AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE REPORTS 

 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 



ream e. oj ^ ^ e state government, through the Governor, and through 

 its council as an advisory body, assist in the direction and execution of 

 any investigation within its province, without pecuniary gain to the Acad- 

 emy, provided only that the necessary expenses of such investigation are 

 borne by the State; aud. 



Whereas, The reports of the meetings of said Academy, with the sev- 

 eral papers read before it, have very great educational, industrial and eco- 

 nomic value, and should be preserved in permanent form ; and 



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

 eral 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 



Publication of -, or . ( . ,. „ „ ,.„ . , 



the Reports of 1894, including all papers ot scientific or economic value, 



Academy of ' presented at such meetings, after they shall have been 

 edited and prepared for publication as hereinafter pro- 

 vided shall be published by and under the direction of the Commissioners 

 of Public Printing and Binding. 



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

 out 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 



Editing f such service, have any claim against the State for com- 



Keports. 



pensation. 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 



Printed 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 



