Code of Alabama - Title 41: State Government - Chapter 6 - Department of Archives and History

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 41-6-1 Establishment; location
  There shall be a Department of Archives and History, to be located at Montgomery.
• Section 41-6-2 Objects and purposes
  (a) The objects and purposes of the department are: (1) The care and custody of official archives; (2) The collection of materials bearing upon the...
• Section 41-6-3 Board of trustees of department - Composition
  (a) The department shall be under the control of the Board of Trustees of the Department of Archives and History, which shall consist of one...
• Section 41-6-4 Board of trustees of department - Vacancies; terms of office; meetings; officers; compensation; powers and duties generally
  (a) The board of trustees shall fill all vacancies occurring on the board, whether by expiration of term of service or by death or resignation,...
• Section 41-6-5 Director - Election; term of office
  The department shall be under the immediate management and control of a director, to be elected by the board of trustees, whose term of office...
• Section 41-6-6 Director - Oath of office; director to be commissioned
  The director shall take an oath of office as other public officials and shall be commissioned in like manner.
• Section 41-6-7 Director - Salary
  The director shall receive an annual salary to be fixed in accordance with the provisions of Section 36-6-6, which shall be payable as the salaries...
• Section 41-6-8 Director - Powers, functions, and duties generally
  The powers, functions and duties of the Director of the Department of Archives and History shall be as follows: (1) To control and direct the...
• Section 41-6-9 Clerical assistants in department
  Subject to the provisions of the state Merit System, there may be employed in the Department of Archives and History such number of curators, clerks,...
• Section 41-6-10 Transfer by officials of objects, books, records, etc., to department for permanent preservation
  Any state, county or other official may turn over to the department for permanent preservation therein any objects, official books, records, documents, original papers, newspaper...
• Section 41-6-11 Provision of certified copies of books, records, etc., surrendered to department
  When books, records, documents, original papers and newspaper files have been surrendered in accordance with Section 41-6-10, copies therefrom shall be made and certified by...
• Section 41-6-13 Collection, etc., of data as to Alabama soldiers in war between states
  The department shall make special effort to collect data in reference to soldiers from Alabama in the war between the states, both from the Department...
• Section 41-6-14 Statistical register
  (a) An official and statistical register of the State of Alabama shall be compiled every two years by the director to contain: (1) Brief sketches...
• Section 41-6-15 Historical quarterly
  One thousand copies of the Alabama Historical Quarterly shall be published each quarter. The said quarterly shall be edited by the Director of the Department...
• Article 2 Endowment Fund.
• Section 41-6-30 Gifts or donations of money to Department of Archives and History to be deposited in State Treasury to credit of department
  Unless otherwise provided, in accordance with Section 41-6-50, whenever any gift or donation of money from any source is made to the Department of Archives...
• Section 41-6-33 Lease, sale, etc., of gifts or donations of real property authorized; disposition of proceeds from sale or rent
  Should any gift or donation to said department be in the form of real property, it may be leased, rented or sold in the discretion...
• Section 41-6-32 Interest accruing, earned or paid from investment of fund appropriated to department; expenditure thereof
  The interest accrued, earned or paid as the result of investment of said endowment fund is hereby appropriated to said Department of Archives and History...
• Section 41-6-31 Endowment fund established; composition; expenditure; investment of fund
  The principal amount of such gift or donation shall be set aside by the State Treasurer in a special fund designated: "Endowment Fund - Department...
• Section 41-6-34 Perpetuation or memorialization of names of certain donors
  Should any gift or donation by any person amount in value to as much as $5,000.00, said board of trustees is hereby authorized to perpetuate...
• Article 3 Memorial Fund.
• Section 41-6-50 Establishment; certain gifts or donations of money to be deposited in State Treasury in said fund
  Whenever any gift or donation of money to the Department of Archives and History is in an amount not exceeding $100.00 or whenever the donor...
• Section 41-6-51 Disposition and expenditure of fund
  Such part of the fund as is derived from gifts for a designated purpose shall be used and expended by the Director of the Department...
• Section 41-6-52 Identification of item or purpose for which gift expended where gift designated in memory of specified person
  When a gift is designated as a gift in memory of a specified person, then the item or purpose for which such gift is expended...
• Section 41-6-53 Gifts deemed gifts to state; deduction of amount of gift for income tax purposes
  Every gift to the Department of Archives and History payable into the fund, whether or not the use thereof is prescribed by the donor or...
• Article 4 Transfer, Removal, Disposal, etc., of Historical Materials.
• Section 41-6-70 Definitions
  For purposes of Sections 41-6-71 through 41-6-77, inclusive, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Board of Trustees of the Department...
• Section 41-6-71 De-accession of property; Archives Historical Collections Fund
  (a) The director, subject to the approval of the board, may from time to time de-accession property in the possession of the department. The director...
• Section 41-6-72 Property on loan to department
  (a) Property on loan to the department, subject to a loan agreement, shall be deemed to be donated to the department if no claim is...
• Section 41-6-73 Abandoned property
  Any undocumented property that has been held by the department for five years or more and has remained unclaimed shall be deemed to be abandoned....
• Section 41-6-74 Notice
  (a) When the department is required to give notice of the abandonment of property or of termination of a loan, the department shall mail notice...
• Section 41-6-75 Conservation measures to property; disposal of property
  (a) The department may apply conservation measures to or dispose of undocumented property if immediate action is required to protect the property or other property...
• Section 41-6-76 Collection of fees for services rendered by department; Archives Services Fund
  (a) The department may collect fees for certain services rendered by the department, including, but not limited to the following: (1) SEARCH AND HANDLING FEES....
• Section 41-6-77 Establishment of store
  (a) The department may establish and administer or permit establishment and administration under contract of a store to provide information and materials relating to exhibits,...
• Article 5 Alabama Historical Records Advisory Board.
• Section 41-6-100 Definitions
  As used in this article the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) NHPRC. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission is a federal...
• Section 41-6-101 Alabama Historical Records Advisory Board created
  The Alabama Historical Records Advisory Board (AHRAB) is created to serve as a state advisory body for historical records planning and to coordinate, as appropriate,...
• Section 41-6-102 Powers and duties
  The board shall perform the following duties: (1) Develop state priorities for historical records as part of a state board plan under program guidelines from...
• Section 41-6-103 Composition of board
  The board shall be composed of the AHRC, who shall serve as chair of the board, and 15 members selected as representatives, one from each...
• Section 41-6-104 Terms of office
  Members of the board shall serve terms of three years each and are eligible for additional terms of office. The terms of the first board...
• Section 41-6-105 Compensation for travel expenses
  Members of the AHRAB shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to and may receive compensation for travel expenses incurred during the course of...

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