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Country, the Researches and Transactions of the New York State. 
Archeological Association and to the Provincial Museum of On- 
tario. 
Assistance has been rendered the Municipal Museum of Rochester 
and the Buffalo Historical Society, in the matter of the George L. 
Tucker collection. 
Laws and legislation. During the year this division prepared 
two bills for introduction in the State Legislature, one seeking to 
have the State acquire for the State Museum the flint quarries at 
Coxsackie, and the other making the manufacture and sale of fraud- 
ulent archeological artifacts a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or 
jail or both. 
The first bill was designed to make an archeological monument of 
the ancient flint mines of the Algonkin Indians and with the sur- 
roundings to provide a wild flower and bird sanctuary. The prin- 
cipal owners of the 43 acres which we desired to acquire were will- 
ing to let us have their share of the property for $1500. The bill, 
which had the backing of many influential people as well as the 
State Archeological Society was passed by both houses of the legis- 
lature, but was not signed by the Governor. 
The fraud bill was introduced concurrently by Senator Dick and 
Assemblyman Griffiths. It was passed by both branches of the 
Legislature and became effective on September 30, 1923. With this 
law on the statute books we now have effective means of reaching 
offenders who for years have been making and selling fraudulent 
pipes and copies of other aboriginal objects. 
At the Batavia meeting of the Genesee County Historical Federa- 
tion the Archeologist suggested that the federation support some 
specific program and recommended that the federation take measures 
to acquire the environs of Indian Falls on Tonawanda creek between 
Buffalo and Batavia, as a state park. The plan at once met with 
hearty approval and the indorsement of influential men and or- 
ganizations. It has been incorporated by the state parks committee 
of the New York State Association in their report on the State 
park project. 
Archeologically this park will have considerable interest for it 
covers traces of the Neutral nation flint workers whose quarries 
were along the escarpment at Divers lake which is embraced in the 
park plot. 
Status of the Iroquois Indians. During the past year or two 
there has been considerable interest manifested in the legal status of 
the Iroquois, or Six Nations, of New York and Ontario. This is 
