1970-003AN ORDINANCE RATIFYING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CITY LIBRARY
FOR RECORD PURPOSES
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
Pursuant to the Charter of the City of Denton, a Depart-
ment is hereby created within the framework of the governmental
organization of the City of Denton, which shall be known as
the Library Department and it shall function according to the
laws of the State of Texas, the Charter of the City of Denton,
and the provisions of this enactment
SECTIQN II
The City of Denton hereby accepts all gifts and donations
of books and equipment heretofore made for the Emily Fowler
Public Library, with grateful thanks to the donors both of
books and time, and it is ordained that such books and equip-
ment, together with such addatlons as may be made from tame
to tame, shall constatute and form the books and equipment
of the sald Public Library
SECTION III
The heretofore created Library Board is hereby ratified in
all respects, and in accordance with the existing contract by
and between the City of Denton and County of Denton regarding
said Public Library which contract Ks herein adopted and rati-
fied for all purposes, and ancorporated herein as if set out
in full, including all proper amendments thereto
SECTION IV
The saad Library shall be a function of the City of Denton,
and all employees thereof shall be employees of the C~ty of
Denton, and same shall be subject to all administrative rules
and regulations of the City of Denton, subject only to the
terms and conditions of the said contract between the City
and County of Denton
SECTION V
The Library Board shall have no power to obligate the
City of Denton in any manner whatsoever~ its finances shall be
handled in the same manner as any dlvlslon of the city govern-
ment Members of the L~brary Board are not employees of the
City by reason of their appointment thereto, and the said Board
is deemed an advisory board to the City of Denton as provided
in the Charter and contract above referred to
SECTION VI
If any provision, exception, section, subsection, para-
graph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordlnance or the
application of same to any person or set of cIrcumstances,
shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, void or invalid,
such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remain-
lng provisions of this ordinance or their application to other
persons or sets of c~rcumstaces and to this end, all provisions
of this ordinance are declared to be severable
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~ day of January, A D
1970
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CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
BR~~~SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
IQ BARTON, CITY ATTORNEY
OF DENTON, TEXAS