Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1903 — THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY [ARTICLE]

THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Can be established on the following conditions: First. An order of the city council that,it will levy an annual tax not less than SI,OOO. (The council made an order April 13, 1903, to levy one mill on the dollar.) 2d. The transfer to the board of S3OO worth of books, which have been donated by the Jasper Public Library. 3rd. A township levy of onefifth of a mill annually. (This has been done.) 4th. The conveyance to the Board of a satisfactory site. sth. The payment by Mr. Carnegie for building on said site the sum of SIO,OOO. In order that we obtain a supply of books, the site should be satisfactory, not only to the donors and Mr. Cornegie but also to the School Board, so the School Library can be transferred, and to the Jasper Publio Library, so that its books can be transferred by order of the stock-holders. S. P. Thompson. June 12,1903.