N.Y. Judiciary Law § 815: Supreme court library at Richmond

§ 815. Supreme court library at Richmond. The law library for the

county officials of the county of Richmond, as now constituted and all

of the books therein, shall be the law library of the supreme court of

the state of New York in the thirteenth judicial district and shall be

in the care and custody and under the control of the justices of the

supreme court of the state of New York in the thirteenth judicial

district or a majority of them, not designated as justices of the

appellate division, who shall be the trustees thereof. The trustees

shall have power to receive by gift, devise or bequest any property

given or conveyed for the purpose of a law library and to hold and

manage and dispose of the same, and may make rules and regulations for

the management and protection of said library and prescribe penalties

for the violation thereof. They may sue for and recover such penalties

and may maintain actions for injury to said library. They may also

designate from among their number a library committee or committees, the

members of which shall have the power to administer the rules and

regulations prescribed by the said trustees. The trustees may employ and

appoint such persons as they may deem necessary for the proper care,

management and maintenance of said library and fix their salaries. The

library and the equipment shall also be available for the use of the

surrogate, family and criminal court judges, district attorney and other

county officials of the county of Richmond and the judges of the civil

court of the city of New York presiding in such county. The librarian

and the assistant librarian, shall, in addition to the duties of

librarian and assistant librarian, perform any and all duties as may be

required of or imposed upon them by said trustees. The trustees may also

procure proper furniture for the said library, purchase books therefor

and defray all the expenses incidental to its care and management. They

shall yearly ascertain the amount necessary for the aforesaid purposes

and certify it to the board of estimate who shall provide for raising

and paying the same.