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government, through the Governor, and through its council 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 rtijorts of the meetings of said Academy, with the 

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

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



Whi:reas, The Constitution of the State makes it the duty of the 

 General Assembly to encourage by all suitable means intellectual, scientific 

 and agricultural improvement; therefore. 



Section 1. Be it enacted hy the General Asscnibly of the State of 

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

 Academy of Science, beginiiing 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 prepared for publication as hereinafter 

 provided, shall l^e iiublishcfl hy and under the direction of the Commission- 

 ers of Public I'rintiiig and I'.inding. 



Sec. 2. Said reports shall b(> edited and prepared for publication 

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

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

 such service, have any claim against the State for comi)ensation. The form, 

 style of binding, paper, typograjihy and manner and extent of illustration of 

 such rejtorts shall be determined by the editors, sub.iect to the apr-Toval of 

 the Commissioners of Public I'rlnting 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 e<litors and the Commissioners of Public Printing and Station- 

 ery: Provided, That not to exceed six hundred dollars ($G0O) shall be 

 expended for such jiublicatiou in any one year, and not to extend beyond 

 1S96: Provided. That no sums shall lie deemed to be approi)riated for the 

 year 1894. 



Sec. 3. All excejit three hiimlrcd cojiies of each volume of said reports 

 shall be placed in th(» custody of the State Librarian, who shall furnish one 

 copy thereof to each i)ul)lic library in the State, one copy to each university, 

 college or normal school in the State, one copy to each high school in the 

 State having a lilirary. which shall make a) i] Plication therefor, and one copy 

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



