No. 17] FOURTH BIENNIAL REPORT 31 



In 1907 and again in 1909, the General Assembly authorized 

 the printing of editions of the reports of the State Survey exceed- 

 ing 1,575 copies during the ensuing biennial term, but accom- 

 panied that resolution by a resolution appropriating* a specific 

 sum for such publication, consequently limiting the amount of 

 material which could be published. In the case of the other 

 scientific bureaus above-mentioned, there is no such limitation. 

 The publication of their reports, with the approval of the Board 

 of Control, is made the duty of the Comptroller, and is paid for 

 from the funds in the treasury without any specific appropriation. 



We accordingly earnestly petition the General Assembly to 

 amend the law in regard to the printing of public documents so 

 as to authorize, in the case of the general and special reports of 

 the State Survey, the printing of such numbers of copies as the 

 Board of Control shall determine, not exceeding 4,500. The 

 Board of Control can surely be trusted to guard against any ex- 

 travagance. Such amendment would only carry out the intent 

 of the act by which the Survey was established. 



