N.Y. Public Buildings Law § 4: Rooms for the Grand Army of the Republic and United Spanish War Veterans

§ 4. Rooms for the Grand Army of the Republic and United Spanish War

Veterans. The rooms in the capitol now under the charge of the

commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for the department of New

York, shall continue to be set apart and suitably furnished by the

commissioner of general services, and such rooms so furnished shall

hereafter be and remain under the joint charge of the commander of the

Grand Army of the Republic and the commander of the United Spanish War

Veterans, department of New York, or of such officers who are members of

such organizations, respectively, as they or their successors may

appoint. Such rooms shall continue to be used by them for the purpose

of storing the supplies and property of such Grand Army of the Republic

and United Spanish War Veterans and their relics and mementoes, and for

arranging and preserving the history of individuals belonging to

organizations of the state who served in the army, navy, or marine

corps, during the war of the rebellion or the Spanish American war, or

of citizens of this state who served in the regular army, navy or marine

corps of the United States, which such organizations may collect and

desire to preserve as a part of the history of the state. Such records

shall be accessible at all times under suitable rules and regulations to

members of the Grand Army of the Republic, members of the United Spanish

War Veterans and other persons engaged in collecting historical

information. The commander of each organization shall annually report

to the legislature, on or before April first, such portions of the

transactions of his respective organization as he deems to be of

interest to that organization and to the people of the state.