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Whereas It is now believed that the sum of $5,000, granted by the State to 

 said board, together with such voluntary contributions as might be made to it, 

 would be suthcient to make a geological reconnoissance of the State and the de- 

 termination of the general boundaries of its geological formation and also to 

 make collections and analyses of specimens of minerals, ores, earths, and stone 

 from every portion of the State, and thus prepare the way for a more full and 

 systematic survey t<> bo made hereafter under the direction of the State execu- 

 tive; therefore — 



SrcTioN 1. He it enacted by the General AsscmJjhj of the State of Indiana, 

 That the simi of $5,000 is hereby appropriated out of the State treasury, and to 

 be paid on the warrant of the auditor to the said State board, for the purpose 

 of making the geological recouuoisance, collections, and analyses of specimens 

 of minerals, ores, earths, and stones: Provided, That one-half of said sum shall 

 not be paid prior to April 15, 1S60, and the other half not before the 15th of 

 October, 1860. 



Sec. 2. The governor is hereby directed to select a convenient room in the 

 capitol, or in any building that may be erected by the State, if a suitable one 

 can be found, and, if not, hire one for the deposit and safe-keeping of such 

 minerals, soils, ores, fossils, maps, sketches, etc., as may be collected and made 

 by direction of said board, which room shall be placed under the control of said 

 board. 



Sec. 3. The State board of agriculture shall, on or before the 15th of De- 

 cember, 1860, make a full report to the governor of the expenditures of said 

 appropriation, with full vouchers thereof and of the results accomplished there- 

 by. The governor shall have 2,000 copies of said report printed for the use of 

 the next general assembly. 



Orgamsation. — Under tliis law Dr. D. D. Owen, then State geolo- 

 gist of Arkansas, was for the second time appointed State geologist 

 of Indiana, and his brother, Richard Owen, assistant. Doctor Owen 

 dying .shortly after the work was begun, Richard Owen became State 

 geologist, holding the position until 1861, when he resigned to take 

 command of a regiment of volunteers in the Federal Army. The 

 vacancy then created was not filled, and thus the third attempt at a 

 geological sur\"ey of the State came to an end. 



This survey had no connection wdth any institution other than the 

 board of agriculture, and v.-as sustained during its brief existence 

 by the single appropriation of $5,000, Section 3 of an act approved 

 May 11, 1861, however, made the State geologist a member of the 

 faculty of the State University, and directed that in the progress of 

 the work he collect specimens of geology and p.iineralogy in duplicate 

 and deposit one set of the same in the university cabinet. 



Administrafion. — The Owens were assisted on tliis survey by Dr. 

 Robert Peter, chemist: Leo Lesquereux, botanist; and J. P. Lesley, 

 topographical engineer, the State geologist, himself, being ap- 

 pointed bj' the State board of agriculture, and the assistants by 

 Doctor Owen. No promotions were made during the existence of 

 tliP survey. The salaries w^ere at the rat-e of $8 a day for State 



