State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Maryland > Education > Title-23 > Subtitle-4 > 23-401§ 23-401. Authorized.
(a) Establishment and support.- The governing body of each county may establish, and appropriate an amount to support, a county public library system free from political influence.
(b) Board of library trustees.- Each county public library system shall be governed by a board of trustees. However, a charter county may:
(1) Establish a county library agency and grant it some or all of the powers of a board of trustees; or
(2) Have a board of library trustees, provide for the board's selection, and determine its powers.
[An. Code 1957, art. 77, §§ 171, 172; 1978, ch. 22, § 2; 1996, ch. 10, § 16.]
