In re the Appointment of a Revisor of the Statutes

"WInslow, O. J.

For about a third of a century the justices of this court and the attorney general have been performing certain supposed duties in connection with the management of the state library at the direction of the legislature. These duties have consisted, among other tilings, in appointing the librarian and .approving his bond, determining the character and number of books to be purchased within the limits of the annual appropriation, approving of the bills for such purchases, and prescribing rules and regulations for the use of the library.

Prior to 187 6 the governor, secretary of…