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Sec. S. No luonoy shall be paid for the purposes of sjiid survej' until said 

 j-'oologist t?hi\\l hiive entered iipon the dischfsrge of his duties as prescribed by 

 thi.s act. 



•Sec. 9. The survey shall be conmienced as soou after the a[)polntment of said 

 sxeologist and his assistants as practicable, iiud shall be coLni)leted within two 

 yei'.rs from and after the time of its commencement. To facilitate said survey 

 the geologist and his assistants shall have access to the field notes and maps of 

 the public surveys in the ofRce of the commissioner of State lands free of 

 i'harRc. When, at any time during the progress of such survey, said geologist 

 shall discover any considerable deposits of mineral, metals, ores, clays, ('(>als, or 

 anything else of value, situated upon the land (u- lauds of any citizen or citi- 

 zens of this State, he shall forthwith notify the owner or owners of such dis- 

 covery or discoveries: and should any such di.scovery or discoveries be upon any 

 laud or lauds belonging to the State, ho shall at once and without delay notify 

 the governor thereof; and the governor, upon tlie receipt of such notice, shall 

 forthwith cause all such lauds to be withdr;iwu from sale or donation until 

 otherwise provided by the general asseaibly. 



Sec. 10. That all laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and this act 

 shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 



Approved March 5, 1887. 



Persomiel. — Under this act, Dr. A. C. I^ranner, then professor of 

 geology in the University of Indiana, Avas ap])ointed State geologist, 

 entering upon his duties June 24, 1887. Assistants in special lines 

 of investigation Avero from time to time appointed as follows: T. B. 

 Comstock, to report on mines of gold and silver; R. A. F. Penrose, 

 on those of manganese; L. S. Griswold, on novaciilite; T. C. Hopkins, 

 on marbles; and J. F. Williams, on the igneous rocks. E. N. Brockett 

 served as chemist. Mr. Comstock resigning at the end of the first 

 season, that of 1887, Mr. Arthur Winslow was appointed in his place. 

 Volunteer assistance along ^•arious lines was furnished by O. P. Hay, 

 of Butler University. Indiana; C. II. BoUman, of the University of 

 Indiana; F. V. Coville, of Cornell University; F. W. Simonds, of 

 the Arkansas Industrial University; R. T. Hill, of the United States 

 Geological Survey; J. H. Shinn, of Little Rock, Arkansas; and G. I). 

 Harris, of Jamestown, New York. Cliarles E. Taft served as topo- 

 grapher. 



At the meetiug of the general asseuibly in 1889 there was violent 

 opposition to the continuation of the survey, due chieily to the ex 

 I)osition of certain fraudulent claims regarding gold mines in the 

 western part of the State. This opposition, was, however, unsuccess- 

 ftil, and the following bill passed. As will be noted, it was so 

 worded that it was unnecessarj^ for the subsequent assemblies to do 

 more than vote the necessary appropriations. 



An act providing for a g('olo;ii<al survey of Arkjinsas, npi)toved itarcli 5. ISST. nnd aji 

 proprinting ten tliousnnd doUiirs to defray the expenses of Paid survey. 



Be it enacU'd bij Hie Ocncral Assemblji of the State of Arkansas: 

 Skction 1. That section 1 of an act providing for a geological survey of 

 Arkaiisjis. approved .Miirdi .'i, 1887, be amended so as tu re:>d as f(dlows, to wit; 



