The 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, control, 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 the 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 nonresidents of such cities and towns and to fix charges therefore;

    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, and fixing and enforcing penalties for the violation thereof;

    8. To have exclusive control of the expenditures of all portions of the municipal enterprises fund allocated for library purposes by the council, and of the expenditure of all moneys available by gifts or otherwise for the erection of library buildings, and of all other moneys belonging to the library fund, including fines and rentals collected under the rules of the board of trustees;

    9. To accept gifts of real property, personal property, or mixed property, and devises and bequests, including trust funds; to take the title to said property in the name of the 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 the library.

    The board shall keep a record of its proceedings.  (Ord. S-3968, 1964)