[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Grafton as Title 2, Ch. 2.22, of the 1979 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Amended by Ord. No. A-560-90, 1990]
The Library of the Village shall be administered by a joint
library board appointed by resolution adopted from time to time by
the Village. The trustee members of such joint library board shall
be appointed at the second regular meeting in April of each year.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1.01, Code
Adoption)]
The Library Board shall have the duties and powers as prescribed
in §§ 43.52, 43.53, 43.54, 43.58, 43.60 and 43.72,
Wis. Stats.
[Amended by Ord. No. A-556-90, 1990]
A.Â
LIBRARY
LIBRARY MATERIAL
Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter certain words and terms
are defined as follows:
Any public library, library of an educational or historical
organization or society or museum, and specifically the public libraries
within the Village.
Includes any book, plate, picture, photograph, engraving,
painting, drawing, map,, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, broadside,
sound recording, audio-visual materials in any format, magnetic or
other tapes, electronic data processing records, or other tapes, artifacts
or other documentary, written or printed materials, regardless of
physical form or characteristic, belonging to, on loan to or otherwise
in the custody of a library.
B.Â
Concealment. The concealment of library material beyond the last
station for borrowing library material in a library is evidence of
intent to deprive the library of possession of the material. The discovery
of library material which has not been borrowed in accordance with
the library's procedures or taken with the consent of a library official,
agent or employee and which is concealed upon the person or among
the belongings of another is evidence of intentional concealment on
the part of the person so concealing the material.
C.Â
Detention based on probable cause. An official or adult employee
or agent of the library who has probable cause for believing that
a person has violated this section in his or her presence may detain
the person in a reasonable manner for a reasonable length of time
to deliver the person to the library investigator appointed by the
library board, or to the person's parent or guardian in the case of
a minor. The detained person shall be promptly informed of the purpose
of the detention and be permitted to make telephone calls but shall
not be searched against his or her will before the arrival of the
library investigator, who may conduct a lawful interrogation of the
accused person. Compliance with this section entitles the official,
agent or employee effecting the detention to the same defense in any
action as is available to a peace officer making an arrest in the
line of duty.
D.Â
Failure to return materials. Any person who has charged out any books
or other materials from the U.S.S. Liberty Memorial Public Library
in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the Grafton
Joint Library Board of Trustees and who has failed to return said
books or materials on or before the date that said books or materials
were to have been returned to the U.S.S. Liberty Memorial Public Library
and who has received a written notice to return materials owned by
or in charge of the U.S.S. Liberty Memorial Public Library, or any
person to whom the library has attempted to send such a notice but
is unable to do so because said person failed to inform the library
of a change of address, and who fails to return said materials according
to the rules and regulations adopted by the Grafton Joint Library
Board of Trustees, shall be fined.
[Amended by Ord. No. 019, Series 2009]
E.Â
The failure to return any single book, periodical, pamphlet, picture,
recording or any other item belonging to or in the charge of the U.S.S.
Liberty Memorial Public Library shall constitute a separate offense.
