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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. LIII. No. 1373 



SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



ILLINOIS STATE PARKS 



The following bill was introduced in the 

 House by Mr. Kaufmann on March 8: 



Section 1. Be it enaeted 'bj the people of the 

 state of Illmoiis, represented in the general as- 

 semblj: The Department of Puiblic Works and 

 Buildings shall have control, supervdsion and man- 

 agement of all state parks, already established or 

 acquired hereafiter. 



Sec. S. The department may purchase, lease, re- 

 ceive by doniartion or devise or take options on 

 tracts of lands suitaible for public parks, forests, 

 game and fish preserves, and experiment and in- 

 vestigation stations. The department may also ac- 

 quire by condemnation proceedings in the name of 

 the state of Illinois under the laws regulating to 

 eminent domain. Such proceedings shall be con- 

 ducted by the Attorney General at the request of 

 the department. 



Sec. 3. From time to time as tracts of land are 

 acquired, the departmeuit shall establish public 

 parks, public playgrounds, forests, game and fish 

 preserves, and expea-iment stations. It shall im- 

 prove and beautify such tracts of land and bodies 

 of water and provide for making them accessible 

 to the general public by improved highways, lead- 

 iujg to and driveways within such tracts. 



Sec. 4. The itracts of land acquired for the 

 state by the Department shall be kept in their nat- 

 ural state of beauty and only necessary structures 

 or structures expressly authorized by law shall be 

 erected therein. State parks and preserves shall 

 not be operated for pecuniary profit, nor conces- 

 silons for the use of them, or any part of them, or 

 of any buildings, be leased or rented to persons 

 for the carrying on of any busdness. 



Sec. 5. The department shall have all neeessajy 

 power to secure the proper control and policing of 

 the state parks and preserves and shall take all 

 necessary measures for the preservation of state 

 property. It shall appoint such custodi'ans and 

 park police as it may deem necessary, and shall 

 make reasonalble rules for the regulation of the 

 use of such state parks by the public. Regula- 

 tions and rules for the conduct of the general 

 public may be posted in conspicuous places in the 

 state parks. 



Sec. 6. Whoever: (1) WUfully destroys, in- 

 jures or defaces a guide-post, sign, fence, enclos- 

 ure or structure within a State park or preserve ; or 

 (2) Wilfully destroys, injures or removes a tJee, 



shrub or plant or flower within a state park or 

 preserve; or (3) Violates any reasonable regula- 

 tion adopted by the department and published by 

 posting in conspicuous places, is guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not 

 less than five dollars and not more than one hun- 

 dred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than 

 three mon)ths or by both fine and imprisonmenit. 



See. 7. That Sections 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8*, 10 and 

 11 of "An Act in relation to the acquisition, con- 

 trol, maintenance, improvements and protection of 

 state parks, and makimg an appropriation to carry 

 into effect the provisions of this Act, ' ' approved 

 June 10, 1911, in force July 1, 1911, as amended, 

 are repealed. 



Sec. 8. There is appropriated to the Depart- 

 ment of Public Works and Buildings, the sum of 

 five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 

 biennium commencing July 1, 1921, two hundred 

 and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the first 

 year, land two hundred and fifty thousand dollars 

 ($250,000) for the second year, for the acquisi- 

 tion and improvement of tracts of land and the 

 establishment thereon of parks, preserves and ex- 

 periment stations, as provided in this Act, and 

 improvement of tracts of land and the establish- 

 menit tiiereon of park®, preserves and experiment 

 stations, as provided in this Act. 



Sec. 9. This appropriation is subject to the 

 provisions of "An Act in relation to State 

 finance, ' ' approved June 10, 1919, in force July 1, 

 1919. 



INDUSTRIAL FELLOWSHIPS OF THE MELLON 

 INSTITUTE 



The following table presents the number of 

 industrial fellowships which have been founded 

 in the institute from March to March of each 

 year, 1911 to 1921; the number of industrial 

 fellows (research chemists and engineers) who 

 have been employed; and the total amounts 

 of money contributed for their maintenance 

 by the industrial fellowship donors (indus- 

 trialists and associations of manufacturers). 



The total amount of money contributed by 

 industrial firms to the institute for the ten 

 years ending March 1, 1921, was $1,534,273. 

 During the ten years, the institute itself ex- 

 pended approximately $470,000 in taking care 

 of overhead expenses — salaries of members of 

 the permanent staff and office force, mainten- 

 ance of the building, purchase of books and 



