(A) Vacancies in the Board of Directors, occasioned by removals, resignation, or otherwise, shall be reported to the Council, and be filled in like manner as original appointments and no Director shall receive compensation as such.
(1963 Code, § 2-8-3)
(B) The Directors shall, immediately after appointment, meet and organize by the election of one of their number President, and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary. They shall 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 subchapter. They shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of all moneys 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 aside for that purpose; provided, that all moneys received for the library shall be deposited in the treasury to the credit of the Library Fund, and shall be kept separate and apart from other moneys 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 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 such appointees; and shall, in general, carry out the spirit and intent of The Illinois Local Library Act, ILCS Ch. 75, Act 5, §§ 1-0.1 et seq. in establishing and maintaining a Public Library and Reading Room.
(1963 Code, § 2-8-4) (Ord. passed 3-10-1904)