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sectious, aud assign cue to each of his assistants; and, under the couti'oi of the 

 first named, the corps shall proceed to make a careful and complete geological, 

 niineralogical, aud physical survey of the State; to euter upon record, to be 

 kept for that purpose iu his office, au accurate statement of the extent of all 

 water powers, woods, roads, springs, and watercourses, and the climate, topo- 

 graphy, and general physical character of the country, and locate the belts of 

 ores and useful minerals, building material ; report characteristics and compo- 

 sition of soils, and the deposits of marls and phosphates; to collect, analyze, 

 and classify specimens of minerals, plants, and soils, and enter the same upon 

 record; to cause to be preserved in a museum specimens illustrating the geol- 

 ogy, mineralogy, soils, plants, valuable woods, aud whatever else may be discov- 

 ered iu Georgia of scientific or economic value, and shall make a report of the 

 survey of every county of this State, accompanied with all necessary maps and 

 illustrations. For the purpose of niitking the analysis contemplated iu this act, 

 the State geologist shall have access to the chemical laboratory of the State. 

 The State geologist shall have supervision of the entire work, and shall be 

 responsible for the accui-acy of the same. It shall be the duty of the State 

 geologist to make reports to the advisory board as often as required by them, 

 and they shall report to each general assembly the progress and condition of the 

 survey; an accurate account of money spent; and such reports of the State 

 geologist aud his assistants as have been completed, together with all such In- 

 formation as may be deemed necessary and useful. 



Sec. IV. Be it further enacted. That the advisory board shall have the super- 

 vision of the money expenditures in the prosecution of the work conteuiplated 

 by this act. The State geologist shall make to the advisory board monthly 

 statements under oath of all incidental expenses necessarily incurred by him- 

 self aud his assistants, accompanied by proper vouchers, in the discharge of 

 their labors. The board shall audit such accounts, item by item, and approve 

 or reject the same, as in their judgment may be right. When an account is 

 allowed, the governor shall draw his warrant for the amount thereof upon the 

 funds appropriated by the provisions of this act. The governor, with the ad- 

 vice and consent of the board, may, at any time, suspend the field operations of 

 the geological corps until the next meeting of the general assembly. 



Sec. V. Be it further enacted. That the State geologist shall keep his office 

 In a room to be set aside for that purpose by the governor, and the commissioner 

 of agriculture shall furnish the clerical work required by the State geologist. 



Sec. VI. Be it further enacted. That the salary of the State geologist shall 

 be $2,500 per annum, and the two assistants shall each receive a salary of 

 $1,250 per annum, to be paid as now provided by law for the payment of other 

 state house officers. 



Sec. \ll. Be it further enacted, That the State geologist, with the consent of 

 the board of advisement, may employ a specialist, or specialists, at any time. 



Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted. That neither the State geologist nor his 

 assistants shall disclose to any person, except to the owner of the land, the 

 result of a survey, until the same is made public by publication of the report 

 by the advisory board, which shall be monthly or quarterly. 



Sec. IX. Be it further enacted. That the State geologist and his assistants 

 shall deposit, in the office of the governor, all maps, surveys, notes, or memo- 

 randum of surveys, when the surveys are completed, which are hereby declared 

 to be the property of the State. 



Sec. X. Be it further enacted. That the sum of $8,000, or so much thereof as 

 may be necessary, be, and the same is, hereby appropriated, annually, for the 



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