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deemed necessary by tlie board: Provided, The whole expenditure of the board 

 shall not exceed the sum hereinafter appropriated. 



Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the State geologist and his assistants, under the 

 Instructions and directions of the board of managers, to carry on and complete 

 the geological survey of the State already begun, with a view to determine the 

 order, succession, arrangement, rehttion, position, dip, or inclination and com- 

 parative magnitude of the several strata or geological formations within this 

 State, and to discover and examine all beds or deposits of ore, coal, marls, and 

 such other mineral substances and mineral waters as may be useful or valu- 

 able; make full and complete examinations, assays, and analyses of such rocks, 

 clay.s;, marls, ores, and other substances as may indicate useful results, and to 

 perform such other duties as may be necessary to make a full and complete 

 geological and miueralogical survey of the State. 



Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the State geologist to make, or cause to be 

 made, a detailed report of each county as soon as the survey thereof shall be 

 completed. Each county report shall be accompanied by an accurate map and 

 section of the county, on which shall be represented by colors and other appro- 

 priate means, the Aarious areas occupied by the prairie, timber and bottom lands, 

 and by the different geological formations in the State, and to mark thereon 

 the localities of the respective beds or deposits of the various mineral sub- 

 stances discovered; and on the completion of the survey of the State he shall 

 make complete report of the geology and mineralogy of each county, comprising 

 a full account of the discoveries made, and each of such reports shall be deliv- 

 ered to the board of managers as soon as completed. 



Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the State geologist to collect, in triplicate, all 

 rocks, oi-es, coals, fossils, and such other mineral substances discovered as may 

 be necessary to form a complete cabinet collection of the geology and mineralogy 

 of the State. 



Sec. G. It shall be the duty of the board of managers to report to the general 

 assembly, on the first week of each session, the progress and condition of the 

 survey, a detailed account of all moneys spent, and ail such reports of the State 

 geologist and his assistants as have been completed, together with all such 

 Information as may be deemed necessary and useful. 



Sec. 7. It shall be the djty of said board to collect and take possession of 

 all materials accumulated by the previous surveys, whether reports, maps, sec- 

 tions, collections, instruments, or other property belonging to the State; and all 

 persons now in possession of the same shall deliver them up to the order of the 

 president of the boai-d of managers. 



Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the board to determine, as far as may be, what 

 work has been done by each one employed in previous surveys, the character of 

 the work done by each, the condition of such work, how much of the State has 

 been actually surveyed, and how much of said work may be made available in 

 completing the survey of the State, and embody the same in their first report 

 to the general assembly. 



Sec. 9. The board may make such by-laws and regulations for the government 

 and control of its own meetings and the labors of the State geologfst and his 

 assistants as may be deemed necessary. It may appoint officers and commit- 

 tees to audit and allow accounts and look after particular departments of 

 the work, and discharge such other duties as mffy be necessary to carry on the 

 objects of this bureau. 



Sec. 10. As a full compensation for the members of the board of managers 

 ilsey shall be allowed their necessary expenses while attending to the duties 



