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 work and operations of the Department of Archives and History; (2) To administer the state official archives; (3) To prepare the Alabama official and statistical register; (4) To diffuse knowledge in reference to the history and resources of the state;
(5) To administer all military records for historical purposes; (6) To administer the state’s historical library and to collect and administer historical portraits and museums; (7) To collect, organize and preserve noncurrent county records for historical purposes; (8) To edit the Alabama Historical Quarterly and other historical publications; (9) To distribute state official reports; (10) To designate and describe historic spots in Alabama for monumental purposes;
(11) To have custody and supervision, under the direction of the Director of Finance, of the Alabama Memorial Building; and (12) To perform any and all other powers, functions and duties as may now or hereafter be placed upon the Director of the Department of Archives and History.
History: (Code 1907, §799; Code 1923, §1405; Acts 1939, No. 435, p. 582; Code 1940, T. 55, §262.)