74 BULLF.TIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL, MUSEUM. 



In 1852 the matter came \ip once more in a similar form, and tho 

 following joint resolution passed, though again with no apparent 

 result : 



A joint I'esohition in relallon (o a donation ot public lands for a geological. aRvlcultural, 



and topographical siirvej'. 



Be it remlved by the General Assondly of the State of Indiana, That our Sen- 

 ators in Congress be instructed and Eepresentativos requested to use tlieir votes 

 and influence to effect tlie passage of a law giving to the States, respectively, in 

 which there is so much unsold public land, one tovrnship in each landofBce dis- 

 trict, to be applied by the i)roper authorities of the State for the purpose of 

 making a geological, agricultural, and topographical survey of such State; and 



Be it further resolved, That his excellency the governor be and is hereby au- 

 thorized to furnish each of our Senators and Representatives a copy of this joint 

 resolution : also one copy to each of the governors of the several States, and re- 

 quest them to lay the same before the legislatures. 



Approved January 12, 1852. 



In 1853 Gov. Joseph A. Wright, in his message to the legislature, 

 urged the resumption of the geological survey in order to develop 

 the mineral resources of the State. In response to this there was 

 made, according to the manuscript notes of Dr. Ryland T. Brown, 

 a small appropriation which became available in January, 1854. To 

 expend this the governor appointed Doctor Brown State geologist. 

 One report was made on the work of the season of 1854. This the 

 legislature refused to publish on the ground that it conveyed an 

 erroneous and exaggerated idea as to the value of the coals of the 

 State. Appropriation for the continuation of the work was also 

 refused. Doctor Brown's suppressed report, it should be stated, was 

 subsequently published in the reports of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture. 



SECOND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNDER D. D. OWEX AND RICHARD OWEN, 



1859-1861.^ 



The subject of a survey coming again before the legislature, in 

 1859, the following enactment was passed : 



An act authorizing tlie State board of agriculture to Ci^^I^5e a geological reconnoissarce of 

 the State to bo made, to make collections and analyses of specimens, and making ap- 

 propriations therefor. 



Whereas the State board of agriculture has memorialized the general assembly 

 for such aid a full geological survey of the State would give in furtherance of 

 the object for which said board was organized; and 



Whereas the finances of the State are not now in a condition which would 

 justify such an appropriation as would cari-y out the plan contemplated by the 

 memorialists; and 



' Prepared in part from manuscripts by Dr. Ryland T. Brown and Prof. Richard Owen. 



