§ 42. Duty of other state officers. It shall be the duty of the officer of the state, charged by law with the responsibility for the purchase, acquisition, placement, erection or execution of such work of art, monument, building, bridge or other structure, in each case to submit the designs, drawings, models and other information as may be deemed necessary by the office of general services or the commissioner of transportation, respectively, together with explanatory statements, to such office or commissioner for its or his action.