($3.50) per volume, and all volumes of said reports which may be pub. lished after this act takes effect shall be furnished at a price not exceed. ing two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) per volume, are to be de livered at the office of the secretary of State. The reporter of said de. cisions shall perform such duties, and in such manner as the supreme court has or may, from time to time, by rule prescribe. He shall receive, as his compensation, a salary of six thousand dollars ($6,000) per annum, payable out of the State treasury in quarter-yearly installments, upon the warrant of the auditor. It is hereby made the duty of the reporter, within four months after a sufficient number of opinions to constitute a volume shall be ready for delivery to him, to have the same printed and published in the style and manner, and of the size and quality required by the rules of the supreme court, and for such period as he may be in default, in that regard, he shall receive no salary unless the supreme court shall certify that such default could not have been avoided by the exercise of due diligence by said reporter. He shall keep constantly on hand, at the State capital, a sufficient number of all volumes of such reports as may be published after this act shall take effect, to supply all demands therefor and shall sell the same at a price not exceeding two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) per volume, and a neglect or refusal on his part to comply with this requirement shall be sufficient ground of removal from office, and shall work a forfeiture of his salary and clerk hire and all emoluments. In no event shall the State be liable for any portion of the cost of printing and publishing said reports, but the entire expense thereof shall be paid by the reporter.

ADVERTISING-RATES TO BE PAID.

AN ACT fixing the rates of advertising by the State, and providing for the payment of the same. [Approved May 21, 1877. In force July 1, 1877. L. 1877, p. 206.] *64. Fixes the rate. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the rates for all proclamations, advertisements, notices, proposals and other publications, made by any State officer, or other person or persons on behalf of the State, authorized to publish the same, as may be from time to time required to be made by law, shall be as follows: For each line of nonpareil type of the length of the width of a newspaper column, the sum of ten (ro) cents for the first, and seven and one-half (71) cents for each subsequent insertion; but when the lines shall be longer than as above stated, the same shall be paid for in proportion to such excess in length. The governor shall have power to direct in what newspapers such publications shall be made, and they shall be paid for in the following manner, to-wit: The parties who may have published such proclamations, advertisements, notices, proposals, or other publications, in the nature of an advertisement or publication required to be made by law, shall file with the auditor of public accounts, a voucher duly approved by the State officers or other persons authorized by law to order such publication to be made, and duly approved by the governor; whereupon the said auditor shall draw his warrant for the amount of such voucher of vouchers, on the State treasurer, who shall pay the same out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated by law.

AN ACT to establish a State Historical Library and Natural History Museum, to provide for its care and maintenance and to appropriate money therefor. [Approved May 25, 1877. In force July 1, 1877. L. 1877, P. 14.]

WHEREAS, It is important and desirable that all books, manuscripts and other matters illustrative of the early history of this State shall be preserved in some permanent form; and

WHEREAS, The collection of geological specimens accumulated in the progress of the geological survey of this State are lying in a disorganized mass in the basement of the capitol; and

WHEREAS, The large and valuable collection of specimens of zoology and botany in the Museum of Natural History at Normal are now in a building not fire-proof, and therefore in danger of destruction by fire; therefore :

*1. Established. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That there is hereby established at the capitol of the State a State historical library and cabinet of natural history, to be known as "The Illinois State Historical Library and Natural Museum."

*2. Rooms. 2. The room in the west wing of the State house, known as the miscellaneous library rooms, are hereby set apart for the said library and museum established by this act.

*3. Management-trustees. § 3. The Illinois State Historical Library and Natural History Museum shall be under the management of three trustees, consisting of the governor, secretary of State and superintendent of public instruction, who shall have power to make all such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary for its management.

*4. Curator. § 4. It shall be the duty of said trustees to appoint a curator, who shall be a person of competent scientific attainments, and who shall possess a practical knowledge of the science of geology,

*5. Librarian. $5. The curator shall act as librarian and shall have the custody, superintendence and charge of all articles directed to be deposited in said library and museum, and shall also perform the acts which are or may be required by law of the State geologist.

*6. Duty of curator. § 6. It shall be the duty of the said curator, as soon as the State house commissioners furnish the book cases and

furniture designed for the galleries of said rooms, to select from the State library all books and documents relating to the history of the State and place them in the new rooms as a nucleus for a State historical library.

*7. Specimens to be removed. § 7. It shall be the duty of the curator, as soon after this act takes effect as is practicable, to have the collection of geological specimens accumulated in the progress of the geological survey of this State, and the other specimens hereinafter named, removed to said rooms and classified, labeled and arranged in such manner as to be effectually preserved and at the same time open to the inspection of the public.

