[R.O. 2011 §2.46.010; Code 1950 §303.1; Prior Code
§2-67]
There shall be a Board of Directors for the public library and
reading room of nine (9) members, who shall be appointed by majority
vote of all members of the Council, 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 such Board.
[R.O. 2011 §2.46.020; Code 1950 §303.2; Prior Code
§2-68]
The first (1st) Board of Directors of the public library appointed
shall hold office, one-third (1/3) for one (1) year, one-third (1/3)
for two (2) years, and one-third (1/3) for three (3) years from the
first (1st) of June following their appointment, and at their first
(1st) regular meeting shall cast lots for the respective terms. Annually
thereafter, the Council, by majority vote of all its members, shall,
before the first (1st) of June of each calendar year, appoint three
(3) directors to fill the terms of those expiring, who shall hold
office for three (3) years and until their successors are appointed.
The Council may, after notice and hearing, and by majority vote thereof,
remove any director for misconduct or neglect of duty.
[R.O. 2011 §2.46.030; Code 1950 §303.3; Prior Code
§2-69]
Vacancies in the Board of Directors of the public library, occasioned
by removals, resignations or otherwise, shall be reported to the Council
and be filled in like manner as original appointments. No director
shall receive compensation as such, and no person shall be employed
by such Board of Library Directors who is related either by blood
or by marriage to any director of such Board.
[R.O. 2011 §2.46.040; Code 1950 §303.4; Prior Code
§2-70]
The directors of the public library shall annually elect one
(1) of their number President, and such other officers as they may
deem necessary. They shall have power to 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. They shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure
of all monies 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; provided that all monies received for
such library shall be deposited in the Treasury of the City to the
credit of the Library Fund, and shall be kept separate and apart from
other monies of the City, and drawn upon by the proper officers of
the City, upon the properly authenticated vouchers of the Library
Board. The Board shall have power to purchase or lease grounds, to
occupy, lease or erect an appropriate building or buildings for the
use of the library; shall have power to appoint a suitable librarian
and necessary assistants, and fix their compensation, and shall also
have power to remove all 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.
[R.O. 2011 §2.46.050; Code 1950 §303.5; Prior Code
§2-71]
The public library and reading room shall be forever free to
the use of the inhabitants of the City, always subject to such reasonable
rules and regulations as the Library Board may adopt in order to render
the use of such library and reading room of the greatest benefit to
the greatest number. The Board may exclude from the use of the public
library and reading room all persons who shall willfully violate such
rules, and the Board may extend the privileges and use of such library
and reading room to persons residing outside of the City in this State,
upon such terms and conditions as the Board may, from time to time,
by its regulations prescribe.
[R.O. 2011 §2.46.060; Code 1950 §303.6; Prior Code
§2-72; Ord. No. 6192, 1999]
The librarian of the public library shall make, within eight
(8) weeks after the end of the fiscal year of the library, an annual
report to the Board of Directors of the public library 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 monies have been expended and for
what purposes, and such other statistics, information and suggestions
as may be of general interest. This report and one (1) copy shall
be transmitted by the Board to the City Council. A copy shall be transmitted
at the same time to the Missouri State library.
[R.O. 2011 §2.46.070; Code 1950 §303.7; Prior Code
§2-73]
Any person desiring to make donations of money, personal property
or real estate for the benefit of the City public library shall have
the right to vest the title to the money or real estate so donated
in the Board of Directors created under this Chapter, to be held and
controlled by such Board, when accepted according to the terms of
the deed, gift, devise or bequest of such property, and as to such
property the Board shall be held and considered to be special trustees.
