O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-5-23 (2019)

Powers of trustees over library; librarian and assistant librarian or officers

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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The board of trustees of the public library of a city shall exercise a strict and rigid supervision over such public library; shall pass all necessary rules and regulations for the government and control of it; and shall elect a librarian and, if necessary, an assistant librarian or designate some officer or officers to perform the duties of librarian or assistant librarian and appoint and discharge such officer or officers at pleasure.

History

(Ga. L. 1901, p. 52, § 4; Ga. L. 1904, p. 90, § 4; Civil Code 1910, § 1569; Code 1933, § 32-2704.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Trustees authorized to discharge library’s director upon 30 days’ notice. - General law of the state applies to the operation of a city public library and the board of trustees is authorized to dis-

charge the director upon giving 30 days’ notice as provided in the board’s bylaws. Settelmayer v. Hartsfield, 216 Ga. 246, 115 S.E.2d 520 (1960).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, § 326.