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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-15-4. Powers and duties of board of trustees generally.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-15-4. Powers and duties of board of trustees generally.

The board of trustees is given the following powers and duties:

(1) To provide for the collection of all money provided for in this chapter;

(2) To select the books, reports, texts, and periodicals;

(3) To make all necessary rules and regulations governing the use of the library;

(4) To keep records of all its meetings and proceedings;

(5) To exercise all other powers necessary for the proper administration of this chapter; and

(6) To enter into agreements with the boards of trustees of other county law libraries within the same judicial circuit for the purpose of pooling funds to purchase books, reports, texts, and periodicals and to purchase or lease computer related research equipment and programs; to provide for the joint use of such books, reports, texts, periodicals, and computer related research equipment and programs within the same judicial circuit; and to provide where said books, reports, texts, periodicals, and computer related research equipment and programs may be maintained.

## History

Ga. L. 1971, p. 180, § 4; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1923, § 1.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1994, “computer related” was substituted for “computer-related” in three places in paragraph (6).