Arizona republican., 1918-08-01
LAW LIBRARY NOW CREDIT ID STATE
 AND STILL GROWS

State Librarian Con P. Cronin has his second report to the governor on the growth. transaction. condition. activities and aspirations of the state library and the librarian. IL contains also full itemized fiscal statement from June 10. 1915. the date of the taking of office by MT. Cronin to June 30 of this year.
 Previous to the creation of the law department, the scope of the law f- brary was rather limited and was al most self-kept and selfactng. It is now as complete as the limited space will allow Every standard work on case law and all the modern text books have been added and the only thing lacking to make the law department complete as workshop for lawyers and for reference for the bar, is the completion of the current statutory law of some of the states, the addition of some missing state reports of few of the states and the addition of needed digests.
 The greatest drawback is the lack of space. The great room set apart for the library is filled to the ceiling, the chambers of the supreme court justices have been encroached upon the su- preHG COulI iOOlll itSFll dnu lHe open railways of the upper floors, and the galleries have been used
 Further on the subject of needed room the report states that no relief is to be expected from the construction of the new wing Of the capitol It rec ommends the erection of d separate building for the housing of the su- preme court and the library. Such an 1 h9c hoo,, isfactory in many states. Such build ing could be constructed at a cost of not more than sS0,000
 l From January 1. 1917 to June 30. 1918 there were added to the library by purchase. gift or exchange, 990O vol umes.
 ! The financial report shows that on | the reorganization of the law depart ment. the accounts unpaid amounted to S4335.62 distributed among nearly a score of publishing houses A relief bill covering that amount was passed by the legislature From June 10, 1915 to June 30. 1917. there was received 1 from all sources s7623.93. The expen- ditures for that period were $7391.09 | leaving a balance of s232.S4. Within the last fiscal year the receipts and the balance amounted to s4,52S.34; the ex- penditures, s2.101.21, leaving a balance on July 1 of this year of B, ,421.13.
 The reference department has been of invaluable aid to-the legislature and has been very extensively used by the members. Outside the law department proper. the librarian has been indus triously e1gag ged in the collection Oi works relating to Arizona. The nucleus of a museum has been obtained.
 Greater care than formerly has beer exercised in the preservation of news paper files though there is lacking space to make this feature of the ut most value.
 The library has taken an active par in war work. It has had charge of tn, business of collecting the se,000 quoti for Arizona for the American Librar. Association to provide library facilitie
 for all tl,e camps and cantonments a
 home anG abroad. Then began sep arate collection of books, a work O
 which Mrs. Cronin has had charge. am
 5000 volumes have been so collected stamp labeled and cord pocketed.
 The library has also been active il . thrift stamp work, the Capitol Build
 ing Club with a membership of 120, be
 ing one of the largest in the city, wit
 purchases averaging s2,500 month.