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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-5-23. Powers of trustees over library; librarian and assistant librarian or officers.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-5-23. Powers of trustees over library; librarian and assistant librarian or officers.

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.