GEOLOGICAI. AND NATUEAI. HISTORY SURVEYS. 877 



Sec. 6. That the State geologist, at the request of auy person who shall pay 

 hiui the sum of $15, shall sample any lot of fertilizer held or offered for sale in 

 this State, and analyze or cause the same to be analyzed; and if he shall find 

 therein evidence of a failure to comply with the provisions of this act he shall 

 <^ause the s.ime to be published in some agricultural or other public papers in 

 the cities of lialeigh find Baltimore. 



In the 3^ear 1877 an act was passed by the general assembly where- 

 by the «:eolo<rical survey was made a cooperative department with 

 the department of agriculture, organized at that time. So much of 

 that act as relates to the geological survey is as follows : 



Ad act »o establish a department of agriculture, immigratiou, and statistics. !ind for the 

 encouragement of sheep husbandry. 



Sec. 13. The geological survey is hereby made and constituted a cooperative 

 department with the department of agriculture, and the geological museum and 

 tJie collections therein shall, at all times, be accessible to the said department. 

 The geologist shall, as far as practicable, prepare illustrations of the agricul- 

 tural industries, products, and resources of the State and arrange and care for 

 such collections as the said department may make for this purpose. He shall 

 also iirep;;re abstracts of the survey from time to time as may be required for 

 the use of the department in their handbook, and circulars for publication, in 

 illustrations of the advantages of tliis State and in promotion of the general 

 purposes of immigration. 



In return for such service the State geologist may h<ivc all his samples of 

 m.ijrls, soils, minerals, and other products analyzed by the chemist at the lab- 

 oratory of the experiment station, free of charge. 



Sec. 14. It is hereby made the duty of the State geologist, upon the recom- 

 mendation of the board of trustees of the university to devote two months in 

 each year at the seat of the imiversity in the performance of such duties in 

 instruction as tlie faculty may direct, and while employed in this capacity he 

 shall constitute a member of the faculty. 



At this time an act was passed by the general assembly repealing 

 section 1 of the act of 1851 for the appointment of the geologist, and 

 section 3 providing for the expenditures of and authorizing the re- 

 organization of the survey. This act was ratified February 20, 1879, 

 went into effect immediatel.y and continued in force until 1887. Pro- 

 fessor Kerr w^as reappointed State geologist under the new law, and 

 was continued in office until his resignation in 1882. 



In 1883 all then existing laws relating to the survey were codified. 

 The following is a copy of the same taken from volume 2 of the code : 



Late governing the operation of the survey, JS83-I8S7. 



Skc. 2198. The geological survey is hereby made and constituted a coopera- 

 tive department with the department of agriculture, and the geological museum 

 and the collections therein shall at all times be accessible to the said depart- 

 ment. The geologist shall, as far as practicable, prepare illustrations of the 

 agricultural industries, products, and resources of the State, and arrange and 

 are for such collections as the said department may make for this purpose. 



