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Ala. Code § 41-6-1 Establishment; Location
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There shall be a Department of Archives and History, to be located at Montgomery. History: (Code 1907, §793; Code 1923, §1398; Code 1940, T. 55, §255.)
Ala. Code § 41-6-10 Transfer by Officials of Objects, Books, Records, Etc., to Department for
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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 files, and printed books not in current use in the offices and that are dete…
Ala. Code § 41-6-100 Definitions
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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 statutory body affiliated with the United States National Archives and Records Administration. It provides grant fund…
Ala. Code § 41-6-101 Alabama Historical Records Advisory Board Created
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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, the development, review, submission, and implementation of NHPRC and other grant-funded records projects developed…
Ala. Code § 41-6-102 Powers and Duties
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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 the NHPRC. (2) Promote an understanding of the role and value of historical records in Alabama. (3) Solicit and develop pr…
Ala. Code § 41-6-103 Composition of Board
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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 of the following organizations in accordance with the provisions of each organization’s articles of incorporation, bylaws, or procedures: (1) …
Ala. Code § 41-6-104 Terms of Office
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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 shall be staggered by drawing for one-year, two-year, and three-year terms. Thereafter, members shall serve three-year terms so that one third …
Ala. Code § 41-6-105 Compensation for Travel Expenses
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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 project activities from AHRAB grant funds if the project budget allows. History: (Act 2006-106, p. 150, §6.)
Ala. Code § 41-6-11 Provision of Certified Copies of Books, Records, Etc., Surrendered to
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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 the director upon the application of any person interested, which certificate shall have all …
Ala. Code § 41-6-13 Collection, Etc., of Data as to Alabama Soldiers in War Between States
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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 of Defense and also from private individuals, and to cause the same to be prepared for publication as speedily as possible. Histo…
Ala. Code § 41-6-14 Statistical Register
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(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 of the several state officials, the members of Congress from Alabama, the Supreme Court judges and the members of the Senate and House…
Ala. Code § 41-6-15 Historical Quarterly
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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 of Archives and History and shall be supplied gratis to public officials, public and high school libraries and, upon call,…
Ala. Code § 41-6-2 Objects and Purposes
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(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 history of the state and of the territory included therein from the earliest times; (3) The completion and publication of the state’…
Ala. Code § 41-6-3 Board of Trustees of Department - Composition
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(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 member from each congressional district and the additional members selected pursuant to subsection (b). (b) Two additional at-large members…
Ala. Code § 41-6-30 Gifts or Donations of Money to Department of Archives and History to
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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 and History of this state, the same must be deposited in the State T…
Ala. Code § 41-6-31 Endowment Fund Established; Composition; Expenditure; Investment of
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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 of Archives and History,” and moneys so deposited shall constitute an endowment fund for said department. In no event shall mor…
Ala. Code § 41-6-32 Interest Accruing, Earned or Paid from Investment of Fund Appropriated
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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 and shall be used by said department only for such purposes as its trustees may specify an…
Ala. Code § 41-6-33 Lease, Sale, Etc., of Gifts or Donations of Real Property Authorized;
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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 of said board of trustees, but the sum received as rent or the amount received as the purchase price, in t…
Ala. Code § 41-6-34 Perpetuation or Memorialization of Names of Certain Donors
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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 or memorialize the name of the persons making such gift or donation by designating any property or project or material or program acquired …
Ala. Code § 41-6-4 Board of Trustees of Department - Vacancies; Terms of Office;
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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, but the names of all successor members shall be communicated to the curre…
Ala. Code § 41-6-5 Director - Election; Term of Office
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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 shall be six years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. History: (Code 1907, §797; Code 1923, §1403; Code 1940, T. 55…
Ala. Code § 41-6-50 Establishment; Certain Gifts or Donations of Money to Be Deposited in
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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 thereof, regardless of the amount of the gift, requests that such gift be used for a specified purpose and suc…
Ala. Code § 41-6-51 Disposition and Expenditure of Fund
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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 of Archives and History in accordance with the terms of the gift. The remainder of the fund shall be used and expended by the director in accordanc…
Ala. Code § 41-6-52 Identification of Item or Purpose for Which Gift Expended Where Gift
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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 shall be identified as a memorial to such designated person. History: (Acts 1967, No. 522, p. 1252, §3.)
Ala. Code § 41-6-53 Gifts Deemed Gifts to State; Deduction of Amount of Gift for Income Tax
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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 the gift is designated as a memorial to a specified person, shall be deemed a gift to the State of Alabama. The donor in computing hi…
Ala. Code § 41-6-6 Director - Oath of Office; Director to Be Commissioned
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The director shall take an oath of office as other public officials and shall be commissioned in like manner. History: (Code 1907, §798; Code 1923, §1404; Code 1940, T. 55, §261.)
Ala. Code § 41-6-7 Director - Salary
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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 of other state officers are paid. History: (Code 1907, §804; Acts 1923, No. 600, p. 789; Code 1923, §1411; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No.…
Ala. Code § 41-6-70 Definitions
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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 of Archives and History. (2) DE-ACCESSION. To remove from the collection of the Department of Archives and Histor…
Ala. Code § 41-6-71 De-accession of Property; Archives Historical Collections Fund
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(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 shall develop guidelines and procedures for the de-accession and transfer of property including, but not limited to, those that n…
Ala. Code § 41-6-72 Property on Loan to Department
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(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 made or action filed to recover the property after termination or expiration of the loan, and if the department has given notice pursuant to Section…
Ala. Code § 41-6-73 Abandoned Property
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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. The undocumented property shall become the property of the department if the department has given notice pursuant to Section 41-6-74 a…
Ala. Code § 41-6-74 Notice
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(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 by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known owner at the most recent address of the owner as shown on the department’…
Ala. Code § 41-6-75 Conservation Measures to Property; Disposal of Property
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(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 in the custody of the department, or if the property is a hazard to the health and safety of the public or the depar…
Ala. Code § 41-6-76 Collection of Fees for Services Rendered by Department; Archives
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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. These fees shall include, but not limited to, fees for conducting research for requests from outside the …
Ala. Code § 41-6-77 Establishment of Store
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(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, collections, and programs to the public. The store may produce, acquire, and sell craft products, replic…
Ala. Code § 41-6-8 Director - Powers, Functions, and Duties Generally
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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 o…
Ala. Code § 41-6-9 Clerical Assistants in Department
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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, librarians, stenographers, statisticians, and other employees as are necessary to carry out the functions and duties of the depart…