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Burns’ 8234a-b) In 1923, the Common School Fund amounted to 
$11,461,605.66. 
(4) Highway Commission — Interest on Bonds. The Highway Com- 
mission has authority to build state roads thru cities and towns, and if 
the street costs more than an equal length of road, the city or town 
pays the excess. (Acts 1919, p. 131, Sec. 22; Burns’ 7671e2) The in- 
terest accruing to the Commission is interest on street bonds given to 
the Commission by a city thru which a road is improved. 
12 Earnings of State Institutions and Property: (1) Rent of State 
Lands . The auditor of state is authorized to rent any of the state lands 
until such lands are disposed of. (Acts 1883, p. 170, Sec. 8; Burns’ 
8138-8140) 
(2) State Parks. The income from the state parks, derived largely 
from admission fees and concessions, is collected by virtue of regulations 
prescribed by the Department of Conservation. 
(3) Soldiers’ Monument. The income from the Soldiers’ Monument 
is from admissions and sales, regulated by the board having charge. 
(Acts 1893, p. 310) 
(4) Industrial Aid for Blind. The Board of Industrial Aid for the 
Blind is authorized to assist blind people by establishing workshops and 
affording them employment in their own homes. The receipts and earn- 
ings accruing to the board are derived from the operation of industrial 
schools and workshops and from the sale of products made under the 
supervision of the board. (Acts 1915, p. 118; Burns’ 10071) 
(5) Indiana University — Waterman Reyitals. On May 12, 1915, Dr. 
L. D. Waterman gave to Indiana University deeds for property valued 
at $100,000. The rental on this property accrues to the University. 
(6) Highway Commission— Rent and Repair of Trucks. The High- 
way Commission has a large number of trucks, taken over from the 
federal government, which are not in immediate use. These trucks are 
rented to the other state departments and institutions and kept in repair 
by the Highway Commission, for which the commission receives rent for 
the use and compensation for the cost of repairs. 
(7) Benevolent Institutions. The state maintains 19 institutions in 
which the insane, feeble-minded, epileptic, soldiers’ orphans, soldiers, 
deaf, blind, tubercular patients, criminals, and misdemeanants are cared 
for. Each of these institutions earns a certain amount of money each 
year which is paid into the General Fund of the state treasury. These 
receipts are derived from the sale of produce from the farms or shops, 
sale of property, and the collections from private patients. (Acts 1899, 
p. 187; Burns’ 3456; as amended by Acts 1901, p. 37, Burns’ 3457) 
13 Sale of Property: (1) Military Supplies. The adjutant-general 
has authority to sell any property which is of no further use to the 
national guard. (Acts 1909, p. 181, Burns’ 8564a-b) 
(2) Court Reports. The law provides a method of distributing the 
reports of the supreme and appellate courts among libraries and public 
officials, and requires that all copies not so distributed shall be sold by 
the secretary of state at a price to be fixed by the state printing board, 
not less than the cost of publication. Money received from the sale of 
