may be designated by the Academy tbrouub its editors or its eouiicil. The 

 remaiiiiiii.' three hundred copies shall be turned over to the Academy to be 

 disposed of as it may determine. In order to jirovide 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 

 ro<m)s of the State House, to be designated as the ofHce <if the Academy 

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

 together with the original mamiscripts, drawings, etc., thereof can be safely 

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

 fni-niture. 



Sec. -4. An emergency is hereliy declared to exist for the inunediate 

 taking effect of this act. and it shall therefore take effect and be iu force 

 from and after its passage. 



APPKOPKIATIOX FOR 1912-1013. 



The appropriation for the publication of the proceedings of the Acad- 

 emy during the years 1913 and 191-t was increased by the Legislature iu 

 the General Approi»riation bill, approved March 9, 1909. That portion of 

 the law fixing the amount of the appioiiriatinn for the Acideniy is here- 

 with given in full : 



For the Academy of Science: For the printing of the proceedings of 

 the Indiana Academy of Science, twelve hundred dollars: I'rorliJvd. That 

 any unexpended balance in 1913 shall be available in 1914. and that any 

 unexpended balance iu 1914 shall be available for 1915. 



AN ACT FOR THE PROTF.CTION OF BIRDS, THEIR NESTS 

 AND EGGS. 



Skc. 602. Whoever kills, traps or has iu his possession any wild Inrd, 

 or whoever sells or offers the same for sale, or whoever destroys the nest 

 or eggs of any wild bird, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 

 ui)on conviction thereof shall be lined not less than ten dollars nor more 

 than twenty-five dollars: Prorided, That the provisions of this section 

 shall not apply to the following named game birds: The Anatid;e. com- 

 monly called swans, geese, brant, river and sea duck; the Rallidte, com- 

 monly called rails, coots, mud-hens, gallinules: the Limicohie, commonly 

 called shore l)irds. surf birds, plover, snipe, woodcock, sandpipers, tattlers 

 and curlew ; the Galliuie, commonly called wild turkeys, grouse, prairie 

 chiclvens, quails and pheasants ; nor to Eliglish or European house spar- 



