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ernor is authorized to fill any vacanc}^ which may occur 

 from any cause at any time. The said director shall 

 have power to appoint such specialists and assistants at 

 such times and for such periods as may be necessary in 

 the prosecution of the work but in no event shall the sal- 

 aries of the officers or the expenses of the department 

 exceed the amount of the expenditure authorized by the 

 General Assembly. 



Sectiox 2. The Survey shall have for its objects: 

 (1) An examination of the animal and plant life of the 

 State with special reference to its distribution, abund- 

 ance, increase or decrease, and facts of practical or scien- 

 tific importance as a foundation for accurate instruction 

 in the schools of the state. In particular shall facts re- 

 lating to the organic purity of water supplies, the food 

 supply of fishes, the game birds and animals, and forms 

 affecting public health be considered. (2) The identifi- 

 cation of birds, fishes and other anitnals or plants sent in 

 for the purpose by officers of the Fish and Game Com- 

 naission, State Board of Health, Cit}' Boards of Plealth, 

 or other State, County or municipal bodies calling for 

 such information, or by the general public so far as they 

 may be of public interest or value, and as the time of the 

 officers ma3^ permit. Such investigations as ma}'^ be es- 

 pecially desired by the State Board of Health in connec- 

 tion with the w^ater supplies or the disease-producing or 

 transmitting forms of life, or the Fish and Game Com- 

 mission or other State Bureaus for the purpose of their 

 work shall be given preference and pushed with all pos- 

 sible speed consistent with careful work. (3) The prep- 

 aration of special reports with necessary illustrations 

 and maps which shall embody both a general and de- 

 tailed description of the work of the survey. 



Section 3. The collections made in pursuance of this 

 act shall be deposited at the Ohio State University and 

 shall be available for study by any person properly qual- 

 ified, under such regulations made by officers of the Sur- 

 vey, as may be necessary for the permanent preservation 

 and use of the collections. 



Section 4. The Survey may from any duplicate mater- 

 ial in its collections furnish sets to such colleges, mu- 



