Kansas Statutes 74-5407. Reports of discoveries; preservation
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-5407
- Antiquities: means historic or prehistoric ruins and other archeological sites, including evidence of such features as constructions or inscriptions by human agency or other evidence of human activity having antiquity but not including any unmarked burial site subject to the provisions of the Kansas unmarked burial sites preservation act. See Kansas Statutes 74-5401
- Commission: means the antiquities commission created by this act. See Kansas Statutes 74-5401
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
It shall be the responsibility of any person in charge of any survey, excavation or construction on any of the above defined lands, and he is hereby required, to report discoveries of objects, ruins or other antiquities to the secretary of the commission or, in the informant’s discretion, to one of the other members of the commission. The reporting official shall take all reasonable precautions to preserve the discovery until it can be investigated by the commission or its designated agent.