KRS 171.340: Old books and documents -- Governor and fiscal courts may authorize

delivery to society.

(1) The Governor may assign to the Kentucky Historical Society for safekeeping any

articles of historical interest belonging to the state.

(2) The county officers may turn over to the Kentucky Historical Society old books or

documents in their offices suitable for preservation as archives of the state but no

longer of use or value to the counties, in order that they may be properly preserved

for future generations. No books or documents of any county shall be turned over to

the society except upon the order of the fiscal court of the county.