goveniiiient. tlirou.i;Ii the (Jovenior. and tlirou.iili its comicil as an advisory 

 board, assist in tlie direction and exccntion of any investigation witliin its 

 province, witliont pecnniary j;ain to tlie Academy, jirovided only that tbe 

 necessary expenses of such investigation are borne by tbe State; and, 



Wheklas, The re])orts of tlie meetings of said Academy, with the sev- 

 eral i)apers read before it, have very great educational, industrial and eco- 

 nomic value, and should be preserved in permanent form; and. 



WiiKHKAS. The Constitution of tbe State makes it the duty of the 

 General Assembly to encourage by all suitable means intellectual. scii'Utitic 

 and agricultural improvement; tlierefore. 



Section 1. lie it enacted hii the Genentl A.^sciiihhi of the state of 

 Inttiand, That here.-ifter tbe annual reports of the meetings of the Indiana 

 Academy of Science, beginning with the ivport for the year bMt4. including 

 all papers of scientific or economic value, presented at such meetings, after 

 they shall have been edited and prepared for publication as hereinafter 

 provided, shall be published by and under the direction of the ( "onunission- 

 ers of Public Printing and Binding. 



Sec. 2. Said reports shall be edited ;uid ]irep;ired for publication with- 

 out expense to the State, by a ccn-ps of editors to he selected and aitpointed 

 hy tile Indiana Academy of Science, who shall not. by reason of such serv- 

 ice, have any claim against the State for cnnipensation. The form, style 

 of binding. p;ii>er. typography and manner and extent of illustration of 

 such reiiorts shall lie determined by the editors, sub.iect to the ajiproval of 

 the ( 'uniniissidiiers of Public I'i-inting and Stationery. .Not less than l.oUO 

 nor moic than o.OtK) coiiies of each of said rejiorts shall be publisluul. the 

 size of tlie edition within said limits to be determined by the concurrent 

 action of the editors and the Connnissioners of I'nldic Printing and Station- 

 ery- ; I'raridid. That not to exceed six hundred dollars i .-<r,0() ) sIkiII Ik> 

 exp<'ndcd foi' such pnhlic.-ilion in ;iny one year, .-ind not to extend lu'vund 

 IKIIC: I'loriiliil. Th.-it no snms sli;ill be deeme<l to he aiiprii|irialed for the 

 year 1S!)4. 



Skc. .■;. .\11 except three hundred copies of each vohnne of s.iid re- 

 ports shall he placed in the custody of the State l.ilirarian, who shall 

 fni'nish une copy thereof lo each. pulili<' lilirary in the Stale, one copy to 

 each unixersit \-. college nr nnrnial school in the State, one <-<>py to each 

 high scIhxjI in the Stale ha\ing a library, which shall m.-ike application 

 thei'efor. iind one copy t<i such i»ther inst itnl ions, societies or persons as 



