68 BULLETIN 101), UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



be deposited in said library and museum, and sliall also perform the acts wbicb 

 are or may be required by law of the State geologist. 



15. Curator to select certain hooJcs. — 6. It shall be the duty of the said cura- 

 tor, as soon as the statehouse commissioners furnish the bookcases and furniture 

 designed for the galleries of said rooms, to select from the State library all 

 booljs and documents relating to the history of this State and place them in the 

 new rooms as a nucleus for a State historical library. 



16. Geological specimens to he removed and classified. — 7. It shall be the 

 duty of the curator as soon after this act talies elfect as is practicable, to have 

 the collection of geological specimens accumulated in the progress of the geo- 

 logical survey of this State, and other specimens hereinafter named, removed to 

 said rooms and classified, labeled, and arranged in such a manner as to be 

 effectually preserved and at the same time open to the inspection of the public. 



17. Duplicate specimens. — 8. One each of all the duplicate zoological and 

 botanical specimens now on hand in the Illinois museum of natural history at 

 Normal, which are not needed to illustrate the natural history work of the State 

 Normal University, are hereby directed to be deposited as soon as practicable iu 

 the museum established by this act by the curator of said Illinois Museum of 

 Natural History. 



18. Museum at Normal. — 9. It is hereby directed that the Illinois Museum of 

 Natural History at Normal be converted into a State liiboratory of natural his- 

 tory, at which, under the direction of the curator thereof, the collection, preser- 

 vation, and determination of all zoological and botanical material for said State 

 museum shall be done. It is made a part of the duty of said curator to provide, 

 as soon as possible, a sei'ies of specimens illustrating the zoology and Iwtany 

 of the State, to deposit them from time to time in the museum established by 

 this act, and to furnish as far as practicable, all zoological and botanical ma- 

 terial needed by the State educational institutions for the proper performance 

 of their work. 



19. Appropriation. — 10. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 

 this act, the following named sums are tiereby appropriated out of the State 

 treasury for the purposes herein specified : 



For the salary of the curator provided for in this act, the sum of $2,500 per 

 annum for two years, payable quarterly. 



For the purpose of moving the geological specimens from the basement, and 

 of moving the natural history specimens at Normal to the rooms designated, 

 and for arranging, classifying, labeling, and putting all the said specimens in 

 such condition that they will be effectually preserved and at the same time open 

 to the convenient inspection of the public, the sum of $500. ' 



For the purpose of increasing the collections in natural history, the sum of 

 $1,000 per annum, to be expended under the direction of the curator of the State 

 laboratory at Normal. 



20. When and hoiv drawn. — 11. The auditor of public accounts is hereby 

 authorized and required to draw his warrant on the treasurer for the moneys 

 herein appropriated, upon the order of the board of trustees: Provided, That 

 no portion of said moneys, other than the annual salaries, shall be due and 

 payable until satisfactory vouchers in detail shall have been filed with the 

 auditor for the expenditures incurred. 



The survey, as will be noted by reference to these various enact- 

 ments, had no connection with any other institution and was sus- 

 tained wholly by legislative appropriations, at first annual and later- 

 biennial. 



