PROTECTION OF
PREHISTORIC MOUNDS AND
VILLAGE SITES.
In late years institutions for
archaeological research located
outside of the State of Ohio have come
into the state and largely
encroached upon the field of study and
investigation which should
be reserved for the purposes of home
(state) exploration. To
give such societies as The Ohio State
Archaeological & His-
torical Society, as is justly due them,
the right of way in this
matter, the 80th General Assembly on
April 19, 1913, enacted
the following law:
A BILL.
To permit incorporated associations to
acquire prehistoric
monuments and sites.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. Any incorporated
association or society main-
tained by and operating for and on
behalf of the state of Ohio,
having for its purpose the preservation
of prehistoric monuments
or the exploration or examination of
such prehistoric monuments
with the view of collecting and
preserving all relics or artifacts
found in such monuments, for educational
and scientific purposes
and for the use and benefits of the
public by being permanently
placed in a state museum, may acquire
and hold any real-estate
in the state of Ohio which is the site
of an prehistoric mound,
earth or stone works, or prehistoric
village site. In the event
that such incorporated association or
society seeking to acquire
such real-estate and any owner of such
real-estate sought to
be acquired are unable to agree upon the
price to be paid for
acquiring or holding of the real-estate
desired, such association
or society may acquire such real-estate
by proceedings in a
proper court in the manner provided by
law for the appropria-
tion of private property by a municipal
corporation of this state.
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