Illinois Compiled Statutes 55 ILCS 120 — Historical Document Preservation Act.

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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Historical Document Preservation Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

The county board of every county may, by order or resolution authorize and direct to be transferred to the Lincoln Presidential Library, the State Archives or to the State University Library at Urbana, Illinois, or to any historical society duly incorporated and located within the county, such official papers, drawings…

The officer having the custody of such papers, drawings, maps, writings and records shall permit search to be made at all reasonable hours and under his supervision for such as may be deemed of historic interest. Whenever so directed by the county board in the manner prescribed in the foregoing section such officer sha…

The county boards may make reasonable appropriations from their respective revenues for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into effect

The county boards may make reasonable appropriations from their respective revenues for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into effect. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 1419.)