[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Franklin (now Council of the Municipality of Murrysville) 10-1-1969
by Ord. No. 41-69. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Administration of government — See Ch. 3.
[Amended 4-22-1980 by Ord. No. 57-80]
There is hereby created a Library Board consisting of seven members
who are residents of the Municipality of Murrysville and who shall serve without
compensation. One member is to be appointed for a term of one year; two members
are to be appointed for terms of two years; and two members are to be appointed
for terms of three years. All appointments to fill the places of those whose
terms expire will be for a term of three years. Appointments shall be made
by the Council. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms, and members
shall serve until their successors have been appointed.
The Library Board shall organize as soon as practicable after appointment
by electing a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer from such membership.
The Treasurer shall be bonded in an amount and with a surety company acceptable
to the Council.
The Library Board shall have all the duties, powers and responsibilities
prescribed by Act No. 188 of the 1961 Session of the General Assembly, which
act is known as "The Library Code,"[1] including but not limited to the power to adopt such rules and
regulations for its organization, procedure and management of its libraries,
as are customary and advisable and consistent with ordinances of the Municipality
and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Library Board, upon
commencement of its duties, shall file a plan for the use of its funds with
the State Librarian, and no expenditures other than of an organizational nature
shall be made by said Board until such plan is approved by the State Librarian
as qualifying for the receipt of state aid.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 24 P.S. § 4201 et seq.
[Amended 3-18-1970 by Ord. No. 44-70]
As soon as practicable after the organization of the Library Board and
the approval of its plan by the State Librarian, where necessary, it shall
maintain a separate depository for all monetary transactions and of which
it shall have exclusive control. The Library Board shall make a report yearly
to the Council of the Municipality of Murrysville of all moneys received and
the disposition thereof, and the accounts of the Treasurer of the Library
Board shall be subject to audit as in the case of other municipal expenditures.
The annual report required by the last preceding section shall contain
an itemized statement of all receipts from whatever source and expenditures
and shall show the condition of the library and any branches thereof; the
number of volumes, maps, pamphlets and other materials; the number added by
purchase, gift or otherwise; the number lost or withdrawn; the number of registered
borrowers and readers; and a statement of the circulation of material, with
such other information and suggestions as may seem desirable. A copy of each
report made to the municipal officers shall be sent to the State Library in
Harrisburg.
The Mayor and Chief Administrator of the Council of the Municipality
of Murrysville are hereby authorized and directed to accept, where tendered,
a transfer and conveyance of all assets of any public library existing within
the Municipality, including books, fixtures, furniture and the like to the
end that the same become and thereafter are assets of the Municipality.
A.
Retention of library property after notice to return.
Whoever retains any book, pamphlet, magazine, newspaper, manuscript, map or
other property belonging in or to or on deposit with the State Library or
any local library which is established or maintained under any law of this
commonwealth or the library of any university, college or educational institution
chartered by the commonwealth or the library of any public school or any branch
reading room, deposit station or agency operated in connection therewith for
a period exceeding 30 days after such library has given written notice to
return the same shall, upon conviction in summary proceedings, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $25 to be paid over by the District Justice
imposing such fine to the library instituting the prosecution and costs of
prosecution. Any person in default of payment of such fine and costs shall
undergo imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding 10 days.
Such notice may be given by personal service upon the borrower or by the mailing
of a registered or certified letter, with return receipt, to the borrower's
address on file with said library. The notice shall refer to the Act of June
14, 1961, P.L. 324, Article IV, Paragraph 426,[1] of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and shall contain a demand
that the property be returned.
[Amended 12-16-1991 by Ord. No. 305-91]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 24 P.S. § 4201 et seq.
B.
Damaging library property. Anyone who shall willfully
cut, mutilate, mark or otherwise injure any book, pamphlet, magazine, newspaper,
manuscript, map or other property belonging in or to or on deposit with the
State Library or any local library which is established or maintained under
any law of this commonwealth or the library of any university, college or
educational institution chartered by the commonwealth or the library of any
public school or any branch reading room, deposit station or agency operated
in connection therewith shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor and
may be prosecuted for said offense before any court of competent jurisdiction
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be liable to pay a fine of not more than
$25 and costs of prosecution or to undergo imprisonment in the county jail
for a period not exceeding 15 days, or both, at the discretion of the court,
said fine, when collected, to be for the use of the library against which
the aforesaid offense was committed.
It is the intent of the Council of the Municipality of Murrysville to
implement to the fullest extent the Library Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to the end that there may be established such a library or system of libraries
within the Municipality of Murrysville as described in said Act of Assembly.
