§ 260. Trustees. 1. Public libraries authorized to be established by\naction of the voters or their representatives shall be managed by\ntrustees who shall have all the powers of trustees of other educational\ninstitutions of the university as defined in this chapter; provided that\nthe number of trustees of county public libraries and Indian libraries\nshall not be less than five nor more than fifteen and that the number of\ntrustees of other public libraries shall not be less than five nor more\nthan fifteen. The number of trustees of joint public libraries\nauthorized to be established by two or more municipalities or districts\nor any combination thereof shall be not less than five nor more than\ntwenty-five, as determined by agreement of the voting bodies empowered\nto authorize the establishment of such libraries pursuant to subdivision\none of section two hundred fifty-five of this chapter and shall be set\nforth in the resolution authorizing the establishment of such joint\npublic library. Such resolution shall also set forth the number of such\ntrustees which each of the participating municipalities or districts\nshall be entitled to elect or appoint, and the terms of office of the\ntrustees as determined in accordance with subdivision three of this\nsection.\n 2. The trustees of public libraries authorized to be established by\ncities shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the common\ncouncil, in counties they shall be appointed by the county board of\nsupervisors or other governing elective body, in villages they shall be\nappointed by the village board of trustees, in towns they shall be\nappointed by the town board, in school districts they shall be elected\nby the legal voters in the same manner as trustees are elected in the\nschool district which established said library, and on Indian\nreservations they shall be elected at a general tribal election or\notherwise designated by the chiefs or head men of an Indian tribe; that\nnotwithstanding the fact that county, town or local school district\nlines do not penetrate the reservation boundary, Indians residing on\nreservations shall be eligible to serve as trustees of public libraries\nestablished in school districts to the same extent as they are qualified\nvoters pursuant to subdivision three of section twenty hundred twelve of\nthis chapter; that the first trustees shall determine by lot the year in\nwhich the term of office of each trustee shall expire and that a new\ntrustee shall be elected or appointed annually to serve for three or\nfive years to be determined by the entity establishing the public\nlibrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subdivision,\nin any case where a town is a contributor to the support of any such\npublic library in a village located within the town the appointment of\ntrustees of such library who reside outside the village but within such\ntown shall be subject to the approval of the town board of such town.\nThe charter of any public library granted prior to April thirtieth,\nnineteen hundred twenty-one, which provides for trustees, their terms of\noffice and method of election or appointment in a manner differing from\nthat hereinbefore provided, shall remain in full force and effect until\nthe regents, upon application of the library trustees, shall amend the\ncharter to conform to the provisions of law in effect when such\namendment is made.\n 3. The trustees of a joint public library authorized to be established\nby two or more municipalities or districts or any combination thereof\nshall be appointed or elected by the body authorized by subdivision two\nof this section to elect or appoint trustees of public libraries\nauthorized to be established by such municipality or district. The\nnumber of such trustees to be elected or appointed by each of the\nparticipating municipalities or districts shall be determined as\nprovided in subdivision one of this section. The term of office of such\ntrustees sh
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