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(1) For the purpose of organizing and administering pulic libraries in the State, there shall be constituted by the Government Local Library Authority for each district. (2) The Local Library Authority for each district shall consist of:— (i) the District Magistrate of the district who shall be the Chairman; (ii) the District Library Officer, who shall function as ex-officio Member-Secretary of the Local Library Authority; (iii) the District Social Education Officer; (iv) two representatives of the Associations of the employees of the different public libraries to be nominated by the Government; (v) two members to be nominated by the Government from amongst the Commissioners of the Municipalities within the district; (vi) two representatives of the district branch of the Bengal Library Association to be nominated by the Executive Committee of the said Association; (vii) one person to be nominated by the Sabhadhipati from amongst the members of the Zilla Parishad in the district; (viii) two persons nominated by the Government from amongst the members of the Panchayat Samitis in the district; (ix) two persons nominated by the Government, of whom— (a) one shall be a member of the Governing Bodies of recognised libraries in the district, and (b) the other from the Advisory Committees, if any, of the libraries under the District Library; (x) a teacher of a College or Polytechnic in the district to be nominated by the Government; (xi) a teacher of a High School or a Higher Secondary School in the district to be nominated by the Government; (xii) a teacher of a Primary School in the district to be nominated by the Government; (xiii) two M.L.A.s of the district to be nominated by the Government; (xiv) the Librarian/Librarians of the District Library/Libraries. Constitution of Local Library Authorities. 341 The West Bengal Public Libraries Act, 1979. [West Ben. Act (Chapter 111—State Library Council.—Sections 9-11.) (3) The members, other than the ex-officio members, shall hold office for a period of three years: Provided that if a nominated or an elected member ceases to hold the position by virtue of which he was so nominated or elected, he shall automatically cease to be a member of the Local Library Authority. Local Library Authority shall be a body corporate. Power of a Local Library Authority. Vesting of properties in Local Library Authorities.