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expense of preparing, labeling, transporting, and putting up said collection; and 

 also, furtlier, tliat in the selection of said specimens the general State collection 

 Is not deprived of duplicates of the same, and that the State collection is not 

 seriously injured. 



Sec. 8. The board, with tlie State geologist, may determine the place for the 

 State cabinet and headquarters of the survey. 



Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the board of uianiigers to report to each gen- 

 eral assembly the progress and condition of the survey, an accurate account of 

 money spent, such reports of the St.ite geologist and his assistants as have been 

 completed, together with all such information as may be deemed necessary and 

 useful. 



Sec. 10. The board shall have power to take possession of all property of 

 former surveys, whether reports, maps, collections, instructions, or other prop- 

 ertj"^ 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 board of managers: PrO' 

 vidcd. That no cabinet or library alrej'dy arranged shall be removed, but the 

 State geologist and his assistants shall have the power at any time to examine 

 Or study such collections in preparing their reports. 



Sec. 11. The board may mnke such by-l.-iws and regulations for the govern- 

 ment and control of its meetings and labors of the State geologist and his as- 

 sistants as may be deemed necessary. 



Sec. 12. As full compensation for the members of the board of mnnagers they 

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

 them by this act. The board shall fix the salary of the State geologist, not 

 to exceed $3,000 per annum, and his chief assistant, which shall not exceed 

 $1,S00; for the principal assistant or paleontologist, if one is employed, not over 

 $1,800. 



Sec. 13. The State geologist may. with the approval of the board, appoint' 

 other necessary assistants, whose pay shall not exceed $5 per day; such other 

 necessary laborers or assistants as may be necessary, who shall receive a fair 

 compensation for their work. He shall also have power to negotiate for such 

 chemical work, chemical apparatus, and chemicals as may be necessar.v, and 

 may, from time to time, with the approval of the board, have such work done. 

 He may also, with approval of the board, employ special assistants in paleon- 

 tology, provided it l)e deemed necessary. 



Sec. 14. All accounts of salaries and expenses shall be made under oath, cer- 

 tified by the board, and filed with the auditor of State. 



Sec. 15. The board of managers shall have the general management of the 

 survey, and have full power to remove the State geologist and appoint his suc- 

 cessor, when deemed necessary for the good of the work entrusted to him; and 

 the State geologist shall have full control over his assistants and have power 

 to remove them when deemed necessary. 



Sec. to. For the purpose of Ciirryijig out the provisions of this act the sum 

 of $20,000 is hereby appropriated, or so much as may be needed thereof. 



Sec. 17. The board of n)aiiagers, the State geologi.st, and each of his principal 

 assistants shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, take the 

 usual oath of office to faithfully perform all the services required of them under 

 this net. and to abstain fi-om all pecmiiary speculations for themselves or others 

 111 the objects of their survey during its progress. 



Sec. I.S. The pi-esident of the board shall, from time to time, certify to the 

 State auditor the sums of money required to pay the salaries of the State 

 geologist and his assistants and the incidental expenses of the bureau ; and on 



