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the city council pay its upkeep costs of $ 5,000 per year. The city, unwilling to take the financial incentive of running a library for this price per year declined
Carnegie's offer leading to a great divide in the city regarding the support or not of a public library. By 1905, public sentiment about a free library was mixed, as there was no clear indication as to whether one would be brought to the region. Public interest in the library subsequently lessened and funding became a bigger issue than before, forcing the library to close in 1906.
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news reported that the library was in "precarious condition". Luckily for the library, in 1897 the
Georgia Library Association and the Georgia Library Commission were established in order to help promote and fund libraries in the state. At an annual meeting in 1899 there were voices of encouragement for a free public library for the City of Augusta, and interest throughout the community reached an all-time high.
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Association's 70th anniversary, interest in the library rose again, and donations to the library started a decade-long period of increasing. In 1926 the trustees of the Richmond Academy offered to rent their old building for library use for $ 300 per month. In 1936 the city Board of Education further helped the funding by agreeing to provide "appropriations of public money for library services".
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In 1956, in dire need of more space, Richmond County held a bond election in which the citizens voted in favor of granting $ 950,000 to the library to construct a new headquarters and renovate the
Wallace branch. The plans allowed 38,000 square feet of space with dedicated areas for children's rooms,
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Library Board of Trustees agreed to increase their dues each month in order to reopen the library and keep it running. Managing the finances was still a challenge, however, and by 1916 the library had to relocate to a less expensive building yet again. With the advent of the Young Men's
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was funding libraries elsewhere across the United States, a committee was formed to petition him for funds to build a public library in
Augusta, despite the mayor and city council not supporting his involvement. Carnegie agreed to donate $ 50,000 to fund the building of a library, on the condition
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pondering the creation of a circulating library for the city of Augusta. By 1811, citizens in Augusta began to meet to discuss the possibility of running a subscription-based library at the cost of $ 10 per year. In 1827 the Augusta Library Society was incorporated by the Senate and House of
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In 1973 the library gained another new building, constructed in South Augusta, and donated largely in part by resident Jeff Maxwell, for whom the building was named. With the completion of this branch, the August Regional Library was complete, and spanned the counties of
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