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Uiese records belong in Bay St. Louis where they are readily accessible to the people who live here.
It is true that the Department of Archives and History did make and place in the Bay St. Louis City-County Public Library 10 rolls of microfilm — given "complimentary"
August 11, 1977. Gentlemen:	Have you visited the library
and have you personally sat at the Microfilm Reader and looked at these films? If you have, you went home with a headache and a stiff neck. The Reader was bought about 1972.
One sits on an uncomfortable stool, holds the head in an awkward upright position and attempts to manulipulate a machine that does not give a full and clear view. It is difficult.
It is also a waste of time since the restrictions of the gift would make this knowledge not available for immediate public use. And this brings up another question:
Are not these restrictions a violation of the Freedom of the Press? By whose and what authority are public records rendered no longer available to the taxpayers? Are we not endangered of losing one of our precious freedoms? The Freedom of the Press? The right of the citizen to have access to records and to use them?
Now, therefore, I challenge the authority assumed by Messrs. Carver and Kidd. I do not believe they were vested with the authority to make such a contract. An opinion from the Attorney General would be helpful. Should this act be legal, then I believe we, as concerned citizens, should make every effort to have this authority removed. It could set a precedent so that some mayor and city clerk might give away the furnishings, fixtures and indeed the City Hall itself!