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concurrent action of the editors and the Commissioners of Public Print- 
ing and Stationery: Provided, That not to exceed six hundred dollars 
($600) shall be expended for such publication in any one year, 
and not to extend beyond 1896: Provided, That no sums shall 
be deemed to be appropriated for the year 1894. 
Proviso. 
Src. 3, All except three hundred copies of each volume of 
said reports shall be placed in the custody of the State Libra- Despostha 
rian, who shall furnish one copy thereof to each public li- 
brary in the State, one copy to each university, college or normal school 
in the State, one copy to each high school in the State haying a library, 
which shalt make application therefor, and one copy to such other insti- 
tutions, 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 de- 
termine. In order to provide for the preservation 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 Indiana 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 furni- 
ture. 
Src. 4. An emergency is hereby declared to exist tor the 
immediate taking effect of this act, and it shall therefore take Emergency. 
effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
An ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS, THEIR NESTS AND EGGS, 
{Approved March 5, 1891.] 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State 
of Indiana, That it shall be unlawful for any person to kill any 
wild bird other than a game bird, or purchase, offer for sale any such wild 
bird after it has been killed, or to destroy the nests or the eggs of any 
wild bird. 
Src. 2. For the purpose of this act the following shall 
Bird:. 
i j ; Ge birds. 
be considered game birds; the Anatidse, commonly called 7°" 
swans, geese, brant, and river and sea ducks; the Rallidee, commonly 
known as rails, coots, mudhens, and gallinules; the Limicole, commonly 
