(A) Lowe Public Library. The city shall, upon the effective date of this section, pursuant to the authority granted in W.Va. Code § 10-1-2, take over, maintain and support that certain public library, known as the “Lowe Public Library”, heretofore established.
(Prior Code, § 145.01)
(B) Appointment, powers and duties of Board of Library Directors.
(1) Council shall appoint a Board of Library Directors in accordance with W.Va. Code Art. 10-1.
(2) The Board of Library Directors shall have the powers and shall perform the duties conferred and required by general law.
(Prior Code, § 145.02)
(C) Library Fund. Council shall provide and allocate in the annual city budget sufficient funds for the adequate operation, maintenance and repair of the public library. All money so allocated and collected for library purposes, except donations, bequests and devises, and the proceeds and income therefrom, made to or received by the Board of Library Directors under the provisions of W.Va. Code § 10-1-9 shall be set aside in the City Treasury in a special library fund, and shall be disbursed by the City Treasurer upon properly authenticated orders drawn by the Board upon such fund.
(Prior Code, § 145.03) (Ord. passed 6-5-1989)
Statutory reference:
Authority to operate library board, see W.Va. Code § 8-12-5(39)
Authority to operate public library, see W.Va. Code § 8-12-5(38)
Public libraries, see W.Va. Code Art. 10-1