182.440. 1. The directors shall be known and styled in theircorporate name as the board of directors of the public library, and in suchname may exercise the powers herein granted.
2. They shall, immediately after appointment, meet and organize bythe election of one of their number as president, and by the election ofsuch other officers as they may deem necessary.
3. They shall make and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations fortheir own guidance, and for the government of the library and reading room,as may be expedient, not inconsistent with this chapter.
4. They shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of allmoneys collected to the credit of the library fund, and of the constructionof any library building, and of the supervision, care and custody of thegrounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased or set apart for thatpurpose.
5. The board shall have power to purchase, hold or lease grounds, tooccupy, lease or erect an appropriate building or buildings for the use ofthe library, and to issue bonds, secured by deed of trust on any land ofwhich they may be possessed, for the purpose of the purchase of grounds*and for the erection of public library buildings and for the improvementof existing buildings and all property by such board purchased, orotherwise obtained, shall vest in such board as a body corporate, and beheld by it in trust.
6. They shall have power to appoint a suitable librarian andnecessary assistants, and fix their compensation, and shall also have powerto remove such appointees; and shall, in general, carry out the spirit andintent of this chapter in establishing and maintaining a public library andreading room.
182.440. 1. The directors shall be known and styled in theircorporate name as the board of directors of the public library, and in suchname may exercise the powers herein granted.
2. They shall, immediately after appointment, meet and organize bythe election of one of their number as president, and by the election ofsuch other officers as they may deem necessary.
3. They shall make and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations fortheir own guidance, and for the government of the library and reading room,as may be expedient, not inconsistent with this chapter.
4. They shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of allmoneys collected to the credit of the library fund, and of the constructionof any library building, and of the supervision, care and custody of thegrounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased or set apart for thatpurpose.
5. The board shall have power to purchase, hold or lease grounds, tooccupy, lease or erect an appropriate building or buildings for the use ofthe library, and to issue bonds, secured by deed of trust on any land ofwhich they may be possessed, for the purpose of the purchase of grounds*and for the erection of public library buildings and for the improvementof existing buildings and all property by such board purchased, orotherwise obtained, shall vest in such board as a body corporate, and beheld by it in trust.
6. They shall have power to appoint a suitable librarian andnecessary assistants, and fix their compensation, and shall also have powerto remove such appointees; and shall, in general, carry out the spirit andintent of this chapter in establishing and maintaining a public library andreading room.
182.440. 1. The directors shall be known and styled in theircorporate name as the board of directors of the public library, and in suchname may exercise the powers herein granted.
2. They shall, immediately after appointment, meet and organize bythe election of one of their number as president, and by the election ofsuch other officers as they may deem necessary.
3. They shall make and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations fortheir own guidance, and for the government of the library and reading room,as may be expedient, not inconsistent with this chapter.
4. They shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of allmoneys collected to the credit of the library fund, and of the constructionof any library building, and of the supervision, care and custody of thegrounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased or set apart for thatpurpose.
5. The board shall have power to purchase, hold or lease grounds, tooccupy, lease or erect an appropriate building or buildings for the use ofthe library, and to issue bonds, secured by deed of trust on any land ofwhich they may be possessed, for the purpose of the purchase of grounds*and for the erection of public library buildings and for the improvementof existing buildings and all property by such board purchased, orotherwise obtained, shall vest in such board as a body corporate, and beheld by it in trust.
6. They shall have power to appoint a suitable librarian andnecessary assistants, and fix their compensation, and shall also have powerto remove such appointees; and shall, in general, carry out the spirit andintent of this chapter in establishing and maintaining a public library andreading room.
