3-2-604. Distribution of reports. (1) On the publication of each volume of the reports, the supreme court shall purchase up to 221 copies from the publisher. The court shall distribute them at no charge and in the following manner:
     (a) to the state library for distribution, five copies;
     (b) to the library of congress, four copies;
     (c) to the university of Montana law library, two copies;
     (d) to each justice of the supreme court, district judge, and county attorney, one copy;
     (e) to the law library of the state of Montana, four copies;
     (f) to the attorney general, 11 copies;
     (g) to other institutions, publishers, authors, and libraries with which the state law librarian has established a system of exchange for materials of comparable value, up to 50 copies; and
     (h) to the university of Montana up to 50 copies to be used by the law librarian of the university for the purpose of exchanges for materials of comparable value with libraries, universities, and institutions of higher education in other states.
     (2) All reports distributed to state, district, and other officers in the state are for the use of their office and shall be, by the person receiving them, turned over to his successor in office.

     History: En. Sec. 896, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 312, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 203, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 384, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 384, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 46, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 344, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 82-2007; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 494, L. 1981.