18 BULLETIN lOf?, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSELTM. 



the govei-nor mentions the f:\ct that Mr. Roberts leturned to Penn- 

 sylvania the preceding July, and had not since been heard from. 

 Dr. George Haddock, of Arkadelphia, had been appointed Roberts' 

 assistant, and accom]7anied him through the westerly part of the. 

 State. With Avliat results is not definitely known, sinee Roberts' 

 report was ne\'er published, the manuscript, according to the author's 

 statements, being deposited in a bank because the State was unable 

 to print it. A series of articles, however, was subsequently pub- 

 lished in the Af/e of Steel of St. Louis in 1887-88, and it is regarded 

 by Professor Branner as probable that these represented his views 

 of the geology of the State, thougli they are largely a i-epetition of 

 results given by Owen. In 1873 Dr. George Pladdock published a 

 pamphlet of 66 pages, entitled : Reports of a Geological lACConnais- 

 sance of a Part of the State Arkansas Made During the Years 

 1871-72. This was likewise of little importance and added nothing 

 to the work of Owen. 



THIRD GEOLOGICAL SUKVEV UNDER GEORGE HADDOCK AND OTHERS, 



1S73-1S7 4. 



Jn tlie general assembly of 1873 the matter of a renewal of tlie 

 survey was taken up and a bill passed as follows: 



An act entitled An act to authorize tlio governor to appoint a State geologist to develop 

 the mineral resourcps of the State of Arkansas, and for other purposes. 



Section 1. Be it enacted hi) the General Assembly of the State of Artcansas, 

 That the governor be and lie is hereby authorized to appoint a State geologist, 

 who shall hold his office for the term of two yenrs, excei)t he be removed as 

 hereinafter provided. 



Sec. 2. Any person who shall have been appointed under the provisions of 

 this act shall, on receiving his commission, proceed to make a geological ex- 

 amination of the State, and report to the governor the results of the explora- 

 tions and discoveries once every 12 months. 



Sec. 3. The State geologist appointed under this act shall be authorized to 

 employ one or (wo hands, who sh;ill be under his supervision; and he shall be 

 entitled to receive a sahiry of $2,500 per annum, all traveling and other neces- 

 sary expenses. 



Sec. 4. There shall be set apart, in the office of the secretary of state, m 

 proper place for a mineral cabinet, and it shall be the duty of the State geolo- 

 gist to select choice specimens of all aiinerals that he may discover and deposit 

 the same, properly htbeled. in the mineral cabinet. 



Sec. 5. The governor shall be aulhorized and shall have full power to remove 

 the said State geologist whenever in his opinion the interests of the State may 

 require it, and in that event the salary of the State geologist shall cease from 

 the date of his removal. 



Sec. 6. The sum of .$15,000 is hereby appropriated to carry this act into effect. 



Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 



Approved April 25, 1873. 



Under this act the following geologists were appointed: George 

 Haddock, appointed May 15, 1873, and removed from office January 



