The powers, functions and duties of the Director of the Department of Archives and History shall be as follows:

1. (1) To control and direct the work and operations of the Department of Archives and History;
2. (2) To administer the state official archives;
3. (3) To prepare the Alabama official and statistical register;
4. (4) To diffuse knowledge in reference to the history and resources of the state;
5. (5) To administer all military records for historical purposes;
6. (6) To administer the state’s historical library and to collect and administer historical portraits and museums;
7. (7) To collect, organize and preserve noncurrent county records for historical purposes;
8. (8) To edit the Alabama Historical Quarterly and other historical publications;
9. (9) To distribute state official reports;
10. (10) To designate and describe historic spots in Alabama for monumental purposes;
11. (11) To have custody and supervision, under the direction of the Director of Finance, of the Alabama Memorial Building; and
12. (12) To perform any and all other powers, functions and duties as may now or hereafter be placed upon the Director of the Department of Archives and History.

(Code 1907, §799; Code 1923, §1405; Acts 1939, No. 435, p. 582; Code 1940, T. 55, §262.)