Week 11: March 16-22
March 20, 1935
On this day, Washington Governor Clarence Martin signed House Bill 259 into law. The new law explicitly declared the creation of free public libraries as an essential part of the state’s provision for public education, defined the ways in which such libraries may be established, and created a state board to certify librarians.
The bill defined “library” as “a free public library supported in whole or in part with money derived from taxation” and a “regional library” as “a library maintained by two or more counties” (Sec. 2).
March 22, 1973
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