1684                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 770

printed funds, buildings for the use of the library, and may sell at
public or private sale any such property, when the same is no longer
needed for library purposes, but no property shall be sold until after
such sale has been advertised for at least two weeks before the date
of sale.

172.
(a)

(1)    Public EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SEC-
TION 171, PUBLIC libraries operating under this subtitle shall be
under the control of a board of library trustees appointed by the local
governing body, except as otherwise provided for in this subtitle.

(2)    Boards of library trustees shall consist of seven members.
Subsequent to July 1, 1971, board members shall serve overlapping
terms of not more than five years. Subsequent to July 1, 1971, board
members shall not serve for more than ten consecutive years even
though their terms of office began prior to July 1, 1971. No person is
eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms. Board members
shall hold office until their successors qualify.

(3)    Present membership on existing boards of library trustees
shall be retained until the expiration of their stated term of office.
Upon the expiration of the term of an existing member, the vacancy
shall be filled by the local governing body. Appointments shall be

made from a list of nominees, of not less than three nor more than

five for each vacancy, to be provided to the appointing authority by
the existing membership of the board of trustees on which the
vacancies occur. PREPARED BY THE APPOINTING AUTHOR-
ITY, SUCH LIST SHALL INCLUDE FOR EACH VACANCY NO
LESS THAN THREE (3) NOR MORE THAN FIVE (5) NOMI-

NEES PROVIDED TO THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY BY THE
MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXISTING BOARD OF LIBRARY
TRUSTEES.

(4)    Board members shall be representative of the area served
by the interest in library service without any restrictions based on
political affiliation, race, color, sex or creed.

(5)    Boards of library trustees shall meet at least once every
three months and shall carry out the duties and powers enumerated
in this subtitle.

(6)    Members of boards of library trustees shall serve without pay.

(7)    All final actions of boards of library trustees shall be
taken at public meetings. The minutes of board meetings shall be
made available for the public.

(8) All requirements and regulations pertaining to the Board of
Trustees of the Enoch Pratt Free Library are as provided in Chapter
181 of the Acts of 1882 and the Charter, Articles of Incorporation,
and other laws applicable to the Board of Trustees of the Enoch
Pratt Free Library.

(9) All requirements and regulations pertaining to the Board of
Trustees of The Washington County Free Library are as provided in
Chapter 511 of the Acts of 1898 and the Charter, Articles of Incor-