The secretary of the senate and chief clerk of the house shall deliver, upon request, one copy of the journal of their respective chambers to the judge of any court of record, any member of either house of the general assembly, the head of any state department, bureau or state institution, the state university, the Missouri state historical society and any public library in the state, two copies of each to the law library association of St. Louis, and three copies of each to the Library of Congress at Washington, D.C. The remaining copies shall be preserved, subject to the orders of the general assembly.