510 PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. 77

that before such tax be laid, or such library established, the deci-
sion of the said governing board be ratified by a majority of the
votes cast at a regular municipal election.

1898, ch. 515.

87 B. Whenever the governing board of any municipality shall
vote to establish a public library, they shall notify the proper
officers that public notice may be given, that at the next munici-
pal election a vote will be taken as to the ratification of such
decision; and that on the official ballot at said election there
shall be placed spaces headed, "for the establishment of a public
library, " and "against the establishment of a public library. "

Ibid.

87 v. When any municipality shall^have voted to establish and
maintain a public library and reading room under this sub-title
the chief executive officer of such municipality shall appoint,
with the approval of the municipal governing board, a board of
nine directors for said library, chosen from the citizens at large
with reference to their fitness for such office, and not more than
one member of the said governing board shall be at any one time
a member of said board of directors.

Ibid.

87 D. Said directors shall be known as the "library board, " and
shall hold office one-third for one year, one-third for two years
and one-third for three years from the first of January following
their appointment, and until their successors are chosen, and at
their first regular meeting shall cast lots for the respective terms
and annually thereafter the chief executive officer of the munici-
pality shall, before the first of January of each year, appoint as
before three directors, to take the place of the retiring directors,
who shall hold office for three years, and until their successors
are appointed. The chief executive officer of the municipality
may, by and with the consent of the governing board, remove
any director for misconduct or neglect of duty.

Ibid.

87 E. Vacancies in the board of directors occasioned by removal,
resignation or otherwise, shall be reported to the chief executive