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The Law and American Indian burial protections--Minnesota laws Page 5 of 6 <br /> work, or in other situations in which time is of the essence to save objects or gather <br /> data. Authorizes the director or the state archeologist to issue short form emergency <br /> licenses to persons not otherwise qualified to enable them to salvage objects or gather <br /> data in the time available. (4) Authorizes the director of the Minnesota Aistorical <br /> Society to renew any license for another calendar year. Requires such application for <br /> renewal to be made in the form and contain the information required by the state <br /> archeologist. (5) Authorizes the director or the state azcheologist to revoke or suspend <br /> a license because of the improper conduct of the licensee, the use of improper or <br /> substandazd methods or other good cause. <br /> Primary Topic: Archeological Activities <br /> Secondary Topic: <br /> o Permit / Site Investigation Authority <br /> Code Book: Minnesota Statutes <br /> Citation: § 138.37 <br /> Section Title: Minnesota Field Archeology Act of 1963: <br /> ownership, custody and use of objects and data <br /> Summary: � <br /> (1) Reserves for the state the title to all objects found and data gathered in field I <br /> azcheology, except as provided in subsecrions 2 and 3, although a license may name a <br /> custodian other than the state azcheologist. Requires that physical possession of <br /> objects or data shall revert to the state if the custodian named ceases to exist, or if the , <br /> state azcheologist fmds that he custodian is not pmperly caring for them or keeping <br /> them wnveniently available for study. (2) Authorizes the director of the Minnesota <br /> Historical Society, with the approval of the state archeologist, to permit qualified <br /> persons acting for a nonresident agency, school or institurion to be licensed to engage <br /> in field archeology in the state. Requires the director and the state archeologist, at the <br /> time the license is issued, to determine the disposition of objects found. (3) Authorizes <br /> the state azcheologist, if the best interests of the state are deemed served thereby and <br /> with the approval of the director of the Minnesota Historical Society, to barter one or I <br /> more objects belonging to the state for one or more objects belonging to another state, <br /> a private person or any school, scientific institution or other body having ritle thereto. ' <br /> Authorizes the state azcheologist, with the appmval of the director, to dispose of one i <br /> or more objects belonging to the state. Authorizes the state azcheologist and the <br /> director to accept on behalf of the state any gift or an object, data or any deed to a , <br /> privately owned site if they dcem the gift valuable to the state, or to accept any gift of ' <br /> money to be used for one or more of the purposes covered by the Minnesota Field <br /> Archeology Act of 1963. <br /> Primary Topic: Archeological Activities <br /> Secondary Topic: <br /> o Curation / Ownership of Artifacts <br /> Code Book: Minnesota Statutes <br /> Citation: § 138.41 <br /> SecNon Title: Minnesota Field Archeology Act of 1963: <br /> penalties <br /> Summary: <br /> (1 } Declazes a person to be guilty of a gross misdemeanor who willfully violates <br /> http://www.ibsgwatch.imagedjinn.com/learn/minnesotalaw.htm 2/23/2011 <br />