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this act, and to abstain from all pecuniary speculations for themselves or others! 

 in the objects of their survey duriug its progi*ess. 



9. The annual salary of said State geologist shall not exceed $3,000; the an- 

 nual salary of the principal assistants shall not exceed $1,500; and the pay of 

 subordinate assistants or servants shall not exceed $1 per day for every day of 

 actual service. 



30. Before appointing said State geologist, as provided for iu the first section 

 of this act, the governor is requested to corresimud witli men of science on the 

 subject, with the view of pi-ocuring the services of a person entirely suitable 

 and competent. 



11. This act to tiike effect from its passage. 



Approved, February 24, 1853. 



This survey, it will be noted, had no connection with other insti- 

 tutions, although the State geologist was, during a part of his term 

 of service, professor of geology in the State University. It was sus- 

 tained by the regular annual appropriations made by order of the 

 legislature. 



Administration. — Under the act of 1853 Prof. G. C. Swallow, who 

 had been engaged in teaching in Maine, was made State geologist; 

 Prof. A. Little, of St. Louis, chemist; and E. B. Price, of Brunswick, 

 Missouri, draftsman. Subsequently, B. F. Shumard, of Louisville, 

 Kentucky, was appointed paleontologist and assistant geologist. In 

 1854 F. B. Meek was commissioned assistant geologist; in 1857 G. C. 

 Broadhead and Henry Engelmann received like commissions; and 

 in 1858 Dr. J. G. Norwood was appointed assistant geologist. Mr. 

 R. B. Price, resigning in 1858, his position was filled by the ap- 

 pointment of H. A. Ulffers, who served also as assistant geologist. 

 Mr. C. Gilbert Wheeler was assistant geologist from 1860 to 1861. 



In addition to these, R. B. Price, Fred. Bass, F. Hawn, Warren 

 Hough, Edward Harrison, and Daniel Crosby are mentioned in the 

 annual report as having rendered assistance. All the assistants 

 were, as noted in the law, appointed by the State geologist, by and 

 with the consent of the governor. 



The salary received by the State geologist was at the rate of $3,000 

 a year and the assistants $1,000 and $1,500 a year. 



The aim of the survey, as stated in the first report, was to make (1) 

 an outline of the general geology of the whole State; (2) a general 

 view of the mineral wealth of the mining district; (3) an exposition 

 of the agricultural and manufacturing resources of the State; and 

 (4) reports in detail of as many counties as possible. 



The character of tlie work was mainly preliminary. It aimed to 

 mark down on accurate maps the boundaries of the geological forma- 

 tions, the limits of the prairie and timber, mineral localities, and all 

 matters necessary to form a geographical as well as geological map. 

 Sections were corrected and grouped, and minerals, fossils, rocks, ores, 

 and mineral waters collected, and also soils. 



