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The leg's verdict, stated first

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The state library-district guide (2026 vintages), the library's own current carriers, and the town's budget-order record, November 2026

Indian Village's library service runs through its township, not through the town. The St. Joseph County Public Library district is drawn by township and taxed by township; Clay Township is one of its eight taxed townships, and the town — an incorporated place inside Clay Township whose own civil unit levies no library tax and holds no library fund — is served because its ground lies in a taxed township. Its branch is the Francis Branch on North Ironwood Road, a mile and a quarter from the town's centre, opened in 1977 as the Clay Branch for the township it still serves. Before 1977 the township's proven service is the bookmobile's class of service, and the town's own stop on any route stands unproven. No library building has ever stood in the town, and the town has never had a library of its own. The articles below state each limb at its strength.

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Source: The leg's verdict, stated first, Moosed History by Project Moosed, https://history.projectmoosed.com/usa/midwest/indiana/indian-village/libraries/leg-s-verdict-stated-first/