2005 Idaho Code - 67-4126 — POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD

                                  TITLE  67
                      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.