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Ruling asked
on library
ownership
Who owns the Rappahannock County Library?
The Board of Trustees thinks it does, and its members have said that they plan to sell the old Presbyterian Church in Washington which now houses the library, to help pay for construction of a new building on two acres just beyond the town limits.
But Col. E. P. Luke, former chairman of the Rappahannock Board of Supervisors and a former member of the library board, told the supervisors on Monday that he always thought the county owned the building.
According to a deed dated April 25, 1960, the trustees of the County Free Library System of Rappahannock County purchased the Presbyterian Church lot for $2,600 and the trustees, “their successors and assigns,” hold title to the property.
However, those trustees are named by the Board of Supervisors, which also provides financial support for the library, Col. Luke noted, pointing out that the library’s budget, including revenue from the state, the Friends of the Library and Rappahannock’s general fund, is approved by the supervisors as part of the overall county budget.
“If the county doesn’t own it, how come it’s in the county budget?” And he raised the possibility that proceeds from the sale of the building would revert to the county, adding, “The law is ambiguous on this governmental relationship.”
Dean Morehouse’s donation of the new library
See LIBRARY, p. 16
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