Chap. 231.—An ACT to allow public officials in Virginia, both State and local,
to deposit records in the Virginia State Library. [H B 105]
Approved March 15, 1918.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That any
State, county, city, town, village, or other public official in the

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State of Virginia, or any public board or commission, is hereby
authorized and empowered, in his or its discretion, to transfer to
the Virginia State library, for preservation, any official books, rec-
ords, documents, original papers, maps, newspaper files, printed
books, or portraits, not in current use in his or its office; and said
State library shall provide for their permanent preservation; and
when so surrendered, copies therefrom shall be made and certified
bv the State librarian, upon application and the payment of reason-
able fees, which certification shall have the same force and effect
as if made by the officer or board or commission originally in charge
of them. Such fees as may be collected shall be deposited in the
treasury of the State to the credit of the library fund.