Nov., 1920] Report, Ohio Academy of Science 9 



Suggestions from members as to the best manner in which this can 

 be accomplished will be welcomed by the committee if continued. 



A BILL 



To provide for the publication of the Proceedings of the Ohio Academy 



of Science and vSupport and Service of the Academy. 

 Be it Enacted by the Eighty-third General Assembly of the State of Ohio: 



Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated the sum of $2,000 

 per annum during the biennium for the Ohio Academy of Science for the 

 support of its publications and for the payment of expenses of the 

 society which may include the salary of a secretary. 



Sec. 2. The Proceedings of the Academy, aside from its regular dis- 

 tribution to members and exchanges, shall be distributed one copy to 

 each public Hbrary and to each university, college and first grade high 

 .school in the state. The exchanges received shall be kept available to 

 the citizens of the state through the library of the State University or 

 such other channel as may be determined. 



Sec. 3. The services of the Academy shall be available to the state 

 ■ or any of its officers in any matter in which the consideration of scientific 

 facts, policies or problems is involved, and the officers of the state may 

 call upon the Academy through its properly elected officers or com- 

 mittees appointed by its officers for such consultation and advice as 

 may be of service to them in their duties, the members of such com- 

 mittees to receive no compensation for this service further than neces- 

 sary expenses of travel or other outlay in the performance of their 

 duty and no member of the Academy while serving as a member on such 

 • committee shall be eligible for expert service involving compensation 

 from the state. The President of the Academy shall serve as the medium 

 of communication with the Academy. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Herbert Osborn, 

 T. C. Mendenhall, 

 Edward L. Rice. 



Report of the Committee on War Roll. 



The following report of the Committee on War Roll was 

 received and ordered filed. The Committee was discharged. 



To the Ohio Academy of Science: 



The committee appointed a year ago to continue the collection of 

 data concerning the war record of Academy members has held no meeting 

 during the year ; but a call for the desired information was included this 

 year, as last, in the preliminary notice of the Annual Meeting. Forty 

 members responded to this call. The data collected are in the possession 

 of the Secretary, and will be transferred for permanent record to the 

 .cards of the Secretar\'-'s membership catalog. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Edward L. Rice, Secretary, 

 For the Committee. 



