Woodville Public Library.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3666, 22 February 1904, Page 2

Woodville Public Library.

ANNUAL MEETING. The annual mealin'; of the :.bove institution was held in the ReadingRoom on Friday evening. Mr Manisty (President) occupied the chair, and there were about ten subscribers present. The report was read as follows : In presenting for your confirmation the annual ballanco sheet of the Woodville Public Library for the year ended 31st December 1303, your committee are pleased to bo able to show a credit balance of TT2 11s 4d. The number of subscribers to the Lending Department at the end of the year was 70. During the past year 53 volumes of general literature and fiction have been placed upon the shelves. There are now over 1200 books in the Library, nearly all of which are in good condition. In compliance with a resolution passed at the last annual ([meeting, Messrs Manisty and Clarke, and Mr Motley, on behalf of the Trustees of the library, approached the Borough Council and placed before them the desirability of the Council taking over all the assets and property of the Library and Athemeum. They are pleased to be able to report that their recommendation have been agreed lo and will be given effect to in the event of the subscribers confirming the action taken by their representatives and agreeing to the dissolution of the Woodville Public Library and Athenaeum as a corporate body. In this event it has been deemed desirable that the future management of the Library should bo vested in a committee of seven members, consisting of the Mayor, c-x officio, and three members appointed by the Borough Council, and three members appointed by the subscribers to the Library. It will therefore be necessary for the subscribers to elect three members to represent them on the managemen committee. The Committee farther recommended that, a resolution should be passed to the effect thatj.be Woodville Public Library and Athemoum be dissolved in [pursuance of the rule in that behalf. The recommendations of the subcommittee (as published in last Friday’s Examiner), were then read. The report was adopted. It was decided to place on record the subscribers’ high appreciation of Mrs Dixon’s services as librarian, and to ask her acceptance of a sum of £3 3s as a slight token of that appreciation.

It waa decided to expend £2 2s in purchasing some token of esteem to be presented to Mr Clarke for his many services to the institution, Mr Clarke declining to accept a bonus. Mr Manisty then moved, “ That the Woodville Library and AtbeLtoum be uow wound up ” In speaking to the motion he said be considered it was in the best interests of the institution that the Borough Council should have coutrol of it. The motion was seconded by Mr Stevenson, and carried. A formal resolution was then passed handing over the assets of the Woodville Public Library to the Borough Council. Messrs Whittington, Stevenson, and Clarke were appointed to represent the subscribers on the Management Committee of the LibraryMessrs Manisty and Clarke were appointed to carryout the necessary formalities in connection with the dissolution of the institution. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr Manisty for bis long and valued services to the Library. Mr Manisty returned thanks, and in doing so paid a high compliment to Mr Clarke. The confirmation of the minutes, on the motion of Mr McKibbin, seconded by Mr Shaw, concluded the business, and the Woodville Public Library and Athemoum ceased to exist.