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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR TH~ CRKtTION OF THE PORTSMOUTt{ PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD, PRESCRIBING iTS POWERS AND DUTIES, AND PROVIDING FOR TILE ACQUISITION OF THE ASSETS OF THE PORTSMOUT~ PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE PORTSMOUTH CO59~3NITY LIBRARY. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of portsmouth, Virginia: Section 1. Library board; creation; designation; composition; term of members; vacancies; oath; compensation- There is hereby created' a board, to bs known as the public library board, which shall consist of nine members, who shall be citizens of the city and shall be elected by the council. Of the original board, three members shall be Elected for a term of one year, three members shall bE elected for a term of ~o years, and three ~smbErs shall be elected for a term of three years, it the expiration of the respective ~erms of such members their successors shall be elected for zerms of three years. The members shall hold office during their respective terms and until their successors are Elected and qualified. Ail vacancies shall be filled by election by the council for the rEmaindEr of the unexpired term. Each member shall take the oath of office prescribed by the Charter for city officials. If any person elected as such member shall for ten days after receiving notice of such election fail ~o take such oath he shall be .considered as having declined said office, and the same shall be deemed vacant. The members of said board shall serve as such without compensation. Section 2. Same - Organization meeting; chairman, ~ice-chairr~an, etc.; quorum; powers and duties. The members of the public library board shall, immediately after their election and qualification, meet and organize. They shall elect a chair- man, a vice-chairman and such other officers thereof, if any, as they may deem necessary. A majority of the members of the said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The board shall have the control and management of the Portsmouth Public Library, and shall make and adopt such by- laws~ rules and regulations for their guidance and for the control and manage- men~ of the Portsmouth Public Library as May be deemed necessary and expedient. Section 3. Librarian, assistants and employees. The librarian, assistants and employees of the portsmouth Public Library shall be appointed by the city manager, after consultation with the ~lbliE library board or the librarian, in the manner prescribed by the Charter for th~ appoin~men~ of officers and employees of the city. The librarian shall be, ex officio, secretary of the public library board.