[Publib] "legal age" question

[Sue Kamm]

Answering questions like this is the reason you pay your library's attorney the big bucks.  I've looked at the Missouri Revised Statutes online, and there doesn't seem to be a search function. But it sounds like the age of majority is 18, as people that age can vote and enter into contracts.  

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Sue Kamm
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> [Original Message]
> From: Mark Smith <spldirector at real.more.net>
> To: <publib at webjunction.org>
> Date: 10/5/2007 12:04:42 PM
> Subject: [Publib] "legal age" question
>
> Members of my board recently asked me to draft a policy requiring that our 
> small library always be staffed with at least one employee of "legal 
> age".  One board member interprets that to mean 21, although in Missouri an 
> 18 year old can sign a contract, buy a car, etc.  This issue arose with 
> some recent complaints about homeless men frequenting the library and 
> "excessive" use of our three computers to access internet dating sites 
> (some overlap included!)  The library employs one male college student who 
> is nearly 20 and one female h.s. junior who often work the circ desk 
> together one night a week from 5 to 7 and the occasional Saturday.  Does 
> anyone in the collective wisdom have such a policy?  Implemented, it will 
> mean that I or my other FTE change our hours or simply work more than the 
> 40+ we work now.  Thanks for any input.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mark Smith, Director
>
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