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It appears, further, that on April 30 of this year the State inspector 

 and examiner made a report to the governor unfavorable to Mr. 

 Proctor's management of the finances of the survey. This uas re- 

 plied to by the geologist in a letter subsequently privately printed and 

 circulated under the date of May 24, but it was apparently without 

 effect so far as the life of the organization was concerned, and on 

 August 16 we find the following : 



Resolution in relation to the geological survey. 

 Be it resolved by the General Asscmblij of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 



1. That the auditor of public accounts is hereby directed to collect and place 

 Into the treasury to the credit of the general expenditure fund the sums of 

 money in the hands of John R. Proctor, Robert Clarke & Co., and Flexner & 

 Staadeker arising from the sale of publications of the survey, as shown by 

 report of State inspector and examiner, made at the present session to the 

 president of the senate, 



2. This resolution shall take effect from its adoption. 

 Approved August 16, 3S92. 



This was succeeded by the following resolutions and enactments, 

 the intent of wliich is obvious, and the survey came to a somewhat 

 inglorious end in 1893 : 



An act for tlie benefit of the employees of the geological survey. 

 Be it enacted hy the General Assembly of the CommonweaUh of Kentucky: 



3. That, as the sum now remaining to the credit of the geological survey is 

 insufficient to meet all demands that can legally be made against the same, the 

 auditor of public accounts be, and is hereby, directed to audit, and. upon the 

 approval of the governor, pay from the balance on hand, and from any other 

 sum in the treasury not otherwise appropriated by law, all legal demands 

 against said survey for salaries due its officials, or expenses legally incurred 

 by them in connection with said survey : Provided, however, That no official con- 

 nected therewith shall receive a greater sum for his services than was allowed 

 by law at the time the services were rendered; and no claim shall be allowed 

 for any salaries or exjjense after the expiration of their terms of office on 

 the 2Gth of May, 1892. 



2. That as it is necessary that the claims against the survey should be paid, 

 an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this act shall take effect from 

 and after its approval by the governor.* 



Resolution providing a curator for the cabinet and other property of the gelogical survey. 

 Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commomcealth of Kentucky: 



1. That the inspector of mines, in addition to his other duties, shall be ex 

 officio curator of the cabinet and other property of the geological survey, and 

 into whose care and keeping all the records, documents, collections, instruments, 

 apparatus, books, maps, and other property of the survey are hereby con- 

 fided, and which shall become a part of his office. 



2. All persons having control or possession of any of said property, or the 

 rooms formerly designated or occupied for the use of the survey, are hereby 

 directed to riurrender the possession thereof to the curator. 



Approved June 20, 1893. 



'Rec.nme a law February 4. 1893, the governor not having signed or returned the same 

 to the house in which it originated within the time prescribed by the constitution. 



