Section 41-6-8 - Director - Powers, functions, and duties generally.

AL Code § 41-6-8 (2019) (N/A)
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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 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.