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(to take effect in December following) on account of the insuffi- 

 ciency of the salary paid him. In the meantime, however, it 

 was suggested to him by members of the Board of Truste(.'s that 

 there might arise an opportunity for him to make a geological 

 and minerahia;ical survev of the State and thereby have his sal- 

 ary increased. Accordingly he indicated to the Board of Trus- 

 tees his willingness to act on the suggestion and outlined the 

 proposed work of the survey in a letter, of which the following 

 is an extract :* 



This idea I find meets with the sanction of many of the members of the 

 Legislature, -and it is thought that an application for funds for this purpose 

 from your Honorable Board would meet with little or no opposition from the 

 Legislature; I therefore request you, Gentlemen, before accepting my resigna- 

 tion to consider the propriety and expediency of making said application. 

 I propose, Gentlemen, to make a thorough examination of each District of the 

 State, as to its Rocks, Minerals and Fossils. To collect specimens of every 

 different kind that comes under notice in the different Districts; and to 

 arrange the same by Districts in the South Carolina College, giving to each 

 specimen its name and its location. Likewise to mark on the map of the State 

 the rocks as they exist, and also such valuable minerals as may have been 

 noticed. As the mineral history of the Stale will be interesting at home and 

 abroad, it is a part of my plan to prepare a work of the kind. It is thought 

 that an examination of the State in the manner aforementioned, would occupy 

 three years; giving to each year about six months, or as much of my time as 

 could with convenience be taken from my present duties. 



After consultation with Prof-ssor Vanuxem the Board of Trus- 

 tees recommended to the General Assembly that he be placed "on 

 equality with the other professors in point of salary and that he 

 be required to perform the additional duties of a Geological and 

 Mineralogical Survey of the State by Districts, collect and 

 arrange the specimens, as proposed in his communication, during 

 the sumtuer m()nths."f 



The result of the above action was the insertion into that part 

 of the appropriation bill for 1825, relating to the South Caro- 

 lina College, the following: "* * * For the salary of the 



*MS. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of the South Carolina College, 30th November, 

 1824, now in the College Library. Columbia. 



IMS. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of the South Carolina College; proceedings 

 of December 1 and 6, 1824, now in the College Library, Columbia. 



