§ 46-60. Library tax; use of funds.

For the purpose of financing such library, there shall be taxed as costs on each civil, criminal, quasicivil, quasicriminal, or any other action at law, or suit in equity of any nature, hereafter filed in, arising in, or brought by appeal, certiorari or otherwise to the circuit, criminal, chancery or domestic relations courts in Knox County, the sum of $2.25, and on each case of any nature hereafter filed or arising in the court of general sessions, or other inferior courts of such county, except municipal and juvenile courts, there shall be taxed the sum of $1.25. The costs taxed pursuant to this section shall be collected as other costs in such cases are collected by the clerks of such courts, and the same shall be designated county governmental library tax; and when any part of the costs in any case has been collected, after payment of any state litigation tax accrued thereon, the amount necessary for the payment of such county governmental library tax shall be next applied thereto, before applying any of the amount collected as costs to any other funds or items of costs. At regular intervals, which shall not be less than every three months, the clerks of the respective courts shall pay to the county trustee all amounts collected as county governmental library tax. The sum paid to the county trustee shall be designated county governmental library fund and used only for the purposes authorized in this article. No commission shall be charged by the trustee for handling such funds. On approval of a majority of the library commission, the chairman and secretary shall certify all bills properly payable from the county governmental library fund and present such bills to the county judge, who shall take all necessary action to provide for payment thereof by the county trustee from the county governmental library fund. Upon receipt of warrants issued by the county judge for such payments, the county trustee is hereby authorized and directed to make payment out of such funds upon the warrants so issued and presented in compliance with the provisions of this article. In the event the quarterly county court of Knox County wishes to appropriate additional funds for support of such library, the quarterly county court is hereby authorized to make such appropriations at one time or from time to time in such amount or amounts as the quarterly county court may determine.

(Priv. Acts 1955, ch. 50, § 4; Ord. No. O-90-9-121, § 4, 9-10-90; Ord. No. O-92-5-105, § I, 7-27-92)