STATE GOVERNMENT
AND STATE AFFAIRS
CHAPTER 41
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
67-4126.Powers and duties of board. The board of trustees of the society shall
have powers and duties as follows:
1. To appoint
a director of the society as provided herein and advise him in the
performance of his duties and formulate general policies affecting
the society.
2. To encourage
and promote interest in the history of Idaho and encourage membership
in the society.
3. To collect
for preservation and display artifacts and information illustrative
of Idaho history, culture and society.
4. To print
such publications and reports as may be deemed necessary.
5. To encourage
creation of county historical societies and museums in the counties
of Idaho.
6. To facilitate
the use of Idaho records for official reference and historical research.
7. To accept
from any state, county, or city, or any public official, any official
books, records, documents, original papers, newspaper files, printed
books, or portraits, not in current use. When such documents are so
accepted, copies therefrom shall be made and certified under the seal
of the society upon application of any person, which person shall
pay for such copies reasonable fees established by the society.
8. To require
that any state, county, or city, or any public official, deposit official
books, records, documents, or original papers, not in current use,
which are of definite historical importance, in the society for preservation
and to provide methods whereby such materials, which have no significance,
may be destroyed.
9. To establish
such rules as may be necessary to discharge the duties of the society.
10. To employ
such personnel as may be necessary for the administration of its duties
in accordance with the rules of the administrator of the division
of human resources promulgated pursuant to chapter 52, title 67, Idaho
Code. 11. To have and
use an official seal.
12. To delegate
and provide subdelegation of any such authority.
13. To identify
historic, architectural, archaeological, and cultural sites, buildings,
or districts, and to coordinate activities of local historic preservation
commissions.
14. To serve as
the geographic names board of the state of Idaho.
Idaho Statutes