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bnrsemeiit In accordance with the provisions herein made and provided for; 

 and it shall be the duty of tlie State geologist to file with the State board of 

 agriculture, a statement accompanied with the proper vouchers for all moneys 

 expended by him in carrying out the provisions of this act. 



Sec. VII. And he it furtlier enacted, That there shall be printed and bound 

 annually in a separate volume 2,500 copies of the report of the State geologist, 

 to be printed and provided by law for printing, binding, and distributing the 

 laws and journals. 



This act shall be in force from and after its passage. 



Approved March 5, 1869. 



At the session of 1879 the legislature revised this law and created 

 a bureau of statistics and geology. Tlie followin<; is the text of this 

 act: 



An act providing for the cstnbHshment of a State bureau of statistics ond geology, creat- 

 ing the office of the chief of such department, defining his duties, providing for t!ie 

 collectiou of statistics on agriculture, manufactures, commerce, education, labor, social, 

 and sanitary subjects, making said chief, curator of the geological cabinet, and ap- 

 propriating money to carry out the provisions of the act. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the Oeneral Assemhly of the Slate of Indiana, 

 Tluit a department of statistics and geology is hereby established for the col- 

 lection and dissemination of information, hereinafter provided, by annual 

 printed reports made to the governor and legislature of the State. 



Sec. 2. The governor is hereby authorized to appoint, as soon after the passage 

 of this act as convenient, and thereafter biennially, some suitable person to act 

 as chief, vvho shall have power to employ such assistants as he may deem neces- 

 sary, and said officer nnd assistants shall constitute the Indiana bureau of sta- 

 tistics and geology, with headquarters to be furnished by the State: Provided, 

 That such chief of the bureiiu of statistics shall be an expert in the sciences of 

 geology and chemistry. 



Sec. 3. The duties of said bureau shall be to collect, systematize, tabulate, 

 and present in annual reports, as hereinafter provided, statistical information 

 and details relating to agriculture, manufacturing, mining, commerce, labor, 

 education, social and sanitary conditions, vital statistics, marriages, and deaths, 

 and to the permanent prosperity of the productive industry of the people of the 

 State. 



Sf.c. 4. It shall be the duty of the several city, incorporated town, county and 

 town.ship assessors, trustees, ofSicers of school boards, and boards of health In 

 their respective cities, towns, counties, and townships; the agents or superin- 

 tendents of all manufacturing, mining, and mechanical establishments; the 

 managers and superintendents of all corporations, manufacturing, mechanical, 

 and transportation companies and associations; and county superintendents of 

 schools, to make reports and answer questions relating to the duties of said 

 bureau, upon such blanks as may be furnished to them for such purposes by snid 

 bureau. And the chief of said department shall have power to administer oaths, 

 to examine witnesses under oath on questions relating to production, manufac- 

 turing, mining, transportation, labor, wages, savings, and respecting such other 

 matters as relates to the duties of said bureau. 



Sec. 5. The chief of said bureau shall be the curator of the geological cabinet, 

 museum, chemical laboratory, ai)i)aratus, and lib)ary, and shall from time to 



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