[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A. 
The Board of Trustees of the Alpha Free Public Library shall consist of seven members; one of whom shall be the Mayor or other chief executive officer of the Borough of Alpha; one of whom shall be the local Superintendent of Schools or, in the event that there be no such official, the principal with power of supervision over the local school system or, in case such municipality shall have none of the school officials hereinbefore mentioned, then the President of the Board of Education; and five citizens to be appointed by the Mayor or chief executive with the advice and consent of the Council, at least four of whom shall be residents of the Borough of Alpha. The appointments shall be staggered, as they may be selected by the Mayor or other chief executive officer.
B. 
The Mayor or other chief executive officer and the Superintendent of Schools or principal, respectively, shall be allowed to each appoint an alternate to act in his place and stead with authority to attend all meetings of the Board and, in his absence, to vote on all questions before the Board.
The Board of Trustees of the Free Public Library shall have all the jurisdictions conferred upon Library Boards by N.J.S.A. 40:54-1 et seq.