N.Y. Education Law § 247: State law library; legislative reference library

§ 247. State law library; legislative reference library. The state

law library and the legislative reference library shall be parts of the

New York state library under the same government and regulations and

shall be open for consultation to every citizen of the state at all

hours when the state library is open and the law library shall be

available for borrowing books to every duly admitted attorney residing

in the state of New York, who shall conform to the rules made by the

regents for insuring proper protection and the largest usefulness to the

people of the said law library.