county." In counties in which the enumeration of educable children is 10,000 or more the board of supervisors may appropriate not to exceed 10,000 dollars annually toward the support of public or school libraries. (c) State-Law silent SCHOOL LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, (Code of 1930 as amended to 1938), secs. 6657 and 6768-6788 and Art. VII; MISSISSIPPI CODE 1930, vol. 2, ch. 131; and 1938 SUPPLEMENT TO MISSISSIPPI CODE 1930, sec. 1732. 1. Procedures for Establishment Missouri (a) District Boards of directors shall set aside funds for the purchase of library books. See 2 (a). (b) County Law silent (c) State-Law silent 2. Financial Support (a) District-Boards of directors shall set aside out of the levy made for incidental purposes, not less than 5 nor more than 20 cents per pupil enumerated in the district each year, which shall be spent under the direction of the board in purchasing for "school libraries, supplementary and reference books." (b) County-Law silent (c) State-Law silent 3. Administration and Supervision (a) District-Law silent (b) County-Law silent (c) State The State superintendent of public schools (hereinafter called State superintendent) is a member and ex officio chairman of the State Library Board; the other four members are appointed by the State Board of Education. See 4 (c). 4. Books (a) District-Boards of directors shall select books purchased with money set aside for "school libraries, supplementary reading and school reference books" from list recommended by State Library Board provided that books other than those recommended by the Board may be selected after 100 volumes have been purchased from the recommended list. See (c). (b) County Law silent (c) State. The State Library Board "shall select, classify, and recommend a list of suitable books for school libraries, supplementary reading, and school reference books. Said list shall contain not less than forty suitable books to supplement the regular schoolroom work in each of the following lines: Reading, literature, history, geography and nature study, or practical agriculture. They shall enter into contract with the publishers of the selected books to furnish them, transportation charges prepaid, at lowest possible cost to the districts; provided that said list may be revised every two years by said board. It shall be the duty of the 250617°-41-7 State superintendent to publish and distribute to the district clerks of the State, a classified list of selected books, setting forth contract price of each." 5. Librarians-Law silent NOTE. The State superintendent is authorized "to examine teachers and grant certificates of qualifications to those who pass a satisfactory examination." The State Department of Education does not issue special certificates for librarians. (Correspondence, March 17, 1939.) Other agencies with certification privileges are State teachers colleges, the University of Missouri, and county superintendents of schools. 6. Relationships With State Library Agencies (a) District-See (c). (b) County-Law silent (c) State The State superintendent is a member of the Missouri Library Commission. The commission shall give advice to schools, as to the best means of establishing and maintaining libraries, selecting and cataloging books, and other details of library management, and it may circulate traveling libraries among schools. It may also cooperate with the State Library Board "in devising plans for the care of school district libraries; in aiding teachers in school library administration; and in formulating rules and regulations governing the use of libraries throughout the State. Such suggestions, rules, and regulations are to be promulgated through the State superintendent of schools." 7. Relationships With Public Libraries (a) District (1) All classes-Boards of directors authorized to borrow money or issue bonds for erecting library buildings, furnishing them, building additions to or repairing the same. (2) City, town, and consolidated districts-Boards of education may condemn land for library sites and may accept and receive gifts and devises for the erection and endowment of libraries and for the purchase of books. (3) Certain specified cities-Boards of education shall have power to establish and maintain separate libraries for the use of white and colored persons. (4) Cities of 75,000 and fewer than 500,000 inhabitants (Applies to Kansas City)-Board of directors shall have power to establish and maintain a library and free reading room for the use of the school district. (b) County-The county superintendent of public schools is a member ex officio of the county library board. Such board may contract with the body having control of a public or school library already established in the county, or any other library within the State, to furnish library service to the people of said county library district. (c) State Law silent MISSOURI SCHOOL LAWS, 1938, secs. 9198, 9215, 9333, 9361, 9444, 9470, 9541 and 13445-13447; and MISSOURI ANNOTATED STATUTES 1932, secs. 13432, 13433, 13435, 13464, and 13466. Montana 1. Procedures for Establishment (a) District—Board of school trustees must expend the library fund together with such moneys as may be added thereto by donation, in the purchase (1) Third class-"The library fund shall consist of not less than five nor more than ten percent of the county school fund annually apportioned to the district; provided, that if such ten percent exceed fifty dollars, fifty dollars only shall be apportioned to the district." (2) First and second classes-"The library fund shall consist of a sum not to exceed fifty dollars for every five hundred children or major fraction thereof, between the ages of six and twenty-one years, annually taken from the general school fund of the country apportioned to such district." (b) County See (a) (1) and (2). (c) State Law silent 3. Administration and Supervision (a) District-The board of trustees shall have control of the library which shall be available to the pupils and all residents of the district. Said trustees shall be held accountable for the proper care and preservation of the library; shall make all needful rules and regulations not provided for by the State superintendent of public instruction (hereinafter called State superintendent) and not inconsistent therewith; and shall report annually to the county superintendent of schools (hereinafter called county superintendent) all library statistics which may be required on the blanks furnished by the State superintendent. (b) County-It shall be the duty of the county superintendent on his visits to inspect the library. to make such suggestions regarding its use and care as he may deem advisable. See previous and following paragraphs. (c) State-It shall be the duty of the State superintendent to formulate rules and regulations for the school libraries and to furnish to the county superintendent, from time to time, such instructions and information as will make the use of the library most effective. 