140 BULLETIN 109, UInFITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Be it enacted hy the General Assemhly of Maryland, That the act entitled 

 "An act to provide for completing a new map and geological survey of this 

 State," parsed at December session, 1S34, chapter 230, be and the same is hereby 

 repealed, and the offices of topographical engineer and geologist of this State be 

 and the same are hereby abolished and discontinued. 



Skc. 2. And he it enacted. That the said toiiographioul engineer and geologist 

 aforesaid be and they are hereby authorized and required to deliver to the 

 visitors and governors of Saint John's College, suliject to any fuither disposi- 

 ton thereof by the State, all mathematical instruments, books, and all and every 

 description of property whatsoever which mny have been purchased, from time 

 to time, out of the contingent fund appropriated to facilitate and expedite the 

 completion of the said mai) and geological snrA-ey, in prosecution of their several 

 duties as topographical engineer and geologist aforesaid. 



Administration. — In accordance with these resohitions [of 1833], 

 Messrs. J. T. Dncatel, geologist, and J. H. Alexander, engineer, were 

 appointed to conduct the survey. In carrying out the provisions of 

 the resolution under which they were appointed, tliey conjointly made 

 a general reconnoissance in 1833 of the whole State and embodied 

 their observations in a report to the governor, dated December 27, of 

 that year. 



For convenience the territory was divided into five sections, of 

 which the first to be examined was the eastern shore or peninsula 

 lying between the State of Delaware, the Atlantic Ocean, and the 

 Chesapeake Bay. Its agricultural interests were assumed to be of 

 primary importance, and consequently a minute investigation -of 

 the mineral constitution of the soil and careful research into the 

 nature and extent of the natural fertilizers contained within its 

 limits claimed their attention. Observations were recorded of that 

 part of the country lying between the Ells Kiver and the southern 

 part of Worcester County. 



The second great division embraced that portion of territory lying 

 beyond the upper part of the Tertiary formation and within a line 

 drawn from northeast to southwest, passing along the summit of 

 Parrs Spring Ridge, and comprising the upper part of Cecil County, 

 the greater portion of Baltimore and Harford counties, the upper 

 division of Anne Arundel County, and the whole of Montgomery 

 County. 



The third division coincided with the limits of Frederick County. 



The fourth, that of Maryland Falls, embraced the whole of Wash- 

 ington County and the part of Allegany County as far as Cumber- 

 land. 



The fifth and last comprised the remaining portion of Allegany 

 County west of Wills Creek. 



With this much in the way of preliminarj^, the geologist began his 

 investigations by proceeding, as soon as the season would permit, to 

 the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where he made a survey of Talbot, 



