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furnish one copy thereof to each public 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 library, which shall make application 
therefor, and one copy to such other institutions, societies or persons as 
may be designated by the Academy through its editors or its council. 
The remaining three hundred copies shall be turned over to the Academy 
to be disposed of as it may determine. In order to provide for the pres- 
ervation 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 
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 this act, and it shall therefore take effect and be in force 
from and after its passage. 
PUBLIC OFFENSES-——HUNTING WILD BIRDS—PENALTY. 
(Approved March 15, 19138.) 
SecTIon 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 
Indiana, That section six (6) of the above entitled act be amended to 
read as follows: Section 6. That section six hundred two (602) of the 
above entitled act be amended to read as follows: Section 602. It shall 
be unlawful for any person to kill, trap or possess any wild bird, or to 
purchase or offer the same for sale, or to destroy the nest or eggs of any 
wild bird, except as otherwise provided in this section. But this section 
shall not apply to the following named game birds: The Anatidae, com- 
monly called swans, geese, brant, river and sea duck; the Rallidae, com- 
monly known as rails, coots, mud-hens and gallinules; the Limicolae, 
commonly known as shore birds, plovers, surf birds, snipe, woodcock, 
sandpipers, tattlers and curlews; the Gallinae, commonly called wild 
turkeys, grouse, prairie chickens, quails, and pheasants; nor to English 
or European house sparrows, blackbirds, crows, hawks or other birds of 
prey. Nor shall this section apply to any person taking birds or their 
nests or eggs for scientific purposes under permit as provided in the 
next section. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, 
on conviction, be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than 
fifty dollars ($50.00). 
