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plain region. His work among the crystalline rocks of the *^ hill 

 country'' left to the public a better knowledge of the general 

 character and distribution of these rocks, but the results involve 

 nothing of importance in the form of either data or principles 

 new to geologic science. 



As to legislation relative to the Tuomey survey, it will be 

 remembered (see p. 94) that the act of December, 1842, estab- 

 lishing the Ruffin survey, provided for a continuation of this 

 survey f)r two years; and that Mr. Tuomey, having been ap- 

 pointed early in the year 1844, prosecuted his work during 

 that year under the authority of this act. 



In December, 1844, sundry petitions from the people of the 

 State were submitted to the General Assembly, asking for a con- 

 tinuance of the "Agricultural and Geological Survey," and the 

 General Assembly authorized "a continuance of the survey 

 under the direction of the present incumbent, for a period of 

 two years, and at an annual salary of two thousand dollars.''* 



In December, 1845, a resolution was adopted by the General 

 Assembly authorizing a continuance of the Survey during 

 the following year.! And again in December, 1846, a 

 resolution was adopted authorizing that the "Geological Survey 

 of this State be continued for four months from the first day of 

 January next.| * * *" According to this, the existence 

 of the survey appears to have ended with the last day of April, 

 1847. Soon thereafter Mr. Tuomey left the State and went to 

 Alabama, where he was elected to the professorship of Geology, 

 Mineralogy and Agricultural Chemistry at the State University. 



The annual appropriation of two thousand dollars for the sal- 

 ary of the geologist, was the only appropriation made for the 

 prosecution of the work of the survey, tiie geologist being 

 expected to bear all of the expenses incurred, except for publi- 

 cation, out of his salary. 



The publications of the survey consisted of two reports ;§—(l) 





*Proceeding8 of House of Reps, of S. C, Deo. 14, 1844. 

 fReports and Resolutions of S. C, 1845, p. 195. 

 ilbid., 1840, p. 2(«. 

 gSee Bibliography, p. 113. 



