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soils, and geological productions, together with specimens of the same; which 

 maps, diagrams, and specimens shall be deposited in the State library, and 

 similar specimens shall be deposited in the State University and such other 

 literary institutions in the State as the governor may direct: Provided, That 

 the survey shall be made in every county in this State. 



Sec. 5. That the trustees of the State University shall cause a report to 

 be made annually to the governor, to be by him laid before each session of the 

 legislature, setting forth, generally, the progress made in the survey hereby 

 required. 



Sec. 6. That this act take effect and be in force from and after the 1st day 

 of June next. 



In 1852 this law was amended as follows : 



An Act to amend An act to fuvther endow the University of Mississippi, approved March 

 5, 1850, the provisions of which are as follows : 



Section 1. That the fourth section of the above-recited act be so amended 

 as to read " zoological " instead of geological productions. 



Sec. 2. That the room adjoining the State library, formerly occupied by the 

 surveyor general, be appropriated and set apart for the deposit and safe-keeping 

 of such specimens as may be collected during the progress of the geological 

 survey provided for in the above-recited act, and that the sum of $200 be ap- 

 propriated, out of any money in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

 to defray the expense of fitting up and preparing said room for the reception 

 of said specimens. 



Sec. 3. That the fitting up of said room shall be done under the direction 

 of the governor, upon whose requisition the auditor shall issue his warrant 

 for the sum herein appropriated, or so much of said sum as may be necessary. 



Sec. 4. That the said room after being so fitted up shall be under the charge 

 of the State geological society, who shall be authorized to employ the librarinn 

 as curator of the same. 



Sec. 5. That the s;iid room shall be open to the public during such hours as 

 the State library is now required by law to keep open, and the librarian shall 

 be allowed an additional compensntion of $50 per annum for the services re- 

 quired by the fourth section of this act. 



In 1854 further legislation relative to publication was enacted, as 

 below : 



An Act to authorize the printing of the first annual report of the agricultural and 

 geological survey of the State. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, That 

 2,000 copies of the report of Prof. B. L. C. Wailes, State geologist, be printed un- 

 der his supervision, in quarto form, and in such manner and with such illus- 

 trations and plates, as his excellency, the governor, shall deem appropriate and 

 necessary for its illustration. 



Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That, when printed and bound, the said report 

 be deposited in the oflice of the secretary of state, to be by him distributed as 

 follows: Fifty copies to be deposited in the State library; 25 copies to be 

 deposited in the State University ; one copy to each State in the Union ; one 

 copy to be given to each incorporated college and academy in the State; one 

 copy each to the governor, secretary of state, auditor of public accounts, State 

 treasurer, adjutant general, the chancellor and vice chancellors, the judges 

 of the high court of errors and appeals, the attorney general, the judge and 



