294 BULLETIN 109, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



also procure and arrange in some convenient form, for tlie use of said school, 

 all information concerning the different modes of working mines and reducing 

 ores, that mny be obtained at reasonable cost. 



Sec. 15. At the earliest practicable period measures shall be taken to procure, 

 for the use of said school, a library, embracing standard and reliable works on 

 mines and mining, and subjects relating thereto ; and all of said maps, dia- 

 grams, plans, and information, and said library, shall, at all reasonable Iiours, 

 and without charge, be subject to the examination of any person who conforms 

 to the rules and regulations concerning the same that may be established by 

 the State mluerfilogist in accordance with this act. 



Sec. 16. Connected with said school there shall be an assaying and analytical 

 department, in which the assaying and analyzing of ores shall be taught; and 

 all ores delivered therein for assay or analysis, shall be assayed or analyzed 

 at a cost to the parties delivering the same, which shall only cover the actual 

 expen.ses of such work, the charges for the same to be determined by the State 

 mineralogist. At said school a careful and uninterruptefl record of meteor- 

 ological observations shall be kept and foi'warded, as nearly as may be, in 

 accordance with tlie "directions" of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Skc. 17. Said school shall be established at such place as the board of regents 

 shall decide upon ; provided, that at the place so selected the people, or authori- 

 ties thereof, shall, free of cost to the State, place at the disposal of said board, 

 for the use of said school, such buildings and grounds as may be required for 

 said school; and said authorities are hereby authorized to procure and so fur- 

 nish such buildings and grounds. 



Sec. is. If the people or authorities of such place, in consideration of the 

 permanent establishment of said school therein, shall convey to said board, for 

 the use of such .school, suitable buildings and grounds, and the same shall have 

 been duly accepted as such by said board, said scliool shall be permanently 

 established at such place; and it shall not be removed therefrom until after 

 said board shall have paid or tendered to the authorities of such place at 

 which said school is located the value of said buildings and grounds, the sum 

 to be determined by a majority of three commissioner.s, one of whom shall, 

 within a reasonable time, be appointed by said authoi-ities — one by said board, 

 and one by. the two thus chosen. 



Sec. 19. The State mineralogist shall be allowed, for actual expenses incurred 

 by him while traveling in the service of the State, a sum not exceeding .$10 per 

 day while so engaged, and not exceeding in the aggregate $1,000 per annum; 

 such demands, together with the demands for salaries and other expenses of 

 said school, shall, by said board, monthly, be audited, and ordered paid out of 

 the mining school fund or any money in the university fund, subject to such 

 order of the board of regents; and all demands (except salaries fixed by law) 

 shall be subject to the action of the State board of examiners; and, upon the 

 presentation of any such ordei', duly approved by said examiners, the controller 

 shall draw his warrant on the State treasurer in favor of the party to whom 

 such order was thus given for the amount so allowed, and the State treasurer 

 shall pay the same out of any moneys in said funds subject to such order. 



Appj-oved JJarch 9, 1868. 



An act to create the offlco of Stale mineralogist and define the duties o£ such officer. 



The people of the State of Nevada, represented in senate and assemhly, do 

 enact as foUoios: 



Section 1. The office of State mineralogist is hereby created. 



