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molestation, upon any lands in this State wliich he or they may deem neces- 

 sary to further the object of the said survey; and it shall be the duty of the 

 State geologist, on or before the first day of January of each year, to furnish 

 to the president of the board of managers (hereinafter to be created) a de- 

 tailed statement of his expenditures, with the vouchers thereof, and also a 

 report of his operations for the preceding year. 



4. And be it enacted. That to promote the objects which tliis act has in view 

 there shall be a lioard of managers of the same, to consist of 11 members, one 

 of whom shall be the governor of the State, who also shall be president of the 

 board, and two members from each of the five congressional districts of the 

 State; and the State geologist shall make his annual report to the president, 

 who shall appoint from the members of the board a committee to examine the 

 annual accounts of expenditure, and the president shall submit the same and 

 all matters i)ertaiuiug to the survey at the first following session of the legis- 

 lature ; and it shall be lawful for the president and board of managers, or a 

 majority of them, to make yearly agreements witli the State geologist as to 

 his own and the salaries of his assistant or assistants, but such temporary as- 

 sistiince as may be needed, the purchase of the necessary implements and 

 materials, the means necessary for transportation and all other incidental 

 expenses shall be under the control of the State geologist; and it shall be the 

 duty of the members of the board, in addition to those already specified, to 

 furnish from time to time to tlie State geologist any and all information which 

 will contribute to the more full and complete development of the facts relating 

 to the agricultural, mining, mechanical and other industrial interests of the 

 State. 



5. And he it enacted. That the governor of the State is liereby autliorized, by 

 his draft in favor of the State geologist, to draw on the treasurer of the State 

 for such sum or sums of money as may be called for by tlie State geologist : 

 Provided, The several sums so called for shall not in any one year exceed the 

 one-fourth part of the appropriation made in section 2 of tli's act. to wit: 

 $20,000. 



6. And he it enacted. That it shall be lawful for the State geologist to take 

 from the first yearly installment a sum not to exceed $500 to reimburse himself 

 for the expenses incurred in prosecuting the survey of the past year. 



7. And he it enacted, That the board crented by this act shall be a committee 

 of publication, with authority to print and publish the annual and final reports 

 of the State geologist, and also to direct the distribution of suites of the geolog- 

 ical, mineralogical, and other specimens collected in the survey, to such literar.v, 

 scientific, and other institutions as will best conduce to the interests of the 

 citizens of the State. 



8. And he it enacted. That the following-named persons are hereby .-ipiiointed 

 and shall constitute the board of managers of the geological survey of the 

 State, viz: President, Joel Parker; managers, David Potter, of Cumberland, 

 Andrew K. Hny, of Camden, in the first district; William Parry, of Burling- 

 ton, John A. Roebling, of Mercer, in the second district : Isaac R. Cornell, of 

 Somerset, Henry Aitkin, of Union, in the third district; Abram S. Hewitt, 

 of Passaic, Andrew B. Cobb, of Morris, in the fourth district; William W. Force, 

 of Essex, J. R. Wortendyke, of Hudson, in the fifth district; and power is hereby 

 given to the said board, or a majority of them, to fill any vacancies which may 

 occur. 



9. And he it enacted, That this shall take effect immediately. 

 Approved March 30, 1864. 



