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practical loiowledge of tlie sciences of geology and mineralogj' ; and said State 

 geologist shall, by and with the consent of the governor, appoint two suitable 

 persons to assist him in the discharge of his duties, one of whom shall be a 

 competent and skillful chemist. 



Sec. 2. It shnll be the duty of said State geologist and his assistants, as soon 

 as may be practicable after his appointment, with as much expedition as may 

 be consistent with minuteness and accuracy, to commence and carry on a thor- 

 ough geological, mineralogical, and chemical survey of the State, with a view to 

 determine the order and succession, relative position, and comparative magni- 

 tude of the several strata or geological formations of this State, and to discover 

 all beds or deposits of ore, coal, and such other mineral substances as may be 

 useful or valuable, and to analyze the same; and to perform such other duties 

 as may be necessary to make a full and complete geological, mineralogical, and 

 chemical survey of the State. 



Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of said State geologist and his assistants to make 

 full and complete examinations, assays, and analyses of such rocks,- ores, or 

 other substances as may be submitted to them for that purpose, and to furnish, 

 if required, a detailed and complete account of the results so obtained; and at 

 the courthouse of each county in this State in which he may discover valuable 

 deposits, the said geologist shall deliver a written or verbal discourse upon their 

 examinations, assaj-s, and analyses of all such rocks and ores within such 

 county; and said geologist, or his assistants, shall deposit at the clerk's office, 

 of such county in which he may discover minerals, such specimens as he may 

 deem of value, for the inspection of the citizens and visitors of said county. 



Sec. 4. lie or his assistants shall visit each county in this State, beginning 

 with the miueral regions, to make such explorations as may be sufficient to sat- 

 isfy him whether it contains mineral deposits and the extent, nature, and value 

 thereof. 



Sec. 5. They to report on or before the 1st of December in each year, accom 

 panying the report with such maps, drawings, and specimens as may be neces- 

 sary to exemplify and elucidate the same, to the governor, who shall lay the 

 report before the general assembly. 



Sec. 6. He shall forward, during the survey, such specimens of rocks, ores, 

 coals, or other minerals, or useful matters, discovered and examined, as may be 

 proper and necessary to form a complete cabinet of the specimens of geology, 

 mineralogy, and other useful matters. The same shall be deposited in some 

 convenient room in the State capitol, there to be preserved for public inspection. 



Sec. 7. The sum of $10,000 is hereby appropriated, to be expended under the 

 direction of the governor: Provided. The principal geologist shall not receive 

 more than $7 a day, nor the assistants more than $5 per day each for the time 

 they are in actual service : And provided further. That the appropriation herein 

 made shall only be used, so far as the governor mny find, on investigation, neces- 

 sary to obtain the services of a competent geologist and assistant, during that 

 part of the year when such geologist can profitably be employed in the prosecu- 

 tion of such survey. 



Sec. 8. The governor shall have power to remove any persons appointed under 

 this act for negligence or incompetence or other cause which he may deem suffi- 

 cient for such removal, and to appoint others in their stead. 



Sec. 9. The principal geologist and each of his assistants, before entering 

 upon the duties of their offices, shall take oath faithfully to perform all the 

 services required of them uuder this act, and to abstain from all pecuniary 

 speculations during their progress, and that they will not conceal any valuable 



