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14, 1874. Mr. Hacklock, who is said to have been a Scotchman, had 

 !>een assistant geologist under Mr. Roberts the year before; he made 

 no report except the one published under a former appropriation and 

 mentioned above. William C. Hazeldine, appointed January 14, 

 1874, and removed June 2i), 1874. ^Mr. Hazeldine was an English- 

 man by birth, and had been a membei- of the State legislature from 

 Eichmond, Little liiver County, in 1871. Later he was circuit judge 

 of the second district of Arkansas, and lived at Augusta, Woodiuti' 

 Couiity. As State geologist lie made no report, and, so far as can be 

 ascertained, did no field work. Arnold Syberg was appointed June 

 29, 1874. and remained in office to the end of the term. Mr. Syberg 

 was a native of Prussia: was iit one time ;i captain in the Regular 

 Army of the United States; afterwards State engineer of the State 

 of Arkansas, and still later engineer in the Confederate Army. He 

 made no report, and tlie only work <lone was to receive and examine 

 specimens sent or brought in from various parts of the State. 



The total amount appropriated for the 1873-74 survey ($15,000) 

 was spent, and, in addition thereto, tlie legislature voted $2,38(5 in 

 a deficiency bill. 



Tlie failure of the surveys for the year> 18<)8 to 187.") to yield any 

 geological results must be attributed to the general demoralization of 

 the State govermnent during the reconstruction period. 



No further efforts were nuide to carry on a geological survey until 

 the year 1881, when bulls for sucli work were defeated in both 

 branches of the general assembly. 



In the assemi)ly of 1883 the only legislation })Ms^ed i-elating to 

 geological work was a senate concui-rent resolution " auth.orizing and 

 directing the govei-uor to mak(> ai)])lication to the Secretary of the 

 Interior of the United States for a geological survey of the State 

 of Arkansas." ' Nothing seems to have come of this effort to obtain 

 help from the National (jovei-nment. 



FOURTH GEOLOOICAI. SUU\EY UNDER JOHN G. HRANNEK, 1 SST-l SIGJ. 



The fourth geological survey of the .State was undertaken under 

 the s\iggestion of Gov. Simon P. Hughes, in his message to the gen- 

 eral assembly in January, 1887. The following is the text of the act 

 of authorization : 



A hill pi'ovlrliiitc for ft t!,ooIot<i<-Ml survey of Arknusas. 



Be it cnartcd hi/ the General Asi^cnibly of the SUUe of Arkanms: 



SiccTioN 1. Tlint the governor is hereby roquired to appoint, 1)5' and with tlio 



advice and consent of tlie sen:ite, a State geologist, wlio shall be a person of 



known integrity and oouipetoncy, having :i practical and scientific knowledge of 



the sciences of geology and mineralogy, who shall hold his office for the term 



' .TouDiiil of G.'olojiy, vol. 2. ISO-!, pp. 82!)-S:50. 



