early i1i4tory of the 11-lu ,osli crirnecie li'bfrary
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Early I1i4tory of the 11- lu ,osli CrirneCie Li'bfrary
ay 11, 1944
Ala1-losa h«d a Libr€Ary in the early 1900ts. It was
Maintained in a root' s over th,e , f ire house! and was supported by
member sl sip fees — aUrt erly dues .'_"enibers off' \ tll.e Cure ent
vents Club and other tole ,, omen volunteered, their gerv'ices as
librarians, keeping the reading room open every afternoor.,from
two to five and every eventing except Sunday. _
Early in 1908 a mevemmAt was started to obtain a;
Library building. r. George ^ Darley, Presbyterian I` inis;t r,
t:ie teverend Ilarrison, rector of the Eniscopal ChurcY, were
appointed to choose a site for the Library building. Andrew
Carnegie had agreed to erect a ` G, , 000 library b- sluginiii
l:la--. osa as - ho --:n in the following resolution recorded in the
files of the City C1er1. of Ala-~osa unjor date of July 1, 1° 0a.
Resolution
Be it IL e solved ,) y the Board of `:'rusteos of. the `;'o" n
of Ala-losa that whereas the I7on. i;ndrevv Carncgie hf,-,s signified.
his willingness to erect sand. construct a Library in the Town of
Alamos&, Colorado, to cost :"Z 000. 00, provided. the torn will
levy tax of 10 per ce3.it Fmk of the cost of the ' building, annually,
to malnta n same.
HERE1ry01? P E IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of the town
of--:_ _ of Ala aosa that Aid Town shall lev-j a tax of t:%o
sills for its -. aintenance for the year of 1908 : rhich said two
71ills is equal to the Min of 1000 and that said Town pledges
itself to make a levy each and every year thereafter for the sa,+.d