ARTICLE 2. Powers

Article 2 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 19640–19664 · 24 sections

§ 19640 The board of library trustees shall meet at least once a month, at such time and place as it may fix by resolution.
§ 19641 Special meetings may be called at any time by three trustees, by written notices served upon each member at least 12 hours before the time specified for the…
§ 19642 Three members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
§ 19643 At its first meeting held after the general district election the board shall organize by electing one of its number president, and another one of its number…
§ 19644 The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept, and at the first meeting of the board of trustees, it shall immediately cause to be made…
§ 19645 The board of library trustees shall make and enforce all rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration, government, and protection of the…
§ 19646 The board of library trustees shall administer any trust declared or created for the library, and receive by gift, devise, or bequest, and hold in trust or…
§ 19647 The board of library trustees shall prescribe the duties and powers of the librarian, secretary, and other officers and employees of the library, determine the…
§ 19648 The board of library trustees shall purchase necessary books, journals, publications, and other personal property.
§ 19649 The board of library trustees shall also purchase such real property, and erect or rent and equip, such building or rooms, as in its judgment is necessary to…
§ 19650 The board of library trustees may request the appropriate state officials to furnish the library with copies of any and all reports, laws, and other…
§ 19651 The board of library trustees shall borrow books from, lend books to, and exchange books with other libraries. It shall allow nonresidents to borrow books upon…
§ 19652 The board of library trustees shall do and perform any and all other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
§ 19653 The board of library trustees shall file, through the librarian, on or before the last day in the month of August of each year, a report with the State…
§ 19654 The board of library trustees shall designate the hours during which the library is open for the use of the public. All public libraries established under this…
§ 19655 In any library district formed under the provisions of this chapter, which maintains a public library, or which has petitioned for and been granted permission…
§ 19656 The board of library trustees may, when in its judgment it is deemed advisable, and upon the petition of 50 or more taxpayers residing within the library…
§ 19658 The revenue derived from the tax, together with all money acquired by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise, for the purposes of the library, shall be paid into…
§ 19659 Upon the receipt by the county auditor of an order of the library trustees of the district he shall issue his warrant upon the county treasurer for the amount…
§ 19660 When any warrant is presented to the treasurer for payment and it is not paid for want of funds the treasurer shall endorse thereon “not paid for want of…
§ 19661 Every library established under this chapter shall be forever free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the library district, subject always to such…
§ 19662 Boards of library trustees and the boards of trustees of neighboring library districts, or the legislative bodies of neighboring municipalities, or boards of…
§ 19663 The title to all property acquired for the purposes of the libraries, when not inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, or not otherwise designated,…
§ 19664 Every library district shall be designated by the name and style of ____ Library District, (using the name of the district), of ____ County, (using the name of…