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importance of the work was, however, recognized, and in March, 

 1872, a bill was introduced for its renewal. This was defeated in the 

 house by a vote of — nays, 32 ; yeas, 43, three less than the constitu- 

 tional majority. In the spring of 1873 the subject was again taken 

 up and with more favorable results. The following is the text of 

 an act passed at this time, and its subsequent modification and addi- 

 tions : 



An act to provide for a geological and mlncralogical survey of the State. 



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 



Section 1. That the governor is hereby authorized and required, as soon as 

 may be after the passjige of this act. to appoint a State geologist, who shall be 

 a person of competent scientific and practical knowledge of the sciences of 

 geology and mineralogy; and the said State geologist shall, by and with the 

 consent of the governor, appoint two suitable persons to assist him in the dis- 

 charge of his duties, one of whom shall be a competent and skilful chemist. 



Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of said State geologist and his assistants, as 

 soon as may be practicable after his said appointment, to commence to carry on, 

 with such expedition and dispatch as may be consistent with minuteness and 

 accuracy, a thorough geological, niineralogical, and chemical survey of the State, 

 with a view to determine tlie order and comparative magnitude of the several 

 strata or geological formations of this State, and to discover and examine all 

 beds or deposits of ore, coal, flora, 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 this State: Provided, That the survey contemplated by 

 this act shall be a continuation of the survey already made by Professor Owen, 



Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the said State geologist and his assist- 

 ants to make full and complete examinations, assays, and analysis of all rocks, 

 ores, flora, or other substances as may be submitted to them for that pvirpose, 

 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 shall 

 discover valuable mineral deposits, the said geologist shall deliver either a writ- 

 ten or verbal discouse upon their examinations, assays, and analysis of all such 

 rocks, ores, and flora, within such county; and said geologist or his assistants 

 shall deposit at the clerk's office of such county in which he shall discover min- 

 erals or other substances, such specimens as he shall deem of value, for the 

 Inspection of the citizens and visitors of said county. 



Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of the said geologist and his assistants to 

 visit and make such exploration of each county in this State, beginning with 

 the mineral regions, as will be sufficient to satisfy him whether it contains 

 valuable minerals or other deposits, and the extent, nature, and value 

 thereof. 



Sec. 5. That is shall be the duty of said geologist and his assistants, on 

 or about the 1st day of December in each and every year, to make a report of 

 the progress of said survey, accompanied with maps, drawings, and speci- 

 mens as may be necessary and proper to exemplify and elucidate the same, to 

 the governor, who shall lay such report before the general assembly. 



Sec. C. That it shall he the duty of the said geologist and his assistants to 

 forward to the governor, from time to time, during the progress of said survey, 



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