336.8 - POWERS. - Iowa Statutes

336.8 POWERS. Said board of library trustees shall have and exercise the following powers: 1. To meet and organize by the election of one of their number as president of the board, and by the election of a secretary and such other officers as the board may deem necessary. 2. To have charge, and supervision of the public library, its appurtenances and fixtures, and rooms containing the same, directing and controlling all the affairs of such library. 3. To employ a librarian, such assistants and employees as may be necessary for the proper management of said library, and fix their compensation; but, prior to such employment, the compensation of such librarian, assistants, and employees shall be fixed for the term of employment by a majority of the members of said board voting in favor thereof. 4. To remove such librarian, assistants, or employees by a vote of two-thirds of such board for misdemeanor, incompetency, or inattention to the duties of such employment. 5. To select and make purchases of books, pamphlets, magazines, periodicals, papers, maps, journals, furniture, fixtures, stationery, and supplies for such library. 6. To authorize the use of such libraries by school corporations or by nonresidents of the area which is taxed to support such libraries and to fix charges therefor. 7. To make and adopt, amend, modify, or repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the care, use, government, and management of such library and the business of said board, fixing and enforcing penalties for the violation thereof. 8. To have exclusive control of the expenditures for library purposes as provided by law, and of the expenditures of all moneys available by gift or otherwise for the erection of library buildings. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings. 9. To accept gifts of any property, including trust funds; to take the title to said property in the name of said library; to execute deeds and bills of sale for the conveyance of said property; and to expend the funds received by them from such gifts, for the improvement of said library.          Section History: Early Form [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 358B.8]          Section History: Recent Form 83 Acts, ch 123, § 162, 209 C93, § 336.8