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government, through the Governor, and through its council as an advisory 
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 anl 
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, scientific 
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 Indiana 
Academy of Science, beginning with the report for the year 1894, including 
all papers of scientific or economic value, presented at such meetings, after 
they shall have been edited and prepared for publication as hereinafter 
provided, shall be published by and under the direction of the Commission- 
ers 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 illustration 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 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 Station- 
ery: 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. 
Sec. 8. All except three hundred copies of each volume of said reports 
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 
