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This chapter designates the Pottsville Free Public Library as the city's official agent for providing public library service to residents and taxpayers.

Who this affects

Residents and taxpayers of Pottsville, who receive library service through the Free Public Library acting on the city's behalf; it also commits the City Council to helping fund the library.

Key rules

• The Pottsville Free Public Library is "authorized and designated to act as the agent of the city government to provide public library service to the residents and taxpayers of the city for and on behalf of the city government."
• The Council "agrees to assist in the financial support of the Pottsville Free Public Library at a level which will enable the library to be eligible for state aid."

Notable and archaic details

• The chapter originates from a 1970 ordinance (Ord. No. 141-70) and was itself carried over from Article 149 of the 1966 Code.