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ORDINANCE NO. 1163
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, AMENDING
SECTION 2.56.010 OF THE BOZEMAN MUNICIPAL CODE, ENTITLED
APPOINTMENTS-COMPOSITION AND ORGANIZATION-POWERS AND DUTIES.
PREAMBLE I
The purpose of this ordinance is to delete the following sentence from
subparagraph A, IIBefore entering upon the duties of their office, the
trustees shall take and subscribe to the oath of office and file the same
with the clerk of the commission."
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN:
That Section 2.56.010 of the Bozeman Municipal Code be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
2.56.010 Appointment--Composition and Organization--Powers and Duties.
A. The board of trustees of the public library of the city shall be under the department of
public welfare. The board shall be composed of five persons, and shall be appointed by the
mayor with the advice and consent of the commission, and shall serve without pay. The
trustees shall hold their office for the term of five years, and one trustee shall be appointed
annually at the beginning of each fiscal year for the term of five years, and until his/her
successor is appointed and qualifies. Trustees shall serve no more than two full terms in
succession. The powers and duties of the board shall be those prescribed by the laws of
the state and the ordinances of the city. I
B. The trustees of the library board shall perfect their own organization, and select such
officers for such board as they may deem advisable. The chairman and vice-chairman of the
board shall be one of their number. They shall have power to select such librarians and
other employees as they may determine and fix the amount of any bond which they may
require to be given by the library and other employees. They shall have power to receive
books from all sources for the use and benefit of the library and to purchase books therefor
with any money available for that purpose, and power to prescribe all rules and regulations
for the use of books and the preservation of the same. The board shall keep a record of its
transactions, and shall make a report to the city commission at the close of each calendar
year, covering the business transacted by it during the year.
PROVISIONALL Y PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman,
Montana, this 18th day of June 1984.
MAYOR I
ATTEST:
Clerk of the City Commission
ORDINANCE NO. 1163
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FINALL Y PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the City Commission of the City of
Bozeman, Montana, at a regular session thereof held on the 2nd day of July 1984, and
effective thirty (30) days after said date.
I MAYOR
ATTEST:
Clerk of the City Commission
State of Montana )
County of Gallatin )
City of Bozeman )
I, Robin L. Sullivan, Clerk of the Commission of the City of Bozeman, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1163 was published by title and number in the
Bozeman Daily Chronicle, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in said
City, in the issue dated the 5th day of July 1984.
I N WITNESS WHEREOF, I heretofore set my hand and affix the corporate seal of my
office this 29th day of August 1984.
I Clerk of the City Commission
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ORDINANCE NO. 1163