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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 

 witbout 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. 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 



