, 1965, which maintains a free public library supported at least in part by taxation, shall be a "municipal library district" and shall have as its purpose the furnishing of free public library services to residents of the district, and the district shall be known as "The city of ______ Municipal Library District", and each such district shall be a political subdivision of the state of Missouri and a body corporate with all the powers and rights of like or similar corporations, and as of the effective date of sections 182.130 and 182.480 to 182.510, all of the area or territory which is hereby included within a municipal library district shall be excluded from the boundaries of any existing county library district, and all of the taxable property located in the municipal library district shall only be subject to taxation by the municipal library district and shall hereafter not be subject to taxation by the county library district; provided, however, that after October 13, 1965, any annexation by a city having within its boundaries a municipal library district shall not extend the boundaries of the municipal library district, and any annexed areas shall remain in the county library district, and the taxable property in any such annexed areas shall only be subject to taxation by the county library district and shall not be subject to taxation by the municipal library district; except, that in any county not having a county library any such annexation shall likewise extend the boundaries of any existing municipal library district.
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(L. 1965 p. 312 § 2, A.L. 1969 p. 290)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.490 - City library tax rate to be continued — construction of library laws.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
182.490. City library tax rate to be continued — construction of library laws. —
The current library tax rate being levied in any city in which there shall be a municipal library district pursuant to the provisions hereof shall continue to be levied by or for the benefit of the municipal library district, and all of the provisions of sections 182.010 to 182.460 shall apply to the municipal library districts established by section 182.480, except any such provision as may be inconsistent with, or repugnant to, the provisions of sections 182.480 to 182.510. Any reference to a city library shall mean a municipal library district, and any reference to the area or territory of a city shall mean the area or territory in a municipal library district, it being the intention of the legislature that sections 182.010 to 182.460 as applied to the municipal library districts created by section 182.480 shall be construed in harmony with sections 182.480 to 182.510 as far as the same may be practicable.
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(L. 1965 p. 312 § 3, A.L. 1969 p. 290, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.500 - Excluded property subject to taxation for payment of bonded indebtedness — alternative.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
182.500. Excluded property subject to taxation for payment of bonded indebtedness — alternative. —
All real property excluded from a county library district as provided in sections 182.130 and 182.480 shall thereafter be subject to the levy of taxes for the payment of any bonded indebtedness of the county library district outstanding at the time or exclusion and for no other purpose; provided, however, that any buildings and improvements thereafter erected or constructed on the excluded real property, and all machinery and equipment thereafter installed or placed therein or thereon, and all tangible, personal property thereafter located therein or thereon shall not be subject to the levy of any taxes of the county library district. In lieu of the continuing taxation of the real property excluded from the county library district, the governing body of the city in which the excluded property is situated may pay to the county library district a sum equal to that portion of the total bonded indebtedness of the county library district that the assessed valuation of the excluded property bears to the total assessed value of the county library district prior to the exclusion, after which payment the excluded property shall no longer be subject to any levy of taxes by the county library district. The funds paid to the county library district shall be used for retiring the bonds of the county library district.
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(L. 1965 p. 312 § 5, A.L. 1969 p. 290)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.510 - Law not to prevent merger of city and county district.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
182.510. Law not to prevent merger of city and county district. —
Nothing in sections 182.480 to 182.510 shall be construed so as to prevent the merger of the city library and the county library district as provided in section 182.040 or 182.291.
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(L. 1965 p. 312 § 6, A.L. 1969 p. 290, A.L. 1971 S.B. 171)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.610 - County library districts may consolidate, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1972
182.610. County library districts may consolidate, when. —
Two or more county library districts having the same rate of taxation on assessed valuation of taxable property within each district may join in creating a consolidated public library district, which shall have the same rate of taxation as districts forming the consolidated public library district, shall have the powers and authority as set out in sections 182.610 to 182.670, may perform any common function or service, including the purchase of land, and the purchase, construction and maintenance of buildings and any other property and may join in the common employment of any consolidated public library district officer, librarian or employee.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 1114)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.647 - Bonds of employees — records and reports required.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 2010
182.647. Bonds of employees — records and reports required. —
1. The treasurer, the librarian and other employees as designated by the board, before entering upon the discharge of their duties as such, shall enter into bond or bonds with a corporate surety to be approved by the board of trustees in such amount as may be fixed by the board, conditioned that they will render a faithful and just account of all money that comes into their hands, and otherwise perform the duties of their office according to law. The consolidated public library district shall pay the premium for the bond or bonds from its operating fund. A copy of such bond or bonds shall be filed with the treasurer of the board and clerk for each county included within the consolidated public library district. In case of a breach of the conditions of the bond or bonds the board or any taxpayer of the consolidated public library district may cause suit to be brought thereon. The suit shall be prosecuted in the name of the state of Missouri at the relation of and for use of the proper consolidated public library district.
2. The librarian, for and on behalf of the board, shall keep or cause to be kept financial records and accounts according to generally accepted accounting standards, and shall furnish to the board or any member thereof the financial records and accounts, or summaries thereof, that the board or any member thereof may request.
3. On or before the thirtieth day of September of each year, the librarian shall make a report to the board, stating the condition of the library and its services as of the thirtieth day of June of the preceding fiscal year. This report shall be accompanied by an audit conducted by an independent auditing firm. On or before the thirty-first day of October, the reports shall be submitted to the county commissions and county executive officers and Missouri state library commission by the board of trustees of the consolidated public library district.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 1114, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1559)