GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF OHIO. 19 
Laws of Ohio, 1902, Vol. 95, p. 593. 
(House Bill No. 800.) 
AN ACT 
‘To Provide for the Publication and Distribution of the Reports of the State 
Geologist. 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Ohio 
that whenever the state geologist shall have completed a bulletin upon any of 
‘the subjects upon which he is authorized to conduct investigation, he shall notify 
the state printing commission of this fact, and it shall be the duty of this com- 
mission to determine the number of copies which shall be printed, and the grade 
of paper, the kind of binding, and any other details incident to its proper publi- 
cation. 
Section 2. It shall be the duty of said commission to provide for the publi- 
cation of said bulletin as soon as possible after the completion of the same. The 
issue shall consist of a minimum number of three thousand copies. 
Of these, one thousand copies, after deducting 200 for the State Library, 
‘shall be distributed pro rata among the general assembly. 
One: thousand shall be distributed free by the state geologist in exchange 
-with other surveys, and with individuals whose services have been used in col- 
lection or preparation of the matter for the bulletins. Of this number not more 
‘than four hundred may be distributed during the first year after publication, 
and not more than fifty in any subsequent year. 
One thousand copies shall be set aside for binding with other bulletins 
from time to time, when a sufficient number of such bulletins have accumulated 
to make collectively a volume of from 800 to 1,000 pages. They shall be bound, 
lettered and numbered, to take their place in the series of volumes already pub- 
lished by the survey. . 
The distribution of the bound volume of the survey shall be in the hands 
of the state geologist; but the state library shall receive ten copies, each mem- 
ber of the general assembly one copy, with privilege to draw not to exceed two 
other copies on application, and public libraries in the state shall be supplied 
with one copy each. The volumes remaining after these demands have been 
‘met, may be distributed among the geological surveys and geological societies 
-of the United States and of foreign countries, in exchange for their publications. 
Section 3. The board may, at its discretion, order the publication of extra 
‘copies in addition to.the three thousand already provided for. These extra copies 
‘shall be placed in the hands of the state geologist. From these, members of the 
general assembly may, on application, draw up to fifty (50) copies each. Those 
remaining shall be placed on sale at a price equal to the net cost of printing and 
‘binding, which price is to be established by the state supervisor of public printing. 
‘The proceeds of such sales shall be accounted for and paid into the state treas- 
ury, and the state geologist shall be required by the commission to give suitable 
bond for the security of the funds thus passing through his hands. The proceeds 
of such sales shall be credited to the account of the geological survey and shall 
‘be used for the prosecution of the further work of the survey without distinction 
from other funds which the general assembly from time to time appropriates for 
‘the survey. 
Section 4. The cost of printing, illustrating, electrotyping, binding, et cetera, 
of said bulletins and said volumes, shall be paid from the general appropriation 
for state printing. 
