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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That the agricultural and geological survey of 

 the State shall be prosecuted to completion according to the provisions of the 

 above-recited act, and of an act entitled " An act to authorize the printing of 

 the First Annual Keport of the Agricultural and Geological Survey of the 

 State," approved March 1, 1854, by a State geologist, to be appointed by the 

 governor. 



Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the State geologist shall keep his office 

 In the city of Jackson, etc. 



Sec. 6. Be it further enacted. That 5,000 copies of Professor Harper's re- 

 port be printed, under the direction of the governor, to be bound in boards, 

 with such plates, charts, and woodcuts therein, as his excellency may deem 

 appropriate and necessary for its illustration. 



Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That when said report shall be printed and 

 bound, it shall be distributed according to the provisions of the last-recited act. 



Sec. 10. Be it further enacted. That the State geologist to be appointed under 

 the provisions of this act shall enter upon the discharge of the duties of his 

 office on the first Monday in March, 1857, and tliis act shall go into effect from 

 find after its passage. 



Approved January 81, 1857. 



Still again, in I860, there was passed : 



An act to prosecute the geological survey of the Stute of Mississippi, and for otlior 



purpose?. 



Be it enacted hy the Leyi'ilatuye of the State of Mississippi: 



Section 1. That the Governor of this State be and is hereby authorized U> 

 nppoint an assistant State geologist, who shall act in subordination to and un- 

 der the direction of the State geologist, at an annual salary of not more than 

 $1,500. 



Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That the expenses of the State geologist and 

 his assistant shall be paid by the State, an accurate account of the same being 

 kept by said officers, and reported to the governor of the State, as now provided 

 by law for the State geologist, provided the same shall not exceed the f.ura of 

 $1,300. 



Skc. 3. Be it further enacted, That the sum of $.545 be, and the same is 

 hereby, appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro- 

 priated, to reimburse the State geologist for expenses necessarily incurred in 

 fitting up a chemical laboratory for making analyses in the prosecution of said 

 survey, to be drawn from the treasury, upon the requisition of the governor, 

 and paid over to said State geologist. 



Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That 5,000 copies of Dr. E. W. Hilgard's report 

 be printed under the direction of the governor, to be bound in board, with 

 such diagrams and maps as he may deem necessary for its illustration; and it 

 is hereby expressly enjoined upon his excellency, in the publication of said 

 book, to have the same performed in the South, if the same can be done at a 

 cost of 10 per cent upon the cost of its publication in the North, and that 

 same when published shall be distributed as provided by law for the distribn 

 tion of Professor Harper's report. 



Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, Thjit the sum of $3,500 be placed at the dis- 

 posal of the governor, to be drawn from the treasury, upon his requisition, to 

 carry into effect the provisions of the fourth section of this act. 



Sec, 6. Be it further enacted. That the State geologist may, at his election, 

 V-^ep his office at or near the University of the State of Mississippi, and he la 



