The department of transportation is hereby authorized and directed to enter into appropriate contracts and cooperative agreements with the division of archaeology and the United States bureau of public roads and to expend funds, both state and federal, in aid of archaeological survey, salvage, and preservation on any lands and rights-of-way now or hereafter coming into its control in order that the purposes of this chapter shall be achieved.Acts 1970, ch. 468, § 13; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; 1973, ch. 77, §4; T.C.A., § 11-1513.
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