§65-4-116.

§65-4-116.
   
   The county public library board shall have the following powers and
   duties:
   
   (a) To operate and maintain a county library system and to promulgate
   such rules for the operation and maintenance thereof as may be deemed
   necessary or expedient;
   
   (b) To employ a director who shall have the authority to employ
   necessary staff and to terminate the employment of such staff upon
   approval of the board;
   
   (c) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire land or buildings or
   portions of buildings for library purposes;
   
   (d) To erect, maintain, and operate public library buildings at one or
   more places in the county;
   
   (e) To accept transfer of any existing public library or libraries by
   lease or other conveyance;
   
   (f) To acquire, by purchase or otherwise, books and other personal
   property customarily used in the operation of public libraries
   including necessary motor vehicles;
   
   (g) To sell and dispose of personal property acquired by purchase or
   other means when by proper resolution the county public library board
   finds that said property is not needed for library purposes;
   
   (h) To accept, hold, and convey legal title to interests in real
   property in the name "County Public Library Board of ________ County"
   which shall be its official name. Deeds or other conveyances of said
   interests in real property shall be executed for and on behalf of the
   board by the chairperson and shall be attested by the secretary;
   
   (i) To accept or in its discretion to decline donations tendered to
   the county library system;
   
   (j) To apply for funds from the Oklahoma Local Library Support
   Revolving Fund and provide any information requested by the Oklahoma
   Department of Libraries in order to qualify and receive such funds;
   
   (k) To administer the expenditure of any funds which become available
   for library purposes from the Oklahoma Local Library Support Revolving
   Fund and any other funds granted or donated to the county public
   library;
   
   (l) To borrow on the credit of the county public library board for a
   period of time not to exceed one year; and
   
   (m) To do all other things necessary or desirable to carry out the
   purposes and provisions of this act.