Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-116

The county public library board shall have the following powers

and duties:

(a) To operate and maintain a county library system and to

promulgate such rules for the operation and maintenance thereof as

may be deemed necessary or expedient;

(b) To employ a director who shall have the authority to employ

necessary staff and to terminate the employment of such staff upon

approval of the board;

(c) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire land or buildings

or portions of buildings for library purposes;

(d) To erect, maintain, and operate public library buildings at

one or more places in the county;

(e) To accept transfer of any existing public library or

libraries by lease or other conveyance;

(f) To acquire, by purchase or otherwise, books and other

personal property customarily used in the operation of public

libraries including necessary motor vehicles;

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(g) To sell and dispose of personal property acquired by

purchase or other means when by proper resolution the county public

library board finds that said property is not needed for library

purposes;

(h) To accept, hold, and convey legal title to interests in real

property in the name "County Public Library Board of ________

County" which shall be its official name. Deeds or other

conveyances of said interests in real property shall be executed for

and on behalf of the board by the chairperson and shall be attested

by the secretary;

(i) To accept or in its discretion to decline donations tendered

to the county library system;

(j) To apply for funds from the Oklahoma Local Library Support

Revolving Fund and provide any information requested by the Oklahoma

Department of Libraries in order to qualify and receive such funds;

(k) To administer the expenditure of any funds which become

available for library purposes from the Oklahoma Local Library

Support Revolving Fund and any other funds granted or donated to the

county public library;

(l) To borrow on the credit of the county public library board

for a period of time not to exceed one year; and

(m) To do all other things necessary or desirable to carry out

the purposes and provisions of this act.