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pany each volume of his reports with a glossary. It shall also be his duty to 

 prepare, from time to time (luring the progress of the survey, communicationa 

 for publication in the newspapers of the State, provided it shall be done without 

 expense to the State, embodying such information in reference to the character 

 and quality of the soil, deposits of coal, minerals, and other valuable substances 

 as he may deem of general interest and importance to the public. 



Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the State geologist to cause collections to be 

 made of rocks, soils, fossils, coals, ores, and other mineral substances discovered 

 or examined, which shall be disposed of as follows, to wit, all rare specimens of 

 which duplicates can not be found, and all specimens from which descriptions 

 or illustrations are drawn for publication, shall be deposited in the cabinet of 

 the State University. A full series of the best of such specimens as more par- 

 ticularly exemplifiy the economic geology of the State shnll be deposited in the 

 Cflbinet of the State agricultural college. All other specimens shall be dis- 

 tributed to the cabinets of all other organized institutions of learning in the 

 State, giving preference to the State University, the State agricultural college, 

 and the medical college at Keokuk. 



Sec. 6. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act the sum of 

 $6,500 is hereby annually appropriated for the term of two years out of such 

 moneys in the treasury as are not otherwise appropriated. This fund shall be 

 drawn from time to time for the purposes of the survey on requisitions signed 

 by the State geologist and approved by the census board. The salary of the 

 State geologist shall be $2,000 annually, and the salary of his assistant shall be 

 fixed by the State geologist in such amounts, not exceeding .$1,500 annually, and 

 for such periods as he may deem proper, but which shall not exceed the term of 

 his own appointment. The rate of pay of all other persons employed by the 

 State geologist shall be lixed by him, but shall not exceed the usual price paid 

 for the kind of labor performed, nor in any case shall it exceed $4 per day. 



Sec. 7. All acts and parts of acts in contravention of the provisions of this 

 act are hereby repealed, and all appointments made under the provisions of 

 said acts are hereby annulled. 



Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its pub- 

 lication in the loiva ^tate Register and Iowa Homes lead, newspapers pub- 

 lished at Des Moines. 



Under this act work was immediately begun, and at the close of 

 1867 a preliminary report was made, which was published in pam- 

 phlet form. The continuation and completion of the work was pro- 

 vided for by the following act : 



An act providl.ns for the further prosecution and completion of the geological survey of 



the State. 



Section 1. Be it enacted hy the General Assembly of the Slate of loiva, That 

 for the purpose of the completion of the geological survey of the State that the 

 present State geologist be continued in office, and that the sum of $6,500 be 

 hereby annually appropriated, out of such moneys in the State treasury as are 

 not otherwise appropriated, until the said survey is completed, or until the 

 general assembly shall order its discontinuance. This appropriation shall be 

 drawn from time to time for the purposes of the survey and the payment of 

 the salaries of its ofRcers as defined and limited in chapter 73 of the acts of 

 the eleventh general assembly, upon requisitions signed by the State geologist 

 and vouchers approved by the census board and filed with the auditor of State. 



