sioner of the State Land Office, the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Railroads, the Insurance Commissioner, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction; one copy to each of the Justices of the Supreme Court, to each of the Circuit Judges and Judges of the Superior Courts of this State, and one copy to be kept in the office of the county clerk of each county in this State; ten copies to the State University, five for the general and five for the law library; one copy to the library of the Agricultural College; twelve copies to the State Library; in all cases the officers receiving the said statutes shall deliver them to their successors in office; and after retaining fifty volumes for future use, the balance, if any, may be distributed to the incorporated libraries and colleges of this State, upon application and payment of charges for the delivery of the same. MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT REPORTS. Abstracts of such laws now in force and relating to the distribution and sale of the reports by the State Librarian. Laws of 1871, Vol. 1, Act No. 174, Section 6, relative to Volumes 23 to 41 inclusive. "There shall be published fifteen hundred copies of each of said reports, which shall be deposited with the State Librarian, Laws of 1873, Vol. 1, Act No. 137, Section 7, relative to the sale and exchange of Volumes 23 to 41 inclusive. "The State Librarian may exchange any of said reports for such other reports or law books as shall be approved by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, which reports or other books, procured by such exchange, shall be kept in the State Library. After the publication of any volume under the provisions of this act, the State Librarian may sell the same at a price per volume not exceeding the actual cost to the State of publication thereof, to be determined by the Board of State Auditors, and twenty per cent added thereto. The State Librarian shall give a bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars to the State, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties imposed by this act. He shall keep an account of all moneys received by him for said reports, and shall pay the same monthly to the State Treasurer, who shall credit the same to the general fund. In case of sales to any one person, at one time, of twenty-five volumes or over, the twenty per cent aforesaid may be deducted from the selling price of such volumes. Public Acts 1879, No. 168, relative to the receipt of Volume 42 and subsequent volumes. SEC. S. Such contractor shall within sixty days after receiving the final manuscripts of any volume from the reporter, deliver to the State Librarian at Lansing, free of cost, for publication or delivery, three hundred and fifty copies of such volumes in good order and according to contract. Distribution of the Reports. Public Acts of 1881, No. 116, relative to the distribution of the reports. SEC. 11. That when each volume is published and delivered, the State Librarian shall distribute one copy each out of said three hundred and fifty volumes, to the offices of the Governor, the Secretary of State, the Auditor General, the State Treasurer, the Commissioner of the State Land Office, the Attorney General, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Commissioner с of Railroads, and the Commissioner of Insurance, one copy to each of the Justices of the Supreme Court, one copy to each of the Circuit and Superior Court, and Recorder's Court Judges of this State, one copy to the Probate Court of every county, and one copy to be kept in the office of the State Reporter, and one copy to each of the United States District Court Judges in Michigan, one copy to be kept in the office of county clerk of each county in this State, one copy to the library of the University of Michigan, one copy to the library of the Agricultural College, and one copy to the library of each of the States and Territories, which shall contribute to the Library of this State the law reports which shall be published under the authority of such State or Territory. Republication of the Reports. Public Acts, 1881, No. 40, relative to the republication and sale of certain reports. SEC. 9. Such contractor, after receiving from the reporter or other person appointed by the chief justice any volume of said reports with the aforesaid foot-notes or references, changes and corrections, shall, within ninety days deliver to the State Librarian at Lansing, free of costs for publication or delivery, the copies of such volumes herein before provided for, in good order and according to contract, who shall give his receipt therefor to the contractor when directed by the judges of the supreme court or a majority of them. Said contractor, at the time of delivering said copies to the State Librarian, or within thirty days thereafter, shall also deliver to the Secretary of State the stereotyped plates from which said volume or volumes were printed in good order and condition. SEC. 10. Upon the delivery of said stereotyped plates to the Secretary of State, and upon producing and showing to him a receipt from the State Librarian, showing the delivery to him of the agreed number of copies of any of said volumes, and upon the authorization of the Board of State Auditors, under any contract made in pursuance of the provisions of this act, and the same shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any funds in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 11. The State Librarian shall distribute one copy of any of said volumes to each of the various State and county officers of this State, to the United States District Court Judges in Michigan, to the various State institutions, and to the libraries of the different States and territories as directed by the Board of State Auditors. Provided, That in case any of said volumes heretofore published have already been distributed to State or county officers, State institutions, or the United States District Court Judges in Michigan, the same officers or institutions shall not be furnished with copies of the same volumes, republished under the provisions of this act, unless for good cause shown to the Board of State Auditors. He shall also sell the same at retail at a price not to exceed ten per cent above the actual cost to be determined by the Board of State Auditors, and in such quantities to book dealers as shall be fixed by the Board of State Auditors. He shall also give a bond, keep accounts, and pay over money received from the sale of said reports in the manner provided in section seven of chapter one hundred and eight, being compiler's section five thousand six hundred and fifty-seven of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one. RELATIVE TO THE RECEIVING AND DISBURSING OF ALL MONEYS BY STATE OFFICERS. The Public Acts of 1873, Vol. 1, No. 148, provides for the accounting of all moneys received and disbursed by any State officer, and for the making out and filing of all receipts, vouchers and accounts current made necessary for use by this act. In accordance with the provisions of this act the State Librarian is required to take duplicate vouchers for all moneys disbursed by that officer, one to be filed in the office of the Auditor General and one in the office of the State Librarian; also to make out triplicate receipts for all moneys received by the same officer, one to be filed in the office of the Auditor General, one in the office of the State Librarian, and one to be given to the person or persons from whom the moneys are received; also to make out duplicate abstracts and accounts current of all moneys received and disbursed. One set of all these is filed in the office of the Auditor General and one in the office of the State Librarian at the close of each month. APPENDIX. ADDITIONS MADE TO THE STATE LIBRARY FROM OCTOBER 1, 1880, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1882. Biennial report of the secretary of state, year ending Oct. 1, 1880; pam. Biennial report of commissioner of state lands, year ending Sept. 30, 1880; pam.... 1 1 Biennial report of board of directors and officers of Arkansas deaf-mute institute, 1879-S0; pam... 1 Biennial report of board of directors of Arkansas school for blind, 1878-80.CALIFORNIA. 1 California reports, vols. 54, 55, 56, 57.. Statutes and amendments to the code, 1881; also, Statutes passed at extra session, April 4-May 13, 1881.... Journals of the senate, 1880; 1881, extra 1881 Journals of the assembly, 1880; 1881, extra 1881. CANADA. Upper Canada Queen's bench reports, vols. 45, 46.. Statutes of Canada, 1880-81. 2 v. in 1. Journals of the senate, vols. 15, 16, 1880-81, 1881-82. Journals of the house of commons, vols. 15, 16, 1880-81, 1881-82. 122 22122 Sessional papers, vol. 13 no. 11, 1880; vol. 14 nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1880-81; vol. 15 nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 1882.. 18 Dominion annual register and review, 1879-80, 1880-81. Ottawa, 1880 and 1881 Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1881. Ottawa, 1881.. 321 |