That whenever a majority of the justices of the supreme court shall deem it necessary to republish any volume or volumes of the reports of the supreme court of this state, they shall so certify to the board of state auditors, and it shall be the duty of the said board of state auditors to cause the same to be reprinted under any contract which the state may have for doing its printing and binding and in such quantity, number and quality as such board may direct, and to provide for the sale, distribution and disposition of such reports as the interests of the state may require at a price not to exceed 25 per cent in excess of the cost thereof, the proceeds of all such sales to be paid into the general fund.
MCL 26.21