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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

officers of said municipality upon the properly authenticated
vouchers of the library board.
SEC. 8. Every library and reading room established under

Free to the
Inhabitants
of the town

this Act shall be forever free to the use of the inhabitants of
the town or city where it is located, always subject to such rea-
sonable rules and regulations as the library board may adopt,
in order to render the nse of said library and reading room of
the greatest benefit to the greatest number of the people, said
board may exclude from the use of said library and reading
room any all persons who shall wilfully violate such rules, and
may extend the privileges and use of such library and reading
room to persons outside of such municipality upon such terms
and conditions as said board may'from time to time by its regu-
lations prescribe.
SEC. 9. Said library board shall make an annual report to the

Make an an-
nual report.

municipality on or before the twentieth day of January, stat-
ing the condition of their trust on the first day of January in
that year, the various sums of money received from the library
fund and from other sources, and how much 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
portion of said report as related to the receipt and expenditure
of money shall be verified by affidavit, and shall be subject to
audit of the municipal councils.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the governing

Power to pass
ordinances.

board of said municipality shall have power to pass ordinances
imposing suitable penalties for the punishment of persons com-
mitting injury upon such library or the ground or other prop-
erty thereof, and for the injury or failure to return any book
belonging to such library.
SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the said library

May receive
and dispose
of gifts.

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 municipality or to said library board for the pur-
pose of establishing, increasing or improving such public
library. The library board shall act as trustees, and have con-
trol of such gifts, donations, devises, bequests and legacies, and
may apply the proceeds, interests, rents and profits accruing
therefrom in such manner as will best promote the prosperity
and utility of such library ; provided such application be accord-