may be desi.i;niitetl by the Academy througb its editors or its council. The 

 remaining tliree iiundred copies sliall l)e turned over to the Academy to be 

 disposed of as it may determine. In order to provide for tlie preservation 

 of the same it shall be the duty of the Custodian of tlie State House to 

 provide and place at the disposal of the Academy one of the unoccupied 

 rooms of the State Ilonse, to be designated as the office of the 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 immediate 

 taking effect of tliis act. and it shall therefore take effect and be in force 

 from and after its passage. 



APPKOPKIATION FOR 1912-101.3. 



The ai(]U'opriation for the publication of the proceedings of the Acad- 

 emy during the years 1013 and lOl-t was increased by the Legislature in 

 the (ieneral Appropriation bill, approved March 9, 1009. That pfjrtion of 

 the law Hxing the .-iiuount of the ajii)! oiiriatinn for the Ai-ademy is here- 

 with given in full : 



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

 the Indiana Academy of Science, twelve lumdred dollars: I'roridciJ, That 

 any unexpended balance in 1013 shall be available in 1014, and that any 

 unexpended balance in 1914 shall be available for 1015. 



AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. THEIR NESTS 

 AND EGGS. 



Sec. 602. Whoever kills, traps or has in his possession any wild bird, 

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

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

 upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more 

 than twenty-five dollars: I'lorided, That the provisions of this section 

 shall not apply to the following named game birds: The Anatid;i^, com- 

 monly called swans, geese, brant, river and sea duck ; the Rallid.-e, com- 

 monly called rails, coots, mud-hens, gallinules; the Eimicohe, commonly 

 called shore birds, surf birds, plover, snipe, woodcock, sandpipers, tattlers 

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

 chickens, quails and pheasants; nor to E'nglish or European house spar- 



