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warrant of the comptroller out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise 
appropriated. 
2. And be it enacted, That the state superintendent of public instruction, the 
state geologist, the president of the state board of agriculture, the president of 
the senate and the speaker of the house of assembly are hereby constituted a 
commission, which commission shall have control of said museum, and shall make 
all necessary rules and regulations for the proper care and maintenance thereof, 
and said commission may appoint a. curator, who shall, under the direction of 
said commission, arrange and classify the several exhibits, and shall have charge 
of said museum and exhibits, and shall perform such other duties in connection 
therewith as shall be directed by said commission, and he shall be paid such a 
comjDensation as said commission shall determine, but not to exceed the sum of 
fifteen hundred dollars per annum, which compensation shall be paid by the 
state treasurer in equal monthly installments upon the warrant of the comptroller. 
3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. 
Approved March 20, 1895. 
It will be seen that, the act made it the duty of the Commission 
having charge of the restoration of the State House to have pre¬ 
pared suitable rooms for said Museum. Before any action was 
taken the Commission was abolished, and in 1896 the following 
amendment was enacted, making it the duty of the Museum 
Commission to prepare plans for such alterations as were neces¬ 
sary to provide suitable rooms for the Museum in the State 
House, provided that said plans should be approved by the State 
House Commission and the work done under its supervision: 
AMENDMENT TO ACT OF 1895. 
Chapter 195 of the Laics of 1896. 
An Act to amend au act entitled “An act to establish and maintain a state 
museum,” approved March twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and 
ninety-five. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of Ac/c 
Jersey: 
1. Section one of an act entitled "Ail act to establish and maintain a state 
museum,” approved March twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety- 
five, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 
Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of Aeio 
Jersey: 
1. The commission provided for in the second section of the act to which this 
is an amendment, shall have power and it shall be its duty to cause to be 
prepared plans to provide suitable rooms in the state house at Lteuton foi a 
museum for the preservation and display of the agricultural, geological and 
educational and other exhibits of the state departments at Chicago exposition, 
and for such other exhibits as may from time to time be placed therein by said 
