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Resolve In relation to the geological survey of the Commonwealth. February 2, 1831. 



Resolved, That his excellency the governor, by and with the advice and con 

 sent of coiincil, be, and he is hereby, authorized to direct tlie person who is ap- 

 pointed to make a geographical survey of the Common wealth, to cause to be 

 annexed to his report on that subject a list of the native niineralogical, botani- 

 cal, and zoological productions of the Commonwealth, so far as it may be prac- 

 ticable to ascertain the same, M'ithin the limits of the appropriation already 

 made for this survey. 



Resolved, That his excellency the governor, by and with the advice and con- 

 sent of the council, be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause the said geological 

 report, provided the same should be made before the general survey of the 

 Commonwealth shall be completed, to be published in such way and manner as 

 he with the advice of the council may deem proper and expedient; and he is 

 authorized to draw his warrant upon the treasurer of the Commonwealth for 

 such sum or sums, not exceeding $100, as may be necessary to carry this re- 

 polve into full effect. 



Resolve making further appropriations for a survey and geological examination of the 

 Commonwealth. June 22, 1831. 



Resolved, That his excellency the governor, with the advice of the council, 

 be, and he is hereby, authorized to draw his warrant, from time to time, upon 

 the treasurer of the Commonwealth, for any sum or sums, not exceeding $3,000, 

 in addition to the sums heretofore appropriated, which may be necessary to 

 carry more fully into effect the resolves authorizing the appointment of a sur- 

 veyor to make a general survey of the Commonwealth, passed on the 3d day 

 of March, A. D. 1830,' and the resolves in addition thereto, and further au- 

 thorizing the appointment of a suitable person to make a geological examination 

 of the Commonwealth, passed on the 5th day of June, A. D. 1830. 



Resolve for the disti-ibution of the first part of the Report on the Geological Survey of the 

 Commonwealth. March 24, 1832. 



Resolved, That the 600 copies of the first part of the Report of the Geological 

 Survey of the Commonwealth, provided in pursuance of an arrangement made 

 by his excellency the governor,. with advice of council, for the use of the govern- 

 ment, be delivered to the secretary of the Commonwealth, and by him be dis- 

 tributed as follows, viz: Four copies to the governor; two copies to the lieu- 

 tenant governor ; one copy to each member of the council ; one copy to each 

 member of the senate and house of representatives ; five copies to be deposited 

 In the library of the State; and that the remaining copies be di.stribute<l as his 

 excellency the governor may direct. 



Resolve for the publication and distribution of Ihe Report on the G('oioj.'ioAl Survey of the 

 Commonwealth. March 2, ISS,"?. 



Rexolved. That his excellency the governor be, and hereby is, authorized to 

 cause 1.200 copies of the report on the geological survey of the Commonwealth. 

 Including that part of the leport already m:u1e, as well as the part hereafter to 

 be made, with the drawings which sluill accompany said report, to be published 

 in such way and manner as he shall deem proper and expedient; and he is au- 



>Thls resolution authorized a general survey of the Commonwealth for the purpose of 

 preparing "an accurate skeleton plan of the State which shall exhibit the external lines 

 thereof and the most prominent objects within those lines and their locations." Geology 

 was not mentioned. 



