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ernor is authorized to fill any vacancy which may occur 
from any cause at any time. The said director shall 
have power to appoint such specialists and assistants at 
such times and for such periods as may be necessary in 
the prosecution of the work but in no event shall the sal¬ 
aries of the officers or the expenses of the department 
exceed the amount of the expenditure authorized by the 
General Assembly. 
Section 2. The Survey shall have for its objects: 
(1) Au examination of the animal and plant life of the 
State with special reference to its distribution, abund¬ 
ance, increase or decrease, and facts of practical or scien¬ 
tific importance as a foundation for accurate instruction 
in the schools of the state. In particular shall facts re¬ 
lating to the organic purity of water supplies, the food 
supply of fishes, the game birds and animals, and forms 
affecting public health be considered. (2) The identifi¬ 
cation of birds, fishes and other animals or plants sent in 
for the purpose by officers of the Fish and Game Com¬ 
mission, State Board of Health, City Boards of Health, 
or other State, County or municipal bodies calling for 
such information, or by the general public so far as they 
may be of public interest or value, and as the time of the 
officers may permit. Such investigations as may he es¬ 
pecially desired by the State Board of Health in connec¬ 
tion with the water supplies or the disease-producing or 
transmitting forms of life, or the Fish and Game Com¬ 
mission or other State Bureaus for the purpose of their 
work shall be given preference and pushed with all pos¬ 
sible speed consistent with careful work. (3) The prep¬ 
aration of special reports with necessary illustrations 
and maps which shall embody both a general and de¬ 
tailed description of the work of the survey. 
Section 3. The collections made in pursuance of this 
act shall be deposited at the Ohio State University and 
shall be available for study by an} 7 person properly qual¬ 
ified, under such regulations made by officers of the Sur¬ 
vey, as may be necessary for the permanent preservation 
and use of the collections. 
Section 4. The Survey may from any duplicate mater¬ 
ial in its collections furnish sets to such colleges, mu- 
