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court reports is added to the General Fund. (Acts 1917, p. 383; Burns’ 
9323) 
(3) Acts of Legislature. The law provides a method of distributing 
the acts of the legislature and provides that the copies remaining after 
the distribution is made may be sold at a price to be fixed by the sec- 
retary of state. The price has been fixed at 75 cents, and all money 
received is added to the General Fund. (Acts 1897, p. Ill, Sec. 6; 
Burns’ 9203) 
(4) Conservation Department — Properly. The sales by the Con- 
servation Department consist of property no longer useful for the de- 
partment. 
Confiscated Fur. The law prohibiting the trapping of fur-bearing 
animals authorizes the Conservation Department to sell any hide or fur 
which they may seize and add the proceeds thereby obtained to the Fish 
and Game Protective and Propagation Fund. (Acts 1921, p. 624; Burns’ 
2511c) 
(5) Historical Commission — Books. The law provides for the dis- 
tribution of all books, pamphlets, and documents published by the His- 
torical Commission and authorizes the commission to sell the excess 
above the prescribed distribution and add the proceeds so received to 
the funds available for the use of the commission. (Acts 1921, p. 478; 
Burns’ 6870c) 
(6) Teachers’ Pension Board — Matured Securities. The State 
Teachers’ Retirement Board is authorized to invest the funds which may 
come into its possession in approved securities. When these securities 
mature and are disposed of, an exchange of the security for cash takes 
place and is here treated as a receipt. (Acts 1921, p. 751; Burns’ 655512) 
(7) State Lands — (1) Reclamation. Owners of lands bordering on 
Lake Michigan have authority to fill in and reclaim submerged lands ad- 
jacent thereto, and by paying a fee of $25 per acre, the state issues a 
patent therefor. (Acts 1907, p. 126; Acts 1915, p. 688; Burns’ 8185- 
8187) 
(2) Sale. The governor, auditor, and treasurer constitute a com- 
mittee with authority to sell, at such price as may be deemed equitable, 
any lands belonging to the state. (Acts 1889, p. 307; Acts 1901, p. 116; 
Acts 1923, p. 173; Burns’ 8135) 
(8) Highway Commission. The receipts to the Highway Commis- 
sion are from the sale of property no longer of use to the commission, 
and refunds on cement sacks which were turned back to the cement com- 
panies after disposing of the cement. 
14 Federal Aid — (1) Venereal Diseases. Federal aid for the sup- 
pression of venereal disease has been granted since the War. There is 
no general law, either state or federal, all aid being carried in the 
appropriation acts. 
(2) Infancy and Maternity. Under the infancy and maternity act 
of 1921, the federal government cooperates with the several states in the 
promotion of the hygiene of maternity and infancy and contributes a 
prescribed amount to each state, but not in excess of the state contribu- 
tion. (Act Nov. 23, 1921, Ch. 135, Sec. 1, 42 Stat.) The state accepted 
