14.570 Unlawful Retention, Mutilation, or Theft of Library Materials.

(1) Unlawful Retention of Library Materials. No person shall fail, following demand sent by regular mail, to return or make full restitution for any overdue book, periodical, pamphlet, picture or any other article or property belonging to or in charge of the Manitowoc Public Library and no person shall remove from the Manitowoc Public Library any book, periodical, pamphlet, picture or other article or property belonging to or in charge of the Manitowoc Public Library without first having checked out such article pursuant to the rules and regulations of the library.

(2) Mutilation of Library Materials. No person shall mar, deface, or in any other way damage any book, periodical, pamphlet, picture or other article or property belonging to or in the charge of the Manitowoc Public Library, or permit the same to be done without reimbursing the library for such damage following demand sent by regular mail.

(3) Theft of Library Materials. Wis. Stat. § 943.61, relating to theft of library materials, is hereby adopted by reference with the exception of the penalty provisions of said section.

[Prior code § 14.325]