The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary for clerical service in the state library, and the state librarian is hereby authorized and empowered to employ additional clerical assistance. The state controller shall draw orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of all sums appropriated under the authority of this section, or so much thereof as may be from time to time required, upon his or her receipt of proper vouchers approved by the state librarian and the secretary of state.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 28, § 2; P.L. 1905, ch. 1252, § 1; P.L. 1906, ch. 1350, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 38, § 2; P.L. 1909, ch. 442, § 1; P.L. 1910, ch. 592, § 1; P.L. 1914, ch. 1095, § 1; P.L. 1917, ch. 1499, § 1; P.L. 1919, ch. 1747, § 1; P.L. 1920, ch. 1915, § 1; P.L. 1922, ch. 2223, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 36, § 2; P.L. 1925, ch. 622, § 1; P.L. 1927, ch. 1019, § 1; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 149; G.L. 1938, ch. 22, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 65; G.L. 1956, § 29-1-3.