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The foUov.ing laws were passed from time to time relative to the 

 (]ist)"ihution of these reports: 



\.\cA of ISSit.l 



Sec. o. That (here shall be printed by (ho i)n)i)ei- contviiotor, aimiuilly, 2,000 

 copies of the rejjort of the State geologist io the ,s,'overiior : Provided, That, 

 with the approval of the board of public contracts, a larf^er number of said 

 reports, or of any S;)ecial reports of said State geologist, which may be of sp"ecial 

 value to the people of this State, may be printed: oiid, provided further. That 

 (he governor, with the approval of the board, may cause to be published any 

 reports of the State board of health, or other important reports of State officers 

 or agents, not jjrovided for in chapter 12o of Mansfield's Digest. 



An act to rcguliito the printin;^ jind distribalioii <>( the rrports of the ^colotiiciil sur\i'.v. 



Be it enacted hij the General Assetiih}!/ of the Stufe of Arkdiifid.s: 

 Sectjon 1. The edition of the reports of the geological survey liereafter pub- 

 lished shall be 4,000 copies. The distribution of these reports shall be made by 

 the secretary of state, as follows ; 50 copies to the governor ; 10 copies to each 

 of the members of the senate; 10 copies to each of the members of the house of 

 representatives; 10 copies to each of the following State oHicers: The secretary 

 of state, the treasurer, the auditor, the superintendent of public instruction and 

 the land commissioner; 800 copies to the State geologist, who shall distribule 

 them to professional geologists in this country and abroad, and to persons ren- 

 dering material aid to the geological survey; 200 copies to the State librarian 

 for exchange with other States and Territories. Of this number he shall also 

 send a copy to each of the colleges of this State, and one copy to the library of 

 the State university of each State in the Union. He shall distribute one copy 

 to each of the following scientific societies of the United States maintaining 

 libraries: California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, Cal.; Connecticut 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences, New Haven, ('onn. ; Smithsonian Institution. 

 Washington, D. C. ; Indiana Academy of Sciences. Indiana])olis, Ind.; Davenport 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Davenport, Iowa; Iowa Academy of Sciences, 

 Iowa City, Iowa; Boston Society of Natural History, Boston, Ma.ss. ; Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass.; Peabody Academy of Sciences. 

 Salem, Mass.; Worcester Natural History Society, Worcester, Mas.s. ; Minnesota 

 Academy of Natural Sciences. Minneapolis, Minn. ; Academy of Science, Wash- 

 ington University, St. Louis. Mo.; American Ceological Society; American Geo- 

 graphical Society, New York, N. Y. ; American Institute of Mining Engineers, 

 New York, N. Y. ; American Museum of Natural History. Central Park, New 

 York, N. Y. ; New Yorlv Academy of Sciences, New Y'ork, N. Y. ; Yassar Brothers' 

 Institute, Poughkeepsie, N. 1'.; EMsha Mitchell Scientific Society, Chapel Hill, 

 N. C. ; Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 108 Broadway. Cincinnati, Ohio; 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa.; American Philo.sophical So- 

 ciety, Philadel))hia. Pa.; Franklin Inslitute, Philadelphia, Pa.; Lackawana In- 

 stitute, Scrantou, Pa.; Wyonn'ng Historical atid Geological Society. Wilkes- 

 Barre, Pa. 



The remaining volumes, with the excepHoii of iO copies, which shall be re- 

 tained in the State library, shall l)e sold by the secretary of state and the 

 receipts covered into the State treasury. The price of the separate volumes 

 shall be fixed by the printing board in such a manner as to have them cover as 

 nearly as possible the average cost of printing, engraving, paper, binding, and 

 necessary clerical work. Eacli volume may I>e sold separately, luit a map shall 



