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Sec. 3. That the Stnte geoloi^ist be authorized and required to iustitute a 

 survey of the water powers of the State, to determine their value and position; 

 that he also be required to make or have made a sufiicient study of the fishes 

 of the State, so far as the means of the survey will admit; that he be also re- 

 quiied to cause to be examined and reijorted on the other animals of the State 

 which may be of (K-onomic or scientific importance. 



Sec. 4. That the cost of the publication of the results of the survey be made 

 out of the appropriation specified in the first section of this act: Provided, 

 hoirevcr, that the time of pviblication and the number of copies printed shall be 

 determined by the governor, it being required that all important reports shall 

 be stereotyped or electrotyped, and the plates thereof remain the property of 

 the State. 



Skc. 5. The director of the surveys shall bo allowed to withdraw from the 

 State library any books on geological subjects which he may find necessary for 

 the prosecution of the surveys. He shall also have the right of access to all 

 railway, river, canal, or other maps within the State, for the purpose of copy- 

 ing the same, as far as may be necessary for the work of the suvey. 



Sec. 6. The director of the surveys shall be empowered, from time to time, 

 to publish in any suitable .lourna! the scientific or economic results of his 

 surveys, it being provided that all discoveries of economic value shall first be 

 published in the journal most likely to give the people concerned information. 



Sec. 7. That the State geologist be authorized to organize three topographical 

 corps, bj' and with the consent of the governor, one in the western division of 

 the State, one in the southern division, and one in the eastern division, in order 

 to carry forward the geological survey with such dispatch as is consistent with 

 accuracy and minuteness, so as to develop the mineral resources of the State; 

 and at the same time construct geographical and geological maps, showing its 

 geological and topographical features; and that the topographical corps shall 

 carry forward fbe work simultaneously, commencing such surveys in the min- 

 eral regions of the State, while the geological reconnoissance is extended over 

 the counties not yet explored by the principal geologist. 



Sp:c. S. Thiit so much of an act entitled, "An act to provide for a geological 

 and niinera logical survey of the State," approved ISLarch 22, 1873, as is not in- 

 consistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same is hereby, reenacted. 



This act shall take effect from and after its passage. 



Approved, February 13, 1874. 



Ad act to provide for continuing tho geological and other surveys of the State of 



Kentucky. 



lie if enaeicd Inj the General Assetnhly of the CommoinceaJth of Kentuclcy: 



1. That the geological and other surveys of the Connnonwealth, provided for 

 and ordered by the acts approved, respectively, March 22, 1873, and Feliruary 

 13, 1874, be, and the same are hereby, continued, subject to the conditions set 

 forth in these enactments, except so far as is hereafter provided. 



2. That the maps, reports, and other publications of the survey shall be dis- 

 posed of and distributed as follows: One copy shall be given to each member 

 of the State govenunent, and three copies, for distribution in their respective 

 counties, to each member of the general assejnbly; one to each county and cir- 

 cuit clerk's ofTice, to be filed and retained (herein as the property of the State, 

 and to be retained therein for information and reference by the citizens of said 

 county; five copies to each officer of the survey engaged in the preparation 

 thereof; 300 copies shall be distributed to the various public libraries and other 



