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request of the Governor, or of the several departments of tie - 



ment, through the Governor, and through its council a> an advisory board, 



in the direction and execution of any investigation within its pro 

 without pecuniary gain to the Academy, provided only that the 

 expenses of such investigation are borne by the State; and. 



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

 papers read before it, have very great educational, industrial and economic 

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



Whereas. The Constitution of the State makes it the duty of the General 

 ibly to encourage by all suitable means intellectual, scientific and 

 agricultural improvement; there: 



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 



- ience, beginning with the report for the year 1894, including all papers 

 •ientifie 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 Commissioners 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 se: 

 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 Stationery: 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. 



Se . 3. 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 



