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such reasonable rules and regulations as the library board may
adopt, in order to render the use of such libraries and reading
rooms of the greatest benefit to the greatest number of people,
and said board may exclude from the use of said libraries and
reading rooms any and all persons who shall wilfully violate
such rules, and may extend the privilege of such libraries and
reading rooms to persons outside the county or municipality,
upon such terms and conditions as said board may from time
to time by its regulations prescribe.

1898, ch. 515, sec. 9. 1902, ch. 367, sec. 10.

103. Said library board shall make an annual report to the
county commissioners on or before the twentieth day of
January, stating the condition of their trust on the first day of
January in that year, the various sums of money received from
the library board and from 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 such books loaned out, and the
general character and kind of such books, with such other
statistics and information and suggestions as they may deem
of general interest. All such portions of said report as relate
to the receipt and expenditure of money shall be verified by
affidavit, and shall be subject to the audit of the county com-
missioners. A copy of said report shall be sent annually to
the free library commission to be appointed as hereinafter pro-
vided.

Ibid. sec. 11. Ibid. sec. 11.

104. The said library board may receive, hold and possess
or sell and dispose of all such gifts, donations, devises,
bequests and legacies as may be made to the county commis-
sioners, to the municipality, or to the library board for the
purpose of establishing, increasing or improving such public
library. The library board shall act as trustees, and have
control of such gifts, donations, devises, bequests and legacies,
and may apply the proceeds, interests, rents and profits accru-
ing therefrom in such manner as will best promote the pros-
perity and utility of such library; provided, such application
be according to the terms of the gifts, donations, devises,
bequests and legacies.

Ibid. sec. 12 Ibid. sec. 12.

105. Every public library established under this sub-title
shall receive annually from the State a copy of the laws,