Davis County Clipper | 1974-11-01 | Page 1 | Library Fines Are Reduced

Library Fines Are Reduced With everything going the Davis County Library is reversing the trend and reducing overdue fines for library THE BOARD took this action alter they decided to make them more in line with other libraries in the have thought for sometime that it was said director I i people are misinformed about said Miss They think it will cost them or in fines to return a neglected SHE SAYS fines are never charged exceeding the cost of the Fines serve only one pur-pose-they act as a spur to remind people to return costs us we receive says Miss am not convinced we should do away with she SOME libraries have dropped the fine but Davis library officials didn't want to abandon the fines as it deters people from neglecting the responsibility to return The new fine schedule is five cents per with a maximum of or half the cost of the whichever is the Fines are charged for only the days the library is THE OLD system began at Tive cents per day and graduated to 25 cents per day after books were overdue 16 according to Miss lb