The Secretary of State shall be librarian for the Library of the Secretary of State and shall have custody and direction of all books, papers, maps, charts, and all other things belonging to it, and he or she shall take special care that none of them be lost or injured.
The Secretary of State shall cause to be bound, if not already done, in an inexpensive and substantial manner, three (3) copies of each of the acts of the General Assembly.
Where there shall be a deficiency in any of the acts, journals, or other works, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to correspond with the proper officer for the purpose of procuring copies of the different works, and, if not otherwise procured, he or she shall purchase them and place them […]
All expenses of procuring copies of acts, journals, and other works as are mentioned in this subchapter shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the General Assembly.
The Auditor of State shall adjust the accounts of the Secretary of State as Librarian for the Library of the Secretary of State and draw warrants for the payment of them.
The officers of the several departments of the state, who are entitled to the use of the Library of the Secretary of State, may introduce citizens or strangers into the library, who shall have the privilege, during all seasonable hours, to read any of the books therein.
(a) No person shall be permitted to remove any book from the Library of the Secretary of State except the Governor, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, members of the General Assembly, Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of circuit courts, and attorneys for the state. (b) No person shall be permitted to remove […]
If any person shall injure or fail to return any book, map, or chart taken from the Library of the Secretary of State for more than three (3) months, he or she shall forfeit and pay to the Secretary of State, for the use and benefit of the library, three (3) times the value thereof, […]
