Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 12-1229

  • board: means the library board of trustees appointed pursuant to the provisions of this act;

    (f) "library" means a library which serves the general public and is supported in whole or in part with tax money and shall be called the Independence area public library;

    (g) "governing body" means the governing body of the city of Independence, Kansas or the board of county commissioners of Montgomery county, Kansas; and

    (h) "maintenance and support" means the general and usual cost and expense of operating a library. See Kansas Statutes 12-1281

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Library: shall mean a library which serves the general public and is supported in whole or in part with tax money. See Kansas Statutes 12-1218

The library board of any library may authorize any circulating library, reading matter or work of art belonging to private person, association or corporation, or loaned by any library or public institution, to be deposited in a library building, and to be drawn or used outside the library building only on payment of such fee or membership as the owner may require. Deposits of such material may be removed by the owner thereof at pleasure, and such material when deposited in the library shall be separately and distinctly marked and kept apart from similar material owned by the library, but all such material while so deposited or remaining in the library shall be subject to use without charge within the library by any person who is entitled to the use of such library.