ART. 77] ' DISTRICT LIBRARIES. 511

officer of the municipality and be filled in like manner as original
appointments.

1898, ch. 515.

87 F. Said directors shall immediately after their appointment
meet at the call of the chief executive officer of the municipality
and organize by the election of a president and vice-president, a
secretary and a treasurer; the treasurer so elected shall be
required to give bond for the faithful performance of his trust
in such sura as the said library board may determine, the said
bond to be approved by said library board; directors shall
receive no compensation; they shall make and adopt such by-
laws, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this sub-title,
for their own guidance, and for the government of the library
and reading rooms, as may be expedient; they shall have exclu-
sive control of the expenditure of all moneys collected to the
credit of the library fund, and of the construction of any library
building, and of the supervision, care and custody of the
grounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased or set apart for
that purpose; they shall have power to purchase or lease grounds,
to occupy, lease or erect an appropriate building or buildings for
the use of said library, appoint a suitable librarian and necessary
assistants; they shall have power. to fix the compensation of such
appointees and to remove them if unsatisfactory, and shall in
general carry out the spirit and intent of this sub-title, in estab-
lishing and maintaining a public library and reading room.

Ibid.

87 » All moneys received for such library shall be deposited
in the treasury of said municipality to the credit of the library
fund, and shall be kept separate and apart from other moneys of
such municipalities and drawn upon by the proper officers of
said municipality upon the properly authenticated vouchers of
the library board.

Ibid.

87 H. Every library and reading room established under this
sub title shall be forever free to the use of the inhabitants of the
town or city where it is located, always subject to such reason-
able rules and regulations as the library board may adopt; in