Academy tlirongli its editors or its council. Tlie remaininji three luindred 

 copies shall he turned over to the Academy to be disposed of as it may 

 determine. In order to pro\ide for the rireservation 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 rooms of the State House, 

 to be designated as the office of tlie Academy of Science, wherein said copies 

 of said reports belonging to the Academy, together with the original 

 manuscripts, drawings, etc., tliereof can be safely kept, and he shall also 

 equip the saine with the necessary shelving and furniture. 



Siic. 4. An emergency is hereby declared to exist for the immediate 

 taking effect of this act. and it sliall therefoi'e take effect and be in force 

 from and after its passage. 



API'ROPiaATION FOR ]913-19]4. 



The appropriation foi- the publication of tlie proceedings of the Acad- 

 emy during the years 1913 and 1914 was increased by the Legislature in the 

 General .Appropriation bill, approved March 9, 1909. That portion of the 

 law fixing the amount of the appropriation for the Academy is herewith 

 given in full : 



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

 the Indiana Academy of Science twelve hundred dollars: Provided, That 

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

 unexpended balance in 1914 shall be available in 191 .~i. 



AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS, THEIR NESTS 

 AND EGGS. 



Sec. 602. Whoever kills. tr;ips or has in his possession any wild bird, 

 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 

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

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

 not apply to the following named game birds : The Anatida?, commonly 

 called swans, geese, brant, river and sea duck ; the Rallidse, commonly 

 called rails, coots, mud-hens, gallinules ; the LimicoUe, commonly called 

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

 curlew; the Gallina^ commonly called wild tui-keys, grouse, prairie chick- 

 ens, quails and pheasants; nor to English or 7^]ui"()i)ean liouse sparrows. 



