606 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences , Arts, and Letters. 
They shall choose from their number a president, secretary, and 
such other officers as their by-laws may prescribe; but no officer 
shall receive any compensation, except such as is herein pro¬ 
vided for. 
The commissioners shall have general charge of the survey, 
and shall appoint a superintendent of the survey, and, on his 
nomination, such assistants and employes as they may deem 
necessary. They shall fix the compensation of all persons em¬ 
ployed on the survey, and may remove them at pleasure. 
Section IV. It shall be the duty of the commissioners to 
prepare a report before the meeting of each legislature, show¬ 
ing the progress and condition of the survey, giving an account 
of money spent, together with such other information as may 
be deemed necessary and useful. The superintendent shall 
transmit to the commissioners, from time to time special re¬ 
ports, with necessary illustrations and maps, as these are com¬ 
pleted. If approved by the commissioners they shall be trans¬ 
mitted to the commissioners of public printing, who are author¬ 
ized to have the reports published in a suitable manner, as 
independent reports, as bulletins of the state university, or in 
the transactions of the Wisconsin academy of sciences, arts, and 
letters, as the commissioners of the survey deem best. If pub¬ 
lished as independent reports, it shall be the duty of the com¬ 
missioners of public printing to decide as to the number of 
copies in the edition of each particular report. Five copies 
of each report shall be delivered to each of the state officers, 
and to each member of the legislature. The number of copies 
provided by law for other public documents shall be furnished 
to the state historical society, the library of the state univer¬ 
sity, and other state institutions. The remainder of the inde¬ 
pendent reports shall be distributed, used in exchange, or sold 
by the commissioners of the survey, as the interest of the state 
and of science demands. All moneys obtained by the sale of re¬ 
ports shall revert to the state treasury, as a part of the general 
fund. Volumes obtained in exchange for reports shall be added 
to the library of the Wisconsin academy of sciences, arts, and 
letters. The superintendent of public property shall furnish 
upon the requisition of the president of the commissioners of 