4. Books (a) District (1) Selection-Board of trustees shall expend the library fund for books for a school library, including books for supplementary work. "All books must be selected by the county superintendent and school trustees acting together, from lists approved by the superintendent of public instruction." See (c). Duty of every school board: "To exclude from school and school libraries all books, tracts, papers and other publications of immoral and pernicious nature." (2) Care-The library must be kept when practicable in the schoolhouse. (b) County-If the county superintendent approves, any surplus in the library fund after furnishing all necessary works and library books may be spent for other needed equipment. See following paragraph. (c) State The State superintendent "shall prepare and furnish to school officers, through the county superintendents, lists of publications approved by him as suitable for school libraries; such lists shall contain also the lowest price at which such publications can be purchased and the terms." 5. Librarians-Law silent NOTE. It is the duty of the State board of Educational Examiners to provide rules and regulations for the issuance of all teachers' certificates obtained by examination or endorsement, such rules to be subject to the approval of the State Board of Education. The State of Montana has not adopted rules and regulations for the certification of school librarians. respondence, State Department of Education, Feb. 11, 1939.) 6. Relationships With State Library Agencies (a) District-Law silent (b) County-Law silent (Cor (c) State The State superintendent is a member ex officio of the State Library Extension Commission. 7. Relationships With Public Libraries (a) District-See following paragraph (b) County-When the county in which a school district is located shall maintain a county free library, the board of school trustees or city board of education may agree with the proper authorities of such county to make such school district library a branch of such county library. In this event the school authorities shall turn over its books to the county free library, and shall annually transfer to such county library its library fund. The said county free library shall thereupon have such district library managed according to the rules established by the authorities of the county free library. See 2 (a) (1) and (2). (c) State-Law silent SCHOOL LAWS OF THE STATE OF MONTANA, 1937, secs. 946, 962, 1015, 1181–1186, 4569–4571; and MONTANA STATUTES, 1935, vol. 1, sec. 1575.1 Nebraska 1. Procedures for Establishment (a) District-School boards shall create a library fund. See 2 (a). (b) County-Law silent (c) State-Law silent 2. Financial Support (a) District-School board or trustees of every school district shall set aside annually from the general funds collected for the use of the district the sum of five dollars per teacher employed within the school district, as shown by the last annual report to the county superintendent of public instruction; provided, that if a sum equal to or greater than five dollars per teacher is raised by entertainment or otherwise and paid into the district library fund, the school board shall be exempt from making such payment; and provided further that if an amount in excess of five dollars per teacher be expended in any one year, the excess may be deducted from the required expenditure for the succeeding year or years. The amount so set aside shall be known as the district library fund and shall be by the school board invested annually in books other than the regular textbooks which books so provided shall be suitable for the district school library. The provisions in the preceding paragraph shall be inoperative, by direction of the school board or board of trustees of any school district in which a free public library is maintained and to the support and extension of which a sum of not less than $300 is expended annually. (b) County Law silent (c) State-Law silent 3. Administration and Supervision (a) District-The school board or trustees shall provide for the care of the library at the schoolhouse and shall prescribe the rules and regulations under which it shall be used by the district. (b) County Law silent (c) State-Law silent 4. Books (a) District-Persons found guilty of intentionally mutilating books or other printed matter belonging to "any library" shall be fined or imprisoned. Library shall be kept in the schoolhouse. See 3 (a). (b) County Law silent (c) State-Law silent 5. Librarians-Law silent NOTE. All certificates shall be issued by the State superintendent of public instruction. There is no requirement for the certification of school librarians. Such librarians who draw school money for their services must qualify under the regular certification law and must hold valid teachers' certificates. (Correspondence, State Department of Education, Feb. 7, 1939.) 6. Relationships With State Library Agencies (a) District-See (c). (b) County-Law silent (c) State The Nebraska Public Library Commission may loan books or other property of the Commission to any school under such rules as may be fixed by the Commission. 7. Relationships With Public Libraries (a) District-Any school district may at its discretion at its annual meeting, by a majority vote, authorize the school board to contract for the use of a public library by the inhabitants of such districts. See 2 (a) second paragraph. (b) County Law silent (c) State Law silent NEBRASKA SCHOOL LAWS, 1937-1938, secs. 28-583, 51-506, 51-211, 79-515, 79–517, and 79-1302. Nevada 1. Procedures for Establishment (a) District-Trustees shall expend funds for library books. See 2 (a). (b) County Law silent (c) State Law silent |