518 Eeport of State Geologist. 



"Sec. 5. Permits may be granted by the Executive Board of the Indi- 

 ana Academy of Science to any properly acrcedited person, permitting 

 the holder thereof to collect birds, their nests or eggs for strictiy scientific 

 purposes. In ordei- to obtain such permit the applicant for the same must 

 present to said Board written testimonials from two well known scientific 

 men cei-tifying to the good character and fitness of said applicant to be 

 entrusted with such prlrilege, and pay to said Board one dollar to defray 

 the necessary expenses attending the granting of .such permit, and must 

 file with said Board a properly executed bond in the sum of two hundred 

 dollars, signed by at least two responsible citizens of the State as sure- 

 ties. The bond shall toe forfeited to the State and the permit become void 

 upon proof that the holder of such permit has killed any bird or taken 

 the nests or eggs of any bird for any other purpose than that named in 

 this section, and shall further be subject for each offense to the penalties 

 provided in tliis act. 



"Sec. 6. The permits authorized 'by this act shall be in force for two 

 years only from the date of their i^e'and shall not be transferable. 



"Sec. 7. The English or European house sparrow {Passer domesticus), 

 crows, hawks, and other birds of prey are not Included among the birds 

 protected by this act. 



"Sec. 8. All acts or parts of acts heretofore passed in conflict with the 

 provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 



"Sec. 9. An emergency is declared to exist for the immediate talcing 

 effect of this act, therefore the same shall be in force and effect from and 

 after its passage." 



In some localities this law has been enforced, but presumably in 

 others it is not well known. It is to be hoped that oiir citizens will 

 familiarize themselves with it to the end that it may be made efficient 

 chroughout the Commonwealth. 



POSITION AND BOUNDAEY. 



The following is an account of the location and physical features of 

 Indiana. The quotations are from Dr. Charles E. Dryer's "Studies in 

 Indiana Geography:" 



"Indiana is one of the North Central States, situated in what is 

 sometimes called the Middle West, between the upper Great Lakes 

 and the Ohio, and mostly in the Mississippi basin. The central par- 

 allel of the United States, the 39th, crosses its southern third and it 

 is included between 37 degrees 41 minutes and 41 degrees 46 minutes 

 north latitude, and bej;ween 84 degrees 44 minutes and 88 degrees 

 6 minutes west longitude. It is bounded on the north by the parallel 

 which is ten miles north of the southern extremity of Lake Michio-an; 

 on the east by the meridian of the mouth of the Great Miami Eiver- 

 on the south by the Ohio, and on the west by the Wabash river and 

 the meridian of Vincennes. Its extreme length is 250 miles, its av- 

 erage width 145 miles, its area 36,350 square miles. 



