I was told by the director of the Carteret Co Historical Society that a law or directive or whatever was issued by the State about two years ago to all state institutions ie colleges, Courthouses etc that they could not charge more than it cost them to make copies for the public of documents in the public domain. He was going to send me a copy of this but he is going in a hundred directions at this time and we have not had any mail since Sat a week ago in this area. It cost them 2 cents a copy but they can charge 10 cents but not the 50 cents and up some charge. I was charged $1.75 at the Jones Co Courthouse for two pages - but they were much nicer and more helpful than many. Are any of you aware of this directive/law and have a copy of it? According to Jack, the Courthouses are aware of it but choose to ignore it unless they are called on the issue by a patron. Martha