(15 ILCS 305/3) (from Ch. 124, par. 3)
    Sec. 3. All public acts, laws and resolutions passed by the General Assembly of this state, shall be carefully deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State is charged with the safety of said office, and all laws, acts, resolutions, bonds, papers and records which now are or shall hereafter be deposited therein.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1654.)