(a) There is established the ‘Sagan Rikuetdon Guåhan’ or ‘Guam Archives’ (‘Sagan Rikuetdo’) as a Program Division within the Corporation. Sagan Rikuetdo is the official depository for all government publications including any printed or processed paper, book, periodical, pamphlet or map, originating in, or printed with the imprint of, or at the expense and by the authority of the government of Guam. Sagan Rikuetdo is the official depository of those public records and other papers not in current use by the Executive, Judicial and Legislative Branches of the government of Guam and have been determined by Sagan Rikuetdo to have sufficient legal, historical or other value to warrant their continued preservation by the government of Guam. Sagan Rikuetdo shall also be the custodian of non-governmental historical records that contain significant information about the past or present, and are therefore worthy of long-term preservation and systematic management for historical or other research purposes.
(b) Definitions. As used in this Article, unless otherwise indicated: (1) Sagan Rikuetdo means the Sagan Rikuetdon Guåhan or the
Guam Archives;

(2) Guam Archivist means the person employed and directed by Mas Ge’Hilo’ to administer the Guam Archives as its Atmenestradot/dora;

(3) Governmental Publications means all print or non-print materials produced and disseminated by any government entity;

(4) Government Records means public records, including, all vital statistics (births and deaths), marriage records, deeds, probate records, court records, departmental records, gubernatorial papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, administrative files, sound recordings, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data processing records, computer memory, electronic government information products, or documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law, rule or regulation, in connection with the transaction of official business by an agency

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or officer of government; and

(5) Significant Non-Governmental Records means diaries, memoirs, correspondence, church records, Bible records, cemetery records, business records, and organizational and institutional records.

(c) (1) Purpose. In cooperation with libraries, museums, historical societies, government agencies, genealogical societies, businesses and citizens, the purpose of Sagan Rikuetdo is to insure the retention and preservation of our documentary heritage. As the official repository and custodian of historical government and non- government records of Guam, Sagan Rikuetdo is mandated to acquire, preserve and make available for public use, records relating to the cultural and documentary heritage of Guam. However, nothing herein shall constitute authority to take possession of privately owned document(s) in the possession of the R. F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, or any non-governmental entity without consent of that person or entity.

(2) Sagan Rikuetdo shall foster research on the records in its inventory and shall disseminate the results of this and other research to the public through media as public exhibitions, demonstrations, lectures, scholarly activities, television programs, publications and other public programs contributing to and encouraging public enlightenment.