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CODIFICATION OF THE STATE MUSEUM LAW 1 

 (Laws of 1910, Chapter 140, as amended to July 1, 1914) 



§ 53 [State Museum: Department of the University]. The 



[State Library and] State Museum shall be [a] department[s] of the 



University. 



Source. Education L. 1909, § 1091, revised from former Univ. L. (L. 1892, 

 ch. 378) § 10; originally revised from L. 1889, ch. 529, tit. 1, § 16. 



§ 54 How constituted. All scientific specimens and collections, 

 works of art, objects of historic interest and similar property appro- 

 priate to a general museum, if owned by the State and not placed 

 in other custody by a specific law, shall constitute the State Museum, 

 and one of its officers shall annually inspect all such property not 

 kept in the State Museum rooms, and the annual report of the 

 Museum to the Legislature shall include summaries of such property, 

 with its location, and any needed recommendations as to its safety 

 or usefulness. The State Museum shall include the work of the 

 State Geologist and Paleontologist, the State Botanist and the State 

 Entomologist, who, with their assistants, shall be included in the 

 scientific staff of the State Museum. 



Source. Education L. 1909, § 1092, revised from former Univ. L. (L. 1892, 

 ch. 378) § 22, as amended by L. 1893, ch. 488; L. 1896, ch. 493. 



§ 55 Collections made by the staff. Any scientific collection 



made by a member of the Museum staff during his term of office 



shall, unless otherwise authorized by resolution of the Regents, 



belong to the State and form part of the State Museum. 



Source. Education L. 1909, § 1093, revised from former Univ. L. (L. 1892, 

 ch. 378) § 23. 



§ 56 Indian collection. There shall be made, as the Indian 



section of the State Museum, as complete a collection as practicable 



of the historical, ethnographic and other records and relics of the 



Indians of the State of New York, including implements or other 



articles pertaining to their domestic life, agriculture, the chase, war, 



religion, burial and other rites or customs, or otherwise connected 



with the Indians of New York. 



Source. Education L. 1909, § 1095, revised from former Univ. L. (L. 1892, 

 ch. 378) § 24; originally revised from L. 1889, ch. 529, tit. 1, § 3. 



1 The " Sources " indicated in connection with this codification of the Museum 

 Law have been supplied by courtesy of Frank B. Gilbert, Esq. 



