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Ex'p&mes. — The total expense would appear from the appropria- 

 tions to have been $5,000 for salaries and $10,000 for publication, 

 a total of $15,000. 



SECOND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNDER CHARLES A. WHITE, 1866-18 7 0. 



With the discontinuance of the Hall-Whitney survey, matters in 

 Towa lay dormant until 1866, when a movement for its completion 

 culminated in the following enactments: 



An act providing for tho completion of the geological survey of the State of Iowa. 



Section 1. Be ii cnacied by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That 

 for the purpose of completing the geological survey of the State, Charles A. 

 Vv'hite, of Johnson County, is hereby appoiiiled State geologist and shall hold 

 his oflice for tlie term of two yeai's or until his successor is appointed.' 



Sec. 2. The State geologist shall be authorized to appoint a competent assis- 

 tant, and also a skillful analytical and experimental chemist, who shall report 

 to tiie State geologist the analysis of such soils, rocks, coals, ores, and other 

 mineral substances as he may submit to him for that purpose. He shall also 

 have power to employ such further assistance as he may deem necessary to 

 prosecute promptly and efficiently the field work connected with the survey. 

 All persons employed by him shall be under his direction and subject to removal 

 by him. All the specimens of minerals, fossils, rocks, soils, coals, ores, or other 

 geological or mineral substances of any value or interest to either the practical 

 or amateur geologist, and any drawings or sketches of the same obtained or 

 made by the State geologist, as well as the copyright of the reports, and all 

 books printed therefrom shall belong to the State, and no specimens, copy, 

 draft, or part of tlie same shall be given away or sold, or be permitted to be 

 carried away contrary to the provisions of this act. And the State geologist 

 or any of his assistants or employees or any person who shall violate any 

 provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Sec. 3. It sliall be the duty of the State geologist and his assistants to carry 

 on with as much expedition as practicable the geological and mineralogical sur- 

 vey of the State, including observations and examinations of the soil for agri- 

 cultural purposes. He may also include in his report such matters as pertain 

 to physical geography and such other matters as properly and usually pertain to 

 a survey of this kind, it being expressly required of the State geologist and his 

 Hssistant that these duties be performed in such a manner as to give to the 

 people of the State the greatest amount of practical information in relation to 

 Its resources. 



Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the State geologist on or before the first Monday 

 of January of each year to prepare a report of said survey and its progress, 

 accompanied by such maps and drawings as may be necessary to illustrate the 

 same, and transmit them to the governor, who shall lay :i copy of such reports 

 before the general assembly. The State geologist shall, as far as practicable, 

 use such words in his reports as are in common use, and that he shall accom- 



• It appears from correspondenca that Professor Hall still considerod himself as en- 

 titled to the appointment, and was inclined to resent Doctor White's candidacy. He, 

 however, declined to accept the directorship oxccptinijr under " practically the same basis 

 98 the old." 



