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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 manuscript, 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, 1913.) 
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 fol- 
lows: 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, commonly called swans, 
geese, brant, river and sea duck; the Rallidae, commonly 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). 
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRINTING AND PUBLICATION OF 
THE PROCEEDINGS AND PAPERS OF THE INDIANA 
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, AND APPRO- 
PRIATING MONBY THEREFOR. 
(H. 294. Approved March 11, 1921. 
SecTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, 
That beginning with the first day of October, 1921, and annually thereafter, 
there is appropriated the sum of twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars, said 
moneys to be used to pay for the printing of the proceedings and papers of 
the Indiana Academy of Science, provided that any wnexpended balance 
of any of said sums shall be carried forward and be available for the use 
of said academy for future years. 
