Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1900 — The Jasper Public Library. [ARTICLE]

The Jasper Public Library.

DIRECTORS STATEMENT. The citizens subscribed SIOOO. There are now 1556 volumns to loan.' There have been 4300 book loans. The officers all serve without salary, except the librarian. The librarian has been paid by literary entertainments. The use of the reading room, and books are free for all the citizens of the township. This library now cares for the old township library. The city has levied a library tax of four cent 3 on each one hundred dollars'* of taxable property. The proposed township library tax cannoU exceed two cents on each SIOO, and it covers city property. The residents of the city will, therefore pay three times as much toward the future support of this library as those who live in the township, outside of the corporate limits. At the.foot of each township ticket are printed the words, “For a Township Library Tax, yes No.” Every'votor in Marion Township who favors a permanent free Library should vote yes by crossing ing the square in which the word is printed, after be has voted either a straight township ticket, for the township candidates of his choice. Directors.