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geological board, which sliall consist of the governor, tlie State auditor, the 

 presidents of the agricultural college and the State university, and the Iowa 

 Academy of Sciences. 



Sec. 2. The duties of the geological board shall be to have oversight and full 

 control of the surveys, except as herein otherwise provided ; to appoint a State 

 geologist and such expert assistants, recomiuended by the State geologist, as 

 may be necessary to audit accounts; and to annually furnish for publicatiuu a 

 report of the operations of the surve3\ 



Sec. 3. The duty of the director or State geologist shall be to make a com- 

 plete survey of the natural resources of the State in all their economic and 

 scientific aspects, including the determination of the order, arrangement, dip, 

 and comparative magnitude of the various formations; the discovery and ex- 

 amination of all useful deposits, their richness in mineral contents, and their 

 fossils; and the investigatiou of the position, formation, and arrangement of 

 the many different ores, coals, clays, building siop.es, glass sands, maris, peats, 

 mineral oils, natural gas, mineral and artesiaii v/aters, and such other mineral 

 materials as may be useful, with particular regard to the value of said sub- 

 stances for commercial purposes and their accessibilities; also tJie quasi noting 

 of the characters of the various soils and their capacities for agricultural pur- 

 poses; the growth of timber and other scientific or natural history nmtters that 

 may be of practical Importance and interest. A complete cabinet collection 

 may, at the option of the b.oard, be made to illustrate tlie natural products of 

 the State; and the board may also furnish suites of materials, rocks, and fossils 

 for colleges and public museums located within the State, provided tlie general 

 State collection is not made to suffer thereby. 



Sec. 4. It shall, further, be the duty of the State geologist to make, or cause 

 to be made, detailed m.aps and reports of the counties or districts as fast as the 

 work is completed, which maps shall embrace all such geological, mineralogical, 

 topographical, and scientific details necessary to make complete reports of the 

 said districts. Whenever the information obtained warrants it the results of 

 any s<peoial investigation of agricultural or geological phenomena shall be 

 brought together in a memoir of final report for publication, accompanied by 

 proper illustrations and diagrams. On or before the first day of January of 

 each year the State geologist shall lay before the geological board a full report 

 of the work of the preceding year, together with such minor reports and papers 

 as may be considered desirable for publication. When occasion requires Im- 

 portant information may be issued in the form of Sjiecial bulletins for the Im- 

 mediate use of the people at large. From time to time Items of general interest 

 or announcements of new discoveries may be furnished the newspapers or 

 periodicals for publication. 



Sec. 5. The reports contemplated in this act shall, under the direction of the 

 board, be disposed of as follows: 1. To each of the present State officers and 

 to each member of this assembly who shall annually send his address to the 

 geological board, one copy of each published volume ; and to each member of 

 any future assembly v.hich shall authorize the publication of any repoi't, one 

 copy of such report shall be sent. 2. Twenty copies of each volume published 

 shall be furnished to the State library; 10 copies to the State historical society. 

 State university, State agricultural society, and State horticultural board; two 

 copies to each chartered college and normal school in Iowa ; and to the libmries 

 of each State Institution, the Iowa academy of sciences, Davenport academy of 

 sciences, and to the general officers of each railroad that has furnished aid to 



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