l)ors iiitorosd'd in llic siiiiic tlcpiirtiiiciit. to .'iKlciiver to iulvaiicc kiiowi- 

 edge in that particuhir department. Eacli (curator shall report at such 

 time and place as the Academy shall direct. These reports shall include 

 a brief summary of the progress of the <lei)i!rj incur dnring the ye-ir 

 preceding the presentation of the report. 



1'. The President shall deliver a public address on the morning of 

 one of tlie days of the meeting at the expiration of h\< tci in of o!licc. 



."!. The Press Secretary shall attend to the securing of proper news- 

 pa i)er reports of the meetings and assist the Secretary. 



4. No special meeting of the Academy shall be held without a notice 

 of the same having been sent to the address of each member at least 

 fifteen days before such meeting. 



.">. No bill against the Academy shall lie paid witliom an <n-(ler signed 

 by the President and countersigned by the Secretary. 



C. Members who sliall allow their dues to remain unpaid for two 

 years, having been annually notified of their arreara;;e by the Treasurer, 

 shall have their names stricken from the roll. 



7. Ten members shall constitute a quonun for the transaction of 

 business. 



8. An Editor shall be elected from year ((j year. His duties shall be 

 to edit the annual Proceedings. No allowance shall be made to the Editor 

 for clerical assistance on account of any one edition of the Proceedings 

 in excess of fifty ($50) dollars, except by special action of the Executive 

 Committee. (Amendment passed December 8, 1917.) 



AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE REPORTS 

 AND PAPERS OF THE INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.* 



(Approved March 11. 1895.) 



Whereas. The Indiana Academy of Science, a chartered scientific 

 association, has emboditnl in its constitution a provision that it will, 

 upon the request of the Governor, or of the several departments of the 

 State government, through the Governor, and through its coimcil as an 

 advisory board, assist in the direction and execution of any investigation 

 within its province without pecuniary gain to the Academy, provided 

 only that the necessary expenses of such investigation are borne l)y the 

 Stale : and. 



WiiEUKAS. The re]Mu-ts of the meetings of said Academy, with (he several 

 papers read before it, have very great educational, industrial and economic 

 value, and should be preserved in pernuinent form : and, 



WiiKKKAS. The Constitution of the State makes it the duty of the 



♦Failure of Legislature at its 191!t session to appropriate anythiiij? for publica- 

 tion of the Proceedings for 1919 and 1920. 



