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court and other courts of appeal, annual re-
ports of the various state officials, and those
of departments or institutions, such as the
departments of agriculture, industry or labor
and health, the state hospitals, the institu-
tions for the deaf, dumb, blind, aged, crimi-
nals, insane and other classes. In short, any
document bearing on the official life or activi-
ties of the state must be preserved and no
tetter or more fitting place exists than the
central state library.
Furthermore, our political life and inter-
ests are so interrelated that for the different
states to live in harmony with one another,
each is under the necessity of knowing what
the other states are doing. The Constitution
of the United States specifically provides
that " full faith shall be given in each state to
the public acts, records and judicial proceed-
ings of every other state," thus clearly recog-
nizing their mutuality of interest. The
states, therefore, collect and also preserve
state documents other than those of their own
states, both because of the information and
guidance which their officials and citizens will
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