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This act was afterwards amended and supplemented as follows : 



15. Sec. 1. That so much of the act to whicli this is a supplement as directs 

 and requires the geological survey of the State to be completed within a period 

 not to exceed four years, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. 



Approved aiarch 29, 18(58. 



1. Be it enacted by he Senate and General Assembly of the State of New 

 Jersey, That for the purpose of completing said survey, the auuual appropria- 

 tion of $5,000 be and is hereby continued for a further period of four years, 

 subject to be suspended at the discretion of the governor; and the treasurer 

 of this State, upon the warrant of the comptroller, shall be, and is hereby, au- 

 thorized to pay such bills of expenses as may be audited and approved by the 

 board of managers in favor of the State geologist. 



2. And be it enacted, That this shall take effect immediately. 

 Approved April 1, 1869. 



A supplement to the act entitled " An act to complete the geological survey 

 of this State," approved JMarch 30, 1864: 



1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New 

 Jersey, That for the purpose of completing said sui'vey the annual appropriation 

 of $5,000 be and the same is hereby continued for a further period of four 

 years; and the treasurer of this State upon the warrant of the comptroller 

 shall be. and is hereby, authorized to pay such bills as may be audited and 

 approved by the board of managers in favor of the State geologist. 



2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. 

 Approved March 11, 1873. 



16. Sec. 1. That tlie board of managers authorized by section 4 of said act 

 are hereby authorized to increase the number of their members from 11 to 15, 

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

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

 State; and the powers and duties of the board thus constituteel shall be the 

 same as defined in the act to which this is a supplement. 



Approved April 9, 1875. 



17. Sec. 1. That for the purpose of completing said survey, an annual ap- 

 priation of .$8,000 be, and is hereby, made and continued for the period of 

 five years ; and that the treasurer of this State, upon the warrant of the 

 comptroller be and is hereby authorized to pay such bills as may be audited 

 and approved by the board of managers in favor of the State geologist.' 



Approved March 30, 1876. 



A supplement to the act entitled "An act to complete the geological survey of 

 the State," approved March 30, 1864. 



1. That the annual appropriation of .$8,000 per annum for the completion 

 of the geological survey of the State, made in the supplement of this act, which 

 was approved February IS, 1880, be further continued for five years. 



Approved May 2, 1885. 



20. Skc. 1. That section 7 of said act (see sec. 14, ante) be amended so as 

 to read as follows : 



That the bo;ird created by this act shall be a committee of publicntion with 

 authority to print and publish the annual reports of the State geologist; and 

 also to direct the distribution of suites of the geological, nuneralogical, and 



•Section 2 of this act repealed a " Supplement to said act approved March 11, 1873." 



