§11-57-2. Legislative intent; construction of chapter generally.

(a) It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to empower each incorporated municipality in the state to authorize the incorporation of one or more public corporations as political subdivisions of the state for the purpose of providing public library facilities for lease to and use by the municipality, to invest each corporation organized under this chapter with all powers that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish such purposes, including the power to lease its properties and to issue interest-bearing revenue bonds and to grant to each such municipality power to rent such public library facilities on a year to year basis.

(b) This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intent.

(Acts 1961, No. 895, p. 1407, §1; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 289, p. 2335, §1.)