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the date of issue and shall not be transferable. [Amended by 

 L. 1913, ch. 508, in effect May 14, 1913] 



§ 1 1 15 Transfers from State officers. The librarian of any 

 library owned by the State, or the officer in charge of any state 

 department, bureau, board, commission or other office may, with 

 the approval of the Regents, transfer to the permanent custody of 

 the State Library or Museum any books, papers, maps, manuscripts, 

 specimens or other articles which, because of being duplicates or for 

 other reasons, will in his judgment be more useful to the State in the 

 State Library or Museum than if retained in his keeping. 



Source. Education L. 1909, § 1025, revised from former Univ. L. (L. 1892, 

 ch. 378) § 20. 



§ 1 1 1 7 Public and free [libraries and] museums. All provisions 

 of this section and of sections 11 18 to 1134, inclusive, shall apply 

 equally to libraries, museums, and to combined libraries and museums, 

 and the word " library " shall be construed to include reference and 

 circulating libraries and reading-rooms. 



Source. Education L. 1909, § 1027, revised from former Univ. L. (L. 1892, 

 ch. 378) § 35. 



§ 1 1 18 Establishment. By a majority vote at any election, any 

 city, village, town, school district, or other body authorized to levy 

 and collect taxes, or by vote of its common council, or by action of a 

 board of estimate and apportionment or other proper authority, any 

 city, or by vote of its trustees, any village, may establish and main- 

 tain a free public library [museum], with or without branches, either 

 by itself or in connection with any other body authorized to maintain 

 such library [museum]. Whenever twenty-five taxpayers shall so 

 petition, the question of providing library [museum] facilities shall 

 be voted on at the next election or meeting at which taxes may be 

 voted, provided that due public notice shall have been given of the 

 proposed action. A municipality or district named in this section 

 may raise money by tax to establish and maintain a public library 

 [museum] or libraries [museums], or to provide a building or rooms 

 for its or their use, or to share the cost as agreed with other municipal 

 or district bodies, or to pay for library [museum] privileges under a 

 contract therefor. It may also acquire real or personal property 

 for library [museum] purposes by gift, grant, devise or condemnation, 

 and may take, buy, sell, hold and transfer either real or personal 

 property and administer the same for public library [museum] pur- 

 poses. A board of supervisors of a county may contract with the 

 trustees of a public library [museum] within such county or with 



