Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 202-A:6

  • Library trustees: shall mean the governing board of a public library. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 202-A:2
  • Public library: shall mean every library which receives regular financial support, at least annually, from public or private sources and which provides regular and currently useful library service to the public without charge. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 202-A:2
The library trustees shall have the entire custody and management of the public library and of all the property of the town relating thereto, including appropriations held pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 202-A:11, III, but excepting trust funds held by the town. Any town having a public library shall, at a duly warned town meeting, elect a board of library trustees consisting of any odd number of persons which the town may decide to elect. Such trustees shall serve staggered 3-year terms or until their successors are elected and qualified. There may be no more than 3 alternates as provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 202-A:10.