(A) There is hereby established, and there shall hereafter be maintained, a Public Library and Reading Room for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of the city; and for the establishment and maintenance of the Public Library and Reading Room, there shall be levied an annual tax of 2 mills on the dollar of all of the taxable property in the city.
(1963 Code, § 2-8-1)
(B) The Public Library established by this chapter, 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 the Public Library of the greatest benefit to the greatest number; and the Board may exclude from the use of the Public Library any and all persons who shall wilfully violate such rules. The Board may extend the privileges and use of the Library 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.
(1963 Code, § 2-8-5) (Ord. passed 3-10-1904)