(20 ILCS 3425/4) (from Ch. 128, par. 16)
Sec. 4. The Director of the Lincoln Presidential Library may and is hereby required to make all necessary rules, regulations and bylaws not inconsistent with law to carry into effect the purposes of this Act and to procure from time to time as may be possible and practicable, at reasonable cost, all books, pamphlets, manuscripts, monographs, writings, and other material of historical interest and useful to the historian bearing upon the political, physical, religious or social history of the State of Illinois from the earliest known period of time. The Director of the Lincoln Presidential Library may, with the consent of the Board, exchange any books, pamphlets, manuscripts, records or other material which such library may acquire that are of no historical interest or for any reason are of no value to it, with any other library, school or historical society. The Director of the Lincoln Presidential Library shall distribute volumes of the series known as the Illinois Historical Collections now in print, and to be printed, to all who may apply for same and who pay to the Lincoln Presidential Library for such volumes an amount fixed by the Director of the Lincoln Presidential Library sufficient to cover the expenses of printing and distribution of each volume received by such applicants. However, the Director shall have authority to furnish not to exceed 25 of each of the volumes of the Illinois Historical Collections, free of charge to each of the authors and editors of the collections or parts thereof; to furnish, as in his discretion he deems necessary or desirable, a reasonable number of each of the volumes of the Collections without charge to archives, libraries and similar institutions from which material has been drawn or assistance has been given in the preparation of such Collections, and to the officials thereof; to furnish, as in his discretion he deems necessary or desirable, a reasonable number of each of the volumes of the Collections without charge to the University of Illinois Library and to instructors and officials of that University, and to public libraries in the State of Illinois. The Director may, with the consent of the Board, also make exchanges of Historical Collections with any other library, school or historical society, and to distribute volumes of collections for review purposes.
(Source: P.A. 92‑600, eff. 7‑1‑02.) |