N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law § 57.09: Duties of local historian

§ 57.09. Duties of local historian. It shall be the duty of each local

historian, appointed as provided in the last section, in cooperation

with the state historian, to collect and preserve material relating to

the history of the political subdivision for which he or she is

appointed, and to file such material in fireproof safes or vaults in the

county, city, town or village offices. Such historian shall examine into

the condition, classification and safety from fire of the public records

of the public offices of such county, city, town or village, and shall

call to the attention of the local authorities and the state historian

any material of local historic value which should be acquired for

preservation. He or she shall make an annual report, in the month of

January, to the local appointing officer or officers and to the state

historian of the work which has been accomplished during the preceding

year. He or she shall, upon retirement or removal from office, turn over

to the local county, city, town or village authorities, or to his or her

successor in office, if one has been then appointed, all materials

gathered during his or her incumbency and all correspondence relating

thereto. It shall be the duty of the county historian to supervise the

activities of the local historians in towns and villages within the

county in performing the historical work recommended by the state

historian, and also to prepare and to present to the board of

supervisors a report of the important occurrences within the county for

each calendar year. The state historian, at regular intervals, not less

than once a year, shall indicate to the local historians the general

lines along which local history material is to be collected.