GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HLSTORY SURVEYS, ^1 



Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of said State geologist to continue the geological 

 survey of the State, by counties or districts, and to complete and revise the 

 same as may be practicable. He shall give special attention to the discovery of 

 minerals, stones, or other natural substances useful in agriculture, manufacture, 

 or the mechanical arts; he shall be curator of the geological cabinet, museum, 

 apparatus, and library, and shall from time to time, as may be practicable, 

 add specimens to the cabinet of minerals, organic remains, and other objects 

 of natural history peculiar to this State and other States and countries. 



Sec. 4. The offices of the g>?ological department shall be in such rooms as may 

 be assigned for this purpose, and he shall keep such otiice and the State museum 

 open during the usual business hours of otlier offices of State when not en- 

 gaged in field or other work requiring his absence therefrom. 



Sec. 5. The State geologist shall make to the governor an annual report of 

 his labors and discoveries, and of all useful information he may have obtained 

 in such service, including such descriptions and figures in geology, paleontology, 

 and archeology as may promote science and aid in the diffusion of knowledge; 

 and 5,000 copies of such report sliall be printed and published in like manner 

 as other official reports. 



Sec. 6. An appropriation of $5,000 annually shall be, and is hereby, made for 

 the next succeeding two .\ears, which shall include the salaries of the State 

 geologist and his paid assistant ; and if any part thereof shall remain un- 

 expended it shall remain a part of the general fund of the State, to he used 

 as other general funds of the State are used. 



Sec. 7. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 8. Whereas an emergency is hereby declared to exist for the immediate 

 taking effect in this act, it shall, therefore, take effect and be in force from and 

 after its passage. 



Administration. — Under tlie enactment of 1869 Prof. E. T. Cox 

 was appointed State geologist, with F, H. Bradley and Dr. Riifus 

 Haymond as assistants, Dr. G. M. Levctte acting chemist. In 1870 

 Dr. Jolm Collett was added to the corps of assistant geologists and 

 iiiade a survey of Sullivan County, and Professor Cox examined Mar- 

 tin County. In 1871 Messrs. Cox and Collett surveyed Daviess 

 County. In 1872 additional assistants were appointed, and B. C. 

 Hobbs made a survey of Parke County; R. B. Warder, of Ohio, 

 Switzerland and Dearborn counties, and John Collett of Pike 

 County. In 1873 W. W. Borden spent the season in the examina- 

 tion of Clark and Floyd counties. In the same year John Collett 

 made a survey of Warren, Lawrence, Knox, and Gibson counties, 

 and Doctor Levette made a cursory examination of Dekalb, Steuben, 

 Noble, Elkhart, St. Joseph, and Laportc counties. In 1874 Jack- 

 son County Avas surveyed by Professor Cox; Brown County by Pro- 

 fessor Collett; Scott and Jefferson by W. W. Borden. An elaborate 

 report on the fishes of Indiana was presented by Prof. D. S. Jordan, 

 and a full report of the flora of Jefferson County was made by 

 Prof. J. M. Coulter. In 1875-76 Vigo and Huntington counties 

 were examined by E. T. Cox ; Jennings and Riplej^ counties by W. W. 



