Library Charter

Document interpretation of our particular library charter:

• The library association was established in the 1880s
• A deed of trust was recorded in 1887 from Mary Hall Cummings to representatives from Tilton and Northfield.

The first association was dissolved in the 1970s and reestablished as the Tilton-Northfield Library Association, a voluntary association with particular rules and regulations listed below:

• Maintaining and operation a library and reading room for the people of said towns 
• Holding responsibility for all the physical assets of said library 
• Holding responsibility for all monies used for said library 
• Establishing rules and regulations for the library 
• Electing officers 
• Meeting as needed but at least yearly 
• Keeping records of said meetings 
• Making sure that the property is properly insured 
• Choosing successors for the life long members with representation from each of the towns 
• Making sure that the building is not used for purposes other that those associated with a library 
• Making sure that the library is open to all 

Recorded by Mary Ahlgren, after meeting with Trustees and Scott McGuffin, June 7, 2005