22 BULLETiX 10!>, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Tliat the goveruor is hereby required to appoint, by and with the advice and 

 consent of the senate, a State geologist, who .shall be a person of known integ- 

 rity and competency, having a practical and scientitic knowledge of the science 

 of geology and mineralogy, who shall hold his office for the term of tv/o years 

 from the time he enters upon the duties of his office : Provided, That he shall 

 be at all times subject to removal by the governor for incompetency or gi-oss 

 neglect of duty. That said geologist shall, upon consultation with and approval 

 of the governor, appoint one or more suitable a.ssistants, not exceeding four in 

 number, one of whom shall be a skillful, analyticrJ, and agricultural chemist; 

 the said geologist and assistants to constitute a geological corps, whose duty it 

 shall be to make a complete and thorough geological, agricultural, and miner- 

 alogical survey of each and every comity in the State. . 



Sec. 2. That section 6 of said act be amende<l so as to rend as follows, to wit : 

 That the salary of said geologist shall be .$3,r!<X) per annum ; the salaries of three 

 of his assistants shall be .$2,000 per annum : and the .salary of one of. 

 his assistants not more than .$1,800 per .-innum. which salaries shall be paid at 

 the time and in the manner now proscribed by hiw for the paynu'nt of the otiier 

 State officers. 



Se:c. 3. That for (he iiurpose of carrying out the provisions of this act there 

 is hereby appropriated out of any money now in the treasury of the State not 

 otherwise appropriated, for chemical and conringent expenses of the survey, 

 including the actual and necessary- traveling expenses of the geological corps 

 and hire of local assistants. $10,0(M). which sum so appropriated shall be ex- 

 pended, under the direction of the governor, upon the certificate of said geolo- 

 gist, and approved by the governor, which eertificate and approval shall alone 

 authoi'ize the auditor of State to draw his warrant upon the treasurer for the 

 amount so certified and approved. 



Sec. 4. That all laws in conllict herewith are hereby repealed, and this act 

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



Approved JIarch 29, 1889. 



Under this bill Doctor Crunaor Ava.s agMin appointed State geolo- 

 gist. The assembly of 1891 made the same appropriation as for each 

 of the two previous years, but with the stipulation that tlie survey 

 should be brought to a elo.se by the end of ]March, 1903. This, so 

 far as the field work was concerned, was practically accomplished 

 and further ap|)ro))riations asked only sufficient to complete the 

 preparation of the i-eports. The sum of $1,000 was appropriated for 

 this with the understanding that Doctor I>ranner should prepare the 

 reports without expense to the State beyond the assistance he migl^t 

 need in office and clerical work, and that the printing, binding, and 

 engraving of the reports should be paid for, as before, out of the gen-^ 

 eral appropriations for the State. 



The reports, as issued, are mainly in the form of monographs, ajul, 

 in the case of that of Penrose on manganese, by no means limited to 

 deposits v.ithin the State limits. Annual reports alone were pro- 

 vided for, and for this reason the volumes, instead of being numbered 

 consecutively, are given in this form and divided into voUnnes, of 

 vrhich each one is as a rule given uj) to a single subject. 



