All appointments of personnel and the tenure thereof to the department and to such libraries, cities, towns, counties and school districts participating in or benefiting by the provisions of the federal grants for library service shall be based on merit without regard to political consideration.
KRS 171.190
Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2438d-5.