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than 1,500 nor more than 3,000 copies of each of said reports shall be pub- 

 lished, the size of the edition within said limits, to be determined by the 

 concurrent action of the editors and the Commissioners of Public Print- 

 ing and Stationery: Provided, That not to exceed six hundred dollars 

 ($600) shall be expended for such publication in any one year. 



Proviso 



and not to extend beyond 1896: Provided, That no sums shall 



be deemed to be appropriated for the year 1894. 



Sec. 3. All except three hundred copies of each volume of 



Disposition said reports shall be placed in the custody of the State Libra- 

 01 reports. 



rian, who shall furnish one copy thereof to each public li- 

 brary in the State, one copy to each university, college or normal school 

 In the State, one copy to each high school in the State having a library, 

 which shall malie application therefor, and one copy to such other insti- 

 tutions, societies or persons as may be designated by the Academy 

 through its editors or its council. The remaining three hundred copies 

 shall be turned over to the Academy to be disposed of as it may de- 

 termine. In order to provide for the preservation of the same it shall 

 be the duty of the Custodian of the State House to provide and place at 

 the disposal of the Academy one of the unoccupied rooms of the State 

 House, to be designated as the office of the Indiana Academy of Science, 

 wherein said copies of said reports belonging to the Academy, together 

 with the original manuscripts, drawings, etc., ,thereof can be safely kept, 

 and he shall also equip the same with the necessary shelving and 

 furniture. 



Sec. 4. An emergency is hereby declared to exist for the 

 Emergency. 



immediate taking effect of this act, and it shall therefore take 



effect and be in force from and after its passage. 



AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS, THEIR NESTS 



AND EGGS. 

 [Approved March 5, 1891.] 

 Section 1. Be it enacted hy the General Assenibly of the 

 State of Indiana, That it shall be unlawful for any person to 

 kill any wild bird other than a game bird, or purchase, offer for sale any 

 such wild bird after it has been killed, or to destroy the nests or the eggs 

 of any wild bird. 



