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the director of tlie musenm, and shall have the right to appoint a ciistodinu of 

 the mnseum and other employees, subject to the approval of the board of trus- 

 tees, and it shall be his duty to consult the board in all matters of importance. 



Sec. 4. Said board shall make rules for its own government, for regulating 

 the custody and disbursement of funds, and the mode of dravving the same from 

 the Ptate treasury. 



Sec. f). The board of trustees shall, annually, report to the governor of the 

 State the condition of the bureau, with a statement of the receipts and expendi- 

 ,tures in detail, which report shall be published in the annual report of the State 

 mineralogist i)rovided for in the act to which this is supplementary. 



Sec. 6. The trustees are hereby empovi^ered to pay out of any moneys coming 

 into their hands the amount advanced by Wells, Fargo & Company, shown in the 

 financial statement of the State mineralogist and published in his report. 



Sec. 7. The board of trustees shall be empowered to recei\e, on behalf of the 

 State, bequests or gifts, legacies and devises, real estate and other property, and 

 To use the same in accordance w ith the wishes of the donors ; and if no instruc- 

 tions are given, to use their discretion for the best interests of the State 

 museum. 



Sec. 8. The bo.ird of trustoes may, with the assistance of the State mineral- 

 ogist, prepare a special colleetioii of ores and minerals of California, to be sent 

 to any World's Fair or exposition at vvhich they may deem it <lesirable to dis- 

 play the mineral wealth of the State. 



Sec, 9. All acts or laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 10. This iict shall take effect immediately. 



Under this act William Irelan, jr., S. Heydenfeldt, jr., J. I. 

 Davis, W. E. Dean, and George Hearst were appointed trustees. 



The bureau, as organized under this law, had for its ininiediute 

 1,'iOtive the collection and preservation, for study and reference, of 

 materials pertaining to economic geology, and to make assays ami 

 furnish information relative to the resources of the State and their 

 utilization. It was to be sustained in part by a tax on the issue of 

 cer-tificates of stock corporations. In addition, appropriations for 

 geological work were from time to time made by the State legislature. 

 Under these conditions the bureau fund T\'as a somewhat variable 

 quantity, rarely amounting to more than $2,000 or $3,000 annually, 

 while the legislative appropriations were some $10,000, $15,000 or 

 $25,000, for the running expeupes of the bureau and for field work. 



Personnel. — The term of office of the State mineralogists was by 

 the origina.l act limited to four years, or until the appointment jind 

 riualification of his successor. The various incumbents and their 

 periods g2 service were as follows: Henry G. Hanks, 1880 to May 

 10, 188G: William Irelan. Jr., from 1886 to September 15, 1892; J. j. 

 Crawford, 1892 to 1896 ; and A. S. Cooper, 1896 to 1900, the latter 

 being in turn superseded by !>. E. Aubrey. The following list com- 

 prises tlie names of those who have from time to time served as field 

 assistants, and who, according to the terms of the law (sec. 4), were 

 appointed by the State mineralogist. The salaries of the assistants 



