CHAPTER
50
OUT ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARIES |
ARRANGEMENT OF
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SECTION |
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Government of library receiving Treasury grant. |
Constitution of board of trustees. |
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Qualification of trustees. |
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CHAPTER 50 |
OUT ISLAND PUBLIC
LIBRARIES |
An Act
relating to Out Island libraries. | 15 of 1909
10 of 1939
E.L.A.O., 1974 |
[Commencement 23rd
August, 1909] |
1. This Act may be cited as the Out Island Public
Libraries Act. | Short title. |
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- | Interpretation. |
"Minister"
means the Minister responsible for Education. |
3. Any library in any Out Island which receives a grant
of money out of the Consolidated Fund shall be under the management of a board
of five trustees. | Government of library receiving Treasury grant. |
4. Every such board of trustees shall consist of the
commissioner in charge of the district who shall be chairman and four other
persons to be appointed annually in the month of December in each and every
year, two of whom shall be first nominated by the Minister and two afterwards
elected by the subscribers to such library, in such manner as may be directed
by any rule made under section 7 of this Act. | Constitution of board of trustees. |
5. If a vacancy occurs among the trustees, in any
manner, it shall be lawful for the Minister, should such vacancy occur among
the nominated trustees to fill such vacancy, and, if the
same should occur among the elected trustees, for the subscribers to such
library to proceed to the election of another trustee to fill up such vacancy
and the person so nominated or elected shall have the same and the like powers,
rights and authorities as trustees nominated and elected at the regular annual
time, and shall hold office until the next regular annual nomination and
election. | Vacancies how filled. |
6. No person shall be qualified to be nominated or to be
elected as a trustee unless he is a British subject and is a subscriber to the
library. | Qualification of trustees. |
7. The trustees shall have full power and authority to
accept donations, to pay salaries and rentals, and to purchase out of the funds
of the library such books, pamphlets, newspapers and other articles as shall be
deemed proper for the library and to make rules subject
to the approval of the Minister, for the management thereof. | Powers of trustees. |
8. The trustees shall cause a report on the state of the
library under their control and of the funds thereof to be submitted annually
to the Minister who shall lay a copy of such report on the table of each House
of Parliament. | Annual Report. |