New York Laws
Part 2 - Libraries
251 - Transfers From State Officers.

§ 251. Transfers from state officers. The librarian of any library
owned by the state, or the officer in charge of any state department,
bureau, board, commission or other office may, with the approval of the
regents, transfer to the permanent custody of the state library or
museum any books, papers, maps, manuscripts, specimens or other articles
which, because of being duplicates or for other reasons, will in his
judgment be more useful to the state in the state library or museum than
if retained in his keeping.

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