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Sec. 2. A. F. White is hereby appointed State mineralogist. He shaii hold 

 said otlice until his successor shall have been elected and qualified as herein- 

 after provided. 



Sec. 3. At the election in the year 1870, and every four years thereafter, there 

 shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State of Nevada a State min- 

 eralogist, vv^ho shall qualify and enter upon the discharge of his official duties 

 on the first Monday of January next succeeding his election, and who shall 

 hold said office for four years thereafter, and until his successor shall have been 

 elected and qualified. 



Sec. 4. He shall reside and keep his office at the seat of government of this 

 State, except when absent on official duty within the State. He shall be com- 

 missioned by the governor, and shall take and subscribe thereon tlie oath of 

 office prescribed by the law. 



Sec. 5. He shall receive as salary the sum of $3,600 per annum, payable 

 quarterly. All the necessary contingent expenses of his office, the expense of 

 an appropriate outfit, and his necessary traveling expenses, shall be allowed 

 by the board of examiners, and audited and p«id as are other claims against 

 the State. 



Sec. G. It shall be his duty to visit and examine, with reference to their min- 

 eral, agricultural, and other resources, the different portions of the State, and 

 collect .such mineralogical, geological, and other valuable specimens, and also 

 6uch information as is of scientific interest, or which may have a practical 

 bearing upon the subject of mines and mining, agriculture and other resources, 

 and iudustr'al pursuits of the State. He shall visit tlie several mining dis- 

 tricts in each county, ascertaining a record of their history, describe their pre- 

 vailing geological formation and altitude, the characteristics of the mines, and 

 peculinrities of the ores, products richness, find development ; also he shall ascer- 

 tfiin the locality, proper quantity, and chnracter of all the arable grazing and 

 tinjbered Innds belonging to the United States within the bounds of Nevadn, and 

 from time to time report the same to the authorities having charge of the public 

 lands belonging to the State, for their information, particularly recommending 

 to them for selection such portions as nre valuable, and desirable to be selected 

 by this State in satisfaction of lands gnTuted by the United States to the State 

 of Nevada. 



Sec. 7. He shall collect, mark, iiud catalogue mineralogical and geological 

 specimens, and carefully prepare a dfScrii)tion of every such specimen arid of 

 localitj- where each specimen was obtained. * 



Sec. 8. He shall assay or cause to be assayed, analyzed, and described, so far 

 as practicable and deemed expedient, all specimens of ores, which, together 

 with the statement of the locality from which the same was obtained, shall be 

 printed and attached, or referred to specimen. 



Sec. 9. The specimens properly catalogued shall be deposited in a museum, 

 so .soon as one sliall have been prepared by the State, where they, together with 

 the catalogue, shall be carefully kept, and shall at all reasonable times be 

 subject to examination by any person, subject to the rules prescribed by the 

 State mineralogist. 



Sec. 10. He shall have power, and he is hereby authorized to engage the 

 services of one employee, at sucli times as he may think necessary, fix the 

 wfipes imd time of service of said employee, certify the amount to the board of 

 examiners, who shall audit the s;ime. 



Sec. 11. He shall, on or before the second Monday in January, 1871, report 

 to the legislature in detail all acts performed and information obuuned under 

 the provisions of this act. 



