§ 255. Establishment of a public library. 1. By a majority vote at any\nelection, or at a meeting of the electors duly held, any county, city,\nvillage, town, school district or other body authorized to levy and\ncollect taxes; or by vote of its board of supervisors or other governing\nelective body any county, or by vote of its common council or by action\nof a board of estimate and apportionment or other proper authority any\ncity, or by vote of its board of trustees any village, or by vote of its\ntown board any town, or any combination of such voting bodies, may\nindividually or jointly authorize the establishment of a public library\nwith or without branches, and may appropriate money raised by tax or\notherwise to equip and maintain such library or libraries or to provide\na building or rooms for its or their use. Any such municipality or\ndistrict may acquire real or personal property for library purposes by\ngift, grant, devise, bequest or condemnation and may take, buy, sell,\nhold and transfer either real or personal property for public library\npurposes. Whenever twenty-five taxpayers shall so petition, the question\nof providing library facilities shall be voted on at the next election\nor meeting at which taxes may be voted, provided that due public notice\nof the proposed action shall have been given. Whenever the electors of a\nschool district at a district meeting duly held shall have authorized\nthe establishment of a public library under the provisions of this\nsection, at such meeting or at any subsequent meeting duly held, they\nmay determine by a majority of the voters present and voting on the\nproposition to levy a tax to be collected in installments for the\npurchase or condemnation of a site and the erection thereon of a library\nbuilding or the erection of a library building on land acquired\notherwise than by purchase or condemnation, or for the purchase of land\nand a suitable building thereon and make necessary alterations and\nadditions and equip such building for use as a library.\n 2. Upon the request of a majority of the members of the boards of\ntrustees of two or more libraries chartered by the regents, if it shall\nappear to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the establishment of\na cooperative library system will result in improved and expanded\nlibrary service to the area and that the area is suitable for the\nestablishment of such a cooperative library system, the commissioner may\ncall a joint meeting of the trustees of such libraries for the purpose\nof determining whether a cooperative library system shall be established\nand electing a board of trustees of such cooperative library system. If\nit shall appear to the commissioner that the area proposed for the\ncooperative library system is not sufficient to warrant the\nestablishment of such system; that such area is not otherwise suitable\nor that for sufficient other reason such cooperative library system as\nproposed should not be established he shall disapprove such request.\n a. Notice of such meeting shall be given by the commissioner to each\ntrustee by mail to his last known address at least five days prior to\nsuch meeting. At such meeting the board of trustees of each library\nparticipating shall have five votes.\n b. Such meeting shall be called to order by the person designated by\nthe commissioner and shall thereupon organize by the election of a\nchairman. At such meeting a resolution in substantially the following\nform shall be presented for the action of the meeting: "Resolved that a\ncooperative library system be established consisting of the following\nlibraries chartered by the regents ............... (name libraries) for\nthe purpose of expanding and improving library service in the area\nserved by the above named libraries."\n c. If the resolution described above is adopted, then the meeting\nshall proceed to elect a board of trustees of such library system to\nconsist of not less than five nor more th
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