published, the size of the edition within said limits to be determined by 

 the concurrent action of the editors and the Commissioners of Public 

 Printing- and Stationery: Provided, That not to exceed six hundred dol- 

 lars ($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. 



Sec. 3. All except three hundred copies of each volume of said re- 

 ports shall be placed in the custody of the State Librarian, who shall 

 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 nec- 

 essary 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. 



APPROPPvIATION FOR 1917-1918. 



The appropriation for the publication of the proceedings of the 

 Academy during the years 1916 and 1917 was increased by the Legisla- 

 ture in the General Appropriation bill, approved March 8, 1915. The Act 

 making appropriation for the years 1917-1918 and 1918-1919 was ap- 

 proved March 6, 1917. 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 1916 shall be available for 1917 and that any 

 unexpended balance in 1917 shall be available in 1918. 



