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88 Page 15 Section 18. LIBRARY BOARD: (a) There shall be a Library Board consisting of five members to be appoin.ted by the City Council. . (b) All members of such Board shall at the time of their appointments and continuously during their incumbencies be residents and electors of the City. (c) Any members of such Board may be removed at any time by an affirmative vote of five-sevenths (5/7ths) of all members of the City Council. (d) The members thereof shall serve for a term of three (3) years and thereafter until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. (e) The members of such Board shall receive no compensation. (As amended April 1 0, 1984, certified by Secretary of State June 21, 1984.) Section 19. LIBRARY BOARD-POWERS: The Library Board shall have the power: (a) To establish rules for its proceedings, appoint, discipline and remove, subject to Civil Service provisions, such officers and employees as may be provided for by the Council and exercise all authority and perform all duties prescribed by this Charter or by ordinance. (b) To control and manage the Public Library System of the City. (c) To expend for library purposes all moneys in the Library Fund received by the city from the special levy for the maintenance and support of a public library system. (d) To make and enforce rules and regulations necessary for the administration, government and protection of the Library System. (e) To purchase necessary books, journals, publications and other personal property. (f) To borrow books from, rent books to, and exchange the same with other libraries and to extend library privileges to non-residents upon such conditions as the Board may prescribe. . (g) To appoint and remove at its pleasure a librarian who shall be the chief executive officer of the Public Library System. Section 19-112. LIBRARY BOARD-BUDGET: