(1) The Governor may assign to the Kentucky Historical Society for safekeeping any articles of historical interest belonging to the state.
(2) The county officers may turn over to the Kentucky Historical Society old books or documents in their offices suitable for preservation as archives of the state but no longer of use or value to the counties, in order that they may be properly preserved for future generations. No books or documents of any county shall be turned over to the society except upon the order of the fiscal court of the county.