4 BULLETIN 109, UiS'lTED STATES NATTOXAL MUSEUM. 



i;iuration of llie State, and to an examination of its mineral and agricultural 

 resources ; therefore — 



Section 1. Be it enacted h)/ the General Assemt)Iij of Alahauia, Tliat Eugene 

 A. Smitli, professor of mineralogy and geology in tbe University of Alabama, 

 he and he is hereby appointed State geologist. 



Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said State geologist shall make to the 

 governor an annual report of the progress of his surveys and explorations of 

 the mineral, agricultural, and other natural resources of the State, and upon 

 tlie completion of the survey he sliall make a full report of his labors, includ- 

 ing surveys and explorations of mineral deposits, their location, and the best 

 and most economical methods of development ; of the qualities of soils, and 

 tJieir adaptation to agricultural purposes, together with analyses of soils, ores, 

 minerals and mineral water, with maps, charts and drawings ; which said re- 

 poi't shall be printed, and sliall be the exclusive property of the State. 



Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said State 

 geologist to make collections of specimens, illustrative of the geological, agri- 

 cultural, and mineral features of the State, one suite of which shall be de- 

 posited in the cabinet of the University of Alabama, a second suite in the 

 cabinet of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, and a third in the office 

 of tlie commissioner of industrial resources, in the State capitol at Montgomery. 



Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That for the outfit of the said survey there 

 shall be appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherv^ise appro- 

 priated — first, the sum of eight hundred dollars ($800) for the purchase of 

 cheniicals and the necessary apparatus of a laboratory for the analyses of 

 soils, ores, minerals, and mineral waters ; second, the sum of two thousand 

 two hundred dollars ($2,200) for the purchase of an ambulance and team, ami 

 other equipments; third, an annual sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to pay 

 the traveling and incidental expenses of the said State geologist during such 

 time as lie is engaged in the field work of the survey. The auditor shall, on 

 the i-equisition of the said State geologist, when approved by the governor, 

 draw his warrant on the treasury for the said sums as they shall be needed 

 for tl'.e purpose of said survey as lierein set forth ; and the vouchers of said 

 State geologist, for all expenditures made from this fund, shall be filed with 

 the auditor, to be laid before the general assembly. 



Approved April 18, 1873. 



In 1877 a supplemental bill was passed making biennial appro- 

 ]>riations of $200 for the purpose of j)reparing maps and other illus- 

 trations, aud in 1870 still another, of which the following is a 

 transcript: 



All act (o provide for printiu^' and distributing the report of the State goologist, and for 

 color platof5, and printing the maps of the counties of Fayette, Marion, Walker, and 

 Winston, which accompany said report. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the General AssanhJij of Alahuma, That the 

 State printer be, and lie is hereby, required to print 1.000 copies of the report 

 of the State geologist, made to the general assembly at the present session, one- 

 lialf of which shall be sent to the State geologist for distribution. 



Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the secretary of 

 state to procure, from the lowest responsible bidder, color plates, and liave 

 printed 1,000 copies each of the maps of the counties of Fayette, Marion, 

 AValker, and Winston, which accompany said State geologist's reports, which 

 maps shall be turned over to the State printer and bound with said report. 



