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3. Official Organ. The official organ of the Academy is the ‘‘Ohio 
Journal of Science” under the following terms of agreement: 
(a) The Academy shall pay to the ‘Ohio Journal of Science’? one 
dollar for each subscription sent to members not in arrears for payment 
of dues. . 
(b) The “Ohio Journal of Science” shall publish announcements of 
meetings, lists of publications for sale, etc., whenever the Academy 
desires. Such matter, however, may be restricted to one-half page of 
advertising space in any one issue. 
(c) The “Ohio Journal of Science” will print papers of from 300 to 
1,500 words presented at the annual meeting provided such papers are 
submitted in typewritten form within two weeks from the time of 
adjournment of the meeting, and have been passed upon favorably by 
the Publication Committee and by the Editor of the “Journal.” 
4. Annual Report. The Annual Report of the Academy, including 
list of officers, list of members, presidential address, and such other 
matter as the publication committee may determine shall be printed 
as a separate issue by the publication committee. 
5. Special Papers. Papers exceeding 1,500 words may be pub- 
lished at the discretion of the publication committee as a part of the 
series of Special Papers. 
6. Proceedings. The publication committee shall assemble the 
Annual Reports and the Special Papers into volumes of proceedings of 
convenient size, paged consecutively in each volume, under the general 
title ‘‘ Proceedings of the Ohio Academy of Science.”’ 
CHAPTER VII—RESEARCH FUND. 
1. Sources of Fund. The Research Fund shall consist of moneys 
paid by the general public for publications of the Academy, of donations 
made in the aid of research, and of sums paid in commutation of dues 
according to By-Laws, Chapter I, Paragraph 1. 
2. Donors. Donors to this fund, to the sum of twenty-five dollars or 
more, shall be entitled without charge, to publications subsequently 
appearing. 
3. Endowment. The aim of the Academy shall be to accumulate a 
fund of which the income alone shall be used for the encouragement of 
research and for the publication of papers bearing upon the develop- 
ment of science in the state. 
