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government, tlironirh the Governor, and throuiili its covuicil 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 by the State ; and. 



Whereas, Tlie reports of the meetiJigs of said Academy, with tlie 

 several papers read before it. have very great educational, industrial and 

 economic value, and should be preserved in permanent form ; and 



Whioreas, The Constitution of the 8tate makes it the duty of the 

 General Assembly to encourage l>y all suitable means intellectual, scientific 

 and agricultural improvement; therefore, 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assemhly of the State of 

 Indiana, That hereafter the animal reports of the meetings of the Indiana 

 Academy of Science, beginning with the report for the year 1S94, including 

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

 they shall have been edited and prepare<l for publication as hereinafter 

 provided, shall be published by and under the direction of the Commission- 

 ers of Public Printing and Binding. 



Sec. 2. Said reports shall be edited and prepared for publication 

 without expense to the State, by a corps of editors to be selected and 

 appointed by the Indiana Academy of Science, who shall not. by reason of 

 such ser\'ice, have any claim against the State for compensation. The form, 

 style of binding, paper, typogra])hy and manner and extent of illustration of 

 such reports shall be determined ))y the editors, subject to the api>roval of 

 the Commissioners of Public Printing and Stationery. Not less than 1.500 

 nor more than 3,000 copies of each of said reports shall be published, the 

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

 action of the editors and the Commissioners of I'ublic Printing and Station- 

 ery : Provided, That not to exceed six hundred dollars (."jJOOO) shall be 

 expended for such i)ublic;i(ioii in any one year, and not to extend beyond 

 1896: Provided, That no sums shall lie deemed to be ajiproiiriated for the 

 year 1894. 



Si:c. 3. All exct'iil thi-cc humlrcd cojtics of each volume of said rejiorts 

 shall be jilaced in the custody of the State liibrarian, who shall furnish one 

 copy thei-eof to each jiublic library in the State, one copy to each university, 

 college or noi-mal sclioul in Ihe State, one copy to each high schnol in iho 

 State ha\ inuc a lilirary. which shall make apr.'Ucation therefor, and one copy 

 to such otlier institutions, societies or persons as may be designated by the 



