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Article 9 Trustees of the Public LIbrary
ARTICLE 9

Trustees of the Public Library

9.1 The Board of Trustees of the Public Library shall consist of six members elected by ballot at the annual town election for a term of three years. Two members shall be elected in each year.

9.2 The Trustees shall have the sole care and management of the public library and any branch or branches thereof which the Town may establish and the custody of the books and other property thereof and may adopt regulations for governing the libraries and their use.

9.3 The Trustees shall appoint a Librarian and such other employees as they deem expedient, determine their duties and remove them at pleasure.

9.4 The Trustees shall have charge of all appropriations made by the Town for library purposes and shall expend the same for the purchase of such books and materials as they shall select and in the maintenance, support and promotion of the libraries and their facilities.

9.5 The Trustees shall annually make a report to be printed in the Annual Town Report showing in detail their work and that of their appointees and the condition of the libraries.


 
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