§ 4 — Rooms for the Grand Army of the Republic and United Spanish War Veterans

New York § 4

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law PBB: Public Buildings
• Art. 2: Commissioner of General Services

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§ 4. Rooms for the Grand Army of the Republic and United Spanish War\nVeterans. The rooms in the capitol now under the charge of the\ncommander of the Grand Army of the Republic for the department of New\nYork, shall continue to be set apart and suitably furnished by the\ncommissioner of general services, and such rooms so furnished shall\nhereafter be and remain under the joint charge of the commander of the\nGrand Army of the Republic and the commander of the United Spanish War\nVeterans, department of New York, or of such officers who are members of\nsuch organizations, respectively, as they or their successors may\nappoint. Such rooms shall continue to be used by them for the purpose\nof storing the supplies and property of such Grand Army of the Republic\nand United Spanish War Veterans and their relics and mementoes, and for\narranging and preserving the history of individuals belonging to\norganizations of the state who served in the army, navy, or marine\ncorps, during the war of the rebellion or the Spanish American war, or\nof citizens of this state who served in the regular army, navy or marine\ncorps of the United States, which such organizations may collect and\ndesire to preserve as a part of the history of the state. Such records\nshall be accessible at all times under suitable rules and regulations to\nmembers of the Grand Army of the Republic, members of the United Spanish\nWar Veterans and other persons engaged in collecting historical\ninformation. The commander of each organization shall annually report\nto the legislature, on or before April first, such portions of the\ntransactions of his respective organization as he deems to be of\ninterest to that organization and to the people of the state.\n