51-206. Library board; mortgages; release or renewal. The president shall have the power to release, upon full payment, any mortgage constituting a credit to the library fund and standing in the name of such library board. The signature of the president on any such release shall be authenticated by the secretary of the board. The […]
51-207. Library board; funds; buildings; custody and control. The library board shall have exclusive control of expenditures, of all money collected or donated to the credit of the library fund, of the renting and construction of any library building, and the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased or set […]
51-208. Library board; use of library for city or school purposes; contracts. The library board of any public library may contract with the city council of any city, with the trustees of any incorporated village, with the county board of the county in which such library is located or of any adjacent county, or with […]
51-209. Public library; funds; disbursements; sinking fund; bonds. All taxes levied or collected and all funds donated or in any way acquired for the erection, maintenance, or support of any public library shall be kept for the use of the library separate and apart from all other funds of the city, village, county, or township, […]
51-210. Library board; building sites; acquisition; procedure. Every library board created under sections 51-201 to 51-219 shall have power to purchase or lease grounds, to exercise the power of eminent domain, and to condemn real estate for the purpose of securing a site for a library building. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised […]
51-211. Library board; general powers and duties; governing body; duty; discrimination prohibited. (1) The library board may erect, lease, or occupy an appropriate building for the use of a library, appoint a suitable librarian and assistants, fix the compensation of such appointees, and remove such appointees at the pleasure of the board. The governing body […]
51-212. Public library; use and purpose. Except as provided in section 51-211, every library and reading room supported by public tax shall be forever free to the use of the inhabitants of the city, village, county, or township maintaining such library, subject always to such reasonable regulations as the library board may adopt to render […]
51-213. Library board; annual report; contents. The library board shall, on or before the second Monday in February in each year, make a report to the city council or village board or to the county or township board of the condition of its trust on the last day of the prior fiscal year. The report […]
51-214. Penalties; action to recover; disposition of funds collected. Penalties imposed or accruing by any bylaw or regulation of the library board and any court costs and attorney’s fees may be recovered in a civil action before any court having jurisdiction, such action to be instituted in the name of the library board of the […]
51-215. Public library; donations; library board may accept. Any person may make donation of money, lands or other property for the benefit of any public library. The title to property so donated may be made to and shall vest in the library board of such library and their successors in office, and the board shall […]
51-216. Real estate; sale and conveyance; conditions; remonstrance; procedure. The library board may, by resolution, direct the sale and conveyance of any real estate owned by the library board or by the public library, which is not used for library purposes, or of any real estate so donated or devised to the library board or […]
51-217. Public library; use by school districts. Any school district may in its discretion at its annual meeting, by a majority vote, authorize the school board to contract for the use of a public library by the inhabitants of such district. Source Laws 1911, c. 73, § 11, p. 317; R.S.1913, § 3802; C.S.1922, § […]
51-218. Public library; property; exemption from execution and taxation; when. The property of any public library shall be exempt from execution and shall be exempt from taxation to the extent it is used for a public purpose. Source Laws 1911, c. 73, § 12, p. 317; R.S.1913, § 3803; C.S.1922, § 3196; C.S.1929, § 51-212; […]
51-219. Private and associate libraries; deposit and use; authorized; requirements. The library board shall have power to authorize any circulating library, reading matter, or work of art belonging to any private person, association or corporation, to be deposited in the public library rooms, to be drawn or used outside of the rooms only on payment […]
51-220. Law library; establishment; maintenance; supervision. The county board may, when in its discretion it shall deem it advisable, provide by purchase or otherwise for the procuring and maintaining of a suitable law library for the use of the public. Such library shall be under the supervision of the judges of the district court of […]
51-401. Nebraska Library Commission; members; term. A Nebraska Library Commission is hereby established composed of six members to be appointed by the Governor, one to serve one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years, and thereafter the Governor shall appoint a new member annually […]
51-402. Nebraska Library Commission; expenses; payment. The members of the Nebraska Library Commission shall serve without pay. They shall receive remuneration for expenses incurred while engaged in the business of the commission as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177. These expenses shall be paid out of the funds of the Nebraska Library Commission. Source Laws […]
51-403. Nebraska Library Commission; powers and duties; director; appointment; salary. The powers and duties of the Nebraska Library Commission shall be (1) to make rules and regulations not inconsistent with law for its government and operations, (2) to appoint a director, at a salary to be fixed by the commission, who shall be a technically […]
51-403.03. Nebraska Library Commission; director; salary increase; when effective. Section 51-403 shall be so interpreted as to effectuate its general purpose, to provide, in the public interest, adequate compensation as therein provided for the director of the Nebraska Library Commission; and to permit a change of such salary as soon as same may become operative […]
51-404. Director; duties. It shall be the duty of the director of the commission (1) to administer the work and activities of the commission, (2) to purchase books, periodicals, other library materials, and all necessary equipment and supplies for the commission, (3) to keep a catalog of all books, periodicals and other library materials belonging […]
