SECTION 32. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, approval and publication in the Session Laws. Approved this 8th day of March, 1901. City Council May Establish Public Library and Reading Room, Levy for. 6. Rules and Regulations Gov- AN ACT to Provide for the Establishment and Maintenance of Free Public Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory SECTION 1. That the city council of any city of not less than five thousand population shall have power to establish and maintain a public library and reading room, or either of them, for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of such city, and may levy a tax, not to exceed one mill on the dollar annually on all the taxable property in the city, such tax to be levied and collected in like manner with other general taxes of said city, and to be known as the "Library Fund.” SECTION 2. When any city council shall have derectors. How cided to establish and maintain a public library and reading room, or either of them, under this Act, the mayor of such city, shall, with the approval of the city council, proceed to appoint a board of six directors for the same, chosen from the citizens at large, with reference to their fitness for such office. Board of Di Appointed. One- Term of Office, Removal, When. one SECTION 3. Said directors shall hold office: third for one year, one-third for two years, and third for three years, from the first day of May following their appointment, and at the first regular meeting shall cast lots for the respective terms; and annually thereafter the mayor of such city shall, before the first day of May in each year, appoint as before, two directors to take the place of the retiring directors, who shall hold office for three years, and until their successors are appointed. Such mayor may, by and with the consent of the council, remove any director for misconduct or neglect of duty. Vacancies, How Filled. Election of Powers and SECTION 4. Vacancies in the board of directors occasioned by removals, resignations or otherwise, shall be reported to the city council, and be filled in like manner as original appointments, and no director shall receive compensation as such. SECTION 5. Said directors shall immediately after Organization, appointment, meet and organize by the election of officers, one of their number as president, and by the election Duties of. of such other officers as they may deem necessary. They shall make and adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations for their own guidance and for the government of the library and reading room, or either of them, as may be expedient, not inconsistent with this Act. They shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of all moneys collected and placed to the credit of the library fund, and of the construction of any library building, and of the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased or set apart for that purpose. Provided, That all moneys received for such library shall be deposited in the treasury of said city to the credit of the library fund, and shall be kept separate and apart from other money of said city, and shall be paid out only upon the properly authenticated vouchers of the library board. Said board shall have Rules and Board of Di rectors Re Contain. power to lease and obtain rooms for the use of said library; shall have power to appoint a suitable librarian and necessary assistants, and fix their compensation, and shall also have power to remove such appointees; and shall in general carry out the spirit and intent of this Act. Said board shall have power, when approved by such city council, to purchase ground and erect thereon a suitable building for the use of said library. Said board shall have power to accept, or in its discretion to decline, donations tendered as provided in Section Nine (9) of this Act, and for the purpose of maintaining and augmenting collections other than collections of printed books and periodicals, may in its discretion expend moneys or incur obligations not exceeding in any one year ten (10) per centum of the whole amount paid into the library fund for such year. SECTION 6. Every library and reading room, or either of them, established under this Act, shall always be subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the library board may adopt, in order to. render the use of said library and reading room, or either of them, of the greatest benefit to the greatest number; and said board may exclude from the use of the said library and reading room, or either of them, any and all persons who shall wilfully violate such rules. SECTION 7. The said board of directors shall make, port, What to on or before the first day of April in each year, an annual report to the city council, stating the condition of their trust on the first day of March of that year; the various sums of money received from the library fund, and other sources, and how such moneys have been expended and for what purposes; the number of books and periodicals on hand; the number added by purchase, gift, or otherwise, during the year; the number lost or missing; the number of persons attending; the number of books loaned out; and the general character and kind of such books, with such other statistics, information and suggestions as they may deem of general interest. nances, Im Penalties. SECTION 8. The council of said city shall have City Ordipower to pass ordinances imposing suitable penalties posing for the punishment of persons committing injury upon such library or other property thereof, and for injury to or failure to return any book belonging to such library. How Made; SECTION 9. Any person desiring to make donations Donations, of money, personal property, or real estate, for the Trustees. benefit of such library, or for the establishment, maintenance or endowment of public lectures in connection with such library upon any subject designated by the donor in the field of literature, science and the arts (except that lectures in the interest of any political party politics or sectarian religion are expressly prohibited), shall have the right to vest the title to the money, personal property or real estate so donated in the board of directors created under this Act, to be held and controlled by such board when accepted according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest of such property; and as to such property, the board shall be held and considered to be special trustee. Transferred; SECTION 10. Any library already existing or here- Heretofore Existing Liafter established in any city which shall establish a braries: How free library and reading room, or either of them, Reading under the provisions of this Act, may be transferred by the society, association or individual owning the same, to the board of directors created under this Act, on such terms not inconsistent with the object of this Act, as may be mutually agreed upon; and as to such property, said board of directors shall be held and considered to be special trustees; Provided, also, That any incorporated city of not less than five thousand population may establish one or more reading rooms to accommodate the inhabitants thereof, in different parts of said city, under the provisions of this Act. SECTION 11. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after May 1, 1901. Approved this 8th day of March, 1901. Regiment, AN ACT to Provide for the Regulation of the Territorial Militia and Making Appropriations for its Maintenance, and Amending Section 6, Chapter 35, and Sections 20 and 34, of Chapter 35, of the Session Laws of 1895, and Section 2, Chapter 19, of the Session Laws of 1899, and Repealing Section 39, Chapter 35, of the Session Laws of Oklahoma of 1895. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma: SECTION 1. That Section 6, of Chapter 35, of the Organization. Session Laws of Oklahoma, of 1895, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 6. To each regiment there shall be one colonel, one lieutenant colonel and one major to each battalion. The colonel may appoint a staff to consist of one surgeon to rank as captain, one assistant surgeon to rank as first lieutenant, one adjutant to rank as first lieutenant, one quartermaster, one commissary, one ordnance officer, one chaplain and one judge-advocate, each with the rank of captain, one battalion adjutant for adjutant for each battalion to rank as first lieutenant and a non-commissioned staff to consist of one quartermaster, two hospital |