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scientific men, learned societies, and colleges beyond the limits of the State, 

 preference being given to those situated in the centers of capital in the United 

 States and in Europe, and in such other ways as may best serve the obiects of 

 the survey.^ 



Sec. 7. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the general fund in 

 the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum sufficient to carry out 

 the purposes of this act, not exceeding $25,000; and it is further provided 

 that not to exceed $12,000 shall be drawn during the current year. 



Sec. 8. All acts and parts of acts in contravention of the provisions of this 

 act are hereby repealed so far as they affect the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 9. This act shall take effect and be in foi'ce from and after its passage 

 and publication. 



Approved March G, 1876. 



An act relatiug to the publication and sale of the reports of the geological survey, aad 

 amendatory of chapter 121 of the laws of Wisconsin of 1876. 



The people of tlie Stole of Wisconsin, represerited in senate and a<tsembly, 

 do enact as follows: 



Section 1. Chapter 121 of the laws of Wisconsin of 1870 is hereby amended 

 by adding the following sectioni5: 



Sec. 10. The commissioners of public iirinting are hereby authorized to 

 procure the printing of 1,500 additional copies of the final report of the 

 geological survey, including accompanying maps: Provided, The said commis- 

 sioners of public printing shall in no case pay a greater price for presswork, 

 folding, collating, stitching, and binding than is paid the State printer at the 

 time of the passage of this act for similar work under the State printing con- 

 tract : And provided further, That no greater price shall be paid for any other 

 portion of the said work than was paid for shnilar work upon the publication 

 of volume 2: And provided further, That there shall be no extra charge for 

 composition, stereotyping, cuts, plates, engravings, or other material entering 

 into the work of said additional volume ordered to be published by the pro- 

 visions of this act. These copies shall be deposited with the superintendent of 

 public property, who is hereby authorized to sell them to any citizen of this 

 iState at the cost price, including the expense of handling, the cost to be com- 

 puted by the .secretary of state, and to any person not a citizen of this State, at 

 a fair price above ccst to be fixed by the secretary of state. And it shall be 

 the duty of the superintendent of public pi'operty to keep an accurate account of 

 such sales, and to pay the amount realized therefrom into the State treasury 

 at the end of each quarter, and the State treasurer shall report the aggregate 

 amount of the same in his annual i*eport. The commissioners of public print- 

 ing are further authorized to use a limited portion of any net profits that may 

 accrue from the sale of the reports to persons not citizens of the State, in ad- 

 vertising the same in appropriate publications, if it shall seem to them in the 

 interest of the State to do so. The said additional copies shall be distributed 

 only as specified in this section, except by authority of the legislature. 



>Thls clause was subsequently amended to read as follows: 



Section 1. Section C of chapter 1'21 of the laws of Wisconsin for 1.S76 is hereby amended 

 by insertiuR after the figures "1877," in Ihe eighth line of ihe section, the words "and 

 1878." so that the sentence shall read as follows: Each member of the legislature of 

 1876 and 1877 and 1878, the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, State 

 treasurer, attorney genera!, superintendent of schools, and each judge of the supreme 

 court, shall be entitled to two copies of the complete report. 



Sec 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 



Approved February 27, 1878. 