*8. Duplicate specimens. § 8. One each of all the duplicate zoological and botanical specimens now on hand in the Illinois Museum of Natural History at Normal, which are not needed to illustrate the natural history work of the State Normal University, are hereby directed to be deposited as soon as practicable in the museum established by this act by the curator of said Illinois Museum of Natural History.

*9. Museum at Normal. 9. It is hereby directed that the Illinois Museum of Natural History at Normal be converted into a State Laboratory of Natural History, at which, under the direction of the curator thereof, the collection, preservation and determination of all zoological and botanical material for said State Museum shall be done. It is made a part of the duty of said curator to provide, as soon as possible, a series of specimens illustrating the zoology and botany of the State, to deposit them from time to time in the museum established by this act, and to furnish, as far as practicable, all zoological and botanical material needed by the State educational institutions for the proper performance of their work.

*10. Appropriation. § 10. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act the following named sums are hereby appropriated out of the State treasury for the purposes herein specified.

For the salary of the curator provided for in this act, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per annum for two years, payable quarterly.

For the purpose of moving the geological specimens from the basement, and of moving the natural history specimens at Normal to the rooms designated, and for arranging, classifying, labeling and putting all the said specimens in such condition that they will be effectually preserved and at the same time open to the convenient inspection of the public, the sum of five hundred dollars ($500).

For the purpose of increasing the collections in natural history, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum, to be expended under the direction of the curator of the State laboratory at Normal.

*11. When and how drawn. § 11. The auditor of public ac counts is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant on the treasurer for the moneys herein appropriated, upon order of the board of trustees: Provided, that no portion of said moneys, other than the annual salaries, shall be due and payable until satisfactory vouchers in detail shall have been filed with the auditor for the expenditures incurred.

AN ACT respecting the State Laboratory of Natural History and the State Entomologist's office. [Approved June 27, 1885. In force July 1, 1885. L. 1885, p. ] *1. Board of education-transfer of property. SEC. I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the board of education of the State of Illinois is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the board of trustees of the Illinois Industrial University all the property now under their charge belonging to the establishment known as the State Laboratory of Natural History, excepting that needed to illustrate the natural history work of the State Normal University, and further excepting a full series of the objects prepared and mounted for exhibition as museum specimens.

*2. Director of laboratory — receipt of property. § 2. The trustees of the Illinois Industrial University are hereby authorized and directed to receive from the State board of education the property mentioned in the preceding section, and to hold the same for the benefit of the State of Illinois. They shall also have power to appoint a director of the laboratory and such assistants as the work of the establishment may require, the latter upon the nomination of the director.

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*3. To supply natural history specimens — duty of director — survey – reports. 3 The State Laboratory of Natu ral History is hereby especially charged with the supply of natural history specimens to the State museum, to the State educational institutions, and to the public schools. It shall be a further duty of the director of said laboratory to conduct a natural history survey of the State, giving preference to subjects of educational and economic importance; and he shall present for publication, from time to time, a series of systematic reports covering the entire field of the zoology and the cryptogamic botany of Illinois. These reports shall not exceed six volumes in num

ber, of five hundred pages each (not including plates), and shall be of the general form and typography of those of the State geological survey.

*4. Director may be State entomologist — salary. § 4. The director of the laboratory may also be State entomologist; in which case his salary as director[y] shall cease, and an amount equal to the quarterly installments thereof shall be deducted each quarter from the sum due the laboratory under legislative appropriations then current.

*5. Appropriation. § 5. There is hereby appropriated to the State Laboratory of Natural History, for the field work and office and incidental expenses of the laboratory, the sum of six hundred dollars per annum; for the traveling, office, and incidental expenses of the State entomologist, the sum of six hundred dollars per annum; for the improvement of the library, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum; for the salary of the director, the sum of two thousand dollars per annum; for the pay of the entomological assistant, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum; for the pay of the botanical assistant, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum; for miscellaneous assistance, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum; for the publication of bulletins, the sum of three hundred dollars per annum; and for the preparation and publication of the second volume of the report upon the zoology of the State, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per annum.

*6. When and how drawn. § 6. The auditor of public accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the treasurer for the sums hereby appropriated, upon the order of the president of the board of trustees of the Illinois Industrial University, attested by its secretary, and with the corporate seal of the university: Provided, that no part of said sums shall be due and payable to said institution until satisfactory vouchers in detail, approved by the governor, shall be filed with the auditor, for the expenditure of the last quarterly installment of appropriations herein or heretofore made.

*7. Life time of act. § 7. This act shall be and continue in force from the first day of July, A. D. 1885, until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next General Assembly.