(A) The Mayor, with the approval of the Council, shall appoint a Board of 9 directors for the Library and Reading Room to be chosen from the citizens of the city at large, with reference to their fitness for such office; and not more than 1 member of the Council shall be at any 1 time a member of the Library Board.
(B) The directors so appointed and approved as aforesaid, shall hold office, from the first day of July next following their appointment, and at their first regular meeting the trustees shall cast lots for the respective terms of their office, and annually thereafter the Mayor shall, before the first day of May of each year, appoint 3 directors, to take the place of the retiring directors who shall hold their office for 3 years, and until their successors are appointed. The Mayor may, by and with the consent of the Council, remove any director for misconduct or neglect of duty.
(1963 Code, § 2-8-2) (Ord. passed 3-10-1904)