State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > West-virginia > 51 > 51-8-8§51-8-8. Authority to establish county law libraries; control of circuit judge; rules and regulations.
In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon the supreme court of appeals and the circuit courts, such courts are hereby authorized and empowered to establish county law libraries which shall be wholly under the control and management of the circuit judge, with the assistance of the circuit clerk. The supreme court of appeals may expend funds for the purchase of books or other expenses necessary to the operation of the county law library.
All county law libraries presently in existence shall be continued and kept current and the cost thereof, other than for provision of adequate space, shall be borne by the state and charged against the judicial accounts thereof. Such libraries shall be available for use by the public subject to such reasonable rules as may be adopted by the circuit judge. County commissions shall provide adequate space for such libraries.
