Statute 64-106: Lost county records; certified transcript from state
historical society files as evidence.
Whenever the official records of any county in this state are lost,
stolen, or destroyed, it shall be lawful for any board of county
commissioners of such county to order the secretary of the state historical
society to transcribe from the newspapers, records, documents and other
files of the state historical society any publication notice authorized or
which may have been authorized to be published and which was published in
any newspaper or any other publication in the state which may be on file in
the office of the state historical society. Such transcript shall be made
and certified by the secretary of the state historical society, under the
seal of such society, and shall be admissible in evidence in or before any
court, board, or other body in the state of Kansas, to the same extent and
with like effect as the original would or might be if offered in evidence.
History: L. 1907, ch. 168, § 1; Feb. 18; R.S. 1923, 64-106.