GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEYS. 139 



In C'(irisicleration of the ftiitliful perfornumce of their respective duties, an an- 

 nual salary of $2,000, to be paid as the salaries of the other civil officers of the 

 State are or may be directed to be paid. 



Sec. 2. And bo it evaded, Thnt it shall be the duty of the engineer to be ap- 

 pointed ns nforesnid to proceed with all duo and reasonable diligence and care 

 to collect the necessary information and make all the necessary surveys and 

 locations to en.ible him to make a perfect and complete map of the State ac- 

 cording to the plan and drawing prepared and submitted to the executive of the 

 State by J. H. Alexander, Esq., under and in pursuance of a resolution of the 

 generaly assembly, passed at December session, 1832. and the said engineer shall, 

 as soon as conveniently he can, make perfect and complete the said map. 



Sec. 3. And be it enacted. That it shall be the duty of the geologist to be ai> 

 pointed as aforesaid to make a complete and minute geological survey of the 

 whole State, commencing with that portion which belongs to the Tertiary order 

 (jf geological formations and with the southera division thereof, and progressing 

 regularly with the course of the waters of the Potciniac and Chesapeake through 

 that region, and thence through the other subdivisions of the State, with as 

 much expedition and dispatch as may be consistent with minuteness and ac- 

 curacy ; and he shall prepare and lay before the legislature at the commence- 

 ment of every session a detailed account of all remarkable discoveries made 

 and the progress of the work. 



Sec. 4. And he it enacted, That it shall further be the duty of the geologist of 

 the State, at those seasons not suited to the active prosecution of the geological 

 survey, to analyze and ascertain the qualities and properties of all specimens of 

 mineral substances or soils left at his office or residence for that purpose by any 

 citizen of the State and taken from any portion of the territory of the State. 



Sec. 5. And be it enacted. That it shall be the duty of the topographical en- 

 gineer to indicate upon the new map of the State the localities of valuable min- 

 eral deposits already known or which may in the progress of the geological sur- 

 vey be discovered, and, as far as conveniently may be, to indicate also, by ref 

 erences to marginal notes or otherwise, their several natures, qualities, and 

 values; and for this purj)ose the geologist of the State shall keep him regularly 

 advised of all important discoveries which he may make and the material facts 

 in relation thereto and the said engineer shall report to the legislature at the 

 commencement of every session the progress he shall have made during the pre- 

 ceding year in the work assigned to him. 



Sec. G. And he it enacted, That for the purpose of facilitating and expediting 

 the completion of the said map and geological survey of the State, the governor 

 and council be and they are hereby authorized to allow and pay the accounts of 

 Kaid officers, for necessary contingent expenses other than personal, so far as 

 they may deem said accounts just, equitable, and proper, to an amount not ex- 

 ceeding $1,000 in any one year. 



Sec. 7. And be it enacted. That the officers to be apponited under and by vir- 

 tue of this act shall be sub.1ect to the orders of the executive of the State to 

 make any surveys for canals, railroads, or other works of internal improvement 

 which the legii^lature may at any time direct to be made: Provided, nevertheless. 

 That this act shall expire at the termination of the next session of the general 

 assembly unless the same shall be reenacted by the next legislature of this State. 



This was continued in force until February 24, 1842, when the 

 snrve}' was abolished and the offices of topographical engineer and 

 geoloarist made vacant by special legislative enactment, as follows: 



