ceeding's in excess of fifty ($50) dollars except by special action of the 

 Executive Committee. (Amendment passed December 8, 1917.) 



AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE RE- 

 PORTS AND PAPERS OF THE INDIANA ACADEMY 

 OF SCIENCE. 



(Approved March 11, 1895.) 



Whereas, The Indiana Academy of Science, a chartered scientific 

 association, has embodied in its constitution a provision that it will, upon 

 the request of the Governor, or of the several departments of the State 

 government, through the Governor, and through its council as an ad- 

 visory 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, The reports 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. 



Whereas, The Constitution of the State makes it the duty of the 

 General Assembly to encourage by all suitable means intellectual, scien- 

 tific and agricultural improvement; therefore. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 

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

 ana Academy of Science, beginning with the report for the year 1894, in- 

 cluding all papers of scientific or economic value, presented at such meet- 

 ings, after they shall have been edited and prepared for publication as 

 hereinafter provided, shall be published by and under the direction of the 

 Commissionei-s of Public Printing and Binding. 



Sec. 2. Said reports shall be edited and prepared for publication 

 without expense to the State, by a corps of 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 compensation. The 

 form, style of binding, paper, typography and manner and extent of illus- 

 tration of such reports shall be determined by the editors, subject to the 

 approval of the Commissioners of Public Printing and Stationery. Not 

 less than 1,500 nor more than 3,000 copies of each of said reports shall be 



