§ 256 — Contracts

§ 256. Contracts. 1. Any authority named in section two hundred\nfifty-five may, individually or jointly with another municipal or\ndistrict body or tribal government, grant money for the support of the\ncost of maintaining or the cost of any capital improvements to or\nexpenditure for one or more: free association libraries, provided such\nlibraries are registered by the regents; public libraries, provided such\nlibraries are registered by the regents; and cooperative library systems\napproved by the commissioner; or may, individually or jointly with\nanother municipal or district body or tribal government, contract with\nthe trustees of a free association library registered by the regents, or\nwith any municipal or district body having control of such a library, or\nwith the trustees of the cooperative library system, or with the\ntrustees of a public library registered by the regents to furnish\nlibrary services to the people of the municipality, district or\nreservation for whose benefit the contract is made, under such terms and\nconditions as may be stated in such contract. The amount agreed to be\npaid for such services under such contract shall be a charge upon the\nmunicipal or district bodies or tribal government which agree to make\nthe payment and shall be paid directly to the treasurer of the free\nassociation library, public library or of the cooperative library\nsystem.\n 2. When the municipality agreeing to make the payment or grant is a\ntown in which there are one or more incorporated villages, which village\nor villages jointly with such town contract with the trustees of a\ncooperative library system, a free association library or with another\nmunicipal district or body having control of a public library whether or\nnot such district or body is an incorporated village in such town, the\namount appropriated by the town board in such town shall be a charge\nupon the taxable property of that part of the town outside of any such\nincorporated village.\n